Popular baby names in Illinois, 1934

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1934 were Mary for girls (2,670 babies) and Robert for boys (3,571). Social Security records list 100,361 babies born in Illinois in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1934

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

Girls

Caryl: 39 babies, 6× the national rate
Bernadine: 64 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marilynn: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Diane: 245 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marianne: 79 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Therese: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Arlene: 455 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Adrienne: 47 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lenore: 41 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Eleanore: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Norbert: 56 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Loren: 67 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Delmar: 35 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Emil: 34 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jerald: 30 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Ronald: 1,396 babies, 2× the national rate
Burton: 43 babies, 2× the national rate
Otto: 32 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	2,670	–	1
2	Barbara	1,903	–	3
3	Patricia	1,556	–	6
4	Shirley	1,448	↑3	4
5	Joan	1,385	–	7
6	Betty	1,306	↓2	2
7	Dorothy	1,058	↓1	5
8	Marilyn	964	–	17
9	Carol	944	↑1	14
10	Nancy	870	↓1	10
11	Margaret	703	↑1	8
12	Donna	694	↑7	23
13	Dolores	693	↓2	26
14	Joyce	672	–	12
15	Helen	587	↓2	9
16	Jean	572	↓1	16
17	Phyllis	570	↑1	28
18	Lois	545	↓1	20
19	Doris	540	↓3	11
20	Beverly	514	↑4	22
21	Virginia	509	↑1	15
22	Ruth	502	↓2	13
23	Norma	462	↓2	24
24	Arlene	455	↑8	53
25	Alice	431	↓2	25
26	Janet	396	–	21
27	Joanne	387	↑7	45
28	Geraldine	383	↓3	43
29	Frances	363	↓2	19
30	Gloria	351	↑1	30
31	Elizabeth	344	↓1	18
32	Rose	326	↓3	37
33	Evelyn	322	↑4	29
34	Carolyn	311	↑13	33
35	Joann	301	new	50
36	Marlene	301	↓8	57
37	Carole	297	new	89
38	Marjorie	297	↓2	41
39	Elaine	292	↑3	54
40	Lorraine	289	↓2	56
41	Marie	278	↑4	34
42	Delores	276	↓3	51
43	Ann	266	↑1	32
44	Anna	266	↓9	31
45	Rita	265	↓12	63
46	Audrey	263	↓3	69
47	Darlene	258	new	90
48	June	258	↓8	46
49	Loretta	246	new	83
50	Diane	245	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Robert	3,571	–	1
2	John	2,747	–	3
3	James	2,657	–	2
4	Richard	2,486	–	5
5	Donald	2,439	–	6
6	William	2,048	–	4
7	Charles	1,511	–	7
8	Ronald	1,396	–	11
9	George	999	–	8
10	Thomas	969	–	9
11	Edward	901	↑1	13
12	Joseph	890	↓1	10
13	Kenneth	767	–	15
14	David	743	↑5	12
15	Jack	688	↓1	17
16	Paul	623	↑1	14
17	Frank	618	↓2	16
18	Raymond	599	↓2	19
19	Gerald	536	↑1	22
20	Harold	517	↓2	18
21	Walter	455	↑1	21
22	Eugene	419	↓1	24
23	Ralph	406	↑3	31
24	Jerry	388	↓1	25
25	Carl	372	–	28
26	Arthur	359	↓2	29
27	Fred	355	↑1	33
28	Roger	345	↑5	39
29	Norman	321	–	38
30	Wayne	317	↓3	48
31	Howard	311	↑3	37
32	Lawrence	310	↑3	34
33	Larry	283	new	43
34	Daniel	274	↑3	42
35	Michael	265	↑3	47
36	Leonard	264	↓6	53
37	Don	260	↑6	50
38	Henry	260	↓7	27
39	Albert	257	↓7	32
40	Harry	256	↓4	36
41	Earl	236	↓1	41
42	Roy	236	↓3	35
43	Louis	235	↓2	40
44	Anthony	222	↓2	52
45	Marvin	222	↑2	44
46	Bill	213	–	59
47	Leroy	209	↑1	54
48	Bernard	208	↑2	65
49	Dale	206	↓4	62
50	Stanley	206	↓6	58

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