Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,957
2	James	4,790
3	John	4,591
4	Richard	3,755
5	William	3,315
6	Michael	2,762
7	Thomas	2,619
8	David	2,428
9	Ronald	2,000
10	Charles	1,842
11	Dennis	1,633
12	Donald	1,563
13	Gary	1,485
14	Larry	1,428
15	Kenneth	1,418
16	Joseph	1,162
17	Edward	1,159
18	Paul	1,122
19	George	1,008
20	Daniel	913
21	Terry	823
22	Roger	766
23	Jerry	756
24	Frank	752
25	Raymond	686

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	647
27	Gerald	640
28	Lawrence	605
29	Steven	591
30	Wayne	557
31	Bruce	535
32	Alan	500
33	Gregory	491
34	Jack	448
35	Walter	431
36	Carl	414
37	Patrick	398
38	Fred	389
39	Anthony	382
40	Arthur	380
41	Peter	368
42	Harold	366
43	Ralph	343
44	Dale	341
45	Russell	319
46	Eugene	313
47	Douglas	309
48	Jim	307
49	Danny	306
49	Tom	306
51	Philip	302
52	Steve	297
53	Howard	295
54	Mark	293
54	Timothy	293
56	Leonard	286
57	Mike	279
58	Stanley	268
59	Allen	267
60	Bill	258
61	Henry	256
62	Harry	249
63	Phillip	247
64	Jeffrey	246
65	Roy	239
66	Louis	236
67	Barry	231
68	Norman	224
69	Glenn	222
70	Albert	220
71	Martin	213
72	Don	210
72	Joe	210
74	Frederick	208
75	Ronnie	198
76	Melvin	196
77	Jerome	192
78	Rodney	189
79	Brian	185
79	Randall	185
81	Craig	181
82	Andrew	180
83	Lee	178
84	Marvin	177
85	Theodore	174
86	Allan	170
87	Keith	169
88	Leroy	163
89	Terrence	158
90	Bernard	157
90	Earl	157
92	Bob	155
93	Dan	152
94	Ernest	151
95	Gene	148
95	Scott	148
97	Herbert	142
97	Jon	142
99	Warren	140
100	Jay	129