Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1911

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	679
2	William	471
3	James	342
4	Joseph	335
5	George	328
6	Charles	302
7	Edward	292
8	Robert	288
9	Frank	249
10	Harold	184
11	Walter	175
12	Harry	166
13	Raymond	135
14	Thomas	130
15	Henry	128
16	Arthur	126
17	Paul	121
18	Carl	118
19	Albert	115
20	Stanley	102
21	Ralph	98
22	Richard	94
23	Louis	93
24	Fred	90
25	Anthony	85

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clarence	75
26	Kenneth	75
28	Donald	73
29	Earl	71
30	Howard	68
31	Jack	67
31	Michael	67
33	Herbert	64
33	Russell	64
35	Leo	63
36	Roy	61
37	David	59
37	Francis	59
39	Peter	57
40	Bernard	56
40	Elmer	56
42	Eugene	54
43	Alfred	52
43	Edwin	52
43	Lawrence	52
46	Joe	51
47	Leonard	48
47	Martin	48
49	Sam	47
50	Ernest	45
51	Chester	43
52	Andrew	39
52	Clyde	39
52	Lester	39
52	Samuel	39
56	Frederick	37
57	Floyd	34
58	Daniel	31
58	Glenn	31
58	Maurice	31
58	Theodore	31
62	Gerald	30
62	Victor	30
64	Leroy	29
65	Gilbert	27
65	Norman	27
65	Ray	27
68	Cecil	26
68	Stephen	26
70	Ben	25
70	Milton	25
70	Virgil	25
73	Claude	24
73	Herman	24
73	Oscar	24
73	Philip	24
73	Steve	24
73	Wilbur	24
79	Clifford	23
79	Vincent	23
79	Wayne	23
82	Morris	22
83	Edmund	21
83	Leslie	21
83	Lloyd	21
83	Tony	21
83	Willard	21
88	Marvin	20
88	Mike	20
90	Alvin	19
90	Irving	19
90	Lee	19
90	Lewis	19
90	Marion	19
90	Patrick	19
96	Otto	18
97	Alexander	17
97	Edgar	17
97	Everett	17
97	Gordon	17
97	Melvin	17
97	Rudolph	17
97	Vernon	17