Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1960

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	5,415
2	David	4,816
3	John	4,651
4	James	4,389
5	Robert	4,155
6	Mark	3,620
7	William	2,696
8	Thomas	2,564
9	Richard	2,444
10	Steven	2,258
11	Kevin	1,936
12	Daniel	1,867
13	Jeffrey	1,838
14	Timothy	1,814
15	Joseph	1,672
16	Kenneth	1,578
17	Scott	1,508
18	Brian	1,473
19	Charles	1,433
20	Paul	1,407
21	Ronald	1,390
22	Donald	1,346
23	Gregory	1,336
24	Anthony	1,284
25	Gary	1,061

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	1,002
27	Larry	815
28	Christopher	800
29	Douglas	791
30	Dennis	786
31	Patrick	759
32	Stephen	752
33	Keith	749
34	Mike	734
35	George	715
36	Randy	678
37	Terry	641
38	Frank	634
39	Peter	632
40	Steve	623
41	Eric	611
42	Jerry	604
43	Bruce	600
44	Craig	588
45	Raymond	525
46	Roger	514
47	Jeff	499
48	Alan	496
49	Jeffery	472
50	Andrew	463
51	Lawrence	455
52	Ricky	436
53	Carl	435
54	Dale	425
55	Matthew	413
56	Tim	412
57	Randall	408
58	Tom	401
59	Jim	395
60	Martin	392
61	Russell	389
61	Tony	389
63	Danny	374
64	Gerald	371
65	Bradley	352
66	Joe	345
67	Phillip	344
68	Wayne	335
69	Philip	328
70	Chris	319
71	Rodney	316
72	Darryl	314
72	Todd	314
74	Greg	313
75	Jay	307
76	Bill	298
77	Walter	291
78	Glenn	290
79	Kurt	281
80	Bryan	270
81	Rick	265
82	Dan	263
83	Arthur	261
83	Jack	261
83	Victor	261
86	Dean	260
87	Curtis	253
87	Micheal	253
89	Dwayne	243
90	Louis	238
91	Harold	234
92	Leonard	231
93	Ralph	230
94	Henry	229
95	Allen	228
96	Roy	224
97	Jose	221
98	Willie	219
99	Vincent	218
100	Barry	217