Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1956
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 5,952 |
| 2 | James | 4,943 |
| 3 | John | 4,927 |
| 4 | Robert | 4,679 |
| 5 | David | 4,602 |
| 6 | William | 3,262 |
| 7 | Mark | 3,153 |
| 8 | Richard | 2,977 |
| 9 | Thomas | 2,966 |
| 10 | Steven | 2,653 |
| 11 | Joseph | 1,799 |
| 12 | Daniel | 1,791 |
| 13 | Charles | 1,686 |
| 14 | Gary | 1,676 |
| 15 | Kevin | 1,632 |
| 16 | Donald | 1,615 |
| 17 | Ronald | 1,578 |
| 18 | Kenneth | 1,490 |
| 19 | Paul | 1,474 |
| 20 | Jeffrey | 1,462 |
| 21 | Gregory | 1,436 |
| 22 | Timothy | 1,392 |
| 23 | Edward | 1,228 |
| 24 | Larry | 1,117 |
| 25 | Dennis | 1,069 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Scott | 1,027 |
| 27 | Stephen | 992 |
| 28 | Bruce | 895 |
| 29 | Brian | 891 |
| 30 | Anthony | 890 |
| 31 | George | 855 |
| 32 | Randy | 851 |
| 33 | Terry | 834 |
| 34 | Douglas | 799 |
| 35 | Patrick | 755 |
| 36 | Keith | 692 |
| 37 | Lawrence | 649 |
| 38 | Peter | 630 |
| 39 | Raymond | 627 |
| 40 | Frank | 619 |
| 41 | Roger | 560 |
| 42 | Jerry | 550 |
| 43 | Alan | 500 |
| 44 | Carl | 496 |
| 45 | Gerald | 463 |
| 46 | Dale | 435 |
| 47 | Russell | 431 |
| 48 | Craig | 429 |
| 49 | Wayne | 428 |
| 50 | Martin | 418 |
| 51 | Randall | 412 |
| 52 | Jeffery | 407 |
| 53 | Christopher | 406 |
| 54 | Ricky | 374 |
| 55 | Andrew | 372 |
| 56 | Philip | 357 |
| 57 | Danny | 352 |
| 58 | Walter | 350 |
| 59 | Stanley | 341 |
| 60 | Glenn | 334 |
| 61 | Harold | 328 |
| 62 | Arthur | 306 |
| 63 | Phillip | 305 |
| 64 | Rodney | 303 |
| 65 | Jack | 301 |
| 66 | Steve | 295 |
| 67 | Ralph | 282 |
| 68 | Louis | 275 |
| 69 | Henry | 270 |
| 70 | Roy | 268 |
| 71 | Leonard | 264 |
| 71 | Micheal | 264 |
| 73 | Bradley | 252 |
| 73 | Eric | 252 |
| 75 | Eugene | 250 |
| 76 | Dean | 245 |
| 77 | Jerome | 244 |
| 78 | Jay | 242 |
| 79 | Willie | 240 |
| 80 | Barry | 239 |
| 81 | Howard | 234 |
| 82 | Matthew | 233 |
| 83 | Darrell | 232 |
| 84 | Curtis | 228 |
| 85 | Albert | 226 |
| 85 | Allen | 226 |
| 87 | Samuel | 224 |
| 88 | Kurt | 219 |
| 89 | Frederick | 217 |
| 90 | Victor | 211 |
| 91 | Rick | 210 |
| 92 | Ronnie | 201 |
| 93 | Vincent | 199 |
| 94 | Theodore | 194 |
| 94 | Tony | 194 |
| 96 | Norman | 189 |
| 97 | Fred | 187 |
| 98 | Terrence | 181 |
| 99 | Melvin | 170 |
| 100 | Lee | 169 |