Top baby names in Illinois, 1934
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,670 |
| 2 | Barbara | 1,903 |
| 3 | Patricia | 1,556 |
| 4 | Shirley | 1,448 |
| 5 | Joan | 1,385 |
| 6 | Betty | 1,306 |
| 7 | Dorothy | 1,058 |
| 8 | Marilyn | 964 |
| 9 | Carol | 944 |
| 10 | Nancy | 870 |
| 11 | Margaret | 703 |
| 12 | Donna | 694 |
| 13 | Dolores | 693 |
| 14 | Joyce | 672 |
| 15 | Helen | 587 |
| 16 | Jean | 572 |
| 17 | Phyllis | 570 |
| 18 | Lois | 545 |
| 19 | Doris | 540 |
| 20 | Beverly | 514 |
| 21 | Virginia | 509 |
| 22 | Ruth | 502 |
| 23 | Norma | 462 |
| 24 | Arlene | 455 |
| 25 | Alice | 431 |
| 26 | Janet | 396 |
| 27 | Joanne | 387 |
| 28 | Geraldine | 383 |
| 29 | Frances | 363 |
| 30 | Gloria | 351 |
| 31 | Elizabeth | 344 |
| 32 | Rose | 326 |
| 33 | Evelyn | 322 |
| 34 | Carolyn | 311 |
| 35 | Joann | 301 |
| 35 | Marlene | 301 |
| 37 | Carole | 297 |
| 37 | Marjorie | 297 |
| 39 | Elaine | 292 |
| 40 | Lorraine | 289 |
| 41 | Marie | 278 |
| 42 | Delores | 276 |
| 43 | Ann | 266 |
| 43 | Anna | 266 |
| 45 | Rita | 265 |
| 46 | Audrey | 263 |
| 47 | Darlene | 258 |
| 47 | June | 258 |
| 49 | Loretta | 246 |
| 50 | Diane | 245 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 3,571 |
| 2 | John | 2,747 |
| 3 | James | 2,657 |
| 4 | Richard | 2,486 |
| 5 | Donald | 2,439 |
| 6 | William | 2,048 |
| 7 | Charles | 1,511 |
| 8 | Ronald | 1,396 |
| 9 | George | 999 |
| 10 | Thomas | 969 |
| 11 | Edward | 901 |
| 12 | Joseph | 890 |
| 13 | Kenneth | 767 |
| 14 | David | 743 |
| 15 | Jack | 688 |
| 16 | Paul | 623 |
| 17 | Frank | 618 |
| 18 | Raymond | 599 |
| 19 | Gerald | 536 |
| 20 | Harold | 517 |
| 21 | Walter | 455 |
| 22 | Eugene | 419 |
| 23 | Ralph | 406 |
| 24 | Jerry | 388 |
| 25 | Carl | 372 |
| 26 | Arthur | 359 |
| 27 | Fred | 355 |
| 28 | Roger | 345 |
| 29 | Norman | 321 |
| 30 | Wayne | 317 |
| 31 | Howard | 311 |
| 32 | Lawrence | 310 |
| 33 | Larry | 283 |
| 34 | Daniel | 274 |
| 35 | Michael | 265 |
| 36 | Leonard | 264 |
| 37 | Don | 260 |
| 37 | Henry | 260 |
| 39 | Albert | 257 |
| 40 | Harry | 256 |
| 41 | Earl | 236 |
| 41 | Roy | 236 |
| 43 | Louis | 235 |
| 44 | Anthony | 222 |
| 44 | Marvin | 222 |
| 46 | Bill | 213 |
| 47 | Leroy | 209 |
| 48 | Bernard | 208 |
| 49 | Dale | 206 |
| 49 | Stanley | 206 |