Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	5,717
2	John	4,650
3	James	4,632
4	David	4,630
5	Robert	4,222
6	Mark	3,367
7	William	2,884
8	Richard	2,671
9	Thomas	2,624
10	Steven	2,295
11	Kevin	1,897
12	Timothy	1,839
13	Daniel	1,765
14	Jeffrey	1,712
15	Joseph	1,696
16	Charles	1,552
17	Kenneth	1,500
18	Scott	1,461
19	Paul	1,444
20	Donald	1,430
21	Ronald	1,407
22	Gregory	1,356
23	Brian	1,338
24	Gary	1,188
25	Anthony	1,157

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	1,033
27	Larry	973
28	Dennis	894
29	Douglas	822
30	Stephen	772
31	Terry	769
32	George	748
33	Randy	743
34	Christopher	735
35	Patrick	733
36	Bruce	670
37	Keith	667
37	Steve	667
39	Peter	664
40	Mike	635
41	Frank	629
42	Craig	612
43	Raymond	581
44	Jerry	539
45	Eric	526
46	Alan	518
47	Jeff	505
48	Roger	500
49	Ricky	492
50	Dale	488
50	Jeffery	488
52	Lawrence	468
53	Randall	441
54	Carl	433
55	Russell	413
56	Jim	409
57	Tom	403
58	Matthew	401
59	Gerald	393
60	Andrew	386
61	Wayne	375
62	Phillip	374
63	Martin	372
63	Tim	372
65	Tony	371
66	Danny	366
67	Rodney	345
68	Bill	344
69	Rick	342
70	Philip	337
71	Joe	326
72	Bradley	299
73	Walter	296
74	Chris	279
75	Arthur	276
75	Glenn	276
75	Jack	276
78	Dean	271
79	Jay	262
80	Curtis	260
80	Darrell	260
82	Kurt	254
82	Ralph	254
84	Dan	252
84	Harold	252
86	Micheal	250
86	Roy	250
88	Greg	247
89	Louis	241
90	Todd	238
90	Victor	238
92	Eugene	235
93	Stanley	233
94	Dave	228
95	Allen	224
96	Howard	221
96	Jerome	221
98	Bryan	216
99	Leonard	215
100	Fred	213