Most popular boys’ names in Illinois, 1962

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	5,338
2	John	4,684
3	David	4,402
4	James	4,133
5	Robert	3,766
6	Mark	3,150
7	Thomas	2,410
8	William	2,402
9	Steven	2,148
10	Richard	2,123
11	Jeffrey	2,032
12	Scott	1,986
13	Daniel	1,833
14	Kevin	1,828
15	Joseph	1,698
16	Timothy	1,691
17	Brian	1,589
18	Gregory	1,374
19	Kenneth	1,331
20	Paul	1,314
21	Anthony	1,298
22	Charles	1,290
23	Donald	1,177
24	Ronald	1,175
25	Gary	941

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	868
27	Christopher	851
28	Douglas	840
29	Stephen	738
30	Todd	724
31	Eric	685
32	Patrick	678
33	Keith	662
34	George	647
35	Larry	643
36	Mike	629
37	Peter	608
38	Terry	605
39	Dennis	588
40	Frank	576
41	Steve	560
42	Jeff	550
43	Randy	542
44	Jeffery	534
45	Bruce	529
46	Raymond	492
47	Matthew	476
48	Craig	474
49	Jerry	468
50	Andrew	465
51	Roger	456
52	Carl	401
53	Vincent	397
54	Alan	390
55	Bradley	386
56	Lawrence	382
57	Phillip	375
58	Tom	374
59	Dale	373
60	Tony	372
61	Glenn	368
62	Martin	366
62	Tim	366
64	Jim	363
65	Russell	358
66	Randall	348
67	Gerald	346
68	Chris	343
69	Darryl	338
70	Danny	330
71	Ricky	321
72	Joe	293
73	Philip	287
74	Rodney	281
75	Dean	272
76	Wayne	270
77	Greg	262
78	Dan	259
79	Kurt	258
80	Curtis	254
80	Jon	254
82	Bill	253
83	Victor	252
84	Jay	249
85	Bryan	245
86	Troy	244
87	Walter	238
88	Dwayne	234
89	Barry	233
90	Jack	227
91	Andre	218
92	Rick	217
93	Ralph	214
94	Jose	205
94	Roy	205
94	Stanley	205
97	Micheal	202
98	Jerome	201
99	Johnny	198
99	Samuel	198