Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	3,066
2	William	2,190
3	Robert	1,924
4	Joseph	1,624
5	James	1,523
6	Edward	1,484
7	Charles	1,433
8	George	1,359
9	Frank	1,194
10	Walter	919
11	Harold	844
12	Raymond	764
13	Paul	685
14	Harry	605
15	Arthur	593
16	Richard	580
17	Thomas	578
18	Henry	565
19	Stanley	538
20	Donald	537
21	Albert	536
22	Carl	474
23	Kenneth	431
24	Ralph	427
25	Louis	415

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clarence	371
27	Fred	365
28	Howard	355
29	Eugene	332
30	Francis	322
31	Anthony	318
32	Earl	309
33	Lawrence	303
34	Jack	294
35	Elmer	289
36	Leonard	286
37	Russell	280
38	Leo	275
39	Bernard	268
39	Roy	268
41	Chester	262
42	Herbert	260
43	Edwin	245
44	Peter	240
45	Michael	231
46	Norman	225
47	Joe	211
48	Lester	209
49	David	208
50	Theodore	207
50	Willard	207
52	Alfred	201
53	Ernest	200
54	Andrew	185
55	Clifford	176
55	Melvin	176
57	Daniel	171
58	Frederick	170
59	Samuel	168
60	Leroy	167
61	Sam	164
62	Victor	162
63	Martin	161
64	Herman	155
65	Vernon	151
66	Gerald	148
67	Floyd	146
68	Vincent	144
69	Wilbur	142
70	Steve	141
71	Philip	139
72	Ray	136
73	Lloyd	135
74	Maurice	131
75	Milton	130
76	Wayne	128
77	Glenn	125
78	Clyde	124
79	Arnold	119
80	Stephen	118
81	Dale	116
82	Alvin	110
82	Virgil	110
84	Warren	109
85	Max	108
86	Emil	104
87	Everett	102
87	Marvin	102
89	Alex	99
89	Tony	99
91	Gilbert	98
92	Irving	96
93	Rudolph	95
94	Alexander	93
95	Cecil	91
96	Julius	90
96	Mike	90
98	Orville	89
99	Jerome	88
100	Bruno	87