Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,182
2	William	1,707
3	John	1,178
4	Charles	1,077
5	Robert	1,050
6	George	626
7	Thomas	412
8	Joseph	411
9	Edward	400
10	Paul	396
11	Harold	333
12	Raymond	292
13	Earl	281
14	Henry	271
15	Walter	269
16	Frank	262
16	Roy	262
18	Carl	259
19	Eugene	239
20	Jack	234
21	Kenneth	227
22	Richard	225
23	Clarence	213
24	Harry	206
25	Joe	203

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	193
27	Fred	171
28	Albert	163
29	Howard	161
30	Arthur	156
31	Elmer	154
32	David	147
33	Cecil	143
33	Ernest	143
35	Jesse	139
36	Willie	137
37	Chester	134
38	Clyde	133
39	Ray	130
40	Lawrence	129
41	Herbert	126
42	Donald	118
43	Louis	113
43	Samuel	113
45	Leonard	109
46	Russell	108
47	Virgil	106
48	Edgar	105
49	Marvin	103
50	Bill	102
50	Billy	102
52	Homer	99
53	Charlie	97
54	Herman	92
54	Vernon	92
56	Everett	90
57	Oscar	88
58	Floyd	87
58	Wallace	87
60	Claude	85
60	Edwin	85
62	Hubert	84
62	Lee	84
64	Arnold	83
65	Luther	81
66	Willard	80
67	Lewis	77
68	Curtis	73
69	Calvin	71
69	Melvin	71
69	Warren	71
72	Clifford	70
72	Lloyd	70
72	Norman	70
75	Marion	69
75	Stanley	69
77	Jessie	68
78	Alvin	65
79	Lester	63
80	Ben	59
80	Leslie	59
82	Bernard	57
82	Douglas	57
82	Earnest	57
82	Hugh	57
82	Leo	57
87	Elbert	56
88	Alfred	55
88	Junior	55
90	Andrew	54
90	Daniel	54
90	Delbert	54
90	Leroy	54
94	Glenn	51
95	Gilbert	50
96	Dewey	48
97	Allen	47
98	Francis	46
98	Willis	46
100	Glen	45
100	Leon	45