Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,458
2	John	3,290
3	William	2,785
4	James	2,379
5	Richard	2,271
6	Donald	2,128
7	Charles	1,653
8	George	1,381
9	Edward	1,323
10	Joseph	1,233
11	Frank	889
12	Thomas	855
13	Raymond	850
14	Kenneth	838
15	Harold	835
16	Jack	745
17	Eugene	717
18	Paul	687
19	Walter	658
20	Arthur	539
21	Ralph	528
22	Harry	477
23	David	467
24	Albert	446
25	Henry	435

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carl	382
27	Fred	380
28	Howard	376
29	Leonard	373
30	Ronald	367
31	Norman	366
32	Herbert	363
33	Lawrence	362
34	Louis	359
35	Earl	334
36	Roy	327
37	Clarence	324
38	Gerald	301
39	Bernard	300
40	Marvin	277
41	Billy	274
42	Joe	267
43	Anthony	266
44	Melvin	260
45	Francis	253
46	Russell	252
47	Peter	250
48	Michael	249
49	Daniel	242
50	Alfred	239
50	Leroy	239
50	Stanley	239
53	Ernest	230
54	Edwin	228
55	Wayne	227
56	Dale	223
57	Roger	217
58	Gene	211
59	Theodore	203
60	Elmer	195
61	Bill	190
62	Martin	187
63	Glenn	185
64	Leo	184
65	Floyd	172
66	Bob	171
67	Lloyd	170
68	Jerome	168
68	Jerry	168
70	Don	164
70	Ray	164
72	Clifford	155
73	Chester	152
74	Andrew	151
75	Warren	149
76	Vernon	148
77	Philip	142
78	Lester	140
78	Samuel	140
80	Alvin	136
81	Frederick	122
82	Vincent	121
83	Victor	115
84	Bobby	114
84	Gilbert	114
84	Gordon	114
87	Allen	109
88	Arnold	107
88	Glen	107
90	Herman	106
91	Everett	104
92	Patrick	103
92	Sam	103
94	Lee	99
95	Maurice	94
96	Milton	93
97	Harvey	92
98	Leslie	91
99	Leon	89
100	Clyde	87
100	Dean	87
100	Tom	87