Top baby names in Illinois, 1925
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 3,497 |
| 2 | Dorothy | 2,417 |
| 3 | Betty | 2,308 |
| 4 | Helen | 1,763 |
| 5 | Margaret | 1,191 |
| 6 | Virginia | 1,170 |
| 7 | Ruth | 1,161 |
| 8 | Shirley | 1,113 |
| 9 | Lorraine | 800 |
| 10 | Evelyn | 799 |
| 11 | Doris | 791 |
| 12 | Mildred | 743 |
| 13 | Jean | 735 |
| 14 | Lois | 708 |
| 15 | Frances | 679 |
| 16 | Alice | 672 |
| 17 | Patricia | 651 |
| 18 | Marjorie | 624 |
| 19 | Dolores | 595 |
| 20 | Anna | 585 |
| 21 | Florence | 576 |
| 22 | Irene | 570 |
| 22 | June | 570 |
| 24 | Norma | 566 |
| 25 | Gloria | 564 |
| 26 | Marie | 560 |
| 27 | Elizabeth | 556 |
| 28 | Barbara | 523 |
| 29 | Eleanor | 519 |
| 30 | Rose | 491 |
| 31 | Lillian | 484 |
| 32 | Bernice | 446 |
| 33 | Phyllis | 428 |
| 34 | Marilyn | 420 |
| 35 | Lucille | 412 |
| 36 | Elaine | 397 |
| 37 | Catherine | 385 |
| 38 | Josephine | 381 |
| 39 | Rita | 366 |
| 40 | Marion | 362 |
| 41 | Martha | 358 |
| 42 | Geraldine | 340 |
| 43 | Rosemary | 339 |
| 44 | Loretta | 318 |
| 45 | Grace | 316 |
| 45 | Louise | 316 |
| 47 | Ann | 314 |
| 48 | Wilma | 310 |
| 49 | Charlotte | 307 |
| 50 | Marian | 297 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 4,648 |
| 2 | John | 3,412 |
| 3 | William | 3,105 |
| 4 | James | 2,429 |
| 5 | Richard | 1,783 |
| 6 | Charles | 1,736 |
| 7 | Edward | 1,566 |
| 8 | George | 1,528 |
| 9 | Donald | 1,417 |
| 10 | Joseph | 1,343 |
| 11 | Frank | 1,005 |
| 12 | Raymond | 915 |
| 13 | Harold | 901 |
| 14 | Thomas | 850 |
| 15 | Paul | 780 |
| 16 | Walter | 766 |
| 17 | Jack | 726 |
| 18 | Kenneth | 723 |
| 19 | Arthur | 694 |
| 20 | Eugene | 584 |
| 21 | Harry | 575 |
| 22 | Ralph | 566 |
| 23 | Albert | 548 |
| 24 | Henry | 518 |
| 25 | Leonard | 451 |
| 26 | Howard | 428 |
| 27 | Louis | 427 |
| 28 | Carl | 410 |
| 29 | Clarence | 394 |
| 30 | David | 392 |
| 31 | Fred | 383 |
| 32 | Earl | 382 |
| 33 | Lawrence | 379 |
| 34 | Stanley | 357 |
| 35 | Norman | 324 |
| 36 | Roy | 314 |
| 37 | Gerald | 303 |
| 38 | Edwin | 293 |
| 39 | Francis | 292 |
| 40 | Anthony | 290 |
| 41 | Bernard | 284 |
| 42 | Herbert | 274 |
| 43 | Russell | 268 |
| 44 | Chester | 266 |
| 45 | Melvin | 247 |
| 46 | Theodore | 244 |
| 47 | Leroy | 241 |
| 48 | Michael | 238 |
| 49 | Peter | 232 |
| 50 | Leo | 230 |