Popular baby names in Illinois, 1927

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1927 were Mary for girls (3,574 babies) and Robert for boys (4,535). Social Security records list 118,143 babies born in Illinois in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1927

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: 257 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shirlee: 33 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dolores: 938 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lorraine: 763 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marilyn: 716 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Adeline: 103 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Eleanore: 69 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Angeline: 87 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rosemary: 376 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Therese: 99 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Bruno: 37 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Thaddeus: 35 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Nick: 89 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Norbert: 87 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Laverne: 60 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Roman: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Loren: 72 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sheldon: 45 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Delmar: 43 babies, 2.3× the national rate
August: 57 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Mary	3,574	–	1
2	Betty	2,358	–	3
3	Dorothy	2,157	–	2
4	Helen	1,403	–	4
5	Shirley	1,355	–	9
6	Margaret	1,126	–	5
7	Ruth	1,035	–	6
8	Virginia	982	–	8
9	Dolores	938	↑3	34
10	Patricia	882	↑1	18
11	Lois	865	↑4	19
12	Doris	812	↓3	7
13	Jean	808	↓3	14
14	Barbara	767	↑3	10
15	Lorraine	763	↓2	44
16	Marilyn	716	↑12	46
17	Evelyn	708	↓3	15
18	Norma	660	↑1	26
19	Frances	593	↓1	12
20	Alice	585	–	17
21	Irene	541	↑1	21
22	Mildred	539	↓6	11
23	Rose	534	↑2	23
24	Marie	526	↑2	20
25	Marjorie	521	↓4	25
26	Joan	515	↑8	41
27	Gloria	506	–	22
28	Anna	505	↓4	16
29	Phyllis	502	↑1	29
30	June	490	↓1	43
31	Elizabeth	464	↑1	13
32	Florence	455	↓9	28
33	Lillian	454	–	32
34	Elaine	424	↑1	69
35	Eleanor	415	↓4	33
36	Rosemary	376	↑3	86
37	Catherine	374	–	31
38	Lucille	362	↓2	45
39	Rita	355	↑5	54
40	Geraldine	343	↑3	58
41	Josephine	342	↓1	39
42	Marion	341	↓1	51
43	Bernice	339	↓5	49
44	Beverly	326	new	57
45	Joyce	318	new	35
46	Louise	306	↓1	27
47	Martha	305	↓1	24
48	Wilma	287	↓1	68
49	Esther	286	↓1	65
50	Charlotte	278	new	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Robert	4,535	–	1
2	John	3,331	–	2
3	William	2,999	–	4
4	James	2,484	–	3
5	Richard	2,131	–	6
6	Donald	1,895	↑1	8
7	Charles	1,765	↓1	5
8	George	1,521	–	7
9	Edward	1,433	–	10
10	Joseph	1,224	–	9
11	Frank	965	–	12
12	Thomas	921	↑1	11
13	Raymond	916	↓1	15
14	Harold	868	–	14
15	Kenneth	793	↑1	18
16	Paul	761	↑1	13
17	Jack	743	↓2	16
18	Walter	739	–	17
19	Eugene	644	–	20
20	Arthur	551	–	22
21	Ralph	531	↑1	24
22	Harry	496	↑1	25
23	Henry	463	↓2	19
24	Carl	447	↑2	26
25	David	446	↑2	21
26	Leonard	437	↓1	40
27	Albert	433	↓3	23
28	Howard	408	↑3	28
29	Louis	382	↑1	29
30	Norman	376	↑6	39
31	Fred	371	↓3	35
32	Stanley	359	–	44
33	Earl	353	↓4	33
34	Gerald	340	↑3	38
35	Clarence	335	↓2	32
36	Lawrence	334	↓2	37
37	Roy	310	↓2	34
38	Anthony	293	↑1	43
39	Bernard	276	↑2	50
40	Ronald	275	new	63
41	Leroy	271	↑6	51
42	Daniel	270	↑2	46
43	Marvin	269	new	47
44	Billy	266	new	31
45	Francis	261	↓7	36
46	Melvin	255	↓6	48
47	Russell	254	↓5	54
48	Joe	253	↑2	30
49	Herbert	248	↓6	42
50	Edwin	245	↓4	57

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