Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1932

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,832
2	John	2,758
3	James	2,471
4	Donald	2,422
5	William	2,351
6	Richard	2,304
7	Charles	1,646
8	George	1,086
9	Ronald	1,073
10	Edward	1,043
11	Joseph	983
12	Thomas	913
13	Kenneth	765
14	Paul	681
15	Raymond	669
16	Frank	643
17	Jack	631
18	David	608
19	Harold	588
20	Gerald	536
21	Eugene	485
22	Walter	464
23	Arthur	390
24	Carl	357
25	Ralph	352

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Norman	333
27	Fred	332
28	Harry	326
29	Henry	320
29	Lawrence	320
31	Albert	306
32	Jerry	305
33	Wayne	297
34	Daniel	293
35	Roger	287
36	Howard	283
37	Leonard	279
38	Louis	268
39	Michael	266
40	Dale	241
41	Don	236
42	Earl	231
43	Clarence	228
44	Marvin	227
45	Anthony	224
46	Billy	223
47	Stanley	217
48	Peter	216
49	Roy	215
50	Bernard	203
50	Herbert	203
50	Leroy	203
53	Russell	198
54	Gene	197
54	Joe	197
56	Bill	195
57	Melvin	189
58	Bob	178
59	Francis	174
60	Ernest	170
61	Jerome	168
62	Ray	158
63	Larry	154
64	Edwin	153
65	Theodore	149
66	Gordon	146
67	Lloyd	145
68	Glenn	140
69	Leo	139
70	Elmer	137
71	Martin	135
72	Alfred	132
73	Bobby	129
73	Bruce	129
73	Philip	129
76	Tom	128
77	Clifford	121
78	Vernon	118
79	Patrick	117
80	Frederick	114
81	Alvin	113
81	Jackie	113
81	Jim	113
84	Allen	112
85	Arnold	111
85	Dean	111
85	Floyd	111
88	Andrew	109
89	Warren	107
90	Samuel	104
91	Alan	100
92	Dennis	97
92	Lester	97
94	Phillip	94
95	Gilbert	93
96	Sam	91
97	Vincent	89
98	Glen	86
99	Harvey	85
99	Leon	85
99	Maurice	85
99	Victor	85