Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1935

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,568
2	Shirley	2,458
3	Barbara	1,942
4	Patricia	1,615
5	Joan	1,312
6	Betty	1,135
7	Carol	1,060
8	Marilyn	994
9	Nancy	983
10	Dorothy	958
11	Joyce	729
12	Donna	701
13	Margaret	696
14	Dolores	642
15	Helen	568
16	Phyllis	566
17	Virginia	533
18	Lois	519
19	Jean	517
20	Doris	504
21	Beverly	485
22	Ruth	481
23	Arlene	437
24	Norma	430
25	Marlene	427

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	424
27	Janet	395
28	Geraldine	363
29	Joanne	360
30	Frances	346
31	Evelyn	326
31	Gloria	326
33	Carolyn	322
33	Sandra	322
35	Elizabeth	316
36	Elaine	315
37	Judith	312
38	Rose	304
39	Ann	300
40	Rita	286
41	Rosemary	274
42	Joann	258
43	Delores	253
43	Loretta	253
45	Marie	252
46	Lorraine	251
47	Carole	248
48	Diane	245
49	Darlene	244
50	Janice	242
51	Martha	239
52	Audrey	238
52	Jacqueline	238
54	Marjorie	231
55	June	227
56	Jane	224
57	Roberta	223
58	Sharon	221
59	Anna	220
60	Eleanor	217
61	Charlotte	210
61	Kathleen	210
63	Catherine	206
64	Sally	197
65	Mildred	191
66	Louise	187
67	Wilma	183
68	Florence	182
69	Patsy	181
70	Irene	180
71	Theresa	177
72	Bonnie	176
73	Josephine	169
74	Eileen	164
75	Wanda	161
76	Marian	155
77	Peggy	146
78	Judy	141
79	Grace	138
80	Lucille	137
81	Marion	136
82	Lillian	134
83	Jo	132
84	Charlene	131
85	Juanita	130
86	Kathryn	129
87	Sylvia	127
87	Yvonne	127
89	Esther	126
90	Anita	124
90	Jeanette	124
92	Pat	123
93	Ellen	120
94	Gail	116
95	Susan	115
96	Jeanne	114
96	Vivian	114
98	Clara	111
99	Anne	108
100	Sue	107