Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,987
2	James	3,646
3	John	3,431
4	William	2,714
5	Richard	2,649
6	Ronald	1,983
7	Thomas	1,777
8	Charles	1,733
9	David	1,709
10	Donald	1,457
11	Larry	1,397
12	Michael	1,197
13	Kenneth	1,175
14	Joseph	1,046
15	George	1,005
16	Edward	942
17	Jerry	932
18	Gerald	846
19	Gary	822
20	Dennis	817
21	Paul	811
22	Frank	698
23	Raymond	611
24	Roger	520
25	Daniel	476

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lawrence	450
27	Harold	434
28	Jack	428
29	Wayne	418
30	Carl	401
31	Walter	392
32	Fred	361
33	Arthur	360
34	Stephen	336
35	Ralph	323
36	Eugene	322
36	Terry	322
38	Anthony	314
39	Peter	284
40	Dale	277
41	Albert	273
42	Howard	271
43	Bruce	259
44	Leonard	258
44	Norman	258
46	Henry	257
47	Philip	254
48	Patrick	246
49	Roy	239
50	Bill	236
51	Tom	232
52	Harry	231
52	Jerome	231
54	Stanley	223
55	Jim	217
56	Louis	216
57	Joe	204
58	Alan	203
58	Russell	203
60	Don	201
61	Phillip	199
62	Allen	185
63	Earl	179
63	Melvin	179
65	Steven	177
66	Leroy	176
66	Marvin	176
68	Theodore	170
69	Martin	163
69	Ronnie	163
71	Douglas	161
72	Bernard	156
73	Frederick	149
74	Gene	148
75	Clarence	143
76	Barry	140
77	Glenn	139
78	Andrew	138
78	Francis	138
80	Gordon	136
80	Herbert	136
82	Bob	135
82	Edwin	135
84	Keith	134
85	Clifford	132
85	Lee	132
87	Mike	131
88	Ray	130
89	Billy	127
89	Jon	127
91	Warren	123
92	Steve	119
93	Samuel	118
94	Allan	117
95	Lloyd	115
96	Leon	113
97	Ernest	109
98	Alfred	108
99	Darrell	105
100	Jeffrey	100