Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1958

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

RankNameBabies
1Michael5,996
2David4,618
3John4,593
4James4,529
5Robert4,367
6Mark3,267
7William2,979
8Thomas2,874
9Richard2,752
10Steven2,312
11Kevin1,789
12Timothy1,719
13Daniel1,703
14Joseph1,696
15Jeffrey1,508
16Charles1,505
17Paul1,455
18Kenneth1,436
19Ronald1,432
20Scott1,401
21Donald1,400
22Gary1,326
23Brian1,306
24Gregory1,260
25Larry1,086
RankNameBabies
26Edward1,075
27Anthony1,028
28Dennis882
29Stephen849
30Douglas847
31George816
32Terry764
33Keith746
34Randy731
35Bruce717
36Patrick716
37Frank673
38Mike636
39Steve605
40Jerry598
41Peter597
42Lawrence581
43Christopher578
44Ricky561
45Raymond532
46Dale521
47Eric487
48Alan440
49Andrew434
50Carl429
51Roger419
52Craig414
53Gerald403
54Jeffery399
55Martin389
56Russell388
57Danny387
58Wayne385
59Randall383
60Jeff366
61Rick365
62Philip349
63Tim329
64Matthew327
64Tom327
66Walter326
67Tony324
68Jim302
69Phillip299
70Rodney296
71Jack295
72Glenn291
73Bradley287
74Joe274
75Stanley271
76Ralph265
77Bill261
78Curtis257
79Dan255
80Arthur254
81Jay253
82Dean251
83Micheal247
84Allen240
85Harold238
86Barry237
86Howard237
88Darrell235
89Roy231
90Kurt230
90Leonard230
92Henry227
93Todd222
94Eugene216
95Albert215
96Fred214
97Bryan212
98Samuel209
99Dave208
99Vincent208