Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,231
2	John	3,045
3	James	2,664
4	Richard	2,441
5	William	2,430
6	Donald	2,423
7	Charles	1,536
8	George	1,131
9	Edward	1,033
10	Joseph	1,024
11	Thomas	990
12	Kenneth	765
13	Jack	708
14	Raymond	703
15	Frank	696
16	Ronald	686
17	Harold	657
18	David	654
19	Paul	640
20	Eugene	587
21	Walter	477
22	Arthur	461
23	Gerald	437
24	Ralph	427
25	Carl	369

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wayne	353
27	Albert	346
28	Henry	340
29	Norman	330
30	Lawrence	327
31	Harry	326
32	Daniel	305
33	Howard	298
33	Louis	298
35	Fred	296
36	Leonard	281
37	Roger	275
38	Stanley	260
39	Roy	259
40	Jerry	257
41	Clarence	252
42	Earl	251
43	Herbert	247
44	Michael	245
45	Marvin	241
46	Billy	238
47	Anthony	236
48	Dale	235
49	Joe	230
50	Francis	220
51	Russell	218
52	Don	216
52	Peter	216
54	Bernard	211
55	Leroy	208
56	Edwin	198
56	Gene	198
58	Melvin	197
59	Bill	180
59	Glenn	180
61	Leo	173
62	Bob	171
63	Jerome	160
64	Philip	155
65	Ernest	154
66	Alfred	151
67	Allen	147
68	Clifford	144
69	Elmer	143
70	Martin	141
70	Theodore	141
72	Lloyd	138
73	Gordon	137
74	Floyd	135
74	Ray	135
76	Bobby	125
77	Andrew	121
78	Gilbert	120
79	Lester	119
80	Vernon	117
80	Victor	117
82	Dean	114
83	Bruce	109
83	Jackie	109
85	Sam	108
85	Warren	108
87	Larry	107
88	Phillip	105
89	Samuel	104
89	Tom	104
91	Frederick	102
92	Maurice	101
92	Patrick	101
94	Herman	100
95	Alvin	99
95	Arnold	99
97	Clyde	94
98	Vincent	93
99	Duane	91
100	Chester	90
100	Roland	90