Popular baby names in Illinois, 1916

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1916 were Mary for girls (3,287 babies) and John for boys (3,095). Social Security records list 107,622 babies born in Illinois in 1916 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1916

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: 78 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Eleanore: 115 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Laverne: 105 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Valeria: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lorraine: 248 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Adeline: 173 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Angeline: 139 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bernadine: 60 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Eileen: 249 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Wanda: 197 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Bruno: 110 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Casimir: 55 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Delmar: 41 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sigmund: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Anton: 53 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Laverne: 37 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Emil: 140 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Thaddeus: 38 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tony: 133 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Mitchell: 45 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Mary	3,287	–	1
2	Helen	2,578	–	2
3	Dorothy	2,107	–	3
4	Margaret	1,493	–	4
5	Ruth	1,478	–	5
6	Mildred	1,167	–	6
7	Frances	975	↑4	9
8	Virginia	964	↑2	10
9	Marie	941	↓2	12
10	Florence	908	↓1	14
11	Evelyn	896	↑1	11
12	Anna	841	↓4	7
13	Lillian	762	–	16
14	Irene	735	↑5	17
15	Elizabeth	700	↓1	8
16	Rose	696	↓1	15
17	Bernice	664	↑4	42
18	Lucille	653	↓1	30
19	Eleanor	629	↓3	27
20	Josephine	626	–	21
21	Alice	610	↓3	13
22	Catherine	509	–	20
23	Ann	459	–	40
24	Jean	456	–	45
25	Grace	449	↑3	26
26	Marjorie	431	↑8	37
27	Louise	404	↓2	18
28	Edna	402	↓2	19
29	Martha	400	↑3	24
30	Anne	390	–	53
31	Esther	390	↓4	34
32	Gertrude	390	↓1	35
33	Marion	390	↑5	47
34	Gladys	370	↓5	22
35	Edith	365	–	28
36	Ethel	358	↑6	25
37	Betty	357	↑3	44
38	Doris	357	↑6	32
39	Stella	350	↑8	63
40	Genevieve	339	↓7	76
41	Lois	327	–	43
42	Hazel	322	↓3	31
43	Elsie	310	↓6	48
44	Jane	310	new	62
45	Pauline	308	↓9	33
46	Clara	294	↓3	39
47	Charlotte	285	new	80
48	June	283	new	86
49	Agnes	279	↓4	50
50	Violet	279	↓2	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	John	3,095	–	1
2	William	2,354	–	2
3	Robert	2,120	–	4
4	Joseph	1,655	–	5
5	Edward	1,631	↑1	8
6	James	1,542	↓1	3
7	George	1,472	↑1	7
8	Charles	1,441	↓1	6
9	Frank	1,181	–	9
10	Walter	1,014	–	11
11	Harold	870	–	13
12	Raymond	831	–	16
13	Paul	702	–	12
14	Richard	670	↑2	15
15	Harry	621	↓1	19
16	Arthur	616	↓1	18
17	Donald	599	↑3	20
18	Thomas	591	↓1	10
19	Henry	574	↓1	14
20	Albert	568	↑1	17
21	Stanley	541	↓2	34
22	Carl	487	–	23
23	Ralph	485	↑1	21
24	Kenneth	467	↓1	27
25	Louis	451	–	22
26	Howard	392	↑2	25
27	Fred	390	–	29
28	Earl	352	↑4	32
29	Anthony	347	↑2	37
30	Francis	346	–	31
31	Clarence	345	↓5	24
32	Eugene	329	↓3	39
33	Roy	327	↑7	33
34	Lawrence	323	↓1	38
35	Leonard	318	↑1	42
36	Elmer	309	↓1	45
37	Jack	300	↓3	26
38	Russell	293	↓1	51
39	Chester	282	↑2	54
40	Bernard	270	↓1	49
41	Herbert	264	↑1	40
42	Peter	253	↑2	50
43	Leo	252	↓5	47
44	Michael	250	↑1	44
45	Edwin	246	↓2	53
46	Alfred	234	new	43
47	David	233	↑2	28
48	Melvin	232	new	57
49	Theodore	231	↑1	65
50	Joe	227	↓3	35

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