Top baby names in Illinois, 1924
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 3,554 |
| 2 | Dorothy | 2,673 |
| 3 | Betty | 2,275 |
| 4 | Helen | 1,836 |
| 5 | Margaret | 1,258 |
| 6 | Ruth | 1,252 |
| 7 | Virginia | 1,248 |
| 8 | Shirley | 1,006 |
| 9 | Evelyn | 849 |
| 10 | Lorraine | 846 |
| 11 | Mildred | 843 |
| 12 | Frances | 791 |
| 13 | Doris | 777 |
| 14 | Jean | 741 |
| 15 | Florence | 739 |
| 16 | Marie | 689 |
| 17 | Lois | 682 |
| 18 | Marjorie | 676 |
| 19 | Irene | 669 |
| 20 | Alice | 638 |
| 21 | Anna | 607 |
| 22 | Lillian | 597 |
| 23 | Elizabeth | 584 |
| 24 | Eleanor | 572 |
| 25 | June | 561 |
| 26 | Rose | 558 |
| 27 | Patricia | 546 |
| 28 | Dolores | 537 |
| 29 | Norma | 483 |
| 30 | Bernice | 471 |
| 30 | Lucille | 471 |
| 32 | Catherine | 468 |
| 33 | Barbara | 465 |
| 34 | Elaine | 447 |
| 35 | Josephine | 414 |
| 36 | Marion | 413 |
| 37 | Gloria | 381 |
| 38 | Phyllis | 380 |
| 39 | Martha | 372 |
| 40 | Marilyn | 359 |
| 41 | Louise | 343 |
| 42 | Rita | 330 |
| 43 | Ann | 327 |
| 43 | Marian | 327 |
| 45 | Geraldine | 325 |
| 45 | Grace | 325 |
| 47 | Esther | 317 |
| 48 | Rosemary | 315 |
| 49 | Edna | 312 |
| 50 | Loretta | 309 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 4,513 |
| 2 | John | 3,447 |
| 3 | William | 3,026 |
| 4 | James | 2,299 |
| 5 | Charles | 1,775 |
| 6 | George | 1,674 |
| 7 | Edward | 1,652 |
| 8 | Richard | 1,577 |
| 9 | Joseph | 1,390 |
| 10 | Donald | 1,359 |
| 11 | Frank | 1,036 |
| 12 | Raymond | 973 |
| 13 | Harold | 930 |
| 14 | Thomas | 879 |
| 15 | Walter | 797 |
| 16 | Paul | 757 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 752 |
| 18 | Arthur | 696 |
| 19 | Eugene | 619 |
| 20 | Jack | 617 |
| 21 | Harry | 615 |
| 22 | Henry | 590 |
| 23 | Ralph | 560 |
| 24 | Albert | 547 |
| 25 | Leonard | 497 |
| 26 | Carl | 445 |
| 27 | Howard | 443 |
| 28 | Louis | 427 |
| 29 | Clarence | 408 |
| 30 | David | 402 |
| 31 | Earl | 387 |
| 32 | Roy | 378 |
| 33 | Lawrence | 376 |
| 34 | Fred | 370 |
| 35 | Stanley | 368 |
| 36 | Anthony | 343 |
| 37 | Norman | 337 |
| 38 | Edwin | 320 |
| 39 | Francis | 313 |
| 40 | Bernard | 297 |
| 41 | Russell | 291 |
| 42 | Chester | 290 |
| 42 | Elmer | 290 |
| 44 | Gerald | 279 |
| 45 | Warren | 276 |
| 46 | Leroy | 272 |
| 47 | Herbert | 265 |
| 48 | Leo | 260 |
| 49 | Daniel | 245 |
| 49 | Melvin | 245 |