Popular baby names in Illinois, 1929

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1929 were Mary for girls (3,276 babies) and Robert for boys (4,395). Social Security records list 114,139 babies born in Illinois in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1929

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: 31 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Laverne: 213 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bernadine: 71 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Eleanore: 54 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Diane: 104 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Angeline: 81 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dolores: 1,494 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marilyn: 861 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rosemary: 391 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Therese: 85 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Norbert: 92 babies, 3× the national rate
Sheldon: 59 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	3,276	–	1
2	Betty	2,301	–	2
3	Dorothy	1,850	–	3
4	Dolores	1,494	–	14
5	Shirley	1,397	↑1	9
6	Patricia	1,161	↑1	10
7	Helen	1,155	↓2	4
8	Barbara	1,140	↑1	7
9	Joan	1,078	↑9	13
10	Margaret	953	↓2	5
11	Doris	864	–	6
12	Marilyn	861	↑4	33
13	Ruth	838	↓3	8
14	Lois	835	↓1	17
15	Virginia	789	↓3	11
16	Jean	776	↓1	12
17	Norma	642	–	25
18	Lorraine	621	↓4	42
19	Phyllis	614	↑2	24
20	Alice	526	↑2	21
21	Frances	516	↑4	16
22	Evelyn	511	↓2	19
23	Rose	508	↓4	26
24	Marjorie	451	↑3	30
25	Marie	450	↑4	22
26	Florence	447	↑2	35
27	Gloria	444	↓1	28
28	Anna	439	↓5	20
29	Mildred	432	↓5	18
30	Nancy	425	↑12	32
31	Joyce	422	↑10	23
32	Elizabeth	421	↓1	15
33	Irene	416	↓3	29
34	Carol	401	new	63
35	June	400	↓3	48
36	Beverly	398	–	39
37	Geraldine	395	–	43
38	Rosemary	391	↓4	80
39	Elaine	382	↓4	67
40	Rita	378	–	52
41	Donna	332	↑7	47
42	Eleanor	330	↓9	38
43	Marion	330	↓4	53
44	Catherine	329	↓1	34
45	Audrey	312	↓1	58
46	Lillian	309	↓8	40
47	Theresa	309	new	49
48	Charlotte	292	new	73
49	Louise	291	new	31
50	Martha	289	↓5	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Robert	4,395	–	1
2	John	3,176	–	3
3	William	2,763	–	4
4	James	2,532	–	2
5	Richard	2,332	–	6
6	Donald	2,319	–	7
7	Charles	1,702	–	5
8	George	1,367	–	8
9	Edward	1,288	–	10
10	Joseph	1,174	–	9
11	Thomas	919	↑1	11
12	Raymond	875	↑1	15
13	Frank	840	↓2	12
14	Harold	799	↑1	16
15	Kenneth	785	↓1	18
16	Jack	739	–	14
17	Paul	679	↑1	13
18	Eugene	678	↓1	20
19	David	598	↑4	17
20	Walter	575	↓1	19
21	Arthur	547	↓1	22
22	Ralph	457	↓1	26
23	Ronald	436	↑7	45
24	Carl	413	↑2	28
25	Henry	394	–	21
26	Albert	393	↓2	24
27	Harry	393	↓5	27
28	Howard	390	–	31
29	Gerald	389	↑9	33
30	Leonard	372	↓1	42
31	Fred	366	↓4	34
32	Lawrence	359	↑1	38
33	Herbert	357	↓1	25
34	Louis	331	–	32
35	Norman	325	↓4	40
36	Roy	313	–	35
37	Earl	305	↓2	36
38	Clarence	300	↓1	37
39	Billy	281	↑2	23
40	Leroy	280	new	51
41	Anthony	279	↑2	44
42	Roger	276	new	64
43	Marvin	266	↓3	46
44	Daniel	264	↑5	47
45	Stanley	263	new	48
46	Bernard	245	↓7	52
47	Melvin	245	↓3	49
48	Alfred	244	↑2	41
49	Michael	237	↓1	54
50	Joe	232	↓8	30

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