Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,183
2	William	1,653
3	Charles	1,147
4	Robert	1,087
5	John	1,058
6	George	562
7	Thomas	430
8	Paul	412
9	Joseph	382
10	Edward	350
11	Harold	318
12	Raymond	314
13	Jack	282
14	Roy	281
15	Richard	267
16	Earl	266
17	Kenneth	261
18	Eugene	259
19	Carl	255
20	Walter	246
21	Henry	244
22	Clarence	212
22	Joe	212
24	Frank	210
25	Donald	198

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Fred	192
27	Billy	188
28	Ralph	186
29	Albert	171
30	Ray	168
31	David	164
31	Howard	164
33	Harry	159
34	Cecil	149
35	Arthur	147
36	Willie	138
37	Louis	136
38	Chester	134
39	Elmer	133
40	Ernest	131
41	Clyde	128
42	Lawrence	125
43	Jesse	122
44	Floyd	120
45	Herbert	119
46	Virgil	113
47	Russell	107
48	Samuel	105
49	Leonard	101
49	Marvin	101
51	Clifford	98
51	Herman	98
51	Stanley	98
54	Bill	95
54	Junior	95
56	Vernon	89
57	Homer	88
58	Norman	87
59	Willard	86
60	Lee	85
61	Calvin	83
62	Edgar	81
63	Charlie	78
64	Luther	76
65	Claude	75
65	Everett	75
65	Hubert	75
65	Oscar	75
69	Arnold	74
70	Billie	73
70	Marion	73
72	Leslie	72
73	Daniel	71
73	Lloyd	71
75	Melvin	67
76	Jessie	65
77	Earnest	63
78	Ben	62
79	Lewis	61
80	Edwin	60
81	Bobby	59
82	Curtis	58
83	Andrew	56
84	Gerald	55
85	Orville	54
86	Willis	53
87	Alvin	52
87	Bernard	52
87	Dewey	52
87	Glenn	52
91	Lester	51
92	Douglas	50
93	Alfred	49
93	Allen	49
95	Glen	48
95	Hugh	48
95	Morris	48
98	Francis	47
99	Gilbert	46
99	Leon	46