Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Illinois, 1941

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,798
2	Barbara	2,327
3	Patricia	2,250
4	Judith	2,138
5	Carol	1,877
6	Sandra	1,523
7	Sharon	1,468
8	Nancy	1,335
9	Linda	1,196
10	Karen	1,097
11	Judy	1,015
12	Joyce	985
13	Donna	883
14	Janet	871
15	Carolyn	847
16	Joan	788
17	Marilyn	777
18	Shirley	671
19	Janice	665
20	Margaret	664
21	Betty	652
22	Diane	642
23	Susan	621
24	Dorothy	603
25	Bonnie	572
26	Beverly	569
27	Ruth	535
28	Kathleen	506
29	Virginia	494
30	Phyllis	482
31	Gloria	444
32	Jean	417
33	Elizabeth	407
34	Helen	391
35	Carole	383
36	Geraldine	351
37	Frances	346
38	Arlene	340
39	Joanne	337
40	Alice	325
41	Lois	316
42	Ann	308
43	Dolores	302
44	Elaine	297
45	Darlene	295
46	Rita	280
47	Doris	278
47	Marie	278
49	Joann	270
50	Roberta	268

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,987
2	James	3,646
3	John	3,431
4	William	2,714
5	Richard	2,649
6	Ronald	1,983
7	Thomas	1,777
8	Charles	1,733
9	David	1,709
10	Donald	1,457
11	Larry	1,397
12	Michael	1,197
13	Kenneth	1,175
14	Joseph	1,046
15	George	1,005
16	Edward	942
17	Jerry	932
18	Gerald	846
19	Gary	822
20	Dennis	817
21	Paul	811
22	Frank	698
23	Raymond	611
24	Roger	520
25	Daniel	476
26	Lawrence	450
27	Harold	434
28	Jack	428
29	Wayne	418
30	Carl	401
31	Walter	392
32	Fred	361
33	Arthur	360
34	Stephen	336
35	Ralph	323
36	Eugene	322
36	Terry	322
38	Anthony	314
39	Peter	284
40	Dale	277
41	Albert	273
42	Howard	271
43	Bruce	259
44	Leonard	258
44	Norman	258
46	Henry	257
47	Philip	254
48	Patrick	246
49	Roy	239
50	Bill	236