Popular baby names in Illinois, 1922

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1922 were Mary for girls (3,519 babies) and Robert for boys (3,879). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 113,886 babies born in Illinois in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1922

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: 49 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lorraine: 815 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Laverne: 211 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Eleanore: 112 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Adeline: 159 babies, 3× the national rate
Jayne: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Darlene: 56 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Loretta: 257 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marcella: 184 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kay: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Casimir: 58 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Bruno: 64 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Laverne: 70 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sheldon: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Mitchell: 55 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Thaddeus: 37 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Anton: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Delmar: 40 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Teddy: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nick: 95 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Mary	3,519	–	1
2	Dorothy	2,503	–	2
3	Helen	1,975	–	3
4	Betty	1,486	↑2	6
5	Margaret	1,353	↓1	4
6	Virginia	1,342	↑1	7
7	Ruth	1,315	↓2	5
8	Mildred	904	–	8
9	Evelyn	820	–	13
10	Lorraine	815	↑3	56
11	Marjorie	812	↑1	16
12	Frances	749	↓2	10
13	Florence	716	↓2	18
14	Marie	697	↑1	14
15	Doris	695	↑5	11
16	Irene	674	↓2	17
17	Shirley	660	↑2	39
18	Elizabeth	633	↑4	9
19	Jean	619	↑4	20
20	Anna	615	↓4	12
21	Lillian	594	↓4	19
22	Eleanor	564	↑2	28
23	Alice	560	↓5	15
24	Bernice	529	↑1	41
25	Lucille	522	↑2	33
26	Rose	509	↓5	23
27	Lois	499	↑2	35
28	June	494	–	45
29	Josephine	491	↓3	27
30	Catherine	424	–	24
31	Marion	369	↑1	42
32	Martha	364	↓1	21
33	Norma	356	↑8	46
34	Grace	344	↑3	38
35	Phyllis	340	↓2	53
36	Ann	335	↓2	49
37	Marian	329	↑6	67
38	Louise	324	↓2	22
39	Barbara	320	↓4	40
40	Dolores	320	new	>100
41	Geraldine	312	↑8	58
42	Patricia	307	new	69
43	Elaine	303	↓1	>100
44	Genevieve	301	↑1	98
45	Edna	294	↓7	29
46	Rita	290	new	52
47	Esther	289	↓8	44
48	Eileen	286	new	96
49	Wanda	286	new	92
50	Edith	283	↓3	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Robert	3,879	–	2
2	John	3,281	–	1
3	William	2,771	–	3
4	James	2,081	–	4
5	Edward	1,615	–	8
6	George	1,592	↑1	6
7	Charles	1,563	↓1	5
8	Joseph	1,444	–	7
9	Richard	1,245	↑1	9
10	Donald	1,094	↑1	12
11	Frank	1,002	↓2	10
12	Harold	939	↑1	13
13	Raymond	933	↓1	16
14	Walter	830	–	15
15	Thomas	734	↑1	11
16	Paul	702	↓1	14
17	Arthur	682	–	19
18	Kenneth	671	–	21
19	Harry	596	↑3	22
20	Jack	589	–	18
21	Henry	576	↓2	17
22	Ralph	551	↑3	23
23	Eugene	527	↓2	25
24	Albert	498	↓1	20
25	Howard	458	↑7	26
26	Louis	441	–	27
27	Leonard	409	↑1	38
28	Carl	380	↑1	30
29	Fred	377	↑5	33
30	Clarence	374	↓3	29
31	Stanley	361	↑2	41
32	Earl	353	↓2	31
33	Lawrence	348	↓2	36
34	Francis	330	↑5	34
35	Roy	327	–	32
36	David	312	↑4	24
37	Anthony	308	↑4	39
38	Bernard	300	↓1	46
39	Edwin	286	↑7	52
40	Warren	284	↓16	45
41	Chester	279	↓5	64
42	Elmer	277	↓4	54
43	Norman	269	↑2	44
44	Russell	267	↓1	49
45	Joe	262	↑3	35
46	Leo	247	↓4	51
47	Herbert	236	↓3	40
48	Leroy	236	↓1	55
49	Melvin	236	–	50
50	Peter	236	new	57

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