Popular baby names in Illinois, 1926

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1926 were Mary for girls (3,337 babies) and Robert for boys (4,496). Social Security records list 117,477 babies born in Illinois in 1926 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1926

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: 42 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Stephanie: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Laverne: 248 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lorraine: 775 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dolores: 776 babies, 3× the national rate
Loretta: 294 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Eleanore: 85 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Maryann: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marilyn: 538 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rosemary: 367 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Casimir: 34 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Bruno: 47 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Norbert: 84 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Vito: 44 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Loren: 80 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Laverne: 49 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nick: 76 babies, 2.3× the national rate
August: 53 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sheldon: 38 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Delmar: 33 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Mary	3,337	–	1
2	Betty	2,415	↑1	3
3	Dorothy	2,352	↓1	2
4	Helen	1,609	–	4
5	Shirley	1,164	↑3	14
6	Margaret	1,071	↓1	5
7	Ruth	1,059	–	6
8	Virginia	1,044	↓2	8
9	Doris	842	↑2	7
10	Jean	795	↑3	12
11	Patricia	778	↑6	23
12	Dolores	776	↑7	49
13	Lorraine	775	↓4	53
14	Evelyn	749	↓4	13
15	Lois	744	↓1	19
16	Mildred	690	↓4	9
17	Barbara	672	↑11	16
18	Frances	640	↓3	10
19	Norma	632	↑5	29
20	Alice	621	↓4	17
21	Marjorie	611	↓3	22
22	Irene	607	–	21
23	Florence	606	↓2	26
24	Anna	562	↓4	15
25	Rose	561	↑5	25
26	Marie	558	–	18
27	Gloria	540	↓2	20
28	Marilyn	538	↑6	65
29	June	522	↓6	40
30	Phyllis	492	↑3	33
31	Eleanor	490	↓2	32
32	Elizabeth	488	↓5	11
33	Lillian	463	↓2	28
34	Joan	415	new	51
35	Elaine	407	↑1	68
36	Lucille	390	↓1	43
37	Catherine	384	–	31
38	Bernice	381	↓6	45
39	Rosemary	367	↑4	95
40	Josephine	364	↓2	37
41	Marion	344	↓1	47
42	Wanda	332	new	66
43	Geraldine	316	↓1	54
44	Rita	315	↓5	50
45	Louise	309	↑1	27
46	Martha	304	↓5	24
47	Wilma	296	↑1	67
48	Esther	295	new	62
49	Loretta	294	↓5	>100
50	Marian	292	–	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Robert	4,496	–	1
2	John	3,384	–	2
3	William	2,983	–	4
4	James	2,398	–	3
5	Richard	1,947	–	7
6	Charles	1,652	–	5
7	Donald	1,624	↑2	9
8	George	1,563	–	6
9	Edward	1,478	↓2	10
10	Joseph	1,243	–	8
11	Frank	907	–	12
12	Raymond	887	–	15
13	Thomas	834	↑1	11
14	Harold	832	↓1	14
15	Jack	741	↑2	16
16	Kenneth	728	↑2	18
17	Paul	705	↓2	13
18	Walter	697	↓2	17
19	Eugene	656	↑1	23
20	Arthur	589	↓1	20
21	Henry	530	↑3	19
22	Ralph	527	–	24
23	Harry	505	↓2	25
24	Albert	487	↓1	21
25	Leonard	445	–	38
26	Carl	414	↑2	26
27	David	400	↑3	22
28	Fred	389	↑3	31
29	Earl	388	↑3	32
30	Louis	372	↓3	30
31	Howard	369	↓5	27
32	Stanley	342	↑2	43
33	Clarence	340	↓4	29
34	Lawrence	330	↓1	36
35	Roy	330	↑1	34
36	Norman	325	↓1	39
37	Gerald	301	–	41
38	Francis	299	↑1	35
39	Anthony	298	↑1	42
40	Melvin	287	↑5	47
41	Bernard	284	–	49
42	Russell	283	↑1	52
43	Herbert	276	↓1	44
44	Daniel	255	new	46
45	Theodore	247	↑1	63
46	Edwin	246	↓8	55
47	Leroy	246	–	51
48	Ernest	241	new	37
49	Leo	239	↑1	54
50	Joe	232	new	33

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