Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,332
2	William	1,276
3	John	874
4	Robert	658
5	Charles	635
6	George	484
7	Joseph	322
8	Thomas	319
9	Edward	279
10	Henry	255
11	Raymond	248
12	Paul	220
13	Frank	211
13	Roy	211
15	Carl	191
16	Clarence	186
17	Walter	185
18	Earl	182
19	Arthur	166
20	Harry	160
21	Willie	158
22	Cecil	153
23	Howard	149
24	Harold	142
25	Richard	141

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Chester	140
27	Ernest	137
27	Fred	137
29	Albert	135
30	Jesse	134
31	Ralph	129
32	Joe	120
33	Elmer	119
34	Woodrow	118
35	Stanley	113
35	Willard	113
37	Samuel	110
38	Jack	109
39	Eugene	108
40	Clyde	107
41	Lawrence	102
42	Louis	101
42	Ray	101
44	Herbert	100
44	Leonard	100
46	David	99
47	Everett	97
47	Homer	97
49	Russell	95
50	Edgar	83
51	Herman	81
52	Floyd	77
52	Kenneth	77
54	Edwin	73
54	Lee	73
54	Virgil	73
57	Marvin	71
57	Oscar	71
59	Gilbert	69
60	Charlie	68
60	Leslie	68
62	Clifford	66
62	Luther	66
64	Jessie	65
65	Claude	64
66	Lester	62
67	Hubert	59
68	Vernon	58
69	Arnold	55
69	Ben	55
69	Lewis	55
72	Orville	53
73	Andrew	51
73	Curtis	51
73	Lloyd	51
73	Melvin	51
77	Sam	50
78	Donald	49
79	Hugh	46
79	Leo	46
81	Bill	41
82	Martin	40
83	Alfred	39
83	Elbert	39
83	Norman	39
86	Benjamin	38
86	Harvey	38
86	Marion	38
89	Jess	37
89	Maurice	37
91	Alvin	36
91	Bernard	36
91	Clifton	36
91	Johnnie	36
91	Leon	36
91	Leroy	36
91	Marshall	36
91	Theodore	36
99	Allen	35
99	Glenn	35
99	Gordon	35
99	Roscoe	35