Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	647
2	James	592
3	John	518
4	Robert	361
5	Charles	286
6	George	264
7	Joseph	164
8	Henry	152
9	Edward	147
10	Thomas	133
11	Walter	120
12	Earl	107
13	Raymond	104
14	Roy	101
15	Frank	99
15	Woodrow	99
17	Paul	93
18	Carl	86
18	Clarence	86
20	Arthur	85
21	Joe	81
22	Harry	79
23	Fred	76
24	Richard	74
24	Willie	74

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Chester	70
27	Ernest	69
27	Jesse	69
29	Albert	67
30	Cecil	66
31	Howard	64
32	David	63
32	Jack	63
34	Clyde	54
35	Ray	52
35	Samuel	52
37	Elmer	51
37	Luther	51
39	Herbert	50
39	Homer	50
41	Lee	49
42	Charlie	48
42	Harold	48
44	Eugene	47
45	Edgar	43
45	Ralph	43
47	Herman	42
48	Oscar	41
49	Everett	40
49	Floyd	40
49	Louis	40
52	Clifford	38
52	Virgil	38
54	Andrew	37
54	Lawrence	37
54	Vernon	37
57	Leonard	36
58	Kenneth	34
59	Arnold	32
59	Lester	32
61	Claude	31
61	Hugh	31
61	Leslie	31
61	Marion	31
61	Theodore	31
66	Marvin	30
67	Lewis	29
67	Sam	29
69	Allen	27
69	Hubert	27
69	Russell	27
72	Alfred	25
73	Benjamin	24
73	Edwin	24
73	Melvin	24
73	Stanley	24
77	Alvin	23
77	Curtis	23
79	Elbert	22
79	Leo	22
79	Lloyd	22
79	Roscoe	22
83	Ben	21
83	Bill	21
83	Gilbert	21
83	Marshall	21
87	Delbert	20
87	Harvey	20
87	Ollie	20
87	Wilbur	20
91	Ira	19
91	Jessie	19
91	Orville	19
91	Otis	19
95	Johnnie	18
95	Maurice	18
95	Sherman	18
95	Tom	18
95	Wallace	18
95	Willard	18