Popular baby names in Illinois, 1920

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1920 were Mary for girls (3,472 babies) and Robert for boys (3,373). Robert ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 112,568 babies born in Illinois in 1920 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1920

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: 74 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Laverne: 201 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lorraine: 643 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Darlene: 44 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marilyn: 80 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bernadine: 70 babies, 3× the national rate
Adeline: 182 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Eleanore: 104 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Loretta: 257 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marcella: 164 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Casimir: 52 babies, 5× the national rate
Bruno: 69 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Laverne: 56 babies, 3× the national rate
Thaddeus: 45 babies, 3× the national rate
Herschel: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Teddy: 34 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Delmar: 45 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Loren: 66 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Roman: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lyle: 112 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1920

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Mary	3,472	–	1
2	Dorothy	2,561	↑1	2
3	Helen	2,332	↓1	3
4	Margaret	1,469	–	4
5	Ruth	1,465	–	5
6	Virginia	1,186	–	7
7	Mildred	1,094	–	6
8	Betty	939	↑5	11
9	Evelyn	911	↓1	12
10	Frances	871	↓1	9
11	Florence	796	↓1	16
12	Marie	745	↓1	13
13	Anna	707	↓1	10
14	Lillian	644	↑6	18
15	Marjorie	644	↑8	24
16	Lorraine	643	↓2	70
17	Elizabeth	642	↑2	8
18	Irene	627	↓2	17
19	Alice	614	↓2	15
20	Eleanor	613	↑1	25
21	Bernice	610	↓6	40
22	Lucille	606	↓4	29
23	Jean	602	↑2	33
24	Rose	596	↓2	20
25	Doris	554	↑2	14
26	Josephine	517	↓2	28
27	Shirley	512	new	56
28	June	490	↑5	53
29	Lois	476	↑2	38
30	Catherine	470	↓4	21
31	Marion	405	↑1	43
32	Gladys	386	↑4	22
33	Esther	379	↓4	39
34	Genevieve	357	↑3	86
35	Martha	355	↑5	23
36	Grace	353	↓1	37
37	Louise	345	↓9	19
38	Edna	340	↓8	27
39	Edith	330	↑4	32
40	Gertrude	330	↓6	42
41	Ann	315	↓3	49
42	Jane	311	↓1	48
43	Pauline	305	↑3	36
44	Anne	303	↑3	65
45	Ethel	303	↓6	30
46	Charlotte	295	new	79
47	Marian	291	new	73
48	Geraldine	284	–	60
49	Violet	284	↓7	77
50	Elsie	281	–	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Robert	3,373	↑1	3
2	John	3,036	↓1	1
3	William	2,591	–	2
4	James	1,914	–	4
5	Charles	1,667	↑1	5
6	Edward	1,665	↓1	8
7	George	1,503	–	6
8	Joseph	1,422	–	7
9	Frank	1,038	–	9
10	Richard	1,022	↑3	10
11	Harold	947	↑1	12
12	Raymond	908	↓2	15
13	Walter	906	↓2	13
14	Donald	804	–	16
15	Thomas	723	↑2	11
16	Arthur	646	–	18
17	Paul	625	↓2	14
18	Harry	582	–	21
19	Kenneth	571	–	23
20	Henry	544	–	17
21	Albert	509	–	19
22	Jack	500	↑6	20
23	Ralph	495	↓1	22
24	Eugene	465	↑1	30
25	Carl	440	↑2	27
26	Stanley	427	↓3	40
27	Howard	422	↓1	24
28	Leonard	400	↑1	38
29	Louis	400	↑1	28
30	Clarence	399	↓6	26
31	Fred	394	↑3	33
32	Earl	381	–	31
33	Roy	374	–	32
34	Chester	367	↓3	55
35	Lawrence	356	↑2	36
36	Warren	349	new	39
37	Elmer	326	↑1	45
38	Russell	307	↑3	51
39	Edwin	298	↑7	53
40	Francis	297	–	34
41	Bernard	294	↓6	46
42	David	292	↑1	25
43	Anthony	291	↓7	43
44	Herbert	287	–	41
45	Leo	283	↓6	48
46	Norman	255	↑3	47
47	Melvin	242	new	54
48	Leroy	239	↑2	56
49	Peter	238	↓4	57
50	Joe	236	↓2	35

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