Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,591
2	John	2,783
3	James	2,775
4	Richard	2,571
5	Donald	2,276
6	William	2,213
7	Charles	1,575
8	Ronald	1,528
9	Thomas	1,084
10	Joseph	961
11	George	931
12	Edward	859
13	Kenneth	855
14	David	807
15	Frank	672
16	Paul	656
17	Jack	593
18	Gerald	592
19	Raymond	573
20	Harold	534
21	Jerry	465
22	Walter	432
23	Eugene	410
24	Carl	396
25	Roger	383

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Arthur	374
27	Ralph	354
28	Fred	347
29	Larry	343
30	Lawrence	332
31	Michael	320
32	Wayne	299
33	Norman	292
34	Albert	276
34	Henry	276
36	Daniel	271
37	Don	266
38	Harry	252
38	Howard	252
40	Leonard	249
41	Louis	233
42	Joe	227
43	Marvin	222
44	Anthony	218
45	Bill	214
45	Peter	214
47	Bernard	213
47	Dale	213
49	Leroy	207
50	Gary	206
50	Melvin	206
52	Philip	205
53	Roy	201
54	Jerome	198
55	Stanley	195
56	Billy	187
57	Earl	186
58	Bruce	179
59	Francis	174
60	Bob	173
61	Herbert	172
62	Russell	170
63	Clarence	162
64	Gene	159
65	Dennis	153
65	Ray	153
67	Jim	147
68	Theodore	142
69	Alfred	140
70	Edwin	139
71	Gordon	137
72	Ernest	133
73	Martin	131
74	Tom	128
75	Glenn	126
76	Phillip	122
77	Allen	118
78	Frederick	116
79	Warren	114
80	Jackie	112
80	Patrick	112
82	Leo	109
83	Lee	106
84	Arnold	105
85	Clifford	104
85	Duane	104
87	Lloyd	102
88	Vincent	97
89	Andrew	96
89	Vernon	96
91	Alan	95
92	Floyd	94
93	Bobby	92
93	Keith	92
95	Leon	90
96	Dean	89
97	Stephen	87
98	Franklin	86
98	Samuel	86
100	Alvin	85