Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1953
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 5,471 |
| 2 | Robert | 4,851 |
| 3 | James | 4,763 |
| 4 | John | 4,612 |
| 5 | David | 4,039 |
| 6 | Richard | 3,349 |
| 7 | William | 3,280 |
| 8 | Thomas | 3,044 |
| 9 | Steven | 2,279 |
| 10 | Gary | 1,993 |
| 11 | Mark | 1,930 |
| 12 | Charles | 1,791 |
| 13 | Ronald | 1,542 |
| 14 | Donald | 1,536 |
| 15 | Joseph | 1,511 |
| 16 | Daniel | 1,429 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 1,403 |
| 18 | Paul | 1,383 |
| 19 | Dennis | 1,346 |
| 20 | Gregory | 1,154 |
| 21 | Larry | 1,148 |
| 22 | Stephen | 1,077 |
| 23 | Edward | 1,071 |
| 24 | Jeffrey | 1,054 |
| 25 | George | 921 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Bruce | 820 |
| 26 | Timothy | 820 |
| 28 | Lawrence | 759 |
| 29 | Terry | 744 |
| 30 | Roger | 738 |
| 31 | Anthony | 717 |
| 32 | Patrick | 670 |
| 33 | Kevin | 668 |
| 34 | Raymond | 665 |
| 35 | Frank | 658 |
| 36 | Scott | 634 |
| 37 | Douglas | 622 |
| 38 | Alan | 573 |
| 39 | Jerry | 514 |
| 40 | Gerald | 513 |
| 41 | Randy | 501 |
| 42 | Wayne | 496 |
| 43 | Peter | 485 |
| 44 | Keith | 456 |
| 45 | Dale | 450 |
| 46 | Carl | 406 |
| 46 | Craig | 406 |
| 48 | Randall | 397 |
| 49 | Brian | 387 |
| 50 | Danny | 381 |
| 51 | Philip | 375 |
| 52 | Stanley | 374 |
| 53 | Rodney | 352 |
| 54 | Ricky | 351 |
| 55 | Walter | 340 |
| 56 | Martin | 338 |
| 56 | Russell | 338 |
| 58 | Jack | 335 |
| 59 | Arthur | 332 |
| 60 | Ralph | 320 |
| 61 | Phillip | 316 |
| 62 | Glenn | 295 |
| 63 | Harold | 280 |
| 64 | Henry | 276 |
| 65 | Eugene | 273 |
| 66 | Christopher | 269 |
| 67 | Jerome | 264 |
| 67 | Louis | 264 |
| 69 | Leonard | 259 |
| 70 | Howard | 256 |
| 71 | Andrew | 255 |
| 72 | Allen | 252 |
| 73 | Frederick | 244 |
| 74 | Roy | 241 |
| 75 | Steve | 234 |
| 76 | Jeffery | 228 |
| 77 | Eric | 224 |
| 78 | Fred | 221 |
| 79 | Dean | 218 |
| 80 | Willie | 217 |
| 81 | Barry | 210 |
| 82 | Albert | 207 |
| 83 | Bradley | 204 |
| 84 | Lee | 199 |
| 85 | Micheal | 198 |
| 86 | Curtis | 195 |
| 87 | Rick | 186 |
| 88 | Samuel | 182 |
| 89 | Theodore | 179 |
| 90 | Darrell | 177 |
| 91 | Jay | 174 |
| 92 | Marvin | 171 |
| 93 | Harry | 170 |
| 93 | Melvin | 170 |
| 95 | Victor | 167 |
| 96 | Terrence | 164 |
| 97 | Jon | 162 |
| 98 | Bernard | 161 |
| 99 | Kim | 159 |
| 99 | Ronnie | 159 |