Popular baby names in Illinois, 1924

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1924 were Mary for girls (3,554 babies) and Robert for boys (4,513). Social Security records list 121,923 babies born in Illinois in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1924

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

Girls

Laverne: 292 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shirlee: 40 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Stephanie: 44 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lorraine: 846 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dolores: 537 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Eleanore: 102 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Loretta: 309 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bernadine: 77 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Adeline: 150 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marilyn: 359 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Casimir: 52 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Bruno: 56 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Norbert: 97 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Delmar: 45 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Thaddeus: 42 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Loren: 76 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Nick: 81 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Adolph: 49 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Teddy: 33 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Emil: 84 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Mary	3,554	–	1
2	Dorothy	2,673	–	2
3	Betty	2,275	–	4
4	Helen	1,836	–	3
5	Margaret	1,258	–	5
6	Ruth	1,252	–	6
7	Virginia	1,248	–	7
8	Shirley	1,006	↑3	19
9	Evelyn	849	↓1	12
10	Lorraine	846	–	52
11	Mildred	843	↓2	8
12	Frances	791	↑1	10
13	Doris	777	↑2	9
14	Jean	741	↑4	16
15	Florence	739	↓3	20
16	Marie	689	↑3	14
17	Lois	682	↑3	22
18	Marjorie	676	↓4	17
19	Irene	669	↓3	18
20	Alice	638	↑2	15
21	Anna	607	↓4	13
22	Lillian	597	↑1	23
23	Elizabeth	584	↓2	11
24	Eleanor	572	↑1	29
25	June	561	↓1	45
26	Rose	558	–	25
27	Patricia	546	↑7	35
28	Dolores	537	↑2	75
29	Norma	483	↑3	40
30	Bernice	471	↓2	47
31	Lucille	471	↓4	37
32	Catherine	468	↓1	27
33	Barbara	465	↑2	28
34	Elaine	447	↑2	73
35	Josephine	414	↓6	34
36	Marion	413	↓3	46
37	Gloria	381	new	41
38	Phyllis	380	↑1	44
39	Martha	372	↓1	21
40	Marilyn	359	↑5	>100
41	Louise	343	↓4	24
42	Rita	330	–	49
43	Ann	327	↓2	55
44	Marian	327	–	64
45	Geraldine	325	↓5	58
46	Grace	325	–	43
47	Esther	317	↑3	51
48	Rosemary	315	new	>100
49	Edna	312	new	31
50	Loretta	309	↓2	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Robert	4,513	–	1
2	John	3,447	–	2
3	William	3,026	–	3
4	James	2,299	–	4
5	Charles	1,775	–	5
6	George	1,674	–	6
7	Edward	1,652	–	9
8	Richard	1,577	↑1	8
9	Joseph	1,390	↓1	7
10	Donald	1,359	–	10
11	Frank	1,036	–	12
12	Raymond	973	–	15
13	Harold	930	–	13
14	Thomas	879	↑2	11
15	Walter	797	–	16
16	Paul	757	↓2	14
17	Kenneth	752	–	19
18	Arthur	696	–	20
19	Eugene	619	–	25
20	Jack	617	–	17
21	Harry	615	–	22
22	Henry	590	↑1	18
23	Ralph	560	↓1	23
24	Albert	547	–	21
25	Leonard	497	↑1	38
26	Carl	445	↑1	27
27	Howard	443	↓2	26
28	Louis	427	↑2	28
29	Clarence	408	–	29
30	David	402	↑3	24
31	Earl	387	↑1	33
32	Roy	378	↑3	31
33	Lawrence	376	↓2	36
34	Fred	370	↑2	32
35	Stanley	368	↓7	40
36	Anthony	343	↑3	39
37	Norman	337	↑5	42
38	Edwin	320	↑2	55
39	Francis	313	↓1	34
40	Bernard	297	↑1	46
41	Russell	291	↑2	52
42	Chester	290	↓5	67
43	Elmer	290	↑2	57
44	Gerald	279	↑5	49
45	Warren	276	↓11	58
46	Leroy	272	new	53
47	Herbert	265	new	41
48	Leo	260	↓4	51
49	Daniel	245	new	47
50	Melvin	245	↓3	48

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