Top baby names in Illinois, 1927
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 3,574 |
| 2 | Betty | 2,358 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 2,157 |
| 4 | Helen | 1,403 |
| 5 | Shirley | 1,355 |
| 6 | Margaret | 1,126 |
| 7 | Ruth | 1,035 |
| 8 | Virginia | 982 |
| 9 | Dolores | 938 |
| 10 | Patricia | 882 |
| 11 | Lois | 865 |
| 12 | Doris | 812 |
| 13 | Jean | 808 |
| 14 | Barbara | 767 |
| 15 | Lorraine | 763 |
| 16 | Marilyn | 716 |
| 17 | Evelyn | 708 |
| 18 | Norma | 660 |
| 19 | Frances | 593 |
| 20 | Alice | 585 |
| 21 | Irene | 541 |
| 22 | Mildred | 539 |
| 23 | Rose | 534 |
| 24 | Marie | 526 |
| 25 | Marjorie | 521 |
| 26 | Joan | 515 |
| 27 | Gloria | 506 |
| 28 | Anna | 505 |
| 29 | Phyllis | 502 |
| 30 | June | 490 |
| 31 | Elizabeth | 464 |
| 32 | Florence | 455 |
| 33 | Lillian | 454 |
| 34 | Elaine | 424 |
| 35 | Eleanor | 415 |
| 36 | Rosemary | 376 |
| 37 | Catherine | 374 |
| 38 | Lucille | 362 |
| 39 | Rita | 355 |
| 40 | Geraldine | 343 |
| 41 | Josephine | 342 |
| 42 | Marion | 341 |
| 43 | Bernice | 339 |
| 44 | Beverly | 326 |
| 45 | Joyce | 318 |
| 46 | Louise | 306 |
| 47 | Martha | 305 |
| 48 | Wilma | 287 |
| 49 | Esther | 286 |
| 50 | Charlotte | 278 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 4,535 |
| 2 | John | 3,331 |
| 3 | William | 2,999 |
| 4 | James | 2,484 |
| 5 | Richard | 2,131 |
| 6 | Donald | 1,895 |
| 7 | Charles | 1,765 |
| 8 | George | 1,521 |
| 9 | Edward | 1,433 |
| 10 | Joseph | 1,224 |
| 11 | Frank | 965 |
| 12 | Thomas | 921 |
| 13 | Raymond | 916 |
| 14 | Harold | 868 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 793 |
| 16 | Paul | 761 |
| 17 | Jack | 743 |
| 18 | Walter | 739 |
| 19 | Eugene | 644 |
| 20 | Arthur | 551 |
| 21 | Ralph | 531 |
| 22 | Harry | 496 |
| 23 | Henry | 463 |
| 24 | Carl | 447 |
| 25 | David | 446 |
| 26 | Leonard | 437 |
| 27 | Albert | 433 |
| 28 | Howard | 408 |
| 29 | Louis | 382 |
| 30 | Norman | 376 |
| 31 | Fred | 371 |
| 32 | Stanley | 359 |
| 33 | Earl | 353 |
| 34 | Gerald | 340 |
| 35 | Clarence | 335 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 334 |
| 37 | Roy | 310 |
| 38 | Anthony | 293 |
| 39 | Bernard | 276 |
| 40 | Ronald | 275 |
| 41 | Leroy | 271 |
| 42 | Daniel | 270 |
| 43 | Marvin | 269 |
| 44 | Billy | 266 |
| 45 | Francis | 261 |
| 46 | Melvin | 255 |
| 47 | Russell | 254 |
| 48 | Joe | 253 |
| 49 | Herbert | 248 |
| 50 | Edwin | 245 |