Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Illinois, 1911

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,207
2	Helen	950
3	Dorothy	590
4	Margaret	527
5	Ruth	474
6	Mildred	453
7	Marie	382
8	Anna	361
9	Frances	322
10	Florence	303
11	Evelyn	284
12	Lillian	279
13	Elizabeth	274
14	Rose	271
15	Alice	254
16	Irene	243
17	Bernice	232
18	Lucille	224
19	Josephine	203
20	Virginia	202
21	Edna	197
22	Catherine	195
23	Gladys	183
24	Hazel	182
25	Ann	174
26	Eleanor	173
26	Gertrude	173
26	Grace	173
29	Ethel	164
29	Louise	164
31	Esther	155
32	Clara	151
33	Edith	139
34	Martha	137
35	Marjorie	133
36	Marion	124
37	Elsie	122
38	Agnes	121
39	Thelma	119
40	Pauline	116
41	Anne	111
41	Stella	111
43	Mabel	106
44	Genevieve	104
45	Ruby	103
46	Myrtle	100
47	Julia	98
48	Vera	96
49	Betty	95
50	Pearl	94

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	679
2	William	471
3	James	342
4	Joseph	335
5	George	328
6	Charles	302
7	Edward	292
8	Robert	288
9	Frank	249
10	Harold	184
11	Walter	175
12	Harry	166
13	Raymond	135
14	Thomas	130
15	Henry	128
16	Arthur	126
17	Paul	121
18	Carl	118
19	Albert	115
20	Stanley	102
21	Ralph	98
22	Richard	94
23	Louis	93
24	Fred	90
25	Anthony	85
26	Clarence	75
26	Kenneth	75
28	Donald	73
29	Earl	71
30	Howard	68
31	Jack	67
31	Michael	67
33	Herbert	64
33	Russell	64
35	Leo	63
36	Roy	61
37	David	59
37	Francis	59
39	Peter	57
40	Bernard	56
40	Elmer	56
42	Eugene	54
43	Alfred	52
43	Edwin	52
43	Lawrence	52
46	Joe	51
47	Leonard	48
47	Martin	48
49	Sam	47
50	Ernest	45