Top baby names in Illinois, 1931
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 3,119 |
| 2 | Betty | 1,900 |
| 3 | Barbara | 1,554 |
| 4 | Joan | 1,514 |
| 5 | Patricia | 1,425 |
| 6 | Dorothy | 1,420 |
| 7 | Shirley | 1,174 |
| 8 | Dolores | 1,114 |
| 9 | Marilyn | 970 |
| 10 | Helen | 897 |
| 11 | Margaret | 811 |
| 12 | Jean | 706 |
| 13 | Ruth | 703 |
| 14 | Lois | 700 |
| 15 | Virginia | 668 |
| 16 | Nancy | 660 |
| 17 | Doris | 651 |
| 18 | Norma | 608 |
| 19 | Phyllis | 536 |
| 20 | Gloria | 535 |
| 21 | Joyce | 519 |
| 22 | Donna | 491 |
| 23 | Alice | 489 |
| 24 | Lorraine | 471 |
| 25 | Evelyn | 445 |
| 26 | Rose | 437 |
| 27 | Frances | 431 |
| 28 | Carol | 430 |
| 29 | Geraldine | 428 |
| 30 | Beverly | 411 |
| 31 | Elizabeth | 389 |
| 32 | Anna | 383 |
| 33 | Arlene | 368 |
| 34 | Rita | 365 |
| 35 | Marjorie | 364 |
| 36 | Joanne | 354 |
| 37 | Marie | 351 |
| 38 | Rosemary | 343 |
| 39 | Elaine | 342 |
| 40 | Delores | 329 |
| 41 | June | 320 |
| 42 | Eleanor | 307 |
| 43 | Irene | 306 |
| 44 | Mildred | 298 |
| 45 | Florence | 282 |
| 46 | Catherine | 268 |
| 47 | Janet | 266 |
| 48 | Jacqueline | 257 |
| 49 | Jane | 254 |
| 49 | Marlene | 254 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 4,231 |
| 2 | John | 3,045 |
| 3 | James | 2,664 |
| 4 | Richard | 2,441 |
| 5 | William | 2,430 |
| 6 | Donald | 2,423 |
| 7 | Charles | 1,536 |
| 8 | George | 1,131 |
| 9 | Edward | 1,033 |
| 10 | Joseph | 1,024 |
| 11 | Thomas | 990 |
| 12 | Kenneth | 765 |
| 13 | Jack | 708 |
| 14 | Raymond | 703 |
| 15 | Frank | 696 |
| 16 | Ronald | 686 |
| 17 | Harold | 657 |
| 18 | David | 654 |
| 19 | Paul | 640 |
| 20 | Eugene | 587 |
| 21 | Walter | 477 |
| 22 | Arthur | 461 |
| 23 | Gerald | 437 |
| 24 | Ralph | 427 |
| 25 | Carl | 369 |
| 26 | Wayne | 353 |
| 27 | Albert | 346 |
| 28 | Henry | 340 |
| 29 | Norman | 330 |
| 30 | Lawrence | 327 |
| 31 | Harry | 326 |
| 32 | Daniel | 305 |
| 33 | Howard | 298 |
| 33 | Louis | 298 |
| 35 | Fred | 296 |
| 36 | Leonard | 281 |
| 37 | Roger | 275 |
| 38 | Stanley | 260 |
| 39 | Roy | 259 |
| 40 | Jerry | 257 |
| 41 | Clarence | 252 |
| 42 | Earl | 251 |
| 43 | Herbert | 247 |
| 44 | Michael | 245 |
| 45 | Marvin | 241 |
| 46 | Billy | 238 |
| 47 | Anthony | 236 |
| 48 | Dale | 235 |
| 49 | Joe | 230 |
| 50 | Francis | 220 |