Popular baby names in Illinois, 1930

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1930 were Mary for girls (3,442 babies) and Robert for boys (4,673). Social Security records list 115,085 babies born in Illinois in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1930

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: 160 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Therese: 82 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rosemary: 432 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bernadine: 73 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marianne: 106 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Diane: 98 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Maryann: 55 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Eleanore: 46 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lorraine: 608 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Angeline: 64 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Norbert: 96 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sheldon: 59 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Delmar: 44 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nick: 75 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Gregory: 30 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Erwin: 42 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Laverne: 45 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Emil: 55 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Mary	3,442	–	1
2	Betty	2,263	–	2
3	Dorothy	1,739	–	3
4	Dolores	1,461	–	13
5	Patricia	1,441	↑1	7
6	Joan	1,297	↑3	8
7	Barbara	1,287	↑1	6
8	Shirley	1,234	↓3	11
9	Helen	1,075	↓2	4
10	Marilyn	1,008	↑2	22
11	Margaret	897	↓1	5
12	Lois	844	↑2	17
13	Ruth	790	–	10
14	Virginia	777	↑1	12
15	Jean	753	↑1	14
16	Doris	752	↓5	9
17	Norma	700	–	25
18	Phyllis	625	↑1	28
19	Lorraine	608	↓1	46
20	Nancy	591	↑10	24
21	Alice	584	↓1	20
22	Rose	494	↑1	29
23	Joyce	487	↑8	18
24	Frances	479	↓3	16
25	Evelyn	476	↓3	19
26	Gloria	443	↑1	30
27	Carol	437	↑7	54
28	Rosemary	432	↑10	82
29	Elizabeth	427	↑3	15
30	Anna	425	↓2	23
31	Geraldine	425	↑6	43
32	Marjorie	424	↓8	32
33	Marie	412	↓8	26
34	Beverly	409	↑2	34
35	Rita	400	↑5	42
36	Donna	390	↑5	37
37	Irene	382	↓4	33
38	Mildred	369	↓9	21
39	Elaine	362	–	69
40	June	351	↓5	47
41	Florence	348	↓15	38
42	Eleanor	347	–	39
43	Delores	332	new	66
44	Lillian	313	↑2	44
45	Catherine	307	↓1	35
46	Joanne	288	new	81
47	Martha	283	↑3	27
48	Theresa	282	↓1	50
49	Charlotte	278	↓1	75
50	Louise	269	↓1	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Robert	4,673	–	1
2	John	3,178	–	3
3	James	2,732	↑1	2
4	William	2,727	↓1	4
5	Donald	2,503	↑1	7
6	Richard	2,454	↓1	5
7	Charles	1,736	–	6
8	George	1,311	–	8
9	Joseph	1,157	↑1	9
10	Edward	1,141	↓1	10
11	Thomas	934	–	11
12	Frank	845	↑1	13
13	Raymond	812	↓1	16
14	Kenneth	788	↑1	17
15	Jack	752	↑1	14
16	Harold	747	↓2	18
17	Paul	664	–	12
18	David	644	↑1	15
19	Eugene	638	↓1	21
20	Ronald	587	↑3	37
21	Walter	554	↓1	19
22	Arthur	519	↓1	23
23	Ralph	483	↓1	25
24	Gerald	442	↑5	30
25	Howard	430	↑3	31
26	Henry	416	↓1	22
27	Carl	412	↓3	26
28	Harry	410	↓1	28
29	Albert	407	↓3	24
30	Lawrence	370	↑2	36
31	Louis	363	↑3	34
32	Norman	346	↑3	40
33	Fred	336	↓2	32
34	Earl	333	↑3	38
35	Leonard	325	↓5	45
36	Roy	294	–	33
37	Bernard	293	↑9	52
38	Stanley	292	↑7	49
39	Anthony	278	↑2	44
40	Billy	275	↓1	20
41	Daniel	275	↑3	47
42	Herbert	270	↓9	35
43	Jerry	265	new	51
44	Clarence	263	↓6	39
45	Michael	260	↑4	54
46	Dale	252	new	64
47	Roger	252	↓5	58
48	Wayne	246	new	65
49	Joe	238	↑1	27
50	Marvin	235	↓7	48

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