Top baby names in Illinois, 1922
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 3,519 |
| 2 | Dorothy | 2,503 |
| 3 | Helen | 1,975 |
| 4 | Betty | 1,486 |
| 5 | Margaret | 1,353 |
| 6 | Virginia | 1,342 |
| 7 | Ruth | 1,315 |
| 8 | Mildred | 904 |
| 9 | Evelyn | 820 |
| 10 | Lorraine | 815 |
| 11 | Marjorie | 812 |
| 12 | Frances | 749 |
| 13 | Florence | 716 |
| 14 | Marie | 697 |
| 15 | Doris | 695 |
| 16 | Irene | 674 |
| 17 | Shirley | 660 |
| 18 | Elizabeth | 633 |
| 19 | Jean | 619 |
| 20 | Anna | 615 |
| 21 | Lillian | 594 |
| 22 | Eleanor | 564 |
| 23 | Alice | 560 |
| 24 | Bernice | 529 |
| 25 | Lucille | 522 |
| 26 | Rose | 509 |
| 27 | Lois | 499 |
| 28 | June | 494 |
| 29 | Josephine | 491 |
| 30 | Catherine | 424 |
| 31 | Marion | 369 |
| 32 | Martha | 364 |
| 33 | Norma | 356 |
| 34 | Grace | 344 |
| 35 | Phyllis | 340 |
| 36 | Ann | 335 |
| 37 | Marian | 329 |
| 38 | Louise | 324 |
| 39 | Barbara | 320 |
| 39 | Dolores | 320 |
| 41 | Geraldine | 312 |
| 42 | Patricia | 307 |
| 43 | Elaine | 303 |
| 44 | Genevieve | 301 |
| 45 | Edna | 294 |
| 46 | Rita | 290 |
| 47 | Esther | 289 |
| 48 | Eileen | 286 |
| 48 | Wanda | 286 |
| 50 | Edith | 283 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 3,879 |
| 2 | John | 3,281 |
| 3 | William | 2,771 |
| 4 | James | 2,081 |
| 5 | Edward | 1,615 |
| 6 | George | 1,592 |
| 7 | Charles | 1,563 |
| 8 | Joseph | 1,444 |
| 9 | Richard | 1,245 |
| 10 | Donald | 1,094 |
| 11 | Frank | 1,002 |
| 12 | Harold | 939 |
| 13 | Raymond | 933 |
| 14 | Walter | 830 |
| 15 | Thomas | 734 |
| 16 | Paul | 702 |
| 17 | Arthur | 682 |
| 18 | Kenneth | 671 |
| 19 | Harry | 596 |
| 20 | Jack | 589 |
| 21 | Henry | 576 |
| 22 | Ralph | 551 |
| 23 | Eugene | 527 |
| 24 | Albert | 498 |
| 25 | Howard | 458 |
| 26 | Louis | 441 |
| 27 | Leonard | 409 |
| 28 | Carl | 380 |
| 29 | Fred | 377 |
| 30 | Clarence | 374 |
| 31 | Stanley | 361 |
| 32 | Earl | 353 |
| 33 | Lawrence | 348 |
| 34 | Francis | 330 |
| 35 | Roy | 327 |
| 36 | David | 312 |
| 37 | Anthony | 308 |
| 38 | Bernard | 300 |
| 39 | Edwin | 286 |
| 40 | Warren | 284 |
| 41 | Chester | 279 |
| 42 | Elmer | 277 |
| 43 | Norman | 269 |
| 44 | Russell | 267 |
| 45 | Joe | 262 |
| 46 | Leo | 247 |
| 47 | Herbert | 236 |
| 47 | Leroy | 236 |
| 47 | Melvin | 236 |
| 47 | Peter | 236 |