Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,723
2	John	2,828
3	James	2,694
4	Richard	2,413
5	Donald	2,219
6	William	2,155
7	Ronald	1,647
8	Charles	1,541
9	Thomas	1,129
10	George	958
11	Joseph	950
12	David	919
13	Edward	901
14	Kenneth	876
15	Frank	637
16	Gerald	628
17	Paul	627
18	Raymond	622
19	Jack	538
20	Jerry	528
21	Harold	516
22	Larry	486
23	Michael	428
24	Roger	400
25	Eugene	398

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Fred	377
27	Walter	366
28	Carl	365
29	Arthur	357
30	Lawrence	343
31	Ralph	328
32	Wayne	324
33	Daniel	315
34	Norman	274
35	Henry	260
36	Howard	256
37	Gary	253
38	Harry	250
39	Dale	245
40	Albert	242
41	Peter	235
42	Leonard	230
43	Marvin	224
44	Don	221
45	Bill	216
46	Louis	214
47	Jerome	213
48	Joe	201
49	Roy	196
49	Russell	196
51	Gene	195
51	Stanley	195
53	Melvin	194
54	Anthony	191
55	Leroy	187
56	Billy	183
57	Bernard	182
57	Bruce	182
59	Dennis	177
60	Herbert	175
61	Earl	174
61	Jim	174
63	Philip	167
64	Bob	159
65	Francis	158
66	Clarence	157
67	Glenn	151
68	Phillip	149
69	Ray	146
69	Tom	146
71	Edwin	139
71	Theodore	139
73	Alfred	131
73	Patrick	131
75	Warren	129
76	Martin	123
77	Allen	121
78	Alan	120
78	Ernest	120
80	Lloyd	114
81	Frederick	113
82	Duane	110
83	Gordon	109
84	Lee	104
85	Allan	101
85	Arnold	101
85	Leo	101
88	Vernon	98
89	Franklin	95
90	Lester	94
91	Clifford	93
92	Leon	91
92	Vincent	91
94	Terry	88
95	Andrew	86
95	Lyle	86
97	Floyd	85
97	Maurice	85
99	Dick	84
99	Glen	84
99	Keith	84
99	Ronnie	84
99	Ted	84
99	Victor	84