Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,879
2	John	3,281
3	William	2,771
4	James	2,081
5	Edward	1,615
6	George	1,592
7	Charles	1,563
8	Joseph	1,444
9	Richard	1,245
10	Donald	1,094
11	Frank	1,002
12	Harold	939
13	Raymond	933
14	Walter	830
15	Thomas	734
16	Paul	702
17	Arthur	682
18	Kenneth	671
19	Harry	596
20	Jack	589
21	Henry	576
22	Ralph	551
23	Eugene	527
24	Albert	498
25	Howard	458

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louis	441
27	Leonard	409
28	Carl	380
29	Fred	377
30	Clarence	374
31	Stanley	361
32	Earl	353
33	Lawrence	348
34	Francis	330
35	Roy	327
36	David	312
37	Anthony	308
38	Bernard	300
39	Edwin	286
40	Warren	284
41	Chester	279
42	Elmer	277
43	Norman	269
44	Russell	267
45	Joe	262
46	Leo	247
47	Herbert	236
47	Leroy	236
47	Melvin	236
47	Peter	236
51	Wayne	235
52	Theodore	221
53	Alfred	216
54	Marvin	215
55	Ernest	213
56	Gerald	210
57	Daniel	204
58	Michael	203
59	Ray	189
60	Dale	185
60	Glenn	185
62	Philip	172
63	Lester	170
64	Vernon	169
65	Jerome	166
66	Andrew	165
67	Floyd	163
68	Clifford	158
69	Frederick	157
70	Herman	151
70	Lloyd	151
72	Martin	148
72	Victor	148
74	Sam	140
75	Willard	136
76	Alvin	135
77	Samuel	132
78	Gilbert	124
78	Roger	124
80	Wilbur	123
81	Vincent	122
82	Everett	112
83	Virgil	111
84	Gordon	110
84	Milton	110
86	Clyde	109
87	Marion	108
88	Steve	105
89	Maurice	103
90	Lyle	101
91	Nick	95
92	Emil	93
92	Harvey	93
92	Irving	93
95	Edmund	92
96	Stephen	89
97	Leslie	87
98	Allen	86
98	Lee	86
100	Tony	85