Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1961

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	5,411
2	John	4,776
3	David	4,727
4	James	4,353
5	Robert	4,158
6	Mark	3,530
7	William	2,613
8	Thomas	2,482
9	Steven	2,235
10	Richard	2,196
11	Jeffrey	1,913
12	Kevin	1,866
13	Daniel	1,822
14	Timothy	1,717
15	Joseph	1,700
16	Scott	1,557
17	Brian	1,490
18	Charles	1,464
18	Kenneth	1,464
20	Gregory	1,337
21	Paul	1,320
22	Ronald	1,262
23	Anthony	1,253
24	Donald	1,248
25	Gary	1,111

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	953
27	Douglas	852
28	Christopher	848
29	Patrick	737
30	Larry	732
31	Keith	715
32	Mike	707
33	Stephen	691
34	Dennis	680
35	George	667
36	Eric	635
37	Peter	623
38	Randy	619
39	Frank	616
40	Steve	612
40	Terry	612
42	Craig	601
43	Jeffery	572
44	Bruce	567
45	Raymond	557
46	Jeff	553
47	Todd	539
48	Roger	515
49	Alan	496
50	Jerry	491
51	Andrew	458
52	Dale	430
53	Tony	428
54	Carl	422
55	Lawrence	419
56	Martin	393
57	Ricky	392
58	Matthew	390
59	Randall	387
60	Jim	376
61	Phillip	373
62	Tim	367
63	Tom	366
64	Darryl	365
65	Russell	361
66	Bradley	360
67	Gerald	357
68	Danny	352
69	Glenn	342
70	Wayne	336
71	Chris	333
72	Joe	325
73	Greg	322
74	Rodney	303
75	Dean	287
76	Bill	284
77	Kurt	283
78	Philip	278
79	Bryan	274
80	Walter	267
81	Curtis	266
82	Roy	255
83	Rick	252
84	Dwayne	248
85	Jay	245
86	Allen	244
87	Barry	243
88	Victor	240
89	Jack	239
90	Micheal	235
91	Jon	233
91	Vincent	233
93	Arthur	227
94	Stanley	223
95	Dan	219
96	Jose	211
97	Louis	210
98	Dave	207
99	Harold	204
100	Brad	198