Popular baby names in Illinois, 1932

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1932 were Mary for girls (2,905 babies) and Robert for boys (3,832). Social Security records list 102,218 babies born in Illinois in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1932

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

Girls

Therese: 62 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Adrienne: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Maryann: 81 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Angeline: 59 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bernadine: 56 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marianne: 73 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rosemary: 288 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Laverne: 109 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Arlene: 334 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Diane: 154 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Sheldon: 68 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Norbert: 54 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Nick: 53 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Delmar: 33 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jerome: 168 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	2,905	–	1
2	Barbara	1,731	↑1	3
3	Betty	1,582	↓1	2
4	Joan	1,577	–	5
5	Patricia	1,523	–	6
6	Dorothy	1,295	–	4
7	Shirley	1,051	–	9
8	Marilyn	1,018	↑1	16
9	Dolores	910	↓1	18
10	Helen	773	–	8
11	Nancy	739	↑5	13
12	Margaret	736	↓1	7
13	Lois	657	↑1	20
14	Jean	644	↓2	15
15	Joyce	641	↑6	12
16	Ruth	605	↓3	11
17	Doris	603	–	10
18	Carol	599	↑10	32
19	Norma	591	↓1	22
20	Virginia	586	↓5	14
21	Donna	577	↑1	29
22	Phyllis	565	↓3	30
23	Gloria	472	↓3	25
24	Geraldine	467	↑5	42
25	Beverly	443	↑5	28
26	Alice	425	↓3	21
27	Frances	401	–	19
28	Evelyn	389	↓3	23
29	Rose	379	↓3	33
30	Anna	354	↑2	24
31	Elizabeth	353	–	17
32	Joanne	339	↑4	62
33	Marjorie	339	↑2	37
34	Arlene	334	↓1	80
35	Rita	329	↓1	53
36	Marie	327	↑1	31
37	Lorraine	321	↓13	55
38	Delores	316	↑2	56
39	June	308	↑2	44
40	Janet	302	↑7	35
41	Marlene	294	↑9	78
42	Rosemary	288	↓4	100
43	Elaine	276	↓4	68
44	Mildred	272	–	26
45	Ann	268	new	34
46	Audrey	265	new	61
47	Martha	248	new	27
48	Catherine	244	↓2	39
49	Loretta	238	new	89
50	Eleanor	236	↓8	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Robert	3,832	–	1
2	John	2,758	–	3
3	James	2,471	–	2
4	Donald	2,422	↑2	7
5	William	2,351	–	4
6	Richard	2,304	↓2	5
7	Charles	1,646	–	6
8	George	1,086	–	8
9	Ronald	1,073	↑7	16
10	Edward	1,043	↓1	11
11	Joseph	983	↓1	9
12	Thomas	913	↓1	10
13	Kenneth	765	↓1	14
14	Paul	681	↑5	13
15	Raymond	669	↓1	19
16	Frank	643	↓1	15
17	Jack	631	↓4	17
18	David	608	–	12
19	Harold	588	↓2	18
20	Gerald	536	↑3	24
21	Eugene	485	↓1	22
22	Walter	464	↓1	21
23	Arthur	390	↓1	25
24	Carl	357	↑1	28
25	Ralph	352	↓1	27
26	Norman	333	↑3	37
27	Fred	332	↑8	33
28	Harry	326	↑3	32
29	Henry	320	↓1	23
30	Lawrence	320	–	35
31	Albert	306	↓4	26
32	Jerry	305	↑8	34
33	Wayne	297	↓7	57
34	Daniel	293	↓2	42
35	Roger	287	↑2	50
36	Howard	283	↓3	36
37	Leonard	279	↓1	48
38	Louis	268	↓4	39
39	Michael	266	↑5	54
40	Dale	241	↑8	61
41	Don	236	new	55
42	Earl	231	–	41
43	Clarence	228	↓2	40
44	Marvin	227	↑1	46
45	Anthony	224	↑2	45
46	Billy	223	–	20
47	Stanley	217	↓9	52
48	Peter	216	new	62
49	Roy	215	↓10	38
50	Bernard	203	new	60

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