Illinois ★ 1917

Top names in Illinois, 1917

Mary led for girls with 3,474 babies ; John for boys with 3,146. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,474
2	Helen	2,629
3	Dorothy	2,227
4	Ruth	1,440
5	Margaret	1,416
6	Mildred	1,107
7	Virginia	1,055
8	Evelyn	931
9	Marie	883
10	Florence	853
11	Frances	824
12	Anna	804
13	Irene	748
14	Lillian	724
15	Rose	689
16	Eleanor	687
17	Elizabeth	674
18	Bernice	646
19	Alice	640
20	Lucille	627
21	Josephine	624
22	Ann	504
23	Marjorie	503
24	Jean	502
25	Catherine	485
26	Betty	479
27	Esther	427
28	Louise	419
29	Marion	411
30	Anne	407
31	Grace	402
31	Martha	402
33	Doris	390
34	Edna	382
35	Lois	375
36	Ethel	364
37	Genevieve	360
38	Edith	357
39	Gertrude	352
40	Gladys	335
41	Hazel	334
42	Pauline	327
43	June	317
44	Stella	316
45	Charlotte	313
46	Jane	312
47	Elsie	306
48	Lorraine	303
49	Marian	287
50	Violet	286
51	Clara	284
52	Agnes	276
52	Eileen	276
54	Julia	265
55	Thelma	264
56	Katherine	262
57	Ruby	257
58	Kathryn	254
59	Sophie	246
60	Leona	241
61	Pearl	240
62	Wilma	232
63	Emily	231
64	Vera	230
65	Phyllis	228
66	Loretta	226
67	Geraldine	225
68	Sylvia	215
69	Harriet	214
70	Barbara	213
70	Maxine	213
72	Marguerite	206
73	Viola	202
74	Vivian	198
75	Rita	192
75	Theresa	192
77	Beatrice	191
78	Adeline	188
79	Myrtle	185
80	Estelle	178
81	Wanda	177
82	Mabel	173
83	Bertha	171
83	Jeanette	171
85	Emma	167
85	Eva	167
85	Jennie	167
88	Laura	166
89	Juanita	165
89	Shirley	165
91	Ellen	157
92	Blanche	143
92	Norma	143
94	Dolores	142
94	Sarah	142
96	Alma	140
97	Olga	139
98	Lottie	136
99	Bessie	135
100	Ida	134

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	John	3,146
2	William	2,342
3	Robert	2,329
4	Edward	1,622
5	James	1,572
6	Joseph	1,562
7	Charles	1,520
8	George	1,468
9	Frank	1,157
10	Walter	985
11	Harold	858
11	Raymond	858
13	Richard	706
14	Arthur	623
14	Paul	623
16	Henry	597
17	Thomas	593
18	Harry	589
19	Donald	580
20	Stanley	521
21	Albert	514
22	Carl	471
23	Kenneth	467
24	Ralph	459
25	Louis	439
26	Howard	411
27	Clarence	396
28	Jack	374
29	Eugene	366
30	Fred	359
31	Earl	348
32	Leonard	346
33	Francis	345
34	Roy	342
35	Chester	326
36	Lawrence	323
37	Elmer	313
38	Anthony	310
39	David	288
40	Leo	287
41	Russell	275
42	Bernard	269
43	Herbert	266
44	Joe	262
45	Peter	251
46	Michael	250
47	Theodore	245
48	Norman	243
49	Edwin	239
50	Alfred	226
51	Lester	224
51	Melvin	224
53	Andrew	212
54	Ernest	195
55	Lloyd	190
56	Vernon	183
57	Leroy	176
58	Gerald	172
59	Frederick	168
60	Clifford	167
61	Martin	166
62	Daniel	165
63	Sam	164
64	Floyd	158
65	Philip	157
65	Victor	157
65	Wilbur	157
68	Glenn	149
69	Vincent	146
70	Wayne	144
71	Herman	141
72	Marvin	140
73	Steve	138
74	Clyde	136
74	Willard	136
76	Samuel	130
77	Everett	127
77	Virgil	127
79	Milton	126
80	Ray	122
81	Maurice	118
82	Arnold	116
82	Warren	116
84	Jerome	112
85	Dale	107
85	Tony	107
87	Alvin	105
88	Orville	104
89	Benjamin	103
89	Harvey	103
91	Gilbert	102
92	Emil	101
93	Gordon	99
93	Leslie	99
93	Mike	99
96	Marion	97
97	Bruno	94
98	Irving	91
99	Lewis	86
99	Roger	86