Top baby names in Illinois, 1929
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 3,276 |
| 2 | Betty | 2,301 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 1,850 |
| 4 | Dolores | 1,494 |
| 5 | Shirley | 1,397 |
| 6 | Patricia | 1,161 |
| 7 | Helen | 1,155 |
| 8 | Barbara | 1,140 |
| 9 | Joan | 1,078 |
| 10 | Margaret | 953 |
| 11 | Doris | 864 |
| 12 | Marilyn | 861 |
| 13 | Ruth | 838 |
| 14 | Lois | 835 |
| 15 | Virginia | 789 |
| 16 | Jean | 776 |
| 17 | Norma | 642 |
| 18 | Lorraine | 621 |
| 19 | Phyllis | 614 |
| 20 | Alice | 526 |
| 21 | Frances | 516 |
| 22 | Evelyn | 511 |
| 23 | Rose | 508 |
| 24 | Marjorie | 451 |
| 25 | Marie | 450 |
| 26 | Florence | 447 |
| 27 | Gloria | 444 |
| 28 | Anna | 439 |
| 29 | Mildred | 432 |
| 30 | Nancy | 425 |
| 31 | Joyce | 422 |
| 32 | Elizabeth | 421 |
| 33 | Irene | 416 |
| 34 | Carol | 401 |
| 35 | June | 400 |
| 36 | Beverly | 398 |
| 37 | Geraldine | 395 |
| 38 | Rosemary | 391 |
| 39 | Elaine | 382 |
| 40 | Rita | 378 |
| 41 | Donna | 332 |
| 42 | Eleanor | 330 |
| 42 | Marion | 330 |
| 44 | Catherine | 329 |
| 45 | Audrey | 312 |
| 46 | Lillian | 309 |
| 46 | Theresa | 309 |
| 48 | Charlotte | 292 |
| 49 | Louise | 291 |
| 50 | Martha | 289 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 4,395 |
| 2 | John | 3,176 |
| 3 | William | 2,763 |
| 4 | James | 2,532 |
| 5 | Richard | 2,332 |
| 6 | Donald | 2,319 |
| 7 | Charles | 1,702 |
| 8 | George | 1,367 |
| 9 | Edward | 1,288 |
| 10 | Joseph | 1,174 |
| 11 | Thomas | 919 |
| 12 | Raymond | 875 |
| 13 | Frank | 840 |
| 14 | Harold | 799 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 785 |
| 16 | Jack | 739 |
| 17 | Paul | 679 |
| 18 | Eugene | 678 |
| 19 | David | 598 |
| 20 | Walter | 575 |
| 21 | Arthur | 547 |
| 22 | Ralph | 457 |
| 23 | Ronald | 436 |
| 24 | Carl | 413 |
| 25 | Henry | 394 |
| 26 | Albert | 393 |
| 26 | Harry | 393 |
| 28 | Howard | 390 |
| 29 | Gerald | 389 |
| 30 | Leonard | 372 |
| 31 | Fred | 366 |
| 32 | Lawrence | 359 |
| 33 | Herbert | 357 |
| 34 | Louis | 331 |
| 35 | Norman | 325 |
| 36 | Roy | 313 |
| 37 | Earl | 305 |
| 38 | Clarence | 300 |
| 39 | Billy | 281 |
| 40 | Leroy | 280 |
| 41 | Anthony | 279 |
| 42 | Roger | 276 |
| 43 | Marvin | 266 |
| 44 | Daniel | 264 |
| 45 | Stanley | 263 |
| 46 | Bernard | 245 |
| 46 | Melvin | 245 |
| 48 | Alfred | 244 |
| 49 | Michael | 237 |
| 50 | Joe | 232 |