Top baby names in Illinois, 1923
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 3,607 |
| 2 | Dorothy | 2,557 |
| 3 | Betty | 1,897 |
| 4 | Helen | 1,862 |
| 5 | Margaret | 1,386 |
| 6 | Ruth | 1,261 |
| 7 | Virginia | 1,207 |
| 8 | Evelyn | 844 |
| 9 | Mildred | 839 |
| 10 | Lorraine | 814 |
| 11 | Shirley | 794 |
| 12 | Florence | 741 |
| 13 | Frances | 735 |
| 14 | Marjorie | 727 |
| 15 | Doris | 694 |
| 16 | Irene | 669 |
| 17 | Anna | 624 |
| 18 | Jean | 611 |
| 19 | Marie | 603 |
| 20 | Lois | 598 |
| 21 | Elizabeth | 594 |
| 22 | Alice | 570 |
| 23 | Lillian | 568 |
| 24 | June | 566 |
| 25 | Eleanor | 538 |
| 26 | Rose | 497 |
| 27 | Lucille | 495 |
| 28 | Bernice | 480 |
| 29 | Josephine | 458 |
| 30 | Dolores | 444 |
| 31 | Catherine | 412 |
| 32 | Norma | 385 |
| 33 | Marion | 375 |
| 34 | Patricia | 372 |
| 35 | Barbara | 360 |
| 36 | Elaine | 350 |
| 37 | Louise | 341 |
| 38 | Martha | 335 |
| 39 | Phyllis | 334 |
| 40 | Geraldine | 333 |
| 41 | Ann | 325 |
| 42 | Rita | 318 |
| 43 | Gladys | 311 |
| 43 | Marian | 311 |
| 45 | Marilyn | 310 |
| 46 | Grace | 307 |
| 47 | Genevieve | 302 |
| 48 | Loretta | 295 |
| 49 | Edith | 286 |
| 50 | Esther | 284 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 4,162 |
| 2 | John | 3,347 |
| 3 | William | 3,008 |
| 4 | James | 2,225 |
| 5 | Charles | 1,686 |
| 6 | George | 1,649 |
| 7 | Edward | 1,616 |
| 8 | Joseph | 1,393 |
| 9 | Richard | 1,348 |
| 10 | Donald | 1,195 |
| 11 | Frank | 1,021 |
| 12 | Raymond | 939 |
| 13 | Harold | 920 |
| 14 | Paul | 811 |
| 15 | Walter | 808 |
| 16 | Thomas | 752 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 689 |
| 18 | Arthur | 651 |
| 19 | Eugene | 617 |
| 20 | Jack | 596 |
| 21 | Harry | 540 |
| 22 | Ralph | 529 |
| 23 | Henry | 527 |
| 24 | Albert | 524 |
| 25 | Howard | 456 |
| 26 | Leonard | 439 |
| 27 | Carl | 397 |
| 28 | Stanley | 396 |
| 29 | Clarence | 393 |
| 30 | Louis | 392 |
| 31 | Lawrence | 387 |
| 32 | Earl | 379 |
| 33 | David | 363 |
| 34 | Warren | 346 |
| 35 | Roy | 332 |
| 36 | Fred | 325 |
| 37 | Chester | 323 |
| 38 | Francis | 315 |
| 39 | Anthony | 305 |
| 40 | Edwin | 297 |
| 41 | Bernard | 293 |
| 42 | Norman | 282 |
| 43 | Russell | 268 |
| 44 | Leo | 260 |
| 45 | Elmer | 256 |
| 46 | Joe | 255 |
| 46 | Melvin | 255 |
| 48 | Marvin | 248 |
| 49 | Gerald | 246 |
| 50 | Peter | 245 |