Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	5,199
2	Robert	5,064
3	John	4,979
4	James	4,854
5	David	3,845
6	William	3,554
7	Richard	3,426
8	Thomas	3,247
9	Gary	2,170
10	Steven	2,043
11	Charles	1,892
12	Mark	1,694
13	Donald	1,600
14	Ronald	1,570
15	Joseph	1,562
16	Daniel	1,497
17	Kenneth	1,456
18	Dennis	1,435
19	Larry	1,307
20	Paul	1,292
21	Stephen	1,156
22	Edward	1,153
23	George	1,093
24	Gregory	1,087
25	Bruce	868

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	859
27	Lawrence	782
28	Jeffrey	772
29	Terry	724
30	Anthony	655
31	Patrick	651
32	Roger	648
33	Raymond	646
34	Frank	611
35	Kevin	610
36	Scott	570
37	Alan	559
38	Jerry	541
39	Douglas	539
40	Peter	525
41	Gerald	509
42	Wayne	486
43	Dale	455
44	Keith	453
45	Randy	441
46	Carl	414
47	Craig	390
48	Danny	385
49	Martin	371
50	Jack	367
51	Stanley	365
52	Walter	361
53	Randall	360
54	Philip	358
55	Arthur	357
56	Glenn	354
57	Ralph	345
58	Brian	324
59	Russell	312
60	Henry	311
61	Harold	302
62	Eugene	293
63	Christopher	281
64	Phillip	279
65	Roy	265
66	Leonard	264
67	Andrew	260
68	Frederick	253
69	Howard	249
70	Fred	244
71	Louis	243
72	Allen	242
73	Ricky	238
74	Jerome	234
75	Barry	224
76	Albert	222
77	Steve	220
78	Rodney	216
79	Harry	211
80	Micheal	208
81	Samuel	194
82	Dean	192
83	Lee	191
83	Theodore	191
85	Curtis	180
86	Bernard	179
86	Eric	179
86	Jeffery	179
89	Melvin	173
90	Marvin	169
91	Rick	166
92	Bradley	165
93	Willie	164
94	Norman	162
95	Darrell	161
96	Clifford	159
97	Francis	158
98	Jay	153
99	Vincent	152
100	Earl	149
100	Terrence	149