Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,960
2	James	4,870
3	John	4,760
4	Michael	3,620
5	William	3,278
6	Richard	3,119
7	David	2,898
8	Thomas	2,762
9	Ronald	2,023
10	Charles	1,883
11	Larry	1,635
12	Donald	1,517
13	Gary	1,454
14	Joseph	1,416
15	Kenneth	1,379
16	Dennis	1,364
17	Edward	1,164
18	Paul	1,154
19	Daniel	1,100
20	Steven	1,044
21	George	999
22	Stephen	955
23	Terry	906
24	Gregory	779
25	Lawrence	706

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jerry	693
27	Frank	690
28	Bruce	670
29	Roger	666
30	Gerald	658
31	Raymond	619
32	Mark	614
33	Patrick	568
34	Wayne	516
35	Alan	509
36	Timothy	487
37	Anthony	469
38	Carl	437
39	Dale	423
40	Walter	414
41	Jack	412
42	Jeffrey	396
43	Douglas	392
43	Peter	392
43	Philip	392
46	Arthur	381
47	Ralph	356
48	Harold	345
49	Danny	331
50	Steve	327
51	Fred	296
51	Stanley	296
53	Craig	295
54	Eugene	294
55	Phillip	293
56	Henry	285
57	Roy	283
58	Leonard	281
59	Mike	280
60	Russell	275
61	Martin	274
62	Keith	273
63	Harry	263
64	Louis	255
65	Allen	252
66	Albert	250
67	Howard	248
68	Tom	243
69	Glenn	239
70	Jim	238
70	Randall	238
72	Bill	221
73	Scott	220
74	Jerome	205
75	Frederick	200
76	Barry	197
76	Norman	197
78	Lee	196
79	Terrence	191
80	Melvin	180
81	Andrew	179
82	Brian	178
82	Rodney	178
84	Earl	177
85	Joe	174
86	Ronnie	171
87	Theodore	165
88	Bernard	163
89	Ernest	162
90	Randy	161
91	Don	160
92	Samuel	158
93	Francis	155
94	Marvin	149
95	Willie	147
96	Dan	145
97	Christopher	144
97	Ray	144
99	Allan	143
100	Clarence	135