Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,761
2	John	3,335
3	William	2,679
4	James	2,049
5	Edward	1,725
6	Charles	1,688
7	George	1,543
8	Joseph	1,386
9	Frank	1,143
10	Richard	1,039
11	Donald	989
12	Raymond	979
13	Harold	957
14	Walter	836
15	Paul	747
16	Thomas	743
17	Arthur	654
18	Kenneth	638
19	Henry	621
20	Jack	586
21	Eugene	579
22	Harry	568
23	Albert	564
24	Warren	503
25	Ralph	478

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louis	457
27	Clarence	442
28	Leonard	441
29	Carl	440
30	Earl	412
31	Lawrence	403
32	Howard	402
33	Stanley	394
34	Fred	357
35	Roy	342
36	Chester	334
37	Bernard	329
38	Elmer	319
39	Francis	318
40	David	301
41	Anthony	286
42	Leo	281
42	Russell	281
44	Herbert	280
45	Norman	273
46	Edwin	268
47	Leroy	260
48	Joe	249
49	Melvin	240
50	Michael	236
51	Theodore	221
52	Peter	214
53	Vernon	213
54	Alfred	210
55	Daniel	208
56	Ernest	203
57	Clifford	199
57	Lloyd	199
59	Dale	198
60	Gerald	196
60	Lester	196
62	Glenn	191
63	Wayne	185
64	Marvin	178
64	Ray	178
66	Andrew	175
67	Floyd	167
68	Victor	161
69	Martin	159
70	Frederick	152
71	Samuel	151
72	Everett	142
72	Herman	142
74	Alvin	136
75	Jerome	133
75	Vincent	133
77	Wilbur	132
78	Philip	130
79	Sam	129
80	Willard	127
81	Virgil	121
82	Harvey	120
83	Maurice	119
84	Clyde	113
85	Milton	111
86	Gordon	106
87	Marion	99
88	Arnold	98
89	Roger	97
90	Gilbert	95
90	Max	95
92	Lyle	94
93	Lee	92
93	Leslie	92
95	Edmund	90
95	Irving	90
97	Alex	89
97	Glen	89
99	Steve	88
100	Jesse	85
100	Lewis	85