Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,545
2	James	4,390
3	John	4,025
4	Richard	3,079
5	William	3,044
6	Thomas	2,192
7	Ronald	2,191
8	David	1,937
9	Charles	1,766
10	Michael	1,714
11	Donald	1,550
12	Larry	1,460
13	Kenneth	1,282
14	Dennis	1,222
15	Joseph	1,191
16	Edward	1,082
17	George	1,063
18	Gary	1,040
19	Paul	881
20	Jerry	859
21	Gerald	828
22	Frank	704
23	Raymond	691
24	Roger	671
25	Daniel	653

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Terry	553
27	Lawrence	522
28	Carl	449
29	Harold	446
30	Jack	435
31	Wayne	424
32	Stephen	406
33	Walter	394
34	Bruce	378
35	Arthur	376
36	Fred	375
37	Anthony	372
38	Peter	349
39	Eugene	342
40	Douglas	325
41	Patrick	309
42	Ralph	308
43	Leonard	298
44	Dale	297
44	Howard	297
46	Henry	294
47	Alan	279
48	Philip	275
49	Jim	272
50	Stanley	269
51	Albert	267
52	Louis	265
52	Tom	265
54	Steven	258
55	Bill	256
55	Roy	256
57	Russell	253
58	Harry	251
59	Norman	244
60	Jerome	224
61	Allen	220
62	Phillip	216
63	Don	209
63	Earl	209
65	Joe	205
66	Martin	196
67	Melvin	191
68	Barry	190
69	Marvin	182
70	Bernard	181
71	Leroy	175
72	Ronnie	172
73	Keith	170
74	Frederick	168
75	Glenn	163
76	Gene	159
77	Andrew	157
78	Mike	156
79	Timothy	154
80	Steve	153
81	Ernest	151
82	Theodore	149
83	Bob	145
84	Danny	144
84	Warren	144
86	Brian	140
86	Clarence	140
86	Herbert	140
89	Jeffrey	138
90	Gordon	137
90	Lee	137
92	Alfred	135
92	Allan	135
92	Samuel	135
95	Ray	133
96	Francis	128
97	Edwin	126
98	Jon	125
99	Leon	120
100	Victor	116