Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,733
2	William	1,473
3	John	1,092
4	Robert	853
5	Charles	803
6	George	598
7	Thomas	387
8	Edward	362
9	Joseph	353
10	Henry	312
11	Raymond	288
12	Paul	285
13	Roy	267
14	Earl	245
15	Walter	241
16	Carl	235
17	Clarence	207
18	Frank	205
19	Richard	193
19	Willie	193
21	Harry	192
22	Harold	191
23	Joe	182
24	Ralph	181
25	Elmer	178

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	175
27	Arthur	166
28	Ernest	165
29	Howard	164
29	Woodrow	164
31	Fred	161
32	Cecil	155
33	Chester	147
34	Eugene	145
35	Jesse	142
36	Russell	141
37	Jack	136
38	Clyde	133
39	Kenneth	127
40	Herbert	116
41	Willard	115
42	David	114
42	Herman	114
42	Ray	114
45	Charlie	113
46	Louis	112
47	Lawrence	111
47	Virgil	111
49	Everett	106
49	Leonard	106
51	Homer	104
52	Edgar	103
52	Marvin	103
54	Samuel	98
55	Clifford	93
56	Stanley	92
57	Vernon	90
58	Oscar	82
59	Curtis	79
60	Hubert	76
61	Melvin	73
62	Lewis	72
63	Floyd	70
64	Luther	69
65	Leslie	68
66	Edwin	67
66	Orville	67
68	Claude	66
69	Lee	63
70	Arnold	62
71	Hugh	61
71	Jessie	61
71	Lester	61
74	Alfred	60
74	Lloyd	60
74	Norman	60
77	Bill	59
77	Earnest	59
79	Gilbert	57
80	Francis	56
81	Andrew	54
81	Donald	54
81	Marion	54
81	Otis	54
85	Daniel	51
85	Leo	51
87	Theodore	48
88	Sam	47
89	Clifton	46
89	Leroy	46
91	Dewey	45
91	Owen	45
93	Glen	44
94	Ben	43
94	Bernard	43
94	Sherman	43
97	Alvin	42
97	Elbert	42
97	Harvey	42
97	Leon	42