Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1925

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,648
2	John	3,412
3	William	3,105
4	James	2,429
5	Richard	1,783
6	Charles	1,736
7	Edward	1,566
8	George	1,528
9	Donald	1,417
10	Joseph	1,343
11	Frank	1,005
12	Raymond	915
13	Harold	901
14	Thomas	850
15	Paul	780
16	Walter	766
17	Jack	726
18	Kenneth	723
19	Arthur	694
20	Eugene	584
21	Harry	575
22	Ralph	566
23	Albert	548
24	Henry	518
25	Leonard	451

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Howard	428
27	Louis	427
28	Carl	410
29	Clarence	394
30	David	392
31	Fred	383
32	Earl	382
33	Lawrence	379
34	Stanley	357
35	Norman	324
36	Roy	314
37	Gerald	303
38	Edwin	293
39	Francis	292
40	Anthony	290
41	Bernard	284
42	Herbert	274
43	Russell	268
44	Chester	266
45	Melvin	247
46	Theodore	244
47	Leroy	241
48	Michael	238
49	Peter	232
50	Leo	230
51	Marvin	226
52	Glenn	225
53	Elmer	224
54	Ernest	223
54	Joe	223
56	Daniel	219
57	Wayne	217
58	Alfred	207
59	Clifford	178
59	Lloyd	178
61	Dale	177
62	Warren	176
63	Ray	175
64	Andrew	167
64	Floyd	167
66	Lester	161
67	Martin	160
67	Sam	160
69	Billy	159
70	Bill	157
71	Roger	155
71	Vincent	155
73	Samuel	153
73	Vernon	153
75	Calvin	152
76	Jerome	150
77	Herman	148
77	Philip	148
79	Gordon	140
80	Frederick	138
81	Everett	136
82	Alvin	132
83	Victor	124
83	Wilbur	124
85	Glen	122
86	Gene	119
87	Clyde	115
88	Harvey	111
88	Jerry	111
88	Leon	111
91	Lee	110
92	Lyle	107
93	Maurice	105
94	Ronald	104
95	Leslie	102
95	Willard	102
97	Allen	101
98	Virgil	100
99	Milton	99
100	Edmund	98