Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,908
2	Robert	2,778
3	William	2,291
4	James	1,626
5	Edward	1,571
6	Charles	1,466
7	George	1,453
8	Joseph	1,381
9	Frank	1,049
10	Raymond	872
11	Walter	867
12	Harold	849
13	Richard	787
14	Donald	730
15	Paul	649
16	Arthur	608
17	Thomas	582
18	Harry	574
19	Kenneth	541
20	Henry	513
21	Albert	499
22	Ralph	477
22	Stanley	477
24	Clarence	407
25	Eugene	401

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Howard	401
27	Carl	389
28	Jack	384
29	Leonard	382
30	Louis	356
31	Chester	330
32	Earl	328
33	Roy	322
34	Fred	321
35	Bernard	311
36	Anthony	309
36	Lawrence	309
38	Elmer	304
39	Leo	292
40	Francis	283
41	Russell	268
42	Theodore	264
43	David	254
44	Herbert	244
45	Peter	238
46	Edwin	236
47	Ernest	233
47	Joe	233
49	Norman	218
50	Leroy	217
51	Melvin	208
52	Michael	199
53	Andrew	196
54	Lester	194
55	Vernon	185
56	Alfred	179
57	Victor	178
58	Clifford	175
59	Daniel	170
60	Gerald	166
61	Lloyd	163
62	Glenn	161
63	Herman	155
64	Ray	153
65	Wayne	149
66	Sam	145
66	Samuel	145
68	Warren	142
69	Floyd	140
70	Wilbur	138
71	Frederick	135
71	Marvin	135
73	Philip	133
74	Everett	128
75	Martin	127
75	Willard	127
77	Vincent	123
78	Jerome	121
79	Clyde	118
79	Steve	118
81	Dale	116
82	Marion	114
83	Glen	109
84	Tony	107
85	Alvin	106
85	Virgil	106
87	Lewis	105
88	Emil	102
88	Gordon	102
90	Irving	101
91	Harvey	99
91	Orville	99
93	Milton	98
94	Maurice	95
95	Max	92
96	Gilbert	90
97	Leslie	89
98	Edgar	87
99	Roger	83
99	Sidney	83