Popular baby names in Illinois, 1918

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1918 were Mary for girls (3,381 babies) and John for boys (3,392). Social Security records list 116,601 babies born in Illinois in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1918

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

Girls

Laverne: 190 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Stephanie: 75 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Darlene: 31 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lorraine: 621 babies, 3× the national rate
Eleanore: 124 babies, 3× the national rate
Bernadine: 78 babies, 3× the national rate
Adeline: 200 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Valerie: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Valeria: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Suzanne: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Casimir: 57 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Bruno: 97 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Casimer: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Thaddeus: 63 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Mitchell: 75 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Anton: 51 babies, 3× the national rate
Laverne: 54 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Teddy: 40 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Loren: 78 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Delmar: 39 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	3,381	–	1
2	Helen	2,653	–	2
3	Dorothy	2,373	–	3
4	Ruth	1,523	–	5
5	Margaret	1,480	–	4
6	Virginia	1,239	↑1	7
7	Mildred	1,144	↓1	6
8	Frances	1,032	↑3	8
9	Florence	952	↑1	14
10	Marie	912	↓1	12
11	Evelyn	899	↓3	11
12	Anna	815	–	10
13	Irene	802	–	16
14	Josephine	723	↑7	24
15	Lucille	720	↑5	29
16	Bernice	710	↑2	41
17	Elizabeth	706	–	9
18	Eleanor	705	↓2	26
19	Lillian	678	↓5	15
20	Alice	667	↓1	13
21	Rose	642	↓6	17
22	Betty	641	↑4	21
23	Lorraine	621	↑25	69
24	Jean	610	–	37
25	Marjorie	581	↓2	34
26	Catherine	527	↓1	20
27	Doris	471	↑6	19
28	Ann	462	↓6	44
29	Grace	447	↑2	31
30	Marion	430	↓1	45
31	Lois	422	↑4	42
32	Esther	417	↓5	38
33	Edna	398	↑1	23
34	June	387	↑9	66
35	Louise	386	↓7	18
36	Gladys	379	↑4	22
37	Genevieve	376	–	81
38	Gertrude	376	↑1	39
39	Ethel	369	↓3	28
40	Martha	365	↓8	25
41	Anne	358	↓11	54
42	Pauline	350	–	35
43	Jane	344	↑3	53
44	Hazel	325	↓3	33
45	Edith	311	↓7	30
46	Charlotte	297	↓1	78
47	Stella	292	↓3	67
48	Violet	283	↑2	83
49	Clara	282	new	43
50	Vivian	277	new	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	John	3,392	–	1
2	Robert	2,830	↑1	4
3	William	2,412	↓1	2
4	James	1,795	↑1	3
5	George	1,700	↑3	6
6	Edward	1,693	↓2	8
7	Joseph	1,657	↓1	7
8	Charles	1,625	↓1	5
9	Frank	1,229	–	9
10	Walter	1,035	–	11
11	Raymond	975	↑1	15
12	Harold	949	↓1	13
13	Richard	839	–	12
14	Paul	721	↑1	14
15	Thomas	706	↑2	10
16	Donald	700	↑3	18
17	Arthur	673	↓3	17
18	Harry	672	–	20
19	Henry	600	↓3	16
20	Albert	552	↑1	19
21	Stanley	535	↓1	36
22	Ralph	533	↑2	22
23	Kenneth	502	–	27
24	Carl	455	↓2	25
25	Howard	445	↑1	26
26	Jack	434	↑2	21
27	Eugene	428	↑2	35
28	Louis	424	↓3	24
29	Clarence	407	↓2	23
30	Chester	380	↑5	54
31	Earl	378	–	31
32	Leonard	377	–	41
33	Elmer	360	↑4	44
34	Roy	356	–	32
35	Fred	342	↓5	33
36	Anthony	337	↑2	39
37	Lawrence	320	↓1	38
38	Russell	315	↑3	50
39	Bernard	312	↑3	47
40	Herbert	312	↑3	40
41	Leo	308	↓1	48
42	Francis	305	↓9	30
43	David	298	↓4	28
44	Peter	284	↑1	53
45	Edwin	264	↑4	55
46	Theodore	261	↑1	64
47	Joe	247	↓3	34
48	Norman	247	–	49
49	Michael	243	↓3	45
50	Ernest	236	new	37

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