Illinois · 1929

Top 100 names in Illinois, 1929, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rang	Name	Geburten
#1	Mary	3,276
#2	Betty	2,301
#3	Dorothy	1,850
#4	Dolores	1,494
#5	Shirley	1,397
#6	Patricia	1,161
#7	Helen	1,155
#8	Barbara	1,140
#9	Joan	1,078
#10	Margaret	953
#11	Doris	864
#12	Marilyn	861
#13	Ruth	838
#14	Lois	835
#15	Virginia	789
#16	Jean	776
#17	Norma	642
#18	Lorraine	621
#19	Phyllis	614
#20	Alice	526
#21	Frances	516
#22	Evelyn	511
#23	Rose	508
#24	Marjorie	451
#25	Marie	450
#26	Florence	447
#27	Gloria	444
#28	Anna	439
#29	Mildred	432
#30	Nancy	425
#31	Joyce	422
#32	Elizabeth	421
#33	Irene	416
#34	Carol	401
#35	June	400
#36	Beverly	398
#37	Geraldine	395
#38	Rosemary	391
#39	Elaine	382
#40	Rita	378
#41	Donna	332
#42	Eleanor	330
#43	Marion	330
#44	Catherine	329
#45	Audrey	312
#46	Theresa	309
#47	Lillian	309
#48	Charlotte	292
#49	Louise	291
#50	Martha	289
#51	Delores	285
#52	Lucille	274
#53	Wanda	264
#54	Josephine	263
#55	Wilma	258
#56	Ann	254
#57	Bernice	251
#58	Marian	250
#59	Joanne	237
#60	Grace	235
#61	Jeanne	234
#62	Jacqueline	233
#63	Jane	221
#64	Loretta	215
#65	Laverne	213
#66	Gladys	204
#67	Juanita	198
#68	Esther	197
#69	Edna	183
#70	Eileen	181
#71	Pauline	174
#72	Vivian	169
#73	Thelma	168
#74	Edith	166
#75	Janet	164
#76	Arlene	161
#77	Ethel	160
#78	Vera	157
#79	Gertrude	152
#80	Clara	149
#81	Ruby	148
#82	Violet	147
#83	Darlene	146
#84	Elsie	146
#85	Carolyn	146
#86	Peggy	146
#87	Sally	136
#88	Maxine	135
#89	Ellen	129
#90	Kathryn	129
#91	Jeanette	129
#92	Genevieve	127
#93	Beatrice	125
#94	Bonnie	125
#95	Roberta	123
#96	Ramona	120
#97	Anita	119
#98	Agnes	119
#99	Kathleen	118
#100	Joann	118

Uniquely popular in Illinois

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Geburten	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Rochelle	23	4	0
Shirlee	31	5	1
Laverne	213	37	11
Marilynn	21	4	1
Caryl	22	4	1
Bernadine	71	12	4
Eleanore	54	9	3
Angeline	81	14	5
Jeanine	26	5	2
Diane	104	18	7
Dolores	1,494	262	103
Marianne	78	14	5

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.