Top baby names in Illinois, 1921
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 3,674 |
| 2 | Dorothy | 2,731 |
| 3 | Helen | 2,249 |
| 4 | Margaret | 1,463 |
| 5 | Ruth | 1,366 |
| 6 | Betty | 1,336 |
| 7 | Virginia | 1,266 |
| 8 | Mildred | 997 |
| 9 | Evelyn | 958 |
| 10 | Frances | 868 |
| 11 | Florence | 811 |
| 12 | Marjorie | 803 |
| 13 | Lorraine | 772 |
| 14 | Irene | 725 |
| 15 | Marie | 720 |
| 16 | Anna | 669 |
| 17 | Lillian | 662 |
| 18 | Alice | 657 |
| 19 | Shirley | 637 |
| 20 | Doris | 623 |
| 21 | Rose | 607 |
| 22 | Elizabeth | 606 |
| 22 | Jean | 606 |
| 24 | Eleanor | 603 |
| 25 | Bernice | 559 |
| 26 | Josephine | 524 |
| 27 | Lucille | 522 |
| 28 | June | 467 |
| 29 | Lois | 465 |
| 30 | Catherine | 441 |
| 31 | Martha | 393 |
| 32 | Marion | 369 |
| 33 | Phyllis | 362 |
| 34 | Ann | 356 |
| 35 | Barbara | 352 |
| 36 | Louise | 350 |
| 37 | Grace | 344 |
| 38 | Edna | 343 |
| 39 | Esther | 340 |
| 40 | Gladys | 337 |
| 41 | Norma | 334 |
| 42 | Elaine | 329 |
| 43 | Marian | 328 |
| 44 | Ethel | 319 |
| 44 | Genevieve | 319 |
| 46 | Jane | 318 |
| 47 | Edith | 312 |
| 48 | Gertrude | 304 |
| 49 | Geraldine | 303 |
| 50 | Pauline | 289 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 3,761 |
| 2 | John | 3,335 |
| 3 | William | 2,679 |
| 4 | James | 2,049 |
| 5 | Edward | 1,725 |
| 6 | Charles | 1,688 |
| 7 | George | 1,543 |
| 8 | Joseph | 1,386 |
| 9 | Frank | 1,143 |
| 10 | Richard | 1,039 |
| 11 | Donald | 989 |
| 12 | Raymond | 979 |
| 13 | Harold | 957 |
| 14 | Walter | 836 |
| 15 | Paul | 747 |
| 16 | Thomas | 743 |
| 17 | Arthur | 654 |
| 18 | Kenneth | 638 |
| 19 | Henry | 621 |
| 20 | Jack | 586 |
| 21 | Eugene | 579 |
| 22 | Harry | 568 |
| 23 | Albert | 564 |
| 24 | Warren | 503 |
| 25 | Ralph | 478 |
| 26 | Louis | 457 |
| 27 | Clarence | 442 |
| 28 | Leonard | 441 |
| 29 | Carl | 440 |
| 30 | Earl | 412 |
| 31 | Lawrence | 403 |
| 32 | Howard | 402 |
| 33 | Stanley | 394 |
| 34 | Fred | 357 |
| 35 | Roy | 342 |
| 36 | Chester | 334 |
| 37 | Bernard | 329 |
| 38 | Elmer | 319 |
| 39 | Francis | 318 |
| 40 | David | 301 |
| 41 | Anthony | 286 |
| 42 | Leo | 281 |
| 42 | Russell | 281 |
| 44 | Herbert | 280 |
| 45 | Norman | 273 |
| 46 | Edwin | 268 |
| 47 | Leroy | 260 |
| 48 | Joe | 249 |
| 49 | Melvin | 240 |
| 50 | Michael | 236 |