Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,951
2	James	2,959
3	John	2,882
4	Richard	2,388
5	William	2,220
6	Donald	2,041
7	Ronald	1,672
8	Charles	1,571
9	Thomas	1,224
10	David	1,211
11	George	981
12	Kenneth	948
13	Edward	918
14	Joseph	877
15	Gerald	704
16	Larry	668
17	Paul	655
18	Raymond	631
19	Frank	592
20	Jerry	549
21	Michael	535
22	Jack	522
23	Harold	447
24	Roger	428
25	Walter	417

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carl	399
27	Fred	366
28	Wayne	352
29	Gary	351
30	Arthur	348
31	Lawrence	341
32	Ralph	332
33	Daniel	329
34	Eugene	325
35	Norman	286
36	Dale	283
37	Anthony	281
38	Louis	271
39	Henry	259
40	Don	252
41	Dennis	247
42	Howard	243
43	Albert	237
44	Harry	226
45	Peter	219
45	Roy	219
47	Melvin	215
48	Leonard	214
49	Marvin	213
50	Jerome	208
50	Philip	208
52	Stanley	199
53	Bruce	195
53	Joe	195
55	Earl	193
56	Bill	191
57	Patrick	186
58	Bernard	184
58	Russell	184
60	Francis	182
61	Leroy	179
62	Clarence	175
63	Gene	171
64	Tom	168
65	Bob	158
65	Ray	158
67	Phillip	155
68	Martin	150
69	Gordon	144
70	Billy	142
71	Herbert	140
72	Edwin	137
73	Allen	134
74	Alan	133
75	Theodore	130
76	Ernest	129
77	Jim	128
78	Glenn	124
79	Terry	123
80	Clifford	118
80	Frederick	118
82	Alfred	115
83	Lee	111
83	Vernon	111
85	Leo	108
85	Ronnie	108
87	Stephen	105
88	Warren	104
89	Andrew	103
89	Leon	103
91	Arnold	101
92	Floyd	98
93	Lloyd	97
94	Dean	95
95	Samuel	89
96	Jackie	88
96	Victor	88
98	Allan	86
99	Glen	85
99	Lester	85