Illinois ★ 1928

Top names in Illinois, 1928

Mary led for girls with 3,416 babies ; Robert for boys with 4,458. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,416
2	Betty	2,316
3	Dorothy	2,014
4	Dolores	1,355
5	Helen	1,281
6	Shirley	1,272
7	Patricia	1,060
8	Margaret	984
9	Barbara	956
10	Ruth	943
11	Doris	871
12	Virginia	852
13	Lois	793
14	Lorraine	783
15	Jean	719
16	Marilyn	710
17	Norma	697
18	Joan	635
19	Rose	554
20	Evelyn	546
21	Phyllis	542
22	Alice	529
23	Anna	519
24	Mildred	507
25	Frances	504
26	Gloria	487
27	Marjorie	482
28	Florence	455
29	Marie	452
30	Irene	436
31	Elizabeth	427
32	June	417
33	Eleanor	390
34	Rosemary	386
35	Elaine	382
36	Beverly	379
37	Geraldine	373
38	Lillian	356
39	Marion	342
40	Rita	341
41	Joyce	338
42	Nancy	328
43	Catherine	322
44	Audrey	318
45	Martha	304
46	Josephine	301
47	Lucille	295
48	Donna	293
49	Bernice	292
50	Marian	283
51	Carol	282
52	Wilma	272
53	Louise	270
54	Theresa	268
55	Charlotte	266
56	Wanda	263
57	Delores	261
58	Grace	258
59	Loretta	257
60	Jeanne	249
61	Ann	225
61	Laverne	225
63	Eileen	224
64	Jane	223
64	Juanita	223
66	Esther	220
67	Gladys	219
68	Vivian	207
69	Jacqueline	199
70	Pauline	196
71	Edna	195
72	Thelma	181
73	Edith	173
74	Clara	171
75	Violet	170
76	Ethel	169
77	Katherine	164
78	Ruby	163
79	Kathleen	162
79	Kathryn	162
81	Elsie	160
82	Maxine	158
83	Jeanette	157
84	Vera	156
85	Carolyn	154
86	Joanne	145
87	Harriet	144
88	Arlene	143
89	Gertrude	142
89	Janet	142
91	Leona	141
91	Peggy	141
91	Sylvia	141
94	Ramona	140
95	Genevieve	136
96	Bonnie	133
97	Anne	130
98	Roberta	126
99	Darlene	121
99	Ellen	121

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,458
2	John	3,290
3	William	2,785
4	James	2,379
5	Richard	2,271
6	Donald	2,128
7	Charles	1,653
8	George	1,381
9	Edward	1,323
10	Joseph	1,233
11	Frank	889
12	Thomas	855
13	Raymond	850
14	Kenneth	838
15	Harold	835
16	Jack	745
17	Eugene	717
18	Paul	687
19	Walter	658
20	Arthur	539
21	Ralph	528
22	Harry	477
23	David	467
24	Albert	446
25	Henry	435
26	Carl	382
27	Fred	380
28	Howard	376
29	Leonard	373
30	Ronald	367
31	Norman	366
32	Herbert	363
33	Lawrence	362
34	Louis	359
35	Earl	334
36	Roy	327
37	Clarence	324
38	Gerald	301
39	Bernard	300
40	Marvin	277
41	Billy	274
42	Joe	267
43	Anthony	266
44	Melvin	260
45	Francis	253
46	Russell	252
47	Peter	250
48	Michael	249
49	Daniel	242
50	Alfred	239
50	Leroy	239
50	Stanley	239
53	Ernest	230
54	Edwin	228
55	Wayne	227
56	Dale	223
57	Roger	217
58	Gene	211
59	Theodore	203
60	Elmer	195
61	Bill	190
62	Martin	187
63	Glenn	185
64	Leo	184
65	Floyd	172
66	Bob	171
67	Lloyd	170
68	Jerome	168
68	Jerry	168
70	Don	164
70	Ray	164
72	Clifford	155
73	Chester	152
74	Andrew	151
75	Warren	149
76	Vernon	148
77	Philip	142
78	Lester	140
78	Samuel	140
80	Alvin	136
81	Frederick	122
82	Vincent	121
83	Victor	115
84	Bobby	114
84	Gilbert	114
84	Gordon	114
87	Allen	109
88	Arnold	107
88	Glen	107
90	Herman	106
91	Everett	104
92	Patrick	103
92	Sam	103
94	Lee	99
95	Maurice	94
96	Milton	93
97	Harvey	92
98	Leslie	91
99	Leon	89
100	Clyde	87