Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	5,050
2	Michael	4,973
3	James	4,922
4	John	4,789
5	David	3,507
6	William	3,402
7	Richard	3,328
8	Thomas	3,093
9	Gary	2,187
10	Charles	1,975
11	Steven	1,915
12	Donald	1,578
13	Ronald	1,575
14	Kenneth	1,537
15	Dennis	1,468
16	Larry	1,447
17	Joseph	1,439
17	Mark	1,439
19	Daniel	1,371
20	Paul	1,251
21	Edward	1,173
22	Stephen	1,148
23	Gregory	1,080
24	George	1,018
25	Lawrence	870

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bruce	869
27	Timothy	780
28	Terry	749
29	Raymond	654
30	Roger	642
31	Alan	640
32	Patrick	634
33	Jeffrey	629
34	Frank	613
35	Gerald	577
36	Anthony	549
37	Wayne	548
38	Jerry	546
39	Douglas	541
40	Kevin	493
41	Scott	462
42	Peter	451
43	Carl	429
44	Keith	422
45	Craig	409
46	Dale	405
47	Walter	396
48	Randall	387
49	Martin	367
50	Arthur	366
51	Philip	357
52	Danny	349
53	Jack	348
54	Stanley	330
55	Glenn	319
56	Randy	318
57	Harold	315
57	Ralph	315
59	Brian	314
60	Allen	306
61	Eugene	293
62	Russell	291
63	Howard	290
64	Phillip	287
65	Leonard	268
66	Henry	266
67	Andrew	260
68	Albert	257
68	Christopher	257
70	Frederick	256
71	Jerome	250
72	Roy	247
73	Barry	234
73	Steve	234
75	Louis	231
76	Fred	225
77	Rodney	223
78	Theodore	214
79	Harry	210
80	Samuel	207
81	Norman	202
82	Lee	190
82	Melvin	190
84	Dean	188
85	Eric	186
86	Micheal	183
87	Bernard	178
87	Curtis	178
87	Terrence	178
90	Earl	172
91	Francis	162
92	Willie	161
93	Clifford	157
94	Darrell	153
94	Rick	153
96	Ernest	150
96	Marvin	150
98	Joe	147
98	Ricky	147
100	Jay	143