Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,578
2	William	1,350
3	John	1,015
4	Robert	741
5	Charles	702
6	George	478
7	Thomas	342
8	Joseph	314
9	Edward	294
10	Raymond	263
11	Paul	260
12	Earl	245
13	Henry	236
14	Roy	225
15	Carl	215
16	Frank	204
17	Walter	198
18	Richard	186
19	Clarence	182
20	Joe	164
21	Harold	159
22	Woodrow	156
23	Albert	155
24	Arthur	154
25	Ernest	151

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Chester	141
27	Willie	138
28	Harry	134
29	Howard	129
30	Cecil	128
30	Elmer	128
30	Fred	128
33	Ralph	125
34	Jesse	123
35	Lawrence	119
35	Ray	119
37	Jack	117
38	David	116
39	Clyde	113
40	Herman	112
41	Herbert	111
42	Eugene	110
43	Kenneth	109
44	Willard	107
45	Samuel	105
46	Charlie	103
46	Everett	103
48	Stanley	99
49	Edgar	96
50	Russell	95
51	Leonard	93
52	Louis	90
53	Marvin	86
54	Oscar	81
55	Floyd	78
56	Lee	74
57	Homer	73
58	Vernon	70
59	Claude	67
59	Clifford	67
61	Hubert	66
61	Leslie	66
61	Virgil	66
64	Sam	62
65	Andrew	60
66	Luther	59
67	Curtis	58
68	Edwin	57
68	Lester	57
70	Alfred	56
71	Arnold	55
72	Lewis	54
73	Lloyd	53
74	Hugh	50
74	Orville	50
76	Jessie	49
76	Marion	49
76	Melvin	49
79	Donald	48
80	Allen	46
81	Bernard	45
81	Bill	45
81	Norman	45
84	Otis	43
84	Roscoe	43
86	Elbert	42
86	Harvey	42
88	Leon	41
89	Delbert	40
89	Milton	40
91	Ollie	39
92	Ira	38
93	Earnest	37
93	Gilbert	37
95	Francis	36
96	Benjamin	35
96	Daniel	35
96	Johnnie	35
96	Leo	35
96	Maurice	35
96	Morris	35