Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1933

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,505
2	John	2,706
3	James	2,575
4	Richard	2,297
5	Donald	2,263
6	William	2,099
7	Charles	1,452
8	Ronald	1,185
9	George	995
10	Thomas	975
11	Joseph	858
12	Edward	843
13	Kenneth	733
14	Jack	647
15	Frank	636
16	Raymond	598
17	Paul	596
18	Harold	576
19	David	573
20	Gerald	558
21	Eugene	447
22	Walter	412
23	Jerry	397
24	Arthur	387
25	Carl	347

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	346
27	Wayne	324
28	Fred	305
29	Norman	302
30	Leonard	295
31	Henry	291
32	Albert	274
32	Roger	274
34	Howard	267
34	Lawrence	267
36	Harry	265
37	Daniel	260
38	Michael	257
39	Roy	242
40	Earl	225
40	Louis	225
42	Anthony	224
43	Don	223
44	Stanley	222
45	Dale	220
46	Bill	215
47	Marvin	214
48	Leroy	213
49	Clarence	212
50	Bernard	211
51	Peter	204
52	Joe	195
53	Herbert	194
54	Jerome	188
55	Bob	187
55	Larry	187
57	Francis	185
58	Franklin	184
59	Melvin	182
60	Billy	181
60	Russell	181
62	Gene	172
63	Martin	158
64	Ray	156
65	Gordon	149
66	Vernon	137
67	Theodore	134
68	Edwin	133
68	Patrick	133
70	Alfred	130
71	Philip	127
72	Glenn	125
73	Bruce	124
73	Ernest	124
75	Andrew	123
75	Jackie	123
77	Jim	121
78	Lloyd	115
79	Tom	113
80	Frederick	112
81	Floyd	109
82	Allen	107
82	Warren	107
84	Elmer	106
85	Samuel	105
86	Bobby	101
87	Alvin	100
87	Clifford	100
87	Lee	100
87	Leo	100
91	Gilbert	98
92	Vincent	96
93	Alan	93
93	Phillip	93
95	Dean	90
96	Glen	88
96	Leon	88
98	Duane	87
99	Lester	85
100	Sam	84