Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,571
2	John	2,747
3	James	2,657
4	Richard	2,486
5	Donald	2,439
6	William	2,048
7	Charles	1,511
8	Ronald	1,396
9	George	999
10	Thomas	969
11	Edward	901
12	Joseph	890
13	Kenneth	767
14	David	743
15	Jack	688
16	Paul	623
17	Frank	618
18	Raymond	599
19	Gerald	536
20	Harold	517
21	Walter	455
22	Eugene	419
23	Ralph	406
24	Jerry	388
25	Carl	372

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Arthur	359
27	Fred	355
28	Roger	345
29	Norman	321
30	Wayne	317
31	Howard	311
32	Lawrence	310
33	Larry	283
34	Daniel	274
35	Michael	265
36	Leonard	264
37	Don	260
37	Henry	260
39	Albert	257
40	Harry	256
41	Earl	236
41	Roy	236
43	Louis	235
44	Anthony	222
44	Marvin	222
46	Bill	213
47	Leroy	209
48	Bernard	208
49	Dale	206
49	Stanley	206
51	Melvin	197
52	Billy	185
52	Gene	185
54	Peter	184
55	Russell	183
56	Joe	181
57	Herbert	179
58	Bruce	174
59	Bob	171
59	Philip	171
61	Jerome	164
62	Gordon	163
63	Francis	162
64	Clarence	159
65	Jim	153
66	Patrick	152
67	Gary	145
68	Ernest	143
69	Edwin	141
70	Phillip	136
71	Franklin	133
72	Martin	132
73	Ray	130
73	Tom	130
75	Warren	125
76	Lloyd	121
77	Theodore	120
78	Dennis	119
78	Leo	119
80	Andrew	116
80	Frederick	116
80	Glenn	116
83	Alfred	113
84	Allen	112
85	Arnold	110
86	Floyd	109
87	Alan	102
87	Alvin	102
89	Clifford	101
90	Vernon	100
91	Lester	95
92	Bobby	94
92	Elmer	94
94	Lee	93
95	Dean	87
96	Duane	86
97	Vincent	84
98	Herman	83
98	Jackie	83
100	Samuel	82