Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,161
2	William	1,689
3	John	1,208
4	Charles	1,035
5	Robert	999
6	George	637
7	Edward	425
8	Joseph	413
9	Paul	407
10	Thomas	401
11	Raymond	339
12	Henry	302
13	Roy	294
14	Walter	270
15	Earl	265
16	Harold	263
17	Frank	252
18	Carl	249
19	Richard	238
20	Eugene	219
21	Clarence	217
22	Elmer	212
23	Ralph	210
24	Harry	203
24	Jack	203

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joe	194
26	Kenneth	194
28	Warren	191
29	Arthur	188
30	Chester	184
31	Albert	178
32	Ernest	172
33	Howard	169
34	Fred	165
35	Willie	161
36	David	158
37	Clyde	155
38	Cecil	154
38	Ray	154
40	Jesse	148
41	Louis	131
42	Samuel	127
43	Leonard	126
44	Herman	119
45	Marvin	118
46	Herbert	116
47	Lawrence	112
48	Russell	109
49	Charlie	106
50	Vernon	105
51	Luther	102
52	Virgil	101
52	Willard	101
54	Edgar	99
54	Floyd	99
54	Hubert	99
57	Everett	92
57	Homer	92
59	Lee	89
60	Claude	87
61	Clifford	83
62	Edwin	82
63	Arnold	81
63	Lewis	81
65	Oscar	79
66	Melvin	77
67	Leslie	76
68	Donald	75
68	Orville	75
68	Stanley	75
71	Gilbert	74
72	Bill	72
72	Curtis	72
74	Earnest	71
75	Alvin	69
75	Lloyd	69
77	Billy	68
77	Jessie	68
77	Lester	68
77	Marion	68
77	Wallace	68
82	Andrew	67
83	Woodrow	66
84	Bernard	64
84	Norman	64
86	Leroy	60
87	Elbert	57
87	Harvey	57
89	Ben	55
89	Dewey	55
89	Maurice	55
89	Otis	55
93	Glenn	53
94	Francis	48
94	Owen	48
94	Sam	48
94	Wilbur	48
98	Junior	47
99	Grover	46
99	Jim	46
99	Roscoe	46