Popular baby names in Illinois, 1931

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1931 were Mary for girls (3,119 babies) and Robert for boys (4,231). Social Security records list 106,643 babies born in Illinois in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1931

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

Girls

Marianne: 92 babies, 3× the national rate
Laverne: 149 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Therese: 65 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Angeline: 64 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Valerie: 34 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bernadine: 73 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Maryann: 68 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rosemary: 343 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Carmella: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Arlene: 368 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Norbert: 71 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sheldon: 49 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Nick: 58 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Wayne: 353 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Loren: 62 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Adolph: 31 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Mary	3,119	–	1
2	Betty	1,900	–	2
3	Barbara	1,554	↑4	4
4	Joan	1,514	↑2	5
5	Patricia	1,425	–	8
6	Dorothy	1,420	↓3	3
7	Shirley	1,174	↑1	9
8	Dolores	1,114	↓4	14
9	Marilyn	970	↑1	19
10	Helen	897	↓1	6
11	Margaret	811	–	7
12	Jean	706	↑3	13
13	Ruth	703	–	11
14	Lois	700	↓2	20
15	Virginia	668	↓1	12
16	Nancy	660	↑4	17
17	Doris	651	↓1	10
18	Norma	608	↓1	22
19	Phyllis	536	↓1	29
20	Gloria	535	↑6	23
21	Joyce	519	↑2	15
22	Donna	491	↑14	32
23	Alice	489	↓2	21
24	Lorraine	471	↓5	49
25	Evelyn	445	–	24
26	Rose	437	↓4	30
27	Frances	431	↓3	18
28	Carol	430	↓1	46
29	Geraldine	428	↑2	38
30	Beverly	411	↑4	31
31	Elizabeth	389	↓2	16
32	Anna	383	↓2	25
33	Arlene	368	new	77
34	Rita	365	↑1	48
35	Marjorie	364	↓3	34
36	Joanne	354	↑10	68
37	Marie	351	↓4	27
38	Rosemary	343	↓10	88
39	Elaine	342	–	72
40	Delores	329	↑3	58
41	June	320	↓1	44
42	Eleanor	307	–	40
43	Irene	306	↓6	37
44	Mildred	298	↓6	26
45	Florence	282	↓4	43
46	Catherine	268	↓1	36
47	Janet	266	new	45
48	Jacqueline	257	new	78
49	Jane	254	new	50
50	Marlene	254	new	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Robert	4,231	–	1
2	John	3,045	–	3
3	James	2,664	–	2
4	Richard	2,441	↑2	5
5	William	2,430	↓1	4
6	Donald	2,423	↓1	7
7	Charles	1,536	–	6
8	George	1,131	–	8
9	Edward	1,033	↑1	11
10	Joseph	1,024	↓1	9
11	Thomas	990	–	10
12	Kenneth	765	↑2	14
13	Jack	708	↑2	15
14	Raymond	703	↓1	17
15	Frank	696	↓3	16
16	Ronald	686	↑4	27
17	Harold	657	↓1	18
18	David	654	–	13
19	Paul	640	↓2	12
20	Eugene	587	↓1	21
21	Walter	477	–	20
22	Arthur	461	–	23
23	Gerald	437	↑1	26
24	Ralph	427	↓1	25
25	Carl	369	↑2	28
26	Wayne	353	↑22	58
27	Albert	346	↑2	24
28	Henry	340	↓2	22
29	Norman	330	↑3	36
30	Lawrence	327	–	38
31	Harry	326	↓3	30
32	Daniel	305	↑9	44
33	Howard	298	↓8	34
34	Louis	298	↓3	37
35	Fred	296	↓2	33
36	Leonard	281	↓1	48
37	Roger	275	↑10	53
38	Stanley	260	–	49
39	Roy	259	↓3	35
40	Jerry	257	↑3	43
41	Clarence	252	↑3	39
42	Earl	251	↓8	40
43	Herbert	247	↓1	41
44	Michael	245	↑1	55
45	Marvin	241	↑5	45
46	Billy	238	↓6	19
47	Anthony	236	↓8	46
48	Dale	235	↓2	62
49	Joe	230	–	29
50	Francis	220	new	42

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