Popular baby names in Illinois, 1928

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1928 were Mary for girls (3,416 babies) and Robert for boys (4,458). Social Security records list 114,940 babies born in Illinois in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1928

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

Girls

Charmaine: 58 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Laverne: 225 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dolores: 1,355 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kay: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Therese: 104 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lorraine: 783 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rosemary: 386 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Loretta: 257 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bernadine: 66 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Charlene: 108 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Bruno: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Delmar: 46 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sheldon: 54 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Norbert: 76 babies, 2.4× the national rate
August: 45 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Laverne: 45 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Mary	3,416	–	1
2	Betty	2,316	–	2
3	Dorothy	2,014	–	3
4	Dolores	1,355	↑5	20
5	Helen	1,281	↓1	4
6	Shirley	1,272	↓1	10
7	Patricia	1,060	↑3	11
8	Margaret	984	↓2	5
9	Barbara	956	↑5	8
10	Ruth	943	↓3	6
11	Doris	871	↑1	7
12	Virginia	852	↓4	9
13	Lois	793	↓2	18
14	Lorraine	783	↑1	39
15	Jean	719	↓2	12
16	Marilyn	710	–	38
17	Norma	697	↑1	23
18	Joan	635	↑8	27
19	Rose	554	↑4	24
20	Evelyn	546	↓3	17
21	Phyllis	542	↑8	26
22	Alice	529	↓2	19
23	Anna	519	↑5	16
24	Mildred	507	↓2	15
25	Frances	504	↓6	13
26	Gloria	487	↑1	25
27	Marjorie	482	↓2	29
28	Florence	455	↑4	32
29	Marie	452	↓5	21
30	Irene	436	↓9	28
31	Elizabeth	427	–	14
32	June	417	↓2	44
33	Eleanor	390	↑2	36
34	Rosemary	386	↑2	88
35	Elaine	382	↓1	68
36	Beverly	379	↑8	46
37	Geraldine	373	↑3	50
38	Lillian	356	↓5	35
39	Marion	342	↑3	47
40	Rita	341	↓1	57
41	Joyce	338	↑4	30
42	Nancy	328	new	43
43	Catherine	322	↓6	33
44	Audrey	318	new	60
45	Martha	304	↑2	22
46	Josephine	301	↓5	42
47	Lucille	295	↓9	51
48	Donna	293	new	61
49	Bernice	292	↓6	53
50	Marian	283	new	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Robert	4,458	–	1
2	John	3,290	–	2
3	William	2,785	–	4
4	James	2,379	–	3
5	Richard	2,271	–	6
6	Donald	2,128	–	7
7	Charles	1,653	–	5
8	George	1,381	–	8
9	Edward	1,323	–	10
10	Joseph	1,233	–	9
11	Frank	889	–	12
12	Thomas	855	–	11
13	Raymond	850	–	16
14	Kenneth	838	↑1	17
15	Harold	835	↓1	14
16	Jack	745	↑1	15
17	Eugene	717	↑2	20
18	Paul	687	↓2	13
19	Walter	658	↓1	18
20	Arthur	539	–	22
21	Ralph	528	–	24
22	Harry	477	–	26
23	David	467	↑2	19
24	Albert	446	↑3	23
25	Henry	435	↓2	21
26	Carl	382	↓2	28
27	Fred	380	↑4	36
28	Howard	376	–	31
29	Leonard	373	↓3	42
30	Ronald	367	↑10	50
31	Norman	366	↓1	39
32	Herbert	363	↑17	25
33	Lawrence	362	↑3	38
34	Louis	359	↓5	32
35	Earl	334	↓2	37
36	Roy	327	↑1	34
37	Clarence	324	↓2	35
38	Gerald	301	↓4	41
39	Bernard	300	–	49
40	Marvin	277	↑3	46
41	Billy	274	↑3	27
42	Joe	267	↑6	30
43	Anthony	266	↓5	44
44	Melvin	260	↑2	48
45	Francis	253	–	40
46	Russell	252	↑1	55
47	Peter	250	new	56
48	Michael	249	new	53
49	Daniel	242	↓7	47
50	Alfred	239	new	33

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