Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1913

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,798
2	William	1,275
3	Joseph	1,062
4	Robert	988
5	Edward	891
6	George	884
7	James	849
8	Charles	826
9	Frank	704
10	Walter	555
11	Harold	552
12	Raymond	456
13	Paul	381
14	Arthur	380
14	Thomas	380
16	Albert	370
17	Harry	365
18	Henry	348
19	Richard	335
20	Stanley	320
21	Carl	293
22	Donald	286
23	Louis	285
24	Ralph	259
25	Clarence	257

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	247
27	Fred	241
28	Elmer	219
29	Howard	211
30	Lawrence	203
31	Anthony	202
31	Roy	202
33	Michael	197
34	Eugene	193
35	Francis	191
36	Jack	186
37	Earl	180
38	Russell	176
39	Peter	162
40	Bernard	161
41	David	156
42	Leonard	151
43	Herbert	147
44	Leo	142
45	Ernest	135
46	Edwin	133
46	Lester	133
48	Theodore	131
49	Alfred	128
50	Herman	126
51	Chester	120
52	Samuel	116
53	Melvin	111
54	Andrew	107
55	Frederick	102
55	Wilbur	102
57	Floyd	101
57	Norman	101
59	Joe	99
60	Daniel	98
61	Sam	94
62	Philip	93
63	Glenn	92
63	Milton	92
65	Willard	87
66	Vincent	86
66	Woodrow	86
68	Clyde	85
68	Gerald	85
68	Lloyd	85
71	Everett	84
72	Martin	83
73	Leroy	82
74	Ray	78
75	Maurice	77
76	Alvin	76
77	Clifford	75
78	Irving	72
79	Leslie	71
80	Gilbert	70
80	Virgil	70
82	Arnold	69
82	Wayne	69
84	Vernon	65
84	Victor	65
86	Edmund	64
86	Rudolph	64
86	Stephen	64
89	Emil	62
90	Benjamin	59
90	Jerome	59
92	Alexander	58
92	Glen	58
92	Gordon	58
95	Morris	57
96	Lee	56
96	Sidney	56
98	Harvey	55
98	Otto	55
100	Marion	54
100	Nicholas	54
100	Steve	54