Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,771
2	Barbara	2,170
3	Patricia	1,961
4	Carol	1,490
5	Shirley	1,291
6	Nancy	1,181
7	Betty	980
8	Joan	978
9	Marilyn	857
10	Donna	831
11	Dorothy	789
12	Joyce	731
13	Margaret	676
14	Sandra	650
15	Beverly	608
16	Janet	598
17	Judith	597
18	Ruth	575
19	Phyllis	538
20	Helen	492
21	Dolores	468
22	Virginia	467
23	Marlene	450
24	Carolyn	446
25	Jean	438

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Sharon	429
27	Janice	425
28	Lois	423
29	Arlene	408
30	Carole	403
31	Joanne	374
32	Frances	371
33	Alice	369
34	Doris	367
35	Diane	363
36	Elizabeth	348
37	Linda	334
38	Norma	329
39	Geraldine	324
40	Darlene	317
41	Elaine	313
42	Gloria	299
43	Rose	286
44	Judy	284
45	Joann	270
46	Jacqueline	269
46	Marie	269
48	Marjorie	263
48	Roberta	263
50	Rita	260
51	Ann	251
52	Evelyn	241
53	Delores	237
54	Kathleen	236
54	Loretta	236
56	Martha	230
56	Patsy	230
58	Kay	226
59	Peggy	221
59	Rosemary	221
61	Charlotte	214
62	Sally	213
63	Anna	210
64	Jane	206
65	Catherine	203
66	Yvonne	202
67	June	200
68	Eleanor	195
69	Bonnie	190
70	Susan	184
71	Louise	182
72	Karen	181
73	Sylvia	176
74	Wanda	172
75	Mildred	167
76	Lorraine	166
77	Eileen	161
78	Theresa	160
79	Jeanette	158
80	Sue	156
81	Irene	155
82	Anita	151
83	Audrey	148
84	Charlene	147
85	Gail	143
86	Wilma	141
87	Kathryn	140
88	Florence	133
89	Pat	132
90	Marcia	130
91	Josephine	126
92	Juanita	124
92	Lillian	124
94	Lucille	123
95	Anne	121
95	Ellen	121
95	Katherine	121
98	Connie	116
99	Grace	115
100	Annette	113
100	Marion	113