Popular baby names in Illinois, 1937

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1937 were Mary for girls (2,771 babies) and Robert for boys (3,951). Social Security records list 105,999 babies born in Illinois in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1937

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: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Adrienne: 50 babies, 3× the national rate
Bernadine: 54 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rochelle: 59 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Corinne: 38 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marilynn: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marianne: 78 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Diane: 363 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lenore: 39 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Arlene: 408 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Norbert: 44 babies, 2.6× the national rate
August: 35 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Terrence: 29 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kent: 46 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jerome: 208 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Delmar: 28 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	2,771	–	1
2	Barbara	2,170	–	2
3	Patricia	1,961	↑1	3
4	Carol	1,490	↑1	6
5	Shirley	1,291	↓2	4
6	Nancy	1,181	–	7
7	Betty	980	↑2	5
8	Joan	978	↓1	9
9	Marilyn	857	↓1	13
10	Donna	831	↑1	21
11	Dorothy	789	↓1	8
12	Joyce	731	–	11
13	Margaret	676	–	10
14	Sandra	650	↑6	26
15	Beverly	608	↓1	14
16	Janet	598	↑5	18
17	Judith	597	↑12	34
18	Ruth	575	↓1	15
19	Phyllis	538	↓3	27
20	Helen	492	↓5	12
21	Dolores	468	↓3	37
22	Virginia	467	↓3	16
23	Marlene	450	↑2	40
24	Carolyn	446	↑6	20
25	Jean	438	↓1	23
26	Sharon	429	↑11	41
27	Janice	425	↑12	25
28	Lois	423	↓6	29
29	Arlene	408	↓6	60
30	Carole	403	↑10	56
31	Joanne	374	↓3	51
32	Frances	371	↑1	19
33	Alice	369	↓1	28
34	Doris	367	↓8	22
35	Diane	363	↑14	76
36	Elizabeth	348	↓2	17
37	Linda	334	new	49
38	Norma	329	↓7	33
39	Geraldine	324	↓12	44
40	Darlene	317	↑10	72
41	Elaine	313	↓6	45
42	Gloria	299	↓4	32
43	Rose	286	↓7	38
44	Judy	284	new	91
45	Joann	270	new	58
46	Jacqueline	269	↓3	70
47	Marie	269	↓5	35
48	Marjorie	263	↓2	57
49	Roberta	263	↓4	66
50	Rita	260	↓3	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Robert	3,951	–	1
2	James	2,959	↑1	2
3	John	2,882	↓1	3
4	Richard	2,388	–	5
5	William	2,220	↑1	4
6	Donald	2,041	↓1	7
7	Ronald	1,672	–	11
8	Charles	1,571	–	6
9	Thomas	1,224	–	9
10	David	1,211	↑2	8
11	George	981	↓1	10
12	Kenneth	948	↑2	14
13	Edward	918	–	13
14	Joseph	877	↓3	12
15	Gerald	704	↑1	20
16	Larry	668	↑6	16
17	Paul	655	–	15
18	Raymond	631	–	19
19	Frank	592	↓4	18
20	Jerry	549	–	17
21	Michael	535	↑2	27
22	Jack	522	↓3	23
23	Harold	447	↓2	21
24	Roger	428	–	36
25	Walter	417	↑2	26
26	Carl	399	↑2	28
27	Fred	366	↓1	35
28	Wayne	352	↑4	44
29	Gary	351	↑8	29
30	Arthur	348	↓1	31
31	Lawrence	341	↓1	38
32	Ralph	332	↓1	34
33	Daniel	329	–	39
34	Eugene	325	↓9	33
35	Norman	286	↓1	43
36	Dale	283	↑3	59
37	Anthony	281	new	47
38	Louis	271	↑8	46
39	Henry	259	↓4	30
40	Don	252	↑4	51
41	Dennis	247	new	63
42	Howard	243	↓6	42
43	Albert	237	↓3	37
44	Harry	226	↓6	41
45	Peter	219	↓4	52
46	Roy	219	↑3	40
47	Melvin	215	new	50
48	Leonard	214	↓6	58
49	Marvin	213	↓6	49
50	Jerome	208	↓3	100

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