Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	3,146
2	William	2,342
3	Robert	2,329
4	Edward	1,622
5	James	1,572
6	Joseph	1,562
7	Charles	1,520
8	George	1,468
9	Frank	1,157
10	Walter	985
11	Harold	858
11	Raymond	858
13	Richard	706
14	Arthur	623
14	Paul	623
16	Henry	597
17	Thomas	593
18	Harry	589
19	Donald	580
20	Stanley	521
21	Albert	514
22	Carl	471
23	Kenneth	467
24	Ralph	459
25	Louis	439

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Howard	411
27	Clarence	396
28	Jack	374
29	Eugene	366
30	Fred	359
31	Earl	348
32	Leonard	346
33	Francis	345
34	Roy	342
35	Chester	326
36	Lawrence	323
37	Elmer	313
38	Anthony	310
39	David	288
40	Leo	287
41	Russell	275
42	Bernard	269
43	Herbert	266
44	Joe	262
45	Peter	251
46	Michael	250
47	Theodore	245
48	Norman	243
49	Edwin	239
50	Alfred	226
51	Lester	224
51	Melvin	224
53	Andrew	212
54	Ernest	195
55	Lloyd	190
56	Vernon	183
57	Leroy	176
58	Gerald	172
59	Frederick	168
60	Clifford	167
61	Martin	166
62	Daniel	165
63	Sam	164
64	Floyd	158
65	Philip	157
65	Victor	157
65	Wilbur	157
68	Glenn	149
69	Vincent	146
70	Wayne	144
71	Herman	141
72	Marvin	140
73	Steve	138
74	Clyde	136
74	Willard	136
76	Samuel	130
77	Everett	127
77	Virgil	127
79	Milton	126
80	Ray	122
81	Maurice	118
82	Arnold	116
82	Warren	116
84	Jerome	112
85	Dale	107
85	Tony	107
87	Alvin	105
88	Orville	104
89	Benjamin	103
89	Harvey	103
91	Gilbert	102
92	Emil	101
93	Gordon	99
93	Leslie	99
93	Mike	99
96	Marion	97
97	Bruno	94
98	Irving	91
99	Lewis	86
99	Roger	86