Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,414
2	William	1,315
3	John	1,016
4	Charles	738
5	Robert	691
6	George	484
7	Thomas	319
8	Joseph	312
9	Edward	280
10	Raymond	277
11	Henry	259
12	Paul	244
13	Roy	224
14	Walter	218
15	Earl	217
16	Carl	201
17	Clarence	193
17	Frank	193
19	Woodrow	175
20	Richard	168
21	Willie	156
22	Harold	153
23	Elmer	151
24	Harry	147
25	Chester	146

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Howard	143
26	Joe	143
28	Albert	132
29	Arthur	128
29	Fred	128
31	Eugene	123
32	Ralph	122
33	Cecil	119
34	Ernest	118
35	David	116
35	Lawrence	116
37	Jesse	115
38	Herbert	112
39	Clyde	106
40	Samuel	105
41	Jack	103
42	Herman	101
43	Ray	99
44	Homer	98
44	Russell	98
46	Willard	95
47	Stanley	94
48	Marvin	92
49	Everett	90
49	Lee	90
49	Virgil	90
52	Charlie	89
53	Kenneth	85
53	Louis	85
55	Floyd	79
56	Lewis	78
57	Oscar	76
58	Edgar	75
58	Leonard	75
60	Andrew	74
61	Edwin	71
62	Lester	70
63	Hubert	69
64	Leslie	68
65	Clifford	66
66	Luther	65
67	Arnold	63
68	Orville	61
69	Claude	60
69	Vernon	60
71	Melvin	57
72	Gilbert	56
73	Bill	55
73	Marion	55
75	Curtis	54
76	Jessie	53
76	Roscoe	53
78	Alvin	50
78	Lloyd	50
80	Allen	48
80	Otis	48
82	Hugh	47
83	Francis	45
83	Norman	45
85	Elbert	44
86	Marshall	43
86	Sam	43
86	Willis	43
89	Donald	42
90	Clifton	41
90	Gordon	41
90	Harvey	41
90	Wilbur	41
94	Alfred	39
94	Bernard	39
94	Daniel	39
94	Leroy	39
94	Maurice	39
99	Delbert	35
99	Oliver	35