Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,148
2	James	4,073
3	John	3,746
4	Richard	2,863
5	William	2,742
6	Thomas	2,015
7	David	1,938
8	Michael	1,867
9	Ronald	1,732
10	Charles	1,588
11	Donald	1,389
12	Larry	1,196
13	Kenneth	1,169
14	Dennis	1,145
15	Gary	1,067
16	Joseph	1,024
17	George	1,012
18	Edward	956
19	Paul	841
20	Gerald	727
21	Jerry	682
22	Raymond	659
23	Frank	640
23	Roger	640
25	Daniel	619

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Terry	483
27	Lawrence	470
28	Stephen	451
29	Wayne	444
30	Harold	400
31	Jack	381
32	Steven	363
33	Carl	362
34	Walter	360
35	Anthony	337
36	Alan	333
37	Arthur	322
37	Bruce	322
39	Fred	314
40	Peter	308
41	Ralph	303
42	Patrick	289
43	Eugene	277
43	Leonard	277
45	Dale	267
46	Howard	255
47	Douglas	245
48	Harry	242
49	Jim	240
49	Russell	240
51	Philip	227
52	Norman	221
53	Henry	220
54	Jerome	213
55	Stanley	210
56	Louis	209
56	Tom	209
58	Roy	206
59	Bill	202
60	Phillip	199
61	Joe	198
62	Allen	186
63	Albert	185
64	Martin	182
65	Mike	176
66	Glenn	174
67	Bernard	173
68	Marvin	172
69	Melvin	171
70	Theodore	170
71	Frederick	169
72	Earl	168
73	Steve	167
74	Don	164
75	Keith	162
76	Danny	154
77	Bob	153
77	Timothy	153
79	Clarence	147
79	Jeffrey	147
81	Ronnie	144
82	Leroy	143
83	Barry	141
83	Lee	141
85	Francis	140
86	Mark	133
87	Gene	132
88	Herbert	130
88	Victor	130
90	Ernest	129
91	Ray	125
91	Warren	125
93	Andrew	124
93	Samuel	124
95	Gregory	117
96	Billy	115
97	Brian	113
98	Edwin	107
99	Alfred	105
99	Allan	105