Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,588
2	James	4,296
3	John	3,948
4	William	3,149
5	Richard	2,966
6	Ronald	2,300
7	Thomas	2,068
8	David	1,992
9	Charles	1,804
10	Donald	1,601
11	Michael	1,599
12	Larry	1,421
13	Kenneth	1,360
14	Edward	1,177
15	Dennis	1,175
16	Joseph	1,147
17	George	1,142
18	Gary	1,029
19	Jerry	940
20	Gerald	899
21	Paul	869
22	Frank	807
23	Roger	669
24	Raymond	650
25	Lawrence	591

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	580
27	Jack	467
28	Stephen	462
29	Terry	457
30	Harold	455
31	Wayne	451
32	Walter	444
33	Arthur	435
34	Carl	430
34	Fred	430
36	Peter	396
37	Douglas	384
38	Ralph	367
39	Bruce	366
40	Anthony	365
41	Eugene	338
42	Patrick	317
43	Howard	316
44	Tom	295
45	Leonard	282
46	Dale	281
47	Louis	276
47	Norman	276
49	Stanley	274
50	Jim	272
51	Harry	271
52	Alan	266
52	Russell	266
54	Henry	262
55	Philip	256
56	Phillip	247
57	Bill	243
58	Steven	241
59	Roy	233
60	Jerome	231
61	Albert	224
62	Allen	223
63	Don	219
64	Martin	209
65	Francis	202
66	Barry	201
66	Earl	201
68	Marvin	200
69	Joe	197
70	Melvin	196
71	Glenn	195
72	Theodore	184
73	Bernard	176
74	Herbert	171
75	Steve	169
76	Frederick	168
77	Ronnie	165
78	Leroy	163
79	Ray	162
80	Bob	160
80	Gene	160
82	Lee	156
83	Andrew	153
84	Jeffrey	151
85	Clarence	146
86	Victor	145
87	Keith	140
88	Warren	139
89	Gordon	135
90	Allan	134
91	Mike	133
91	Timothy	133
93	Billy	132
93	Edwin	132
93	Samuel	132
96	Alfred	128
96	Jon	128
98	Leon	127
99	Vincent	126
100	Ernest	122