Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Illinois, 1912

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,594
2	Helen	1,307
3	Dorothy	957
4	Margaret	795
5	Mildred	655
6	Ruth	633
7	Marie	548
8	Anna	480
9	Florence	431
10	Evelyn	424
11	Frances	420
12	Elizabeth	410
13	Rose	408
14	Alice	371
15	Lillian	357
16	Bernice	345
17	Irene	337
18	Josephine	313
19	Virginia	310
20	Lucille	306
21	Edna	287
22	Catherine	278
23	Louise	263
24	Eleanor	259
25	Ann	257
26	Hazel	240
27	Gertrude	224
28	Grace	223
29	Ethel	220
30	Gladys	217
31	Esther	213
32	Edith	205
33	Clara	197
34	Elsie	194
35	Anne	189
36	Marion	187
37	Jean	182
38	Marjorie	178
39	Agnes	177
40	Martha	169
41	Pauline	168
42	Mabel	163
42	Ruby	163
44	Pearl	153
44	Thelma	153
46	Stella	150
47	Violet	140
48	Genevieve	137
49	Betty	135
50	Lois	134

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,538
2	William	1,039
3	Joseph	848
4	Robert	715
5	Charles	711
6	Edward	709
7	James	679
8	George	677
9	Frank	645
10	Walter	465
11	Harold	441
12	Raymond	376
13	Paul	339
14	Harry	324
15	Arthur	323
16	Henry	291
17	Thomas	281
18	Albert	270
19	Stanley	245
20	Richard	239
21	Carl	234
22	Clarence	225
23	Fred	211
24	Ralph	203
25	Donald	198
26	Louis	197
27	Kenneth	196
28	Howard	179
29	Elmer	159
30	Russell	151
31	Anthony	149
32	Earl	146
32	Jack	146
34	Roy	145
35	Lawrence	142
36	Francis	138
37	Michael	134
38	Herbert	132
38	Peter	132
40	Leonard	129
41	Leo	128
42	Alfred	122
43	David	117
44	Bernard	116
45	Eugene	115
46	Edwin	105
46	Ernest	105
48	Daniel	102
49	Theodore	101
50	Andrew	100