Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	5,007
2	James	4,818
3	John	4,788
4	Michael	4,251
5	William	3,350
6	Richard	3,187
7	David	3,175
8	Thomas	2,960
9	Charles	1,923
10	Ronald	1,765
11	Donald	1,555
12	Gary	1,509
13	Larry	1,486
14	Kenneth	1,447
15	Dennis	1,379
16	Joseph	1,378
17	Steven	1,340
18	Daniel	1,193
19	Paul	1,176
20	Edward	1,161
21	Stephen	1,091
22	George	1,033
23	Gregory	990
24	Mark	887
25	Terry	798

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lawrence	782
27	Roger	726
28	Bruce	720
29	Frank	714
30	Raymond	640
31	Gerald	626
32	Jerry	606
33	Patrick	575
34	Timothy	564
35	Wayne	536
36	Alan	515
37	Douglas	514
38	Anthony	447
39	Jeffrey	433
40	Peter	428
41	Carl	424
42	Dale	403
43	Jack	387
44	Philip	386
45	Walter	379
46	Arthur	368
47	Phillip	336
48	Ralph	334
49	Harold	325
50	Craig	321
50	Danny	321
52	Randall	316
53	Russell	307
54	Stanley	303
55	Martin	301
56	Glenn	300
57	Fred	294
58	Allen	286
59	Leonard	279
60	Scott	269
61	Henry	265
62	Eugene	260
62	Howard	260
64	Keith	258
64	Roy	258
64	Steve	258
67	Jerome	255
68	Harry	242
69	Albert	236
69	Brian	236
71	Frederick	226
71	Louis	226
73	Barry	221
74	Andrew	212
75	Mike	209
75	Tom	209
77	Samuel	201
78	Kevin	200
79	Theodore	198
80	Randy	188
81	Norman	187
81	Rodney	187
83	Lee	184
83	Melvin	184
85	Christopher	182
86	Joe	176
87	Willie	165
88	Terrence	162
89	Clifford	161
90	Marvin	160
91	Bill	158
91	Earl	158
91	Eric	158
94	Jim	157
95	Ernest	156
96	Bernard	150
96	Clarence	150
96	Francis	150
99	Darrell	147
100	Dan	144