Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,496
2	John	3,384
3	William	2,983
4	James	2,398
5	Richard	1,947
6	Charles	1,652
7	Donald	1,624
8	George	1,563
9	Edward	1,478
10	Joseph	1,243
11	Frank	907
12	Raymond	887
13	Thomas	834
14	Harold	832
15	Jack	741
16	Kenneth	728
17	Paul	705
18	Walter	697
19	Eugene	656
20	Arthur	589
21	Henry	530
22	Ralph	527
23	Harry	505
24	Albert	487
25	Leonard	445

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carl	414
27	David	400
28	Fred	389
29	Earl	388
30	Louis	372
31	Howard	369
32	Stanley	342
33	Clarence	340
34	Lawrence	330
34	Roy	330
36	Norman	325
37	Gerald	301
38	Francis	299
39	Anthony	298
40	Melvin	287
41	Bernard	284
42	Russell	283
43	Herbert	276
44	Daniel	255
45	Theodore	247
46	Edwin	246
46	Leroy	246
48	Ernest	241
49	Leo	239
50	Joe	232
51	Marvin	224
52	Glenn	222
53	Chester	217
54	Wayne	204
55	Ray	201
56	Elmer	199
57	Dale	195
58	Peter	194
59	Alfred	188
60	Billy	187
61	Michael	181
62	Floyd	177
63	Bill	176
64	Clifford	174
65	Vernon	168
66	Martin	163
66	Ronald	163
68	Lloyd	157
69	Warren	155
70	Gene	154
71	Don	148
71	Philip	148
73	Roger	147
73	Victor	147
75	Samuel	144
76	Bob	143
77	Lester	142
78	Gordon	140
79	Andrew	139
80	Frederick	137
80	Herman	137
82	Jerome	134
83	Sam	128
83	Vincent	128
85	Jerry	127
86	Alvin	126
87	Milton	124
88	Rudolph	121
89	Everett	116
90	Glen	112
91	Marion	106
92	Clyde	105
93	Leon	99
94	Maurice	98
95	Leslie	97
95	Virgil	97
97	Patrick	96
98	Calvin	94
98	Willard	94
100	Wilbur	93