Popular baby names in Illinois, 1935

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1935 were Mary for girls (2,568 babies) and Robert for boys (3,591). Social Security records list 102,368 babies born in Illinois in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1935

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: 40 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Marilynn: 46 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bernadine: 68 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rochelle: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Therese: 46 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Adrienne: 52 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marianne: 81 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Arlene: 437 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dianne: 49 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bernadette: 47 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Norbert: 64 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nick: 53 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sheldon: 52 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Emil: 35 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Delmar: 31 babies, 2.2× the national rate
August: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Burton: 40 babies, 2× the national rate
Dominic: 29 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Mary	2,568	–	1
2	Shirley	2,458	↑2	2
3	Barbara	1,942	↓1	3
4	Patricia	1,615	↓1	5
5	Joan	1,312	–	7
6	Betty	1,135	–	4
7	Carol	1,060	↑2	11
8	Marilyn	994	–	14
9	Nancy	983	↑1	9
10	Dorothy	958	↓3	6
11	Joyce	729	↑3	12
12	Donna	701	–	23
13	Margaret	696	↓2	8
14	Dolores	642	↓1	26
15	Helen	568	–	10
16	Phyllis	566	↑1	27
17	Virginia	533	↑4	16
18	Lois	519	–	21
19	Jean	517	↓3	18
20	Doris	504	↓1	13
21	Beverly	485	↓1	20
22	Ruth	481	–	15
23	Arlene	437	↑1	59
24	Norma	430	↓1	29
25	Marlene	427	↑11	39
26	Alice	424	↓1	25
27	Janet	395	↓1	22
28	Geraldine	363	–	40
29	Joanne	360	↓2	44
30	Frances	346	↓1	19
31	Evelyn	326	↑2	31
32	Gloria	326	↓2	32
33	Carolyn	322	↑1	28
34	Sandra	322	new	50
35	Elizabeth	316	↓4	17
36	Elaine	315	↑3	51
37	Judith	312	new	54
38	Rose	304	↓6	37
39	Ann	300	↑4	30
40	Rita	286	↑5	63
41	Rosemary	274	new	97
42	Joann	258	↓7	53
43	Delores	253	↓1	57
44	Loretta	253	↑5	69
45	Marie	252	↓4	33
46	Lorraine	251	↓6	68
47	Carole	248	↓10	93
48	Diane	245	↑2	>100
49	Darlene	244	↓2	91
50	Janice	242	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Robert	3,591	–	1
2	John	2,783	–	3
3	James	2,775	–	2
4	Richard	2,571	–	5
5	Donald	2,276	–	7
6	William	2,213	–	4
7	Charles	1,575	–	6
8	Ronald	1,528	–	12
9	Thomas	1,084	↑1	9
10	Joseph	961	↑2	10
11	George	931	↓2	8
12	Edward	859	↓1	13
13	Kenneth	855	–	15
14	David	807	–	11
15	Frank	672	↑2	16
16	Paul	656	–	14
17	Jack	593	↓2	18
18	Gerald	592	↑1	21
19	Raymond	573	↓1	17
20	Harold	534	–	20
21	Jerry	465	↑3	22
22	Walter	432	↓1	23
23	Eugene	410	↓1	26
24	Carl	396	↑1	28
25	Roger	383	↑3	36
26	Arthur	374	–	29
27	Ralph	354	↓4	32
28	Fred	347	↓1	34
29	Larry	343	↑4	33
30	Lawrence	332	↑2	35
31	Michael	320	↑4	41
32	Wayne	299	↓2	49
33	Norman	292	↓4	38
34	Albert	276	↑5	31
35	Henry	276	↑3	27
36	Daniel	271	↓2	43
37	Don	266	–	51
38	Harry	252	↑2	37
39	Howard	252	↓8	39
40	Leonard	249	↓4	54
41	Louis	233	↑2	42
42	Joe	227	new	25
43	Marvin	222	↑2	45
44	Anthony	218	–	52
45	Bill	214	↑1	60
46	Peter	214	new	59
47	Bernard	213	↑1	67
48	Dale	213	↑1	61
49	Leroy	207	↓2	50
50	Gary	206	new	44

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