Popular baby names in Illinois, 1923

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1923 were Mary for girls (3,607 babies) and Robert for boys (4,162). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 116,473 babies born in Illinois in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1923

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

Girls

Shirlee: 39 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Laverne: 257 babies, 4× the national rate
Lorraine: 814 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Stephanie: 42 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bernadine: 83 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Eleanore: 115 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Adeline: 153 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marilyn: 310 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Loretta: 295 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dolores: 444 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Casimir: 36 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bruno: 58 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Thaddeus: 44 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Norbert: 89 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Anton: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Laverne: 59 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Delmar: 44 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sheldon: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Emil: 102 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Teddy: 34 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	3,607	–	1
2	Dorothy	2,557	–	2
3	Betty	1,897	↑1	5
4	Helen	1,862	↓1	3
5	Margaret	1,386	–	4
6	Ruth	1,261	↑1	6
7	Virginia	1,207	↓1	7
8	Evelyn	844	↑1	12
9	Mildred	839	↓1	8
10	Lorraine	814	–	57
11	Shirley	794	↑6	26
12	Florence	741	↑1	18
13	Frances	735	↓1	10
14	Marjorie	727	↓3	16
15	Doris	694	–	11
16	Irene	669	–	17
17	Anna	624	↑3	13
18	Jean	611	↑1	19
19	Marie	603	↓5	14
20	Lois	598	↑7	27
21	Elizabeth	594	↓3	9
22	Alice	570	↑1	15
23	Lillian	568	↓2	20
24	June	566	↑4	42
25	Eleanor	538	↓3	28
26	Rose	497	–	23
27	Lucille	495	↓2	35
28	Bernice	480	↓4	43
29	Josephine	458	–	30
30	Dolores	444	↑10	83
31	Catherine	412	↓1	24
32	Norma	385	↑1	41
33	Marion	375	↓2	44
34	Patricia	372	↑8	56
35	Barbara	360	↑4	33
36	Elaine	350	↑7	87
37	Louise	341	↑1	22
38	Martha	335	↓6	21
39	Phyllis	334	↓4	45
40	Geraldine	333	↑1	58
41	Ann	325	↓5	52
42	Rita	318	↑4	50
43	Gladys	311	new	29
44	Marian	311	↓7	65
45	Marilyn	310	new	>100
46	Grace	307	↓12	39
47	Genevieve	302	↓3	97
48	Loretta	295	new	>100
49	Edith	286	↑1	36
50	Esther	284	↓3	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Robert	4,162	–	2
2	John	3,347	–	1
3	William	3,008	–	3
4	James	2,225	–	4
5	Charles	1,686	↑2	5
6	George	1,649	–	6
7	Edward	1,616	↓2	8
8	Joseph	1,393	–	7
9	Richard	1,348	–	9
10	Donald	1,195	–	10
11	Frank	1,021	–	11
12	Raymond	939	↑1	15
13	Harold	920	↓1	13
14	Paul	811	↑2	14
15	Walter	808	↓1	16
16	Thomas	752	↓1	12
17	Kenneth	689	↑1	21
18	Arthur	651	↓1	19
19	Eugene	617	↑4	25
20	Jack	596	–	17
21	Harry	540	↓2	22
22	Ralph	529	–	23
23	Henry	527	↓2	18
24	Albert	524	–	20
25	Howard	456	–	26
26	Leonard	439	↑1	37
27	Carl	397	↑1	28
28	Stanley	396	↑3	41
29	Clarence	393	↑1	29
30	Louis	392	↓4	27
31	Lawrence	387	↑2	36
32	Earl	379	–	31
33	David	363	↑3	24
34	Warren	346	↑6	43
35	Roy	332	–	32
36	Fred	325	↓7	33
37	Chester	323	↑4	63
38	Francis	315	↓4	34
39	Anthony	305	↓2	39
40	Edwin	297	↓1	56
41	Bernard	293	↓3	46
42	Norman	282	↑1	44
43	Russell	268	↑1	52
44	Leo	260	↑2	49
45	Elmer	256	↓3	57
46	Joe	255	↓1	35
47	Melvin	255	↑2	48
48	Marvin	248	new	51
49	Gerald	246	new	54
50	Peter	245	–	58

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