Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,071
2	William	1,626
3	John	1,217
4	Charles	1,109
5	Robert	1,020
6	George	636
7	Thomas	417
8	Paul	400
9	Joseph	388
10	Edward	358
11	Harold	291
12	Raymond	290
13	Earl	280
14	Henry	279
15	Roy	276
16	Carl	257
17	Walter	250
18	Frank	241
19	Clarence	228
20	Kenneth	221
21	Richard	214
22	Jack	213
23	Elmer	201
24	Joe	199
25	Arthur	198

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eugene	178
27	Willie	177
28	Ralph	175
29	Harry	173
30	Albert	171
31	Howard	159
32	Cecil	157
32	Chester	157
34	David	151
35	Ray	147
36	Fred	143
37	Clyde	141
38	Herbert	140
39	Ernest	129
39	Russell	129
41	Lawrence	126
42	Jesse	125
43	Samuel	124
44	Louis	116
45	Virgil	115
46	Leonard	111
47	Marvin	110
48	Donald	107
48	Everett	107
50	Oscar	101
51	Homer	99
52	Edgar	98
52	Floyd	98
54	Herman	94
55	Warren	93
56	Lee	92
56	Willard	92
58	Hubert	91
59	Arnold	89
60	Edwin	86
61	Claude	85
61	Vernon	85
63	Lloyd	84
63	Stanley	84
65	Charlie	83
65	Luther	83
67	Melvin	78
68	Bill	76
69	Clifford	74
70	Lester	73
71	Lewis	71
72	Billy	70
73	Jessie	67
74	Gilbert	66
74	Leslie	66
76	Dewey	64
77	Bernard	63
78	Alfred	62
78	Daniel	62
78	Norman	62
78	Wallace	62
82	Leo	61
83	Junior	60
83	Orville	60
85	Andrew	59
86	Elbert	58
86	Francis	58
88	Curtis	57
88	Douglas	57
88	Leroy	57
91	Allen	56
92	Morris	55
93	Otis	54
94	Delbert	53
95	Hobert	52
95	Marion	52
95	Maurice	52
98	Hugh	51
98	Woodrow	51
100	Benjamin	47