Top baby names in Illinois, 1919
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 3,395 |
| 2 | Helen | 2,264 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 2,202 |
| 4 | Margaret | 1,339 |
| 5 | Ruth | 1,286 |
| 6 | Virginia | 1,186 |
| 7 | Mildred | 1,102 |
| 8 | Evelyn | 876 |
| 8 | Frances | 876 |
| 10 | Florence | 826 |
| 11 | Marie | 710 |
| 12 | Anna | 695 |
| 13 | Betty | 681 |
| 14 | Lorraine | 665 |
| 15 | Bernice | 660 |
| 16 | Irene | 651 |
| 17 | Alice | 637 |
| 18 | Lucille | 628 |
| 19 | Elizabeth | 624 |
| 20 | Lillian | 608 |
| 21 | Eleanor | 590 |
| 22 | Rose | 588 |
| 23 | Marjorie | 568 |
| 24 | Josephine | 541 |
| 25 | Jean | 521 |
| 26 | Catherine | 493 |
| 27 | Doris | 490 |
| 28 | Louise | 407 |
| 29 | Esther | 391 |
| 30 | Edna | 369 |
| 30 | Lois | 369 |
| 30 | Marion | 369 |
| 33 | June | 366 |
| 34 | Gertrude | 361 |
| 35 | Grace | 359 |
| 36 | Gladys | 347 |
| 37 | Genevieve | 342 |
| 38 | Ann | 331 |
| 39 | Ethel | 324 |
| 40 | Martha | 320 |
| 41 | Jane | 316 |
| 42 | Violet | 313 |
| 43 | Edith | 311 |
| 44 | Hazel | 301 |
| 45 | Loretta | 299 |
| 46 | Pauline | 294 |
| 47 | Anne | 285 |
| 48 | Geraldine | 283 |
| 49 | Eileen | 279 |
| 50 | Elsie | 277 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 2,908 |
| 2 | Robert | 2,778 |
| 3 | William | 2,291 |
| 4 | James | 1,626 |
| 5 | Edward | 1,571 |
| 6 | Charles | 1,466 |
| 7 | George | 1,453 |
| 8 | Joseph | 1,381 |
| 9 | Frank | 1,049 |
| 10 | Raymond | 872 |
| 11 | Walter | 867 |
| 12 | Harold | 849 |
| 13 | Richard | 787 |
| 14 | Donald | 730 |
| 15 | Paul | 649 |
| 16 | Arthur | 608 |
| 17 | Thomas | 582 |
| 18 | Harry | 574 |
| 19 | Kenneth | 541 |
| 20 | Henry | 513 |
| 21 | Albert | 499 |
| 22 | Ralph | 477 |
| 22 | Stanley | 477 |
| 24 | Clarence | 407 |
| 25 | Eugene | 401 |
| 25 | Howard | 401 |
| 27 | Carl | 389 |
| 28 | Jack | 384 |
| 29 | Leonard | 382 |
| 30 | Louis | 356 |
| 31 | Chester | 330 |
| 32 | Earl | 328 |
| 33 | Roy | 322 |
| 34 | Fred | 321 |
| 35 | Bernard | 311 |
| 36 | Anthony | 309 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 309 |
| 38 | Elmer | 304 |
| 39 | Leo | 292 |
| 40 | Francis | 283 |
| 41 | Russell | 268 |
| 42 | Theodore | 264 |
| 43 | David | 254 |
| 44 | Herbert | 244 |
| 45 | Peter | 238 |
| 46 | Edwin | 236 |
| 47 | Ernest | 233 |
| 47 | Joe | 233 |
| 49 | Norman | 218 |
| 50 | Leroy | 217 |