Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	4,986
2	Robert	4,851
3	John	4,730
4	Michael	4,611
5	William	3,376
6	David	3,358
7	Richard	3,048
8	Thomas	2,930
9	Charles	1,992
10	Gary	1,834
11	Ronald	1,754
12	Donald	1,555
13	Steven	1,539
14	Dennis	1,444
15	Joseph	1,425
16	Larry	1,369
17	Kenneth	1,368
18	Paul	1,215
19	Daniel	1,213
20	Stephen	1,138
21	Mark	1,136
22	Gregory	1,102
23	Edward	1,082
24	George	1,016
25	Lawrence	769

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bruce	755
27	Terry	739
28	Frank	677
29	Roger	669
30	Raymond	667
31	Gerald	600
32	Patrick	597
33	Timothy	596
34	Jerry	585
35	Wayne	554
36	Douglas	520
37	Jeffrey	518
38	Alan	499
39	Dale	491
40	Anthony	467
41	Peter	447
42	Carl	418
43	Scott	391
44	Philip	389
45	Walter	382
46	Arthur	363
47	Jack	362
48	Kevin	361
49	Randall	353
50	Danny	347
50	Martin	347
52	Ralph	336
53	Craig	331
54	Keith	320
54	Phillip	320
56	Stanley	317
57	Harold	312
58	Glenn	311
59	Henry	282
60	Leonard	269
61	Howard	262
61	Russell	262
63	Roy	261
64	Allen	258
65	Brian	256
66	Andrew	250
67	Louis	249
68	Eugene	246
69	Albert	244
70	Christopher	241
71	Barry	240
72	Steve	237
73	Fred	228
74	Randy	222
75	Harry	207
76	Jerome	204
77	Frederick	200
78	Lee	193
79	Melvin	184
80	Rodney	182
81	Theodore	178
82	Samuel	177
83	Terrence	174
84	Micheal	171
85	Norman	170
86	Bernard	164
86	Dean	164
88	Darrell	163
88	Eric	163
90	Francis	161
91	Earl	157
91	Victor	157
93	Willie	156
94	Curtis	147
95	Marvin	144
96	Clarence	141
97	Jay	138
98	Clifford	137
98	Glen	137
100	Tom	131