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Baby names in Illinois, 1910s

1910–1919 · 781,001 recorded births

Mary was the most common name given in Illinois across the 1910s, with 24,800 births in the decade. The state recorded 781,001 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Illinois in the 1910s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Byford24
Lavergne77
Casimir388
Bruno642
Hymen58
Casimira57
Stephanie612
Vlasta98

Top 25 in the 1910s

RankNameBirths
#1Mary24,800
#2John22,573
#3Helen19,181
#4William16,402
#5Robert15,590
#6Dorothy15,367
#7Joseph11,802
#8James11,358
#9Edward11,304
#10Margaret10,898
#11George10,737
#12Charles10,659
#13Ruth10,367
#14Mildred8,751
#15Frank8,541
#16Marie6,963
#17Virginia6,936
#18Walter6,909
#19Frances6,764
#20Florence6,531
#21Evelyn6,490
#22Anna6,399
#23Harold6,319
#24Raymond5,969
#25Lillian5,286

Other decades in Illinois

All Illinois names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org