Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Illinois, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,770
2	Judith	2,199
3	Patricia	2,109
4	Barbara	2,033
5	Carol	1,677
6	Nancy	1,278
7	Sandra	1,216
8	Sharon	1,071
9	Linda	1,009
10	Judy	997
11	Joyce	879
12	Joan	787
13	Shirley	771
14	Donna	756
15	Janet	738
16	Betty	717
17	Marilyn	715
18	Margaret	704
19	Karen	702
20	Carolyn	685
21	Dorothy	662
22	Beverly	657
23	Janice	554
24	Diane	519
24	Ruth	519
26	Phyllis	484
27	Susan	454
28	Bonnie	449
29	Jean	431
30	Helen	424
31	Virginia	421
32	Carole	378
33	Kathleen	367
34	Gloria	365
35	Elizabeth	361
36	Alice	352
37	Frances	343
38	Lois	339
39	Doris	325
40	Joanne	318
41	Ann	309
42	Geraldine	287
43	Elaine	282
44	Rose	278
45	Roberta	265
46	Joann	261
47	Martha	259
48	Arlene	257
49	Norma	251
50	Jacqueline	248

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,840
2	James	3,264
3	John	3,250
4	Richard	2,512
5	William	2,497
6	Ronald	1,748
7	Charles	1,576
8	Thomas	1,567
9	Donald	1,471
10	David	1,470
11	Larry	1,244
12	Kenneth	1,036
13	Michael	962
14	Joseph	960
15	George	917
16	Edward	878
17	Paul	803
18	Jerry	791
19	Gerald	725
20	Gary	692
21	Dennis	656
22	Frank	644
23	Raymond	598
24	Roger	520
25	Jack	444
26	Walter	419
27	Harold	416
28	Lawrence	414
29	Daniel	401
30	Carl	394
31	Wayne	386
32	Fred	380
33	Arthur	314
34	Ralph	301
35	Bruce	286
36	Leonard	273
37	Eugene	272
38	Anthony	270
39	Dale	266
40	Norman	265
41	Peter	264
42	Henry	256
42	Howard	256
44	Terry	249
45	Philip	246
46	Albert	244
47	Roy	227
48	Jerome	222
49	Bill	220
50	Stanley	216