Top baby names in Illinois, 1914
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,332 |
| 2 | Helen | 1,835 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 1,349 |
| 4 | Margaret | 993 |
| 5 | Ruth | 965 |
| 6 | Mildred | 859 |
| 7 | Marie | 712 |
| 8 | Anna | 675 |
| 9 | Evelyn | 632 |
| 10 | Frances | 616 |
| 11 | Florence | 584 |
| 12 | Virginia | 550 |
| 13 | Rose | 519 |
| 14 | Elizabeth | 518 |
| 15 | Lillian | 499 |
| 16 | Irene | 482 |
| 17 | Eleanor | 475 |
| 18 | Alice | 473 |
| 19 | Bernice | 470 |
| 20 | Lucille | 433 |
| 21 | Catherine | 416 |
| 22 | Josephine | 412 |
| 23 | Ann | 389 |
| 24 | Louise | 310 |
| 25 | Jean | 308 |
| 26 | Edna | 293 |
| 26 | Gladys | 293 |
| 28 | Grace | 285 |
| 29 | Ethel | 283 |
| 30 | Gertrude | 276 |
| 31 | Anne | 271 |
| 32 | Martha | 262 |
| 33 | Genevieve | 260 |
| 34 | Hazel | 259 |
| 35 | Esther | 254 |
| 36 | Marjorie | 253 |
| 37 | Edith | 247 |
| 38 | Clara | 240 |
| 39 | Lois | 237 |
| 40 | Betty | 227 |
| 41 | Elsie | 221 |
| 41 | Stella | 221 |
| 43 | Marion | 220 |
| 44 | Julia | 212 |
| 45 | Pauline | 211 |
| 46 | Violet | 205 |
| 47 | Doris | 202 |
| 48 | Jane | 201 |
| 49 | Ruby | 193 |
| 50 | Sophie | 192 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 2,242 |
| 2 | William | 1,557 |
| 3 | Robert | 1,328 |
| 4 | Joseph | 1,298 |
| 5 | Edward | 1,142 |
| 6 | George | 1,100 |
| 7 | James | 1,081 |
| 8 | Charles | 1,055 |
| 9 | Frank | 892 |
| 10 | Walter | 715 |
| 11 | Harold | 595 |
| 12 | Raymond | 581 |
| 13 | Paul | 469 |
| 14 | Harry | 442 |
| 15 | Thomas | 441 |
| 16 | Arthur | 439 |
| 17 | Richard | 412 |
| 18 | Albert | 409 |
| 18 | Henry | 409 |
| 20 | Stanley | 402 |
| 21 | Louis | 398 |
| 22 | Carl | 359 |
| 23 | Donald | 339 |
| 24 | Ralph | 304 |
| 25 | Clarence | 297 |
| 26 | Kenneth | 284 |
| 27 | Howard | 273 |
| 28 | Fred | 263 |
| 29 | Anthony | 249 |
| 30 | Lawrence | 233 |
| 31 | Roy | 232 |
| 32 | Michael | 230 |
| 33 | Earl | 228 |
| 34 | Eugene | 224 |
| 35 | Elmer | 222 |
| 36 | Leonard | 217 |
| 37 | Jack | 214 |
| 38 | Russell | 213 |
| 39 | Francis | 212 |
| 39 | Herbert | 212 |
| 41 | Peter | 210 |
| 42 | Leo | 201 |
| 43 | Chester | 194 |
| 44 | David | 187 |
| 45 | Bernard | 174 |
| 46 | Joe | 173 |
| 47 | Andrew | 164 |
| 48 | Samuel | 158 |
| 49 | Lester | 157 |
| 50 | Edwin | 156 |