Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1910

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	644
2	William	422
3	Joseph	364
4	James	329
5	George	278
6	Charles	270
7	Robert	261
8	Edward	258
9	Frank	236
10	Walter	173
11	Harold	167
12	Arthur	133
13	Thomas	131
14	Harry	123
15	Albert	117
16	Raymond	116
17	Paul	112
18	Henry	111
19	Clarence	105
20	Louis	95
21	Stanley	92
22	Richard	91
23	Ralph	76
24	Howard	72
24	Jack	72

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carl	68
27	Fred	67
28	Earl	63
28	Kenneth	63
28	Leo	63
28	Michael	63
32	Lawrence	60
33	Anthony	59
33	Donald	59
33	Roy	59
36	Peter	58
37	Joe	54
38	Francis	53
39	Leonard	49
40	Bernard	48
41	Elmer	46
42	Russell	43
43	Andrew	41
44	Eugene	40
45	David	38
45	Herbert	38
45	Lloyd	38
45	Ray	38
45	Theodore	38
50	Alfred	34
50	Stephen	34
52	Clifford	33
52	Lester	33
54	Daniel	32
54	Edwin	32
54	Samuel	32
57	Leroy	31
57	Norman	31
57	Sam	31
60	Chester	29
61	Herman	28
62	Ernest	27
62	Everett	27
62	Floyd	27
62	Glenn	27
66	Emil	26
66	Patrick	26
68	Lee	24
68	Wilbur	24
70	Julius	23
70	Martin	23
70	Milton	23
70	Steve	23
70	Tony	23
70	Vincent	23
70	Virgil	23
77	Anton	22
77	Maurice	22
79	Frederick	21
79	Orville	21
81	Gerald	20
81	Marvin	20
81	Oliver	20
81	Rudolph	20
85	Cecil	19
85	Oscar	19
85	Otto	19
85	Philip	19
85	Wayne	19
90	Gilbert	18
91	Alvin	17
91	Vernon	17
93	Jerry	16
93	Phillip	16
93	Willard	16
96	Benjamin	15
96	Edgar	15
96	Leslie	15
96	Melvin	15
96	Victor	15