Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,673
2	John	3,178
3	James	2,732
4	William	2,727
5	Donald	2,503
6	Richard	2,454
7	Charles	1,736
8	George	1,311
9	Joseph	1,157
10	Edward	1,141
11	Thomas	934
12	Frank	845
13	Raymond	812
14	Kenneth	788
15	Jack	752
16	Harold	747
17	Paul	664
18	David	644
19	Eugene	638
20	Ronald	587
21	Walter	554
22	Arthur	519
23	Ralph	483
24	Gerald	442
25	Howard	430

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Henry	416
27	Carl	412
28	Harry	410
29	Albert	407
30	Lawrence	370
31	Louis	363
32	Norman	346
33	Fred	336
34	Earl	333
35	Leonard	325
36	Roy	294
37	Bernard	293
38	Stanley	292
39	Anthony	278
40	Billy	275
40	Daniel	275
42	Herbert	270
43	Jerry	265
44	Clarence	263
45	Michael	260
46	Dale	252
46	Roger	252
48	Wayne	246
49	Joe	238
50	Marvin	235
51	Francis	231
52	Melvin	226
53	Leroy	223
54	Peter	220
55	Alfred	215
56	Bill	214
57	Russell	204
58	Edwin	194
59	Theodore	184
60	Glenn	178
61	Bob	177
61	Don	177
61	Ernest	177
64	Gene	168
65	Jerome	162
66	Ray	159
67	Elmer	157
68	Leo	155
69	Bobby	147
69	Clifford	147
71	Gordon	144
72	Lloyd	142
73	Frederick	139
74	Andrew	138
75	Philip	135
76	Lester	133
76	Vernon	133
76	Warren	133
79	Allen	129
79	Alvin	129
81	Martin	128
82	Floyd	127
83	Arnold	120
83	Patrick	120
83	Victor	120
86	Herman	118
87	Gilbert	117
88	Chester	115
89	Clyde	110
90	Dean	104
91	Sam	103
92	Glen	100
92	Milton	100
92	Samuel	100
95	Norbert	96
95	Vincent	96
97	Bruce	95
98	Harvey	94
99	Everett	93
99	Leon	93