Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,158
2	William	1,662
3	John	1,138
4	Charles	958
5	Robert	957
6	George	614
7	Joseph	430
8	Edward	390
9	Thomas	376
10	Paul	331
11	Raymond	316
12	Harold	281
13	Roy	266
14	Earl	263
15	Frank	257
16	Henry	254
17	Walter	243
18	Carl	235
19	Clarence	223
20	Richard	217
21	Harry	198
22	Elmer	185
22	Ralph	185
24	Howard	183
25	Ernest	181

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Arthur	177
27	Chester	172
27	Eugene	172
27	Joe	172
30	Albert	162
31	Jack	159
32	Fred	157
33	Willie	156
34	Cecil	153
35	Kenneth	152
36	Jesse	144
37	Edwin	137
37	Herbert	137
37	Warren	137
40	David	136
41	Ray	134
42	Clyde	130
43	Russell	125
44	Marvin	122
45	Lawrence	119
45	Virgil	119
47	Leonard	118
48	Homer	115
49	Samuel	109
50	Luther	104
51	Vernon	103
52	Edgar	102
53	Louis	99
54	Hubert	96
55	Charlie	95
56	Willard	93
57	Everett	90
57	Herman	90
59	Lee	88
59	Lloyd	88
61	Oscar	86
61	Stanley	86
63	Donald	78
64	Clifford	77
65	Floyd	75
66	Lewis	74
67	Bill	72
68	Arnold	71
68	Marion	71
70	Wallace	69
71	Melvin	68
72	Andrew	67
73	Alfred	62
73	Daniel	62
73	Lester	62
76	Claude	61
77	Dewey	60
78	Orville	58
79	Gilbert	57
79	Jessie	57
79	Sam	57
82	Elbert	56
83	Bernard	55
83	Leo	55
85	Billy	52
85	Curtis	52
85	Glenn	52
88	Douglas	51
89	Johnie	49
89	Leon	49
89	Woodrow	49
92	Ben	48
92	Johnnie	48
92	Otis	48
95	Leslie	47
95	Millard	47
97	Norman	46
97	Wilbur	46
99	Allen	45
99	Harvey	45
99	Hugh	45