Top baby names in Illinois, 1918
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 3,381 |
| 2 | Helen | 2,653 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 2,373 |
| 4 | Ruth | 1,523 |
| 5 | Margaret | 1,480 |
| 6 | Virginia | 1,239 |
| 7 | Mildred | 1,144 |
| 8 | Frances | 1,032 |
| 9 | Florence | 952 |
| 10 | Marie | 912 |
| 11 | Evelyn | 899 |
| 12 | Anna | 815 |
| 13 | Irene | 802 |
| 14 | Josephine | 723 |
| 15 | Lucille | 720 |
| 16 | Bernice | 710 |
| 17 | Elizabeth | 706 |
| 18 | Eleanor | 705 |
| 19 | Lillian | 678 |
| 20 | Alice | 667 |
| 21 | Rose | 642 |
| 22 | Betty | 641 |
| 23 | Lorraine | 621 |
| 24 | Jean | 610 |
| 25 | Marjorie | 581 |
| 26 | Catherine | 527 |
| 27 | Doris | 471 |
| 28 | Ann | 462 |
| 29 | Grace | 447 |
| 30 | Marion | 430 |
| 31 | Lois | 422 |
| 32 | Esther | 417 |
| 33 | Edna | 398 |
| 34 | June | 387 |
| 35 | Louise | 386 |
| 36 | Gladys | 379 |
| 37 | Genevieve | 376 |
| 37 | Gertrude | 376 |
| 39 | Ethel | 369 |
| 40 | Martha | 365 |
| 41 | Anne | 358 |
| 42 | Pauline | 350 |
| 43 | Jane | 344 |
| 44 | Hazel | 325 |
| 45 | Edith | 311 |
| 46 | Charlotte | 297 |
| 47 | Stella | 292 |
| 48 | Violet | 283 |
| 49 | Clara | 282 |
| 50 | Vivian | 277 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 3,392 |
| 2 | Robert | 2,830 |
| 3 | William | 2,412 |
| 4 | James | 1,795 |
| 5 | George | 1,700 |
| 6 | Edward | 1,693 |
| 7 | Joseph | 1,657 |
| 8 | Charles | 1,625 |
| 9 | Frank | 1,229 |
| 10 | Walter | 1,035 |
| 11 | Raymond | 975 |
| 12 | Harold | 949 |
| 13 | Richard | 839 |
| 14 | Paul | 721 |
| 15 | Thomas | 706 |
| 16 | Donald | 700 |
| 17 | Arthur | 673 |
| 18 | Harry | 672 |
| 19 | Henry | 600 |
| 20 | Albert | 552 |
| 21 | Stanley | 535 |
| 22 | Ralph | 533 |
| 23 | Kenneth | 502 |
| 24 | Carl | 455 |
| 25 | Howard | 445 |
| 26 | Jack | 434 |
| 27 | Eugene | 428 |
| 28 | Louis | 424 |
| 29 | Clarence | 407 |
| 30 | Chester | 380 |
| 31 | Earl | 378 |
| 32 | Leonard | 377 |
| 33 | Elmer | 360 |
| 34 | Roy | 356 |
| 35 | Fred | 342 |
| 36 | Anthony | 337 |
| 37 | Lawrence | 320 |
| 38 | Russell | 315 |
| 39 | Bernard | 312 |
| 39 | Herbert | 312 |
| 41 | Leo | 308 |
| 42 | Francis | 305 |
| 43 | David | 298 |
| 44 | Peter | 284 |
| 45 | Edwin | 264 |
| 46 | Theodore | 261 |
| 47 | Joe | 247 |
| 47 | Norman | 247 |
| 49 | Michael | 243 |
| 50 | Ernest | 236 |