Top baby names in Illinois, 1936
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,681 |
| 2 | Barbara | 1,948 |
| 3 | Shirley | 1,864 |
| 4 | Patricia | 1,810 |
| 5 | Carol | 1,273 |
| 6 | Nancy | 1,151 |
| 7 | Joan | 1,092 |
| 7 | Marilyn | 1,092 |
| 9 | Betty | 989 |
| 10 | Dorothy | 809 |
| 11 | Donna | 751 |
| 12 | Joyce | 738 |
| 13 | Margaret | 715 |
| 14 | Beverly | 604 |
| 15 | Helen | 549 |
| 16 | Phyllis | 531 |
| 17 | Ruth | 512 |
| 18 | Dolores | 495 |
| 18 | Virginia | 495 |
| 20 | Sandra | 485 |
| 21 | Janet | 463 |
| 22 | Lois | 457 |
| 23 | Arlene | 454 |
| 24 | Jean | 422 |
| 25 | Marlene | 418 |
| 26 | Doris | 406 |
| 27 | Geraldine | 402 |
| 28 | Joanne | 398 |
| 29 | Judith | 396 |
| 30 | Carolyn | 391 |
| 31 | Norma | 383 |
| 32 | Alice | 378 |
| 33 | Frances | 368 |
| 34 | Elizabeth | 338 |
| 35 | Elaine | 333 |
| 36 | Rose | 321 |
| 37 | Sharon | 320 |
| 38 | Gloria | 317 |
| 39 | Janice | 306 |
| 40 | Carole | 304 |
| 41 | Evelyn | 293 |
| 42 | Marie | 288 |
| 43 | Jacqueline | 276 |
| 44 | Ann | 274 |
| 45 | Roberta | 261 |
| 46 | Marjorie | 259 |
| 47 | Rita | 256 |
| 48 | Lorraine | 251 |
| 49 | Diane | 245 |
| 50 | Darlene | 243 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 3,723 |
| 2 | John | 2,828 |
| 3 | James | 2,694 |
| 4 | Richard | 2,413 |
| 5 | Donald | 2,219 |
| 6 | William | 2,155 |
| 7 | Ronald | 1,647 |
| 8 | Charles | 1,541 |
| 9 | Thomas | 1,129 |
| 10 | George | 958 |
| 11 | Joseph | 950 |
| 12 | David | 919 |
| 13 | Edward | 901 |
| 14 | Kenneth | 876 |
| 15 | Frank | 637 |
| 16 | Gerald | 628 |
| 17 | Paul | 627 |
| 18 | Raymond | 622 |
| 19 | Jack | 538 |
| 20 | Jerry | 528 |
| 21 | Harold | 516 |
| 22 | Larry | 486 |
| 23 | Michael | 428 |
| 24 | Roger | 400 |
| 25 | Eugene | 398 |
| 26 | Fred | 377 |
| 27 | Walter | 366 |
| 28 | Carl | 365 |
| 29 | Arthur | 357 |
| 30 | Lawrence | 343 |
| 31 | Ralph | 328 |
| 32 | Wayne | 324 |
| 33 | Daniel | 315 |
| 34 | Norman | 274 |
| 35 | Henry | 260 |
| 36 | Howard | 256 |
| 37 | Gary | 253 |
| 38 | Harry | 250 |
| 39 | Dale | 245 |
| 40 | Albert | 242 |
| 41 | Peter | 235 |
| 42 | Leonard | 230 |
| 43 | Marvin | 224 |
| 44 | Don | 221 |
| 45 | Bill | 216 |
| 46 | Louis | 214 |
| 47 | Jerome | 213 |
| 48 | Joe | 201 |
| 49 | Roy | 196 |
| 49 | Russell | 196 |