Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	3,392
2	Robert	2,830
3	William	2,412
4	James	1,795
5	George	1,700
6	Edward	1,693
7	Joseph	1,657
8	Charles	1,625
9	Frank	1,229
10	Walter	1,035
11	Raymond	975
12	Harold	949
13	Richard	839
14	Paul	721
15	Thomas	706
16	Donald	700
17	Arthur	673
18	Harry	672
19	Henry	600
20	Albert	552
21	Stanley	535
22	Ralph	533
23	Kenneth	502
24	Carl	455
25	Howard	445

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	434
27	Eugene	428
28	Louis	424
29	Clarence	407
30	Chester	380
31	Earl	378
32	Leonard	377
33	Elmer	360
34	Roy	356
35	Fred	342
36	Anthony	337
37	Lawrence	320
38	Russell	315
39	Bernard	312
39	Herbert	312
41	Leo	308
42	Francis	305
43	David	298
44	Peter	284
45	Edwin	264
46	Theodore	261
47	Joe	247
47	Norman	247
49	Michael	243
50	Ernest	236
51	Leroy	233
52	Melvin	224
53	Alfred	223
54	Lester	219
55	Vernon	215
56	Daniel	202
57	Ray	197
58	Clifford	196
59	Andrew	193
59	Victor	193
61	Martin	183
62	Gerald	173
63	Floyd	172
64	Glenn	171
64	Lloyd	171
66	Vincent	168
67	Wilbur	166
68	Herman	164
69	Wayne	163
70	Frederick	158
71	Warren	155
72	Samuel	154
73	Steve	153
74	Everett	149
75	Sam	148
76	Marvin	146
77	Willard	141
78	Philip	137
79	Dale	130
80	Alvin	124
81	Milton	118
82	Clyde	117
83	Irving	114
83	Virgil	114
85	Leslie	111
85	Maurice	111
87	Benjamin	110
88	Mike	106
89	Lewis	105
89	Lyle	105
91	Arnold	103
91	Harvey	103
91	Jerome	103
91	Tony	103
95	Emil	102
96	Alex	100
97	Gilbert	99
98	Max	98
99	Bruno	97
99	Orville	97