Top baby names in Illinois, 1937
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,771 |
| 2 | Barbara | 2,170 |
| 3 | Patricia | 1,961 |
| 4 | Carol | 1,490 |
| 5 | Shirley | 1,291 |
| 6 | Nancy | 1,181 |
| 7 | Betty | 980 |
| 8 | Joan | 978 |
| 9 | Marilyn | 857 |
| 10 | Donna | 831 |
| 11 | Dorothy | 789 |
| 12 | Joyce | 731 |
| 13 | Margaret | 676 |
| 14 | Sandra | 650 |
| 15 | Beverly | 608 |
| 16 | Janet | 598 |
| 17 | Judith | 597 |
| 18 | Ruth | 575 |
| 19 | Phyllis | 538 |
| 20 | Helen | 492 |
| 21 | Dolores | 468 |
| 22 | Virginia | 467 |
| 23 | Marlene | 450 |
| 24 | Carolyn | 446 |
| 25 | Jean | 438 |
| 26 | Sharon | 429 |
| 27 | Janice | 425 |
| 28 | Lois | 423 |
| 29 | Arlene | 408 |
| 30 | Carole | 403 |
| 31 | Joanne | 374 |
| 32 | Frances | 371 |
| 33 | Alice | 369 |
| 34 | Doris | 367 |
| 35 | Diane | 363 |
| 36 | Elizabeth | 348 |
| 37 | Linda | 334 |
| 38 | Norma | 329 |
| 39 | Geraldine | 324 |
| 40 | Darlene | 317 |
| 41 | Elaine | 313 |
| 42 | Gloria | 299 |
| 43 | Rose | 286 |
| 44 | Judy | 284 |
| 45 | Joann | 270 |
| 46 | Jacqueline | 269 |
| 46 | Marie | 269 |
| 48 | Marjorie | 263 |
| 48 | Roberta | 263 |
| 50 | Rita | 260 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 3,951 |
| 2 | James | 2,959 |
| 3 | John | 2,882 |
| 4 | Richard | 2,388 |
| 5 | William | 2,220 |
| 6 | Donald | 2,041 |
| 7 | Ronald | 1,672 |
| 8 | Charles | 1,571 |
| 9 | Thomas | 1,224 |
| 10 | David | 1,211 |
| 11 | George | 981 |
| 12 | Kenneth | 948 |
| 13 | Edward | 918 |
| 14 | Joseph | 877 |
| 15 | Gerald | 704 |
| 16 | Larry | 668 |
| 17 | Paul | 655 |
| 18 | Raymond | 631 |
| 19 | Frank | 592 |
| 20 | Jerry | 549 |
| 21 | Michael | 535 |
| 22 | Jack | 522 |
| 23 | Harold | 447 |
| 24 | Roger | 428 |
| 25 | Walter | 417 |
| 26 | Carl | 399 |
| 27 | Fred | 366 |
| 28 | Wayne | 352 |
| 29 | Gary | 351 |
| 30 | Arthur | 348 |
| 31 | Lawrence | 341 |
| 32 | Ralph | 332 |
| 33 | Daniel | 329 |
| 34 | Eugene | 325 |
| 35 | Norman | 286 |
| 36 | Dale | 283 |
| 37 | Anthony | 281 |
| 38 | Louis | 271 |
| 39 | Henry | 259 |
| 40 | Don | 252 |
| 41 | Dennis | 247 |
| 42 | Howard | 243 |
| 43 | Albert | 237 |
| 44 | Harry | 226 |
| 45 | Peter | 219 |
| 45 | Roy | 219 |
| 47 | Melvin | 215 |
| 48 | Leonard | 214 |
| 49 | Marvin | 213 |
| 50 | Jerome | 208 |