Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	5,349
2	Robert	5,333
3	John	5,152
4	William	3,679
5	Richard	3,535
6	Michael	3,431
7	David	3,072
8	Thomas	2,929
9	Ronald	2,205
10	Charles	1,890
11	Larry	1,747
12	Donald	1,649
13	Gary	1,638
14	Dennis	1,564
15	Kenneth	1,522
16	Joseph	1,458
17	Paul	1,229
18	Edward	1,220
19	George	1,200
20	Terry	974
21	Daniel	956
22	Steven	914
23	Stephen	846
24	Gregory	803
25	Frank	786

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Roger	786
27	Jerry	776
28	Raymond	746
29	Gerald	715
30	Lawrence	704
31	Bruce	659
32	Wayne	617
33	Alan	589
34	Patrick	474
35	Anthony	471
36	Jack	462
37	Peter	445
38	Carl	440
39	Mark	431
40	Walter	428
41	Philip	425
42	Douglas	418
43	Timothy	415
44	Arthur	407
45	Dale	395
46	Ralph	377
47	Fred	375
48	Harold	365
49	Jeffrey	360
50	Eugene	340
51	Steve	339
52	Russell	332
53	Glenn	317
54	Danny	314
55	Mike	313
56	Leonard	310
57	Phillip	308
58	Howard	303
59	Craig	299
59	Martin	299
61	Albert	295
61	Roy	295
63	Allen	294
64	Stanley	287
65	Louis	286
66	Tom	284
67	Henry	274
68	Bill	269
69	Harry	259
70	Jim	256
71	Keith	249
72	Jerome	244
73	Barry	235
74	Joe	225
75	Norman	213
76	Lee	208
77	Brian	205
78	Randall	202
79	Earl	201
80	Andrew	195
81	Bernard	192
82	Don	187
83	Frederick	185
84	Terrence	180
85	Theodore	178
86	Scott	175
87	Rodney	171
88	Jon	169
88	Marvin	169
90	Samuel	167
91	Bob	165
91	Melvin	165
93	Dan	161
94	Ronnie	159
95	Clarence	152
96	Ernest	149
97	Gene	145
98	Allan	144
99	Leroy	143
99	Randy	143