Top baby names in Illinois, 1915
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 3,043 |
| 2 | Helen | 2,432 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 1,809 |
| 4 | Margaret | 1,401 |
| 5 | Ruth | 1,365 |
| 6 | Mildred | 1,131 |
| 7 | Marie | 857 |
| 8 | Anna | 853 |
| 9 | Florence | 849 |
| 9 | Virginia | 849 |
| 11 | Frances | 830 |
| 12 | Evelyn | 806 |
| 13 | Lillian | 689 |
| 14 | Elizabeth | 669 |
| 15 | Rose | 658 |
| 16 | Eleanor | 630 |
| 17 | Lucille | 626 |
| 18 | Alice | 615 |
| 19 | Irene | 613 |
| 20 | Josephine | 612 |
| 21 | Bernice | 597 |
| 22 | Catherine | 504 |
| 23 | Ann | 469 |
| 24 | Jean | 434 |
| 25 | Louise | 419 |
| 26 | Edna | 395 |
| 27 | Esther | 391 |
| 28 | Grace | 388 |
| 29 | Gladys | 384 |
| 30 | Anne | 381 |
| 30 | Gertrude | 381 |
| 32 | Martha | 337 |
| 33 | Genevieve | 334 |
| 33 | Marjorie | 334 |
| 35 | Edith | 333 |
| 36 | Pauline | 329 |
| 37 | Elsie | 327 |
| 38 | Marion | 324 |
| 39 | Hazel | 322 |
| 40 | Betty | 310 |
| 40 | Lois | 310 |
| 42 | Ethel | 305 |
| 43 | Clara | 303 |
| 44 | Doris | 298 |
| 45 | Agnes | 294 |
| 46 | Julia | 282 |
| 47 | Stella | 279 |
| 48 | Violet | 276 |
| 49 | Thelma | 269 |
| 50 | Sophie | 263 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 3,066 |
| 2 | William | 2,190 |
| 3 | Robert | 1,924 |
| 4 | Joseph | 1,624 |
| 5 | James | 1,523 |
| 6 | Edward | 1,484 |
| 7 | Charles | 1,433 |
| 8 | George | 1,359 |
| 9 | Frank | 1,194 |
| 10 | Walter | 919 |
| 11 | Harold | 844 |
| 12 | Raymond | 764 |
| 13 | Paul | 685 |
| 14 | Harry | 605 |
| 15 | Arthur | 593 |
| 16 | Richard | 580 |
| 17 | Thomas | 578 |
| 18 | Henry | 565 |
| 19 | Stanley | 538 |
| 20 | Donald | 537 |
| 21 | Albert | 536 |
| 22 | Carl | 474 |
| 23 | Kenneth | 431 |
| 24 | Ralph | 427 |
| 25 | Louis | 415 |
| 26 | Clarence | 371 |
| 27 | Fred | 365 |
| 28 | Howard | 355 |
| 29 | Eugene | 332 |
| 30 | Francis | 322 |
| 31 | Anthony | 318 |
| 32 | Earl | 309 |
| 33 | Lawrence | 303 |
| 34 | Jack | 294 |
| 35 | Elmer | 289 |
| 36 | Leonard | 286 |
| 37 | Russell | 280 |
| 38 | Leo | 275 |
| 39 | Bernard | 268 |
| 39 | Roy | 268 |
| 41 | Chester | 262 |
| 42 | Herbert | 260 |
| 43 | Edwin | 245 |
| 44 | Peter | 240 |
| 45 | Michael | 231 |
| 46 | Norman | 225 |
| 47 | Joe | 211 |
| 48 | Lester | 209 |
| 49 | David | 208 |
| 50 | Theodore | 207 |