Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,254
2	William	1,765
3	John	1,194
4	Charles	1,179
5	Robert	1,102
6	George	696
7	Thomas	470
8	Edward	428
9	Paul	398
10	Joseph	391
11	Harold	332
12	Raymond	326
13	Henry	285
14	Carl	281
15	Roy	279
16	Earl	273
17	Kenneth	271
18	Walter	268
19	Richard	264
20	Frank	260
21	Jack	240
22	Eugene	237
23	Ralph	222
24	Clarence	221
25	Ernest	205

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joe	198
27	Howard	195
28	Elmer	187
29	Harry	185
30	Arthur	183
31	Albert	174
32	Clyde	160
33	Chester	159
34	Fred	157
35	Cecil	156
35	Ray	156
37	David	154
38	Donald	142
39	Louis	133
40	Calvin	130
41	Willie	127
42	Jesse	124
43	Herbert	115
44	Russell	110
45	Marvin	109
46	Lawrence	108
46	Samuel	108
48	Floyd	105
48	Leonard	105
50	Herman	97
51	Charlie	96
52	Willard	94
53	Everett	92
53	Lee	92
55	Billy	91
55	Homer	91
57	Edgar	90
57	Edwin	90
59	Luther	88
59	Stanley	88
61	Lester	86
61	Marion	86
61	Virgil	86
64	Hubert	84
65	Vernon	81
66	Bill	78
66	Leslie	78
68	Junior	77
69	Lloyd	74
70	Clifford	73
71	Hugh	72
71	Lewis	72
73	Arnold	70
73	Melvin	70
75	Andrew	69
75	Oscar	69
77	Jessie	66
77	Norman	66
79	Earnest	64
80	Claude	62
81	Glenn	61
81	Otis	61
81	Willis	61
84	Alfred	60
84	Allen	60
86	Wallace	59
87	Leo	58
88	Alvin	56
88	Bernard	56
88	Leroy	56
91	Curtis	55
91	Warren	55
93	Gilbert	54
94	Daniel	53
94	Dewey	53
94	Elbert	53
94	Harvey	53
94	Orville	53
99	Ben	52
99	Leon	52