Top baby names in Illinois, 1928
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 3,416 |
| 2 | Betty | 2,316 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 2,014 |
| 4 | Dolores | 1,355 |
| 5 | Helen | 1,281 |
| 6 | Shirley | 1,272 |
| 7 | Patricia | 1,060 |
| 8 | Margaret | 984 |
| 9 | Barbara | 956 |
| 10 | Ruth | 943 |
| 11 | Doris | 871 |
| 12 | Virginia | 852 |
| 13 | Lois | 793 |
| 14 | Lorraine | 783 |
| 15 | Jean | 719 |
| 16 | Marilyn | 710 |
| 17 | Norma | 697 |
| 18 | Joan | 635 |
| 19 | Rose | 554 |
| 20 | Evelyn | 546 |
| 21 | Phyllis | 542 |
| 22 | Alice | 529 |
| 23 | Anna | 519 |
| 24 | Mildred | 507 |
| 25 | Frances | 504 |
| 26 | Gloria | 487 |
| 27 | Marjorie | 482 |
| 28 | Florence | 455 |
| 29 | Marie | 452 |
| 30 | Irene | 436 |
| 31 | Elizabeth | 427 |
| 32 | June | 417 |
| 33 | Eleanor | 390 |
| 34 | Rosemary | 386 |
| 35 | Elaine | 382 |
| 36 | Beverly | 379 |
| 37 | Geraldine | 373 |
| 38 | Lillian | 356 |
| 39 | Marion | 342 |
| 40 | Rita | 341 |
| 41 | Joyce | 338 |
| 42 | Nancy | 328 |
| 43 | Catherine | 322 |
| 44 | Audrey | 318 |
| 45 | Martha | 304 |
| 46 | Josephine | 301 |
| 47 | Lucille | 295 |
| 48 | Donna | 293 |
| 49 | Bernice | 292 |
| 50 | Marian | 283 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 4,458 |
| 2 | John | 3,290 |
| 3 | William | 2,785 |
| 4 | James | 2,379 |
| 5 | Richard | 2,271 |
| 6 | Donald | 2,128 |
| 7 | Charles | 1,653 |
| 8 | George | 1,381 |
| 9 | Edward | 1,323 |
| 10 | Joseph | 1,233 |
| 11 | Frank | 889 |
| 12 | Thomas | 855 |
| 13 | Raymond | 850 |
| 14 | Kenneth | 838 |
| 15 | Harold | 835 |
| 16 | Jack | 745 |
| 17 | Eugene | 717 |
| 18 | Paul | 687 |
| 19 | Walter | 658 |
| 20 | Arthur | 539 |
| 21 | Ralph | 528 |
| 22 | Harry | 477 |
| 23 | David | 467 |
| 24 | Albert | 446 |
| 25 | Henry | 435 |
| 26 | Carl | 382 |
| 27 | Fred | 380 |
| 28 | Howard | 376 |
| 29 | Leonard | 373 |
| 30 | Ronald | 367 |
| 31 | Norman | 366 |
| 32 | Herbert | 363 |
| 33 | Lawrence | 362 |
| 34 | Louis | 359 |
| 35 | Earl | 334 |
| 36 | Roy | 327 |
| 37 | Clarence | 324 |
| 38 | Gerald | 301 |
| 39 | Bernard | 300 |
| 40 | Marvin | 277 |
| 41 | Billy | 274 |
| 42 | Joe | 267 |
| 43 | Anthony | 266 |
| 44 | Melvin | 260 |
| 45 | Francis | 253 |
| 46 | Russell | 252 |
| 47 | Peter | 250 |
| 48 | Michael | 249 |
| 49 | Daniel | 242 |
| 50 | Alfred | 239 |