Popular baby names in Illinois, 1921

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1921 were Mary for girls (3,674 babies) and Robert for boys (3,761). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 117,275 babies born in Illinois in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1921

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: 62 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Darlene: 67 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lorraine: 772 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Laverne: 189 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Adeline: 177 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Eleanore: 109 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bernadine: 75 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Loretta: 255 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Carmella: 60 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shirley: 637 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Bruno: 73 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Casimir: 44 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Teddy: 42 babies, 3× the national rate
Anton: 40 babies, 3× the national rate
Thaddeus: 42 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Loren: 61 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Mitchell: 49 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Laverne: 48 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Delmar: 39 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Herschel: 32 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Mary	3,674	–	1
2	Dorothy	2,731	–	2
3	Helen	2,249	–	3
4	Margaret	1,463	–	4
5	Ruth	1,366	–	5
6	Betty	1,336	↑2	8
7	Virginia	1,266	↓1	6
8	Mildred	997	↓1	7
9	Evelyn	958	–	12
10	Frances	868	–	9
11	Florence	811	–	17
12	Marjorie	803	↑3	16
13	Lorraine	772	↑3	61
14	Irene	725	↑4	18
15	Marie	720	↓3	14
16	Anna	669	↓3	11
17	Lillian	662	↓3	19
18	Alice	657	↑1	15
19	Shirley	637	↑8	44
20	Doris	623	↑5	13
21	Rose	607	↑3	20
22	Elizabeth	606	↓5	10
23	Jean	606	–	25
24	Eleanor	603	↓4	29
25	Bernice	559	↓4	39
26	Josephine	524	–	28
27	Lucille	522	↓5	31
28	June	467	–	50
29	Lois	465	–	38
30	Catherine	441	–	23
31	Martha	393	↑4	21
32	Marion	369	↓1	43
33	Phyllis	362	new	60
34	Ann	356	↑7	53
35	Barbara	352	new	40
36	Louise	350	↑1	22
37	Grace	344	↓1	35
38	Edna	343	–	27
39	Esther	340	↓6	42
40	Gladys	337	↓8	24
41	Norma	334	new	51
42	Elaine	329	new	97
43	Marian	328	↑4	69
44	Ethel	319	↑1	32
45	Genevieve	319	↓11	90
46	Jane	318	↓4	47
47	Edith	312	↓8	33
48	Gertrude	304	↓8	46
49	Geraldine	303	↓1	62
50	Pauline	289	↓7	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Robert	3,761	–	2
2	John	3,335	–	1
3	William	2,679	–	3
4	James	2,049	–	4
5	Edward	1,725	↑1	8
6	Charles	1,688	↓1	5
7	George	1,543	–	6
8	Joseph	1,386	–	7
9	Frank	1,143	–	9
10	Richard	1,039	–	10
11	Donald	989	↑3	13
12	Raymond	979	–	16
13	Harold	957	↓2	12
14	Walter	836	↓1	15
15	Paul	747	↑2	14
16	Thomas	743	↓1	11
17	Arthur	654	↓1	19
18	Kenneth	638	↑1	22
19	Henry	621	↑1	17
20	Jack	586	↑2	18
21	Eugene	579	↑3	26
22	Harry	568	↓4	21
23	Albert	564	↓2	20
24	Warren	503	↑12	24
25	Ralph	478	↓2	23
26	Louis	457	↑3	29
27	Clarence	442	↑3	28
28	Leonard	441	–	39
29	Carl	440	↓4	30
30	Earl	412	↑2	31
31	Lawrence	403	↑4	37
32	Howard	402	↓5	27
33	Stanley	394	↓7	41
34	Fred	357	↓3	33
35	Roy	342	↓2	32
36	Chester	334	↓2	56
37	Bernard	329	↑4	45
38	Elmer	319	↓1	48
39	Francis	318	↑1	35
40	David	301	↑2	25
41	Anthony	286	↑2	40
42	Leo	281	↑3	50
43	Russell	281	↓5	52
44	Herbert	280	–	42
45	Norman	273	↑1	46
46	Edwin	268	↓7	54
47	Leroy	260	↑1	55
48	Joe	249	↑2	36
49	Melvin	240	↓2	53
50	Michael	236	new	47

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