Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,840
2	James	3,264
3	John	3,250
4	Richard	2,512
5	William	2,497
6	Ronald	1,748
7	Charles	1,576
8	Thomas	1,567
9	Donald	1,471
10	David	1,470
11	Larry	1,244
12	Kenneth	1,036
13	Michael	962
14	Joseph	960
15	George	917
16	Edward	878
17	Paul	803
18	Jerry	791
19	Gerald	725
20	Gary	692
21	Dennis	656
22	Frank	644
23	Raymond	598
24	Roger	520
25	Jack	444

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Walter	419
27	Harold	416
28	Lawrence	414
29	Daniel	401
30	Carl	394
31	Wayne	386
32	Fred	380
33	Arthur	314
34	Ralph	301
35	Bruce	286
36	Leonard	273
37	Eugene	272
38	Anthony	270
39	Dale	266
40	Norman	265
41	Peter	264
42	Henry	256
42	Howard	256
44	Terry	249
45	Philip	246
46	Albert	244
47	Roy	227
48	Jerome	222
49	Bill	220
50	Stanley	216
51	Stephen	213
52	Jim	212
53	Tom	210
54	Phillip	205
55	Harry	203
56	Louis	202
56	Patrick	202
58	Allen	198
58	Joe	198
60	Don	195
61	Bernard	186
62	Melvin	183
62	Russell	183
64	Earl	182
65	Alan	176
66	Martin	166
67	Leroy	163
68	Douglas	160
69	Gene	159
70	Frederick	156
71	Marvin	152
72	Ray	150
73	Clarence	149
74	Theodore	144
75	Glenn	140
76	Francis	138
77	Billy	134
77	Ronnie	134
79	Lee	133
80	Warren	127
81	Bob	126
82	Ernest	125
83	Allan	122
84	Herbert	118
85	Steve	111
86	Edwin	109
87	Clifford	108
88	Andrew	107
88	Jon	107
90	Gordon	105
90	Lloyd	105
90	Samuel	105
93	Keith	104
94	Alfred	102
94	Barry	102
96	Mike	101
97	Jackie	95
98	Leslie	94
99	Darrell	92
100	Glen	89
100	Timothy	89