Top baby names in Illinois, 1938
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,734 |
| 2 | Barbara | 2,524 |
| 3 | Patricia | 1,956 |
| 4 | Carol | 1,644 |
| 5 | Nancy | 1,339 |
| 6 | Shirley | 1,205 |
| 7 | Judith | 1,083 |
| 8 | Donna | 994 |
| 9 | Joan | 926 |
| 10 | Marilyn | 917 |
| 11 | Sandra | 914 |
| 12 | Betty | 912 |
| 13 | Joyce | 772 |
| 14 | Margaret | 733 |
| 15 | Janet | 724 |
| 16 | Dorothy | 712 |
| 17 | Beverly | 673 |
| 18 | Sharon | 657 |
| 19 | Phyllis | 585 |
| 20 | Ruth | 554 |
| 21 | Carolyn | 552 |
| 22 | Linda | 493 |
| 23 | Diane | 477 |
| 24 | Judy | 468 |
| 25 | Virginia | 462 |
| 26 | Janice | 461 |
| 27 | Helen | 450 |
| 28 | Jean | 425 |
| 29 | Karen | 410 |
| 30 | Arlene | 405 |
| 31 | Alice | 395 |
| 31 | Lois | 395 |
| 33 | Elizabeth | 394 |
| 34 | Carole | 380 |
| 35 | Marlene | 371 |
| 36 | Frances | 366 |
| 36 | Joanne | 366 |
| 38 | Doris | 364 |
| 39 | Geraldine | 343 |
| 40 | Dolores | 328 |
| 41 | Elaine | 320 |
| 42 | Roberta | 313 |
| 43 | Gloria | 310 |
| 44 | Norma | 305 |
| 45 | Darlene | 292 |
| 46 | Ann | 284 |
| 47 | Jacqueline | 281 |
| 48 | Rose | 275 |
| 49 | Susan | 260 |
| 50 | Loretta | 259 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 3,968 |
| 2 | James | 3,086 |
| 3 | John | 2,982 |
| 4 | Richard | 2,538 |
| 5 | William | 2,387 |
| 6 | Donald | 1,921 |
| 7 | Ronald | 1,780 |
| 8 | Charles | 1,660 |
| 9 | Thomas | 1,360 |
| 10 | David | 1,314 |
| 11 | George | 1,020 |
| 12 | Kenneth | 1,005 |
| 13 | Edward | 910 |
| 14 | Joseph | 881 |
| 15 | Gerald | 816 |
| 16 | Larry | 813 |
| 17 | Paul | 702 |
| 18 | Michael | 676 |
| 19 | Jerry | 648 |
| 20 | Frank | 618 |
| 20 | Raymond | 618 |
| 22 | Roger | 532 |
| 23 | Jack | 502 |
| 24 | Harold | 498 |
| 25 | Gary | 460 |
| 26 | Wayne | 415 |
| 27 | Lawrence | 412 |
| 28 | Carl | 395 |
| 29 | Daniel | 377 |
| 30 | Dennis | 370 |
| 31 | Walter | 365 |
| 32 | Arthur | 358 |
| 33 | Fred | 357 |
| 34 | Ralph | 354 |
| 35 | Eugene | 336 |
| 36 | Anthony | 294 |
| 37 | Norman | 289 |
| 38 | Howard | 268 |
| 39 | Peter | 267 |
| 40 | Albert | 264 |
| 40 | Leonard | 264 |
| 42 | Henry | 251 |
| 43 | Harry | 235 |
| 44 | Don | 225 |
| 45 | Dale | 224 |
| 46 | Jerome | 222 |
| 47 | Bruce | 221 |
| 48 | Roy | 218 |
| 49 | Louis | 213 |
| 50 | Earl | 208 |