Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,395
2	John	3,176
3	William	2,763
4	James	2,532
5	Richard	2,332
6	Donald	2,319
7	Charles	1,702
8	George	1,367
9	Edward	1,288
10	Joseph	1,174
11	Thomas	919
12	Raymond	875
13	Frank	840
14	Harold	799
15	Kenneth	785
16	Jack	739
17	Paul	679
18	Eugene	678
19	David	598
20	Walter	575
21	Arthur	547
22	Ralph	457
23	Ronald	436
24	Carl	413
25	Henry	394

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	393
26	Harry	393
28	Howard	390
29	Gerald	389
30	Leonard	372
31	Fred	366
32	Lawrence	359
33	Herbert	357
34	Louis	331
35	Norman	325
36	Roy	313
37	Earl	305
38	Clarence	300
39	Billy	281
40	Leroy	280
41	Anthony	279
42	Roger	276
43	Marvin	266
44	Daniel	264
45	Stanley	263
46	Bernard	245
46	Melvin	245
48	Alfred	244
49	Michael	237
50	Joe	232
51	Dale	222
51	Francis	222
53	Russell	219
54	Wayne	211
55	Peter	207
56	Jerry	204
57	Theodore	200
58	Ernest	199
59	Gene	196
60	Edwin	194
61	Bill	190
62	Don	178
62	Glenn	178
64	Elmer	175
65	Jerome	168
66	Philip	160
67	Clifford	155
67	Ray	155
69	Vernon	154
70	Chester	153
70	Leo	153
72	Bob	152
73	Andrew	149
74	Lloyd	143
75	Martin	141
76	Bobby	140
77	Floyd	139
78	Victor	131
79	Lester	127
80	Warren	124
81	Arnold	119
82	Gordon	116
83	Frederick	115
84	Allen	113
85	Sam	112
86	Alvin	110
86	Gilbert	110
88	Dean	108
88	Milton	108
90	Wilbur	107
91	Patrick	106
91	Samuel	106
91	Vincent	106
94	Everett	104
94	Herman	104
96	Harvey	100
97	Lyle	98
98	Norbert	92
99	Phillip	91
100	Jesse	88