Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	949
2	William	896
3	John	681
4	Robert	501
5	Charles	449
6	George	347
7	Joseph	251
8	Thomas	197
9	Henry	191
10	Edward	181
11	Raymond	179
12	Earl	169
12	Paul	169
14	Roy	165
15	Walter	148
16	Carl	146
16	Frank	146
18	Richard	131
19	Clarence	120
20	Willie	119
21	Arthur	113
22	Albert	108
22	Harry	108
24	Howard	106
25	Chester	104

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Fred	96
27	Ernest	93
28	Joe	92
29	Clyde	91
29	Jack	91
31	Elmer	88
32	Eugene	86
32	Woodrow	86
34	Ralph	84
35	Harold	82
36	Ray	75
37	Herbert	74
38	Cecil	71
38	Charlie	71
40	Herman	69
41	Virgil	68
42	Samuel	67
43	Homer	65
44	Jesse	63
45	Kenneth	62
46	Louis	61
47	David	58
47	Lawrence	58
49	Curtis	57
49	Russell	57
49	Vernon	57
52	Stanley	56
53	Marvin	52
54	Hubert	51
55	Claude	50
55	Floyd	50
55	Orville	50
58	Luther	48
58	Oscar	48
60	Edgar	46
61	Andrew	45
61	Clifford	45
61	Leonard	45
64	Everett	44
64	Marion	44
66	Arnold	42
66	Lester	42
68	Willard	41
69	Lewis	40
70	Lee	39
71	Alvin	38
71	Lloyd	38
71	Melvin	38
74	Bernard	37
74	Gilbert	37
76	Allen	36
76	Edwin	36
78	Bill	35
78	Leslie	35
80	Hugh	34
81	Alfred	33
81	Ira	33
83	Francis	32
83	Otis	32
85	Leroy	31
86	Guy	30
86	Sherman	30
88	Elbert	29
88	Wallace	29
90	Dewey	28
90	Earnest	28
90	Theodore	28
93	Harvey	27
93	Jessie	27
95	Donald	26
95	Norman	26
95	Roscoe	26
95	Sam	26
99	Charley	25
99	Oliver	25