Top baby names in Illinois, 1935
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,568 |
| 2 | Shirley | 2,458 |
| 3 | Barbara | 1,942 |
| 4 | Patricia | 1,615 |
| 5 | Joan | 1,312 |
| 6 | Betty | 1,135 |
| 7 | Carol | 1,060 |
| 8 | Marilyn | 994 |
| 9 | Nancy | 983 |
| 10 | Dorothy | 958 |
| 11 | Joyce | 729 |
| 12 | Donna | 701 |
| 13 | Margaret | 696 |
| 14 | Dolores | 642 |
| 15 | Helen | 568 |
| 16 | Phyllis | 566 |
| 17 | Virginia | 533 |
| 18 | Lois | 519 |
| 19 | Jean | 517 |
| 20 | Doris | 504 |
| 21 | Beverly | 485 |
| 22 | Ruth | 481 |
| 23 | Arlene | 437 |
| 24 | Norma | 430 |
| 25 | Marlene | 427 |
| 26 | Alice | 424 |
| 27 | Janet | 395 |
| 28 | Geraldine | 363 |
| 29 | Joanne | 360 |
| 30 | Frances | 346 |
| 31 | Evelyn | 326 |
| 31 | Gloria | 326 |
| 33 | Carolyn | 322 |
| 33 | Sandra | 322 |
| 35 | Elizabeth | 316 |
| 36 | Elaine | 315 |
| 37 | Judith | 312 |
| 38 | Rose | 304 |
| 39 | Ann | 300 |
| 40 | Rita | 286 |
| 41 | Rosemary | 274 |
| 42 | Joann | 258 |
| 43 | Delores | 253 |
| 43 | Loretta | 253 |
| 45 | Marie | 252 |
| 46 | Lorraine | 251 |
| 47 | Carole | 248 |
| 48 | Diane | 245 |
| 49 | Darlene | 244 |
| 50 | Janice | 242 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 3,591 |
| 2 | John | 2,783 |
| 3 | James | 2,775 |
| 4 | Richard | 2,571 |
| 5 | Donald | 2,276 |
| 6 | William | 2,213 |
| 7 | Charles | 1,575 |
| 8 | Ronald | 1,528 |
| 9 | Thomas | 1,084 |
| 10 | Joseph | 961 |
| 11 | George | 931 |
| 12 | Edward | 859 |
| 13 | Kenneth | 855 |
| 14 | David | 807 |
| 15 | Frank | 672 |
| 16 | Paul | 656 |
| 17 | Jack | 593 |
| 18 | Gerald | 592 |
| 19 | Raymond | 573 |
| 20 | Harold | 534 |
| 21 | Jerry | 465 |
| 22 | Walter | 432 |
| 23 | Eugene | 410 |
| 24 | Carl | 396 |
| 25 | Roger | 383 |
| 26 | Arthur | 374 |
| 27 | Ralph | 354 |
| 28 | Fred | 347 |
| 29 | Larry | 343 |
| 30 | Lawrence | 332 |
| 31 | Michael | 320 |
| 32 | Wayne | 299 |
| 33 | Norman | 292 |
| 34 | Albert | 276 |
| 34 | Henry | 276 |
| 36 | Daniel | 271 |
| 37 | Don | 266 |
| 38 | Harry | 252 |
| 38 | Howard | 252 |
| 40 | Leonard | 249 |
| 41 | Louis | 233 |
| 42 | Joe | 227 |
| 43 | Marvin | 222 |
| 44 | Anthony | 218 |
| 45 | Bill | 214 |
| 45 | Peter | 214 |
| 47 | Bernard | 213 |
| 47 | Dale | 213 |
| 49 | Leroy | 207 |
| 50 | Gary | 206 |