Top baby names in Illinois, 1917
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 3,474 |
| 2 | Helen | 2,629 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 2,227 |
| 4 | Ruth | 1,440 |
| 5 | Margaret | 1,416 |
| 6 | Mildred | 1,107 |
| 7 | Virginia | 1,055 |
| 8 | Evelyn | 931 |
| 9 | Marie | 883 |
| 10 | Florence | 853 |
| 11 | Frances | 824 |
| 12 | Anna | 804 |
| 13 | Irene | 748 |
| 14 | Lillian | 724 |
| 15 | Rose | 689 |
| 16 | Eleanor | 687 |
| 17 | Elizabeth | 674 |
| 18 | Bernice | 646 |
| 19 | Alice | 640 |
| 20 | Lucille | 627 |
| 21 | Josephine | 624 |
| 22 | Ann | 504 |
| 23 | Marjorie | 503 |
| 24 | Jean | 502 |
| 25 | Catherine | 485 |
| 26 | Betty | 479 |
| 27 | Esther | 427 |
| 28 | Louise | 419 |
| 29 | Marion | 411 |
| 30 | Anne | 407 |
| 31 | Grace | 402 |
| 31 | Martha | 402 |
| 33 | Doris | 390 |
| 34 | Edna | 382 |
| 35 | Lois | 375 |
| 36 | Ethel | 364 |
| 37 | Genevieve | 360 |
| 38 | Edith | 357 |
| 39 | Gertrude | 352 |
| 40 | Gladys | 335 |
| 41 | Hazel | 334 |
| 42 | Pauline | 327 |
| 43 | June | 317 |
| 44 | Stella | 316 |
| 45 | Charlotte | 313 |
| 46 | Jane | 312 |
| 47 | Elsie | 306 |
| 48 | Lorraine | 303 |
| 49 | Marian | 287 |
| 50 | Violet | 286 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 3,146 |
| 2 | William | 2,342 |
| 3 | Robert | 2,329 |
| 4 | Edward | 1,622 |
| 5 | James | 1,572 |
| 6 | Joseph | 1,562 |
| 7 | Charles | 1,520 |
| 8 | George | 1,468 |
| 9 | Frank | 1,157 |
| 10 | Walter | 985 |
| 11 | Harold | 858 |
| 11 | Raymond | 858 |
| 13 | Richard | 706 |
| 14 | Arthur | 623 |
| 14 | Paul | 623 |
| 16 | Henry | 597 |
| 17 | Thomas | 593 |
| 18 | Harry | 589 |
| 19 | Donald | 580 |
| 20 | Stanley | 521 |
| 21 | Albert | 514 |
| 22 | Carl | 471 |
| 23 | Kenneth | 467 |
| 24 | Ralph | 459 |
| 25 | Louis | 439 |
| 26 | Howard | 411 |
| 27 | Clarence | 396 |
| 28 | Jack | 374 |
| 29 | Eugene | 366 |
| 30 | Fred | 359 |
| 31 | Earl | 348 |
| 32 | Leonard | 346 |
| 33 | Francis | 345 |
| 34 | Roy | 342 |
| 35 | Chester | 326 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 323 |
| 37 | Elmer | 313 |
| 38 | Anthony | 310 |
| 39 | David | 288 |
| 40 | Leo | 287 |
| 41 | Russell | 275 |
| 42 | Bernard | 269 |
| 43 | Herbert | 266 |
| 44 | Joe | 262 |
| 45 | Peter | 251 |
| 46 | Michael | 250 |
| 47 | Theodore | 245 |
| 48 | Norman | 243 |
| 49 | Edwin | 239 |
| 50 | Alfred | 226 |