Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,513
2	John	3,447
3	William	3,026
4	James	2,299
5	Charles	1,775
6	George	1,674
7	Edward	1,652
8	Richard	1,577
9	Joseph	1,390
10	Donald	1,359
11	Frank	1,036
12	Raymond	973
13	Harold	930
14	Thomas	879
15	Walter	797
16	Paul	757
17	Kenneth	752
18	Arthur	696
19	Eugene	619
20	Jack	617
21	Harry	615
22	Henry	590
23	Ralph	560
24	Albert	547
25	Leonard	497

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carl	445
27	Howard	443
28	Louis	427
29	Clarence	408
30	David	402
31	Earl	387
32	Roy	378
33	Lawrence	376
34	Fred	370
35	Stanley	368
36	Anthony	343
37	Norman	337
38	Edwin	320
39	Francis	313
40	Bernard	297
41	Russell	291
42	Chester	290
42	Elmer	290
44	Gerald	279
45	Warren	276
46	Leroy	272
47	Herbert	265
48	Leo	260
49	Daniel	245
49	Melvin	245
51	Ernest	233
52	Joe	230
53	Peter	229
54	Theodore	227
55	Wayne	222
56	Dale	218
57	Michael	216
58	Marvin	214
59	Alfred	211
60	Vernon	208
61	Glenn	206
62	Lester	195
63	Lloyd	191
64	Clifford	189
65	Andrew	176
66	Ray	174
67	Frederick	165
68	Calvin	161
69	Samuel	158
70	Martin	156
71	Philip	153
72	Floyd	144
73	Roger	142
74	Vincent	136
75	Gordon	135
76	Jerome	134
77	Maurice	133
78	Billy	132
79	Clyde	130
80	Herman	129
81	Sam	124
82	Wilbur	121
83	Jerry	119
84	Alvin	117
84	Victor	117
86	Bill	114
87	Gilbert	111
88	Harvey	110
88	Leslie	110
88	Milton	110
91	Gene	105
91	Steve	105
93	Edmund	104
93	Virgil	104
95	Don	103
95	Everett	103
97	Dean	102
98	Bruce	98
98	Glen	98
100	Norbert	97