Popular baby names in Illinois, 1936

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1936 were Mary for girls (2,681 babies) and Robert for boys (3,723). Social Security records list 102,888 babies born in Illinois in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1936

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: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bernadine: 55 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Therese: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Adrienne: 43 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Francine: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Arlene: 454 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Diane: 245 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rosemary: 231 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Diana: 89 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Marianne: 73 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Norbert: 53 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Erwin: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Laverne: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Edmund: 67 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sheldon: 51 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jerome: 213 babies, 2.1× the national rate
August: 30 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Otto: 29 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Gale: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Burton: 44 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Mary	2,681	–	1
2	Barbara	1,948	↑1	3
3	Shirley	1,864	↓1	2
4	Patricia	1,810	–	5
5	Carol	1,273	↑2	10
6	Nancy	1,151	↑3	8
7	Joan	1,092	↓2	7
8	Marilyn	1,092	–	13
9	Betty	989	↓3	4
10	Dorothy	809	–	6
11	Donna	751	↑1	22
12	Joyce	738	↓1	12
13	Margaret	715	–	9
14	Beverly	604	↑7	17
15	Helen	549	–	11
16	Phyllis	531	–	25
17	Ruth	512	↑5	16
18	Dolores	495	↓4	30
19	Virginia	495	↓2	14
20	Sandra	485	↑14	38
21	Janet	463	↑6	21
22	Lois	457	↓4	26
23	Arlene	454	–	54
24	Jean	422	↓5	20
25	Marlene	418	–	39
26	Doris	406	↓6	15
27	Geraldine	402	↑1	41
28	Joanne	398	↑1	48
29	Judith	396	↑8	43
30	Carolyn	391	↑3	23
31	Norma	383	↓7	29
32	Alice	378	↓6	27
33	Frances	368	↓3	19
34	Elizabeth	338	↑1	18
35	Elaine	333	↑1	50
36	Rose	321	↑2	37
37	Sharon	320	new	60
38	Gloria	317	↓6	32
39	Janice	306	↑11	31
40	Carole	304	↑7	73
41	Evelyn	293	↓10	34
42	Marie	288	↑3	33
43	Jacqueline	276	new	66
44	Ann	274	↓5	28
45	Roberta	261	new	64
46	Marjorie	259	new	49
47	Rita	256	↓7	69
48	Lorraine	251	↓2	76
49	Diane	245	↓1	>100
50	Darlene	243	↓1	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Robert	3,723	–	1
2	John	2,828	–	3
3	James	2,694	–	2
4	Richard	2,413	–	5
5	Donald	2,219	–	7
6	William	2,155	–	4
7	Ronald	1,647	↑1	12
8	Charles	1,541	↓1	6
9	Thomas	1,129	–	8
10	George	958	↑1	9
11	Joseph	950	↓1	11
12	David	919	↑2	10
13	Edward	901	↓1	13
14	Kenneth	876	↓1	14
15	Frank	637	–	16
16	Gerald	628	↑2	19
17	Paul	627	↓1	15
18	Raymond	622	↑1	17
19	Jack	538	↓2	20
20	Jerry	528	↑1	18
21	Harold	516	↓1	21
22	Larry	486	↑7	25
23	Michael	428	↑8	33
24	Roger	400	↑1	35
25	Eugene	398	↓2	29
26	Fred	377	↑2	36
27	Walter	366	↓5	26
28	Carl	365	↓4	27
29	Arthur	357	↓3	30
30	Lawrence	343	–	37
31	Ralph	328	↓4	31
32	Wayne	324	–	45
33	Daniel	315	↑3	41
34	Norman	274	↓1	43
35	Henry	260	–	28
36	Howard	256	↑3	40
37	Gary	253	↑13	38
38	Harry	250	–	39
39	Dale	245	↑9	59
40	Albert	242	↓6	34
41	Peter	235	↑5	56
42	Leonard	230	↓2	54
43	Marvin	224	–	49
44	Don	221	↓7	51
45	Bill	216	–	61
46	Louis	214	↓5	44
47	Jerome	213	new	98
48	Joe	201	↓6	23
49	Roy	196	new	42
50	Russell	196	new	69

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