Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,242
2	William	1,557
3	Robert	1,328
4	Joseph	1,298
5	Edward	1,142
6	George	1,100
7	James	1,081
8	Charles	1,055
9	Frank	892
10	Walter	715
11	Harold	595
12	Raymond	581
13	Paul	469
14	Harry	442
15	Thomas	441
16	Arthur	439
17	Richard	412
18	Albert	409
18	Henry	409
20	Stanley	402
21	Louis	398
22	Carl	359
23	Donald	339
24	Ralph	304
25	Clarence	297

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	284
27	Howard	273
28	Fred	263
29	Anthony	249
30	Lawrence	233
31	Roy	232
32	Michael	230
33	Earl	228
34	Eugene	224
35	Elmer	222
36	Leonard	217
37	Jack	214
38	Russell	213
39	Francis	212
39	Herbert	212
41	Peter	210
42	Leo	201
43	Chester	194
44	David	187
45	Bernard	174
46	Joe	173
47	Andrew	164
48	Samuel	158
49	Lester	157
50	Edwin	156
51	Alfred	154
52	Theodore	152
53	Martin	149
54	Norman	148
55	Ernest	145
56	Melvin	143
57	Vincent	139
58	Frederick	133
59	Herman	132
60	Wilbur	124
61	Victor	121
62	Floyd	117
62	Leroy	117
62	Sam	117
65	Clifford	115
66	Daniel	114
67	Steve	112
68	Everett	105
68	Glenn	105
70	Philip	104
71	Lloyd	103
72	Ray	102
72	Vernon	102
72	Willard	102
75	Wayne	100
76	Gerald	95
77	Irving	93
78	Alvin	91
79	Maurice	90
80	Dale	87
80	Tony	87
82	Virgil	86
83	Clyde	85
83	Marvin	85
85	Gilbert	83
85	Max	83
87	Ben	78
88	Stephen	77
89	Leslie	74
89	Milton	74
91	Arnold	73
91	Jerome	73
93	Gordon	72
94	Emil	71
95	Sidney	69
96	Nicholas	68
97	Lewis	67
97	Mike	67
99	Roger	65
100	Alexander	64
100	Anton	64
100	Benjamin	64
100	Julius	64
100	Morris	64
100	Rudolph	64
100	Warren	64