Popular baby names in Illinois, 1913

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1913 were Mary for girls (1,956 babies) and John for boys (1,798). Social Security records list 61,377 babies born in Illinois in 1913 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1913

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: 43 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Laverne: 51 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ferne: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Eleanore: 51 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Adeline: 99 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Angeline: 71 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bernadine: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lenore: 28 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Harriette: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bernice: 380 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Casimir: 32 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Bruno: 50 babies, 5× the national rate
Thaddeus: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Loren: 40 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Laverne: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Anton: 37 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Mitchell: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Delmar: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Erwin: 35 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Meyer: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Mary	1,956	–	1
2	Helen	1,591	–	2
3	Dorothy	1,183	–	3
4	Margaret	936	–	4
5	Ruth	774	↑1	5
6	Mildred	707	↓1	6
7	Marie	639	–	10
8	Frances	542	↑3	9
9	Florence	517	–	13
10	Anna	505	↓2	7
11	Evelyn	483	↓1	12
12	Rose	456	↑1	14
13	Irene	429	↑4	21
14	Virginia	426	↑5	15
15	Lillian	422	–	16
16	Alice	420	↓2	11
17	Elizabeth	409	↓5	8
18	Josephine	403	–	24
19	Bernice	380	↓3	45
20	Lucille	377	–	31
21	Eleanor	322	↑3	34
22	Catherine	317	–	22
23	Ann	285	↑2	46
24	Louise	279	↓1	17
25	Esther	274	↑6	32
26	Edna	271	↓5	18
27	Ethel	260	↑2	20
28	Gladys	260	↑2	19
29	Anne	239	↑6	57
30	Grace	239	↓2	25
31	Gertrude	235	↓4	33
32	Jean	232	↑5	60
33	Hazel	218	↓7	27
34	Marjorie	215	↑4	48
35	Edith	214	↓3	29
36	Elsie	210	↓2	40
37	Martha	204	↑3	28
38	Julia	200	new	42
39	Genevieve	194	↑9	84
40	Clara	191	↓7	36
41	Marion	190	↓5	51
42	Betty	182	↑7	67
43	Thelma	179	↑2	26
44	Agnes	176	↓5	41
45	Ruby	176	↓2	23
46	Stella	176	–	69
47	Pauline	170	↓6	35
48	Lois	167	↑2	59
49	Kathryn	164	new	66
50	Emma	162	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	John	1,798	–	1
2	William	1,275	–	2
3	Joseph	1,062	–	5
4	Robert	988	–	4
5	Edward	891	↑1	8
6	George	884	↑2	6
7	James	849	–	3
8	Charles	826	↓3	7
9	Frank	704	–	9
10	Walter	555	–	11
11	Harold	552	–	13
12	Raymond	456	–	18
13	Paul	381	–	14
14	Arthur	380	↑1	17
15	Thomas	380	↑2	10
16	Albert	370	↑2	16
17	Harry	365	↓3	15
18	Henry	348	↓2	12
19	Richard	335	↑1	19
20	Stanley	320	↓1	41
21	Carl	293	–	23
22	Donald	286	↑3	25
23	Louis	285	↑3	20
24	Ralph	259	–	22
25	Clarence	257	↓3	21
26	Kenneth	247	↑1	33
27	Fred	241	↓4	27
28	Elmer	219	↑1	45
29	Howard	211	↓1	26
30	Lawrence	203	↑5	35
31	Anthony	202	–	38
32	Roy	202	↑2	32
33	Michael	197	↑4	40
34	Eugene	193	↑11	43
35	Francis	191	↑1	30
36	Jack	186	↓3	28
37	Earl	180	↓5	31
38	Russell	176	↓8	50
39	Peter	162	–	51
40	Bernard	161	↑4	52
41	David	156	↑2	29
42	Leonard	151	↓2	46
43	Herbert	147	↓5	39
44	Leo	142	↓3	48
45	Ernest	135	↑2	34
46	Edwin	133	–	55
47	Lester	133	new	59
48	Theodore	131	↑1	60
49	Alfred	128	↓7	42
50	Herman	126	new	53

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