Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,677
2	James	3,034
3	John	2,951
4	Richard	2,501
5	William	2,259
6	Ronald	1,725
7	Donald	1,571
8	Charles	1,551
9	David	1,384
10	Thomas	1,351
11	Larry	1,057
12	Kenneth	1,004
13	Joseph	914
14	Edward	864
15	George	834
16	Jerry	790
17	Michael	768
18	Gerald	738
19	Paul	665
20	Frank	592
21	Dennis	552
22	Gary	520
23	Raymond	519
24	Jack	463
25	Roger	461

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	428
27	Harold	422
28	Walter	389
29	Lawrence	386
30	Carl	372
30	Wayne	372
32	Arthur	347
33	Fred	326
34	Ralph	324
35	Norman	316
36	Eugene	312
37	Anthony	280
38	Peter	269
39	Henry	246
40	Leonard	245
41	Dale	244
42	Albert	234
42	Harry	234
44	Howard	230
45	Bruce	227
46	Philip	208
46	Terry	208
48	Jim	205
49	Bill	203
50	Tom	200
51	Roy	199
51	Stanley	199
53	Louis	198
54	Don	197
55	Marvin	195
56	Jerome	194
57	Joe	192
58	Patrick	191
59	Earl	184
60	Russell	180
61	Bob	175
62	Allen	171
63	Alan	167
64	Bernard	164
65	Melvin	163
66	Phillip	160
67	Leroy	146
67	Ray	146
69	Theodore	145
70	Billy	143
70	Stephen	143
72	Francis	139
72	Gene	139
74	Gordon	134
74	Lee	134
76	Edwin	132
77	Martin	131
78	Frederick	127
78	Glenn	127
80	Ernest	126
81	Alfred	123
82	Herbert	117
83	Douglas	116
84	Clarence	113
85	Ronnie	111
86	Andrew	107
86	Jon	107
86	Lester	107
86	Warren	107
90	Keith	106
91	Jackie	105
92	Clifford	101
93	Vernon	99
94	Allan	96
95	Harvey	93
96	Lloyd	92
97	Leo	87
98	Samuel	85
99	Leon	82
100	Dean	81