Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,734
2	Barbara	2,524
3	Patricia	1,956
4	Carol	1,644
5	Nancy	1,339
6	Shirley	1,205
7	Judith	1,083
8	Donna	994
9	Joan	926
10	Marilyn	917
11	Sandra	914
12	Betty	912
13	Joyce	772
14	Margaret	733
15	Janet	724
16	Dorothy	712
17	Beverly	673
18	Sharon	657
19	Phyllis	585
20	Ruth	554
21	Carolyn	552
22	Linda	493
23	Diane	477
24	Judy	468
25	Virginia	462

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Janice	461
27	Helen	450
28	Jean	425
29	Karen	410
30	Arlene	405
31	Alice	395
31	Lois	395
33	Elizabeth	394
34	Carole	380
35	Marlene	371
36	Frances	366
36	Joanne	366
38	Doris	364
39	Geraldine	343
40	Dolores	328
41	Elaine	320
42	Roberta	313
43	Gloria	310
44	Norma	305
45	Darlene	292
46	Ann	284
47	Jacqueline	281
48	Rose	275
49	Susan	260
50	Loretta	259
51	Evelyn	247
51	Martha	247
53	Kathleen	245
54	Marjorie	244
55	Rita	242
56	Sally	240
57	Rosemary	233
58	Marie	231
59	Joann	230
59	Kay	230
61	Bonnie	228
62	Delores	221
62	Rosalie	221
64	Jane	206
65	Peggy	200
66	Catherine	198
67	Charlotte	192
67	Gail	192
69	Patsy	187
70	June	179
71	Anna	177
72	Sylvia	174
73	Eleanor	172
74	Marcia	168
75	Wanda	162
76	Jeanette	161
77	Sue	158
78	Audrey	156
79	Irene	150
80	Louise	149
81	Eileen	148
81	Theresa	148
83	Anita	147
83	Josephine	147
85	Lorraine	146
86	Kathryn	144
86	Suzanne	144
88	Mildred	142
88	Sheila	142
90	Lucille	141
91	Charlene	140
92	Connie	139
93	Pat	134
94	Florence	132
95	Ellen	130
96	Marian	129
97	Juanita	128
97	Yvonne	128
99	Wilma	125
100	Deanna	121
100	Maureen	121