Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1911

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	353
2	James	333
3	John	290
4	Robert	192
5	Charles	162
6	George	153
7	Thomas	85
8	Henry	82
9	Joseph	78
10	Frank	75
11	Edward	72
12	Roy	68
13	Fred	67
14	Walter	66
15	Clarence	63
16	Raymond	58
17	Paul	56
18	Carl	55
18	Earl	55
20	Arthur	53
21	Albert	51
22	Richard	50
23	Willie	49
24	Cecil	47
25	Joe	44

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ernest	41
27	Charlie	37
27	Harold	37
27	Jack	37
30	Chester	36
30	Russell	36
32	Ray	34
33	Herman	32
34	Harry	31
34	Virgil	31
36	Herbert	30
36	Howard	30
36	Lee	30
36	Samuel	30
36	Vernon	30
41	Arnold	29
41	Jesse	29
43	David	28
43	Leonard	28
45	Claude	27
46	Elmer	26
46	Lawrence	26
48	Luther	25
49	Louis	24
49	Ralph	24
51	Clyde	22
51	Floyd	22
51	Owen	22
54	Everett	21
54	Homer	21
56	Andrew	20
56	Edgar	20
56	Kenneth	20
59	Elbert	19
59	Marvin	19
59	Oscar	19
62	Jessie	18
62	Lewis	18
64	Marion	17
64	Roscoe	17
66	Charley	16
66	Eugene	16
66	Hubert	16
66	Sam	16
70	Alvin	15
70	Leslie	15
72	Alfred	14
72	Archie	14
72	Ben	14
72	Bill	14
72	Guy	14
72	Jim	14
72	Lester	14
72	Ollie	14
72	Willard	14
81	Allen	13
81	Harvey	13
81	Isaac	13
81	Leo	13
81	Lloyd	13
81	Melvin	13
81	Orville	13
88	Curtis	12
88	Earnest	12
88	Oliver	12
88	Sherman	12
88	Theodore	12
88	Victor	12
88	Wallace	12
95	Ellis	11
95	Gilbert	11
95	Horace	11
95	Otis	11
99	Benjamin	10
99	Clifford	10
99	Daniel	10
99	Eddie	10
99	Norman	10
99	Tom	10