Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,535
2	John	3,331
3	William	2,999
4	James	2,484
5	Richard	2,131
6	Donald	1,895
7	Charles	1,765
8	George	1,521
9	Edward	1,433
10	Joseph	1,224
11	Frank	965
12	Thomas	921
13	Raymond	916
14	Harold	868
15	Kenneth	793
16	Paul	761
17	Jack	743
18	Walter	739
19	Eugene	644
20	Arthur	551
21	Ralph	531
22	Harry	496
23	Henry	463
24	Carl	447
25	David	446

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Leonard	437
27	Albert	433
28	Howard	408
29	Louis	382
30	Norman	376
31	Fred	371
32	Stanley	359
33	Earl	353
34	Gerald	340
35	Clarence	335
36	Lawrence	334
37	Roy	310
38	Anthony	293
39	Bernard	276
40	Ronald	275
41	Leroy	271
42	Daniel	270
43	Marvin	269
44	Billy	266
45	Francis	261
46	Melvin	255
47	Russell	254
48	Joe	253
49	Herbert	248
50	Edwin	245
51	Peter	235
52	Elmer	225
53	Wayne	221
54	Michael	214
55	Theodore	211
56	Chester	210
57	Bill	208
58	Alfred	207
58	Glenn	207
60	Gene	205
61	Ernest	203
62	Leo	195
63	Lloyd	189
64	Clifford	182
65	Dale	179
66	Floyd	178
67	Andrew	175
68	Frederick	165
69	Vernon	164
70	Ray	160
71	Warren	155
72	Don	154
72	Lester	154
74	Martin	152
75	Jerome	151
76	Philip	150
77	Jerry	142
77	Roger	142
79	Samuel	140
80	Bob	137
81	Gordon	135
82	Herman	132
83	Alvin	131
84	Vincent	130
85	Arnold	121
86	Gilbert	120
87	Clyde	119
88	Victor	116
89	Allen	113
90	Patrick	105
91	Dean	104
91	Leon	104
93	Glen	101
94	Edmund	100
95	Milton	97
95	Willard	97
97	Sam	95
98	Everett	94
99	Harvey	91
99	Rudolph	91
99	Tom	91