Popular baby names in Illinois, 1912

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1912 were Mary for girls (1,594 babies) and John for boys (1,538). Social Security records list 50,617 babies born in Illinois in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1912

Names given at least 15 times in Illinois that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Stephanie: 48 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Emilie: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Harriette: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Adeline: 79 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Laverne: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Johanna: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bernice: 345 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Elsa: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Wanda: 68 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Elaine: 39 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Bruno: 41 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Casimir: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Anton: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Delmar: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Emil: 58 babies, 2.7× the national rate
August: 48 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Seymour: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Stanley: 245 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Conrad: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rudolph: 52 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	1,594	–	1
2	Helen	1,307	–	2
3	Dorothy	957	–	3
4	Margaret	795	–	4
5	Mildred	655	↑1	6
6	Ruth	633	↓1	5
7	Marie	548	–	10
8	Anna	480	–	7
9	Florence	431	↑1	12
10	Evelyn	424	↑1	13
11	Frances	420	↓2	9
12	Elizabeth	410	↑1	8
13	Rose	408	↑1	15
14	Alice	371	↑1	11
15	Lillian	357	↓3	14
16	Bernice	345	↑1	51
17	Irene	337	↓1	22
18	Josephine	313	↑1	28
19	Virginia	310	↑1	20
20	Lucille	306	↓2	32
21	Edna	287	–	16
22	Catherine	278	–	21
23	Louise	263	↑7	17
24	Eleanor	259	↑2	39
25	Ann	257	–	47
26	Hazel	240	↓2	25
27	Gertrude	224	–	30
28	Grace	223	–	24
29	Ethel	220	–	18
30	Gladys	217	↓7	19
31	Esther	213	–	33
32	Edith	205	↑1	31
33	Clara	197	↓1	34
34	Elsie	194	↑3	42
35	Anne	189	↑6	58
36	Marion	187	–	55
37	Jean	182	new	64
38	Marjorie	178	↓3	56
39	Agnes	177	↓1	40
40	Martha	169	↓6	29
41	Pauline	168	↓1	38
42	Mabel	163	↑1	46
43	Ruby	163	↑2	23
44	Pearl	153	↑6	54
45	Thelma	153	↓6	26
46	Stella	150	↓4	73
47	Violet	140	new	83
48	Genevieve	137	↓4	92
49	Betty	135	–	66
50	Lois	134	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	John	1,538	–	1
2	William	1,039	–	2
3	Joseph	848	↑1	5
4	Robert	715	↑4	4
5	Charles	711	↑1	7
6	Edward	709	↑1	8
7	James	679	↓4	3
8	George	677	↓3	6
9	Frank	645	–	9
10	Walter	465	↑1	11
11	Harold	441	↓1	13
12	Raymond	376	↑1	18
13	Paul	339	↑4	14
14	Harry	324	↓2	16
15	Arthur	323	↑1	15
16	Henry	291	↓1	12
17	Thomas	281	↓3	10
18	Albert	270	↑1	17
19	Stanley	245	↑1	43
20	Richard	239	↑2	19
21	Carl	234	↓3	24
22	Clarence	225	↑4	21
23	Fred	211	↑1	26
24	Ralph	203	↓3	23
25	Donald	198	↑3	27
26	Louis	197	↓3	20
27	Kenneth	196	–	33
28	Howard	179	↑2	25
29	Elmer	159	↑12	47
30	Russell	151	↑4	56
31	Anthony	149	↓6	37
32	Earl	146	↓3	34
33	Jack	146	↓2	28
34	Roy	145	↑2	31
35	Lawrence	142	↑10	38
36	Francis	138	↑2	35
37	Michael	134	↓5	42
38	Herbert	132	↓5	39
39	Peter	132	–	48
40	Leonard	129	↑7	45
41	Leo	128	↓6	49
42	Alfred	122	↑1	40
43	David	117	↓6	29
44	Bernard	116	↓4	60
45	Eugene	115	↓3	41
46	Edwin	105	↓2	54
47	Ernest	105	↑3	32
48	Daniel	102	new	53
49	Theodore	101	new	52
50	Andrew	100	new	44

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