Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,968
2	James	3,086
3	John	2,982
4	Richard	2,538
5	William	2,387
6	Donald	1,921
7	Ronald	1,780
8	Charles	1,660
9	Thomas	1,360
10	David	1,314
11	George	1,020
12	Kenneth	1,005
13	Edward	910
14	Joseph	881
15	Gerald	816
16	Larry	813
17	Paul	702
18	Michael	676
19	Jerry	648
20	Frank	618
20	Raymond	618
22	Roger	532
23	Jack	502
24	Harold	498
25	Gary	460

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wayne	415
27	Lawrence	412
28	Carl	395
29	Daniel	377
30	Dennis	370
31	Walter	365
32	Arthur	358
33	Fred	357
34	Ralph	354
35	Eugene	336
36	Anthony	294
37	Norman	289
38	Howard	268
39	Peter	267
40	Albert	264
40	Leonard	264
42	Henry	251
43	Harry	235
44	Don	225
45	Dale	224
46	Jerome	222
47	Bruce	221
48	Roy	218
49	Louis	213
50	Earl	208
51	Joe	203
51	Russell	203
53	Stanley	196
54	Tom	194
55	Melvin	191
56	Marvin	187
57	Philip	185
58	Patrick	184
59	Bernard	178
59	Terry	178
61	Jim	177
62	Bill	172
63	Leroy	168
64	Allen	163
64	Phillip	163
66	Francis	161
67	Alan	154
68	Ernest	153
68	Gene	153
70	Martin	152
71	Ray	149
72	Billy	145
73	Stephen	144
74	Theodore	142
75	Clarence	138
75	Warren	138
77	Frederick	134
77	Gordon	134
79	Bob	131
80	Herbert	129
81	Ronnie	128
82	Allan	126
83	Alfred	121
83	Andrew	121
85	Glenn	119
86	Edwin	117
87	Douglas	115
88	Lloyd	109
89	Lee	108
90	Clifford	107
91	Keith	105
92	Samuel	104
93	Jon	98
93	Lester	98
95	Leon	97
96	Vernon	96
97	Vincent	94
98	Jackie	93
99	Harvey	92
100	Arnold	91
100	Maurice	91