Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,538
2	William	1,039
3	Joseph	848
4	Robert	715
5	Charles	711
6	Edward	709
7	James	679
8	George	677
9	Frank	645
10	Walter	465
11	Harold	441
12	Raymond	376
13	Paul	339
14	Harry	324
15	Arthur	323
16	Henry	291
17	Thomas	281
18	Albert	270
19	Stanley	245
20	Richard	239
21	Carl	234
22	Clarence	225
23	Fred	211
24	Ralph	203
25	Donald	198

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louis	197
27	Kenneth	196
28	Howard	179
29	Elmer	159
30	Russell	151
31	Anthony	149
32	Earl	146
32	Jack	146
34	Roy	145
35	Lawrence	142
36	Francis	138
37	Michael	134
38	Herbert	132
38	Peter	132
40	Leonard	129
41	Leo	128
42	Alfred	122
43	David	117
44	Bernard	116
45	Eugene	115
46	Edwin	105
46	Ernest	105
48	Daniel	102
49	Theodore	101
50	Andrew	100
51	Joe	98
52	Samuel	93
53	Chester	92
54	Herman	89
55	Lester	88
56	Lloyd	82
56	Melvin	82
58	Glenn	80
58	Milton	80
58	Sam	80
61	Frederick	79
61	Maurice	79
61	Philip	79
64	Wilbur	78
65	Leroy	76
66	Martin	75
67	Floyd	73
68	Clyde	71
69	Gerald	69
69	Victor	69
69	Willard	69
72	Clifford	68
73	Norman	65
74	Ray	62
75	Virgil	61
76	Vincent	60
77	Everett	59
77	Steve	59
77	Vernon	59
80	Emil	58
80	Woodrow	58
82	Max	55
82	Sidney	55
84	Irving	54
85	Julius	53
86	Leslie	52
86	Oscar	52
86	Rudolph	52
89	Stephen	51
90	Gilbert	50
91	August	48
91	Warren	48
93	Cecil	46
93	Orville	46
93	Wayne	46
96	Arnold	45
97	Alvin	44
97	Lewis	44
99	Benjamin	43
99	Gordon	43
99	Leon	43
99	Morris	43