Popular baby names in Illinois, 1919

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1919 were Mary for girls (3,395 babies) and John for boys (2,908). Social Security records list 106,254 babies born in Illinois in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1919

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: 71 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Laverne: 181 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Darlene: 42 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jayne: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lorraine: 665 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bernadine: 67 babies, 3× the national rate
Ferne: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
Loretta: 299 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Eleanore: 108 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Adeline: 177 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Bruno: 80 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Casimir: 62 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Thaddeus: 43 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Anton: 49 babies, 3× the national rate
Delmar: 45 babies, 3× the national rate
Teddy: 36 babies, 3× the national rate
Laverne: 50 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Roman: 36 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Emil: 102 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Mitchell: 44 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Mary	3,395	–	1
2	Helen	2,264	–	2
3	Dorothy	2,202	–	3
4	Margaret	1,339	↑1	4
5	Ruth	1,286	↓1	5
6	Virginia	1,186	–	7
7	Mildred	1,102	–	6
8	Evelyn	876	↑3	11
9	Frances	876	↓1	9
10	Florence	826	↓1	14
11	Marie	710	↓1	12
12	Anna	695	–	10
13	Betty	681	↑9	15
14	Lorraine	665	↑9	62
15	Bernice	660	↑1	42
16	Irene	651	↓3	16
17	Alice	637	↑3	13
18	Lucille	628	↓3	27
19	Elizabeth	624	↓2	8
20	Lillian	608	↓1	17
21	Eleanor	590	↓3	30
22	Rose	588	↓1	19
23	Marjorie	568	↑2	33
24	Josephine	541	↓10	26
25	Jean	521	↓1	37
26	Catherine	493	–	23
27	Doris	490	–	18
28	Louise	407	↑7	20
29	Esther	391	↑3	38
30	Edna	369	↑3	22
31	Lois	369	–	40
32	Marion	369	↓2	44
33	June	366	↑1	64
34	Gertrude	361	↑4	39
35	Grace	359	↓6	34
36	Gladys	347	–	21
37	Genevieve	342	–	88
38	Ann	331	↓10	49
39	Ethel	324	–	28
40	Martha	320	–	25
41	Jane	316	↑2	53
42	Violet	313	↑6	74
43	Edith	311	↑2	29
44	Hazel	301	–	32
45	Loretta	299	new	>100
46	Pauline	294	↓4	36
47	Anne	285	↓6	63
48	Geraldine	283	new	68
49	Eileen	279	new	>100
50	Elsie	277	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	John	2,908	–	1
2	Robert	2,778	–	4
3	William	2,291	–	2
4	James	1,626	–	3
5	Edward	1,571	↑1	8
6	Charles	1,466	↑2	5
7	George	1,453	↓2	6
8	Joseph	1,381	↓1	7
9	Frank	1,049	–	9
10	Raymond	872	↑1	14
11	Walter	867	↓1	11
12	Harold	849	–	13
13	Richard	787	–	12
14	Donald	730	↑2	17
15	Paul	649	↓1	15
16	Arthur	608	↑1	19
17	Thomas	582	↓2	10
18	Harry	574	–	20
19	Kenneth	541	↑4	26
20	Henry	513	↓1	16
21	Albert	499	↓1	18
22	Ralph	477	–	22
23	Stanley	477	↓2	37
24	Clarence	407	↑5	25
25	Eugene	401	↑2	33
26	Howard	401	↓1	24
27	Carl	389	↓3	29
28	Jack	384	↓2	21
29	Leonard	382	↑3	39
30	Louis	356	↓2	28
31	Chester	330	↓1	53
32	Earl	328	↓1	31
33	Roy	322	↑1	32
34	Fred	321	↑1	30
35	Bernard	311	↑4	45
36	Anthony	309	–	41
37	Lawrence	309	–	38
38	Elmer	304	↓5	44
39	Leo	292	↑2	49
40	Francis	283	↑2	34
41	Russell	268	↓3	50
42	Theodore	264	↑4	54
43	David	254	–	27
44	Herbert	244	↓4	40
45	Peter	238	↓1	57
46	Edwin	236	↓1	52
47	Ernest	233	↑3	36
48	Joe	233	↓1	35
49	Norman	218	↓1	48
50	Leroy	217	new	55

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