Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,082
2	William	1,671
3	Charles	1,228
4	John	1,177
5	Robert	1,139
6	George	592
7	Paul	472
8	Thomas	407
9	Joseph	351
10	Harold	347
11	Edward	333
12	Donald	318
13	Jack	317
14	Kenneth	295
15	Carl	294
16	Raymond	289
17	Roy	286
18	Eugene	284
19	Richard	265
20	Earl	251
21	Henry	238
22	Billy	235
23	Walter	234
24	Ralph	226
25	Joe	225

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clarence	209
27	Frank	194
28	Albert	181
29	David	176
29	Howard	176
31	Ray	173
32	Elmer	157
33	Fred	152
34	Arthur	148
35	Clyde	145
36	Harry	143
37	Marvin	142
38	Cecil	140
39	Willie	136
40	Chester	133
41	Ernest	132
42	Herbert	130
43	Louis	129
44	Herman	122
44	Jesse	122
46	Samuel	118
47	Floyd	116
48	Bill	107
49	Russell	105
50	Clifford	100
51	Junior	99
52	Vernon	98
53	Virgil	97
54	Bobby	96
54	Willard	96
56	Homer	93
57	Leonard	90
58	Claude	89
58	Lawrence	89
60	Charlie	87
60	Norman	87
62	Lewis	84
63	Hubert	83
64	Stanley	80
65	Everett	79
65	Lee	79
67	Edgar	78
67	Lloyd	78
69	Gene	73
69	Oscar	73
71	Gilbert	72
71	Leroy	72
73	Calvin	71
74	Billie	68
75	Alvin	67
75	Glenn	67
75	Luther	67
78	Arnold	66
78	Melvin	66
78	Wayne	66
81	Bernard	64
81	Edwin	64
81	Marion	64
84	Leon	63
85	Glen	62
85	Lester	62
87	Earnest	60
88	Gerald	59
89	Andrew	57
90	Curtis	55
91	Ben	54
91	Leslie	54
91	Otis	54
91	Wallace	54
95	Clifton	50
95	Elbert	50
95	Leo	50
98	Hugh	48
98	Johnnie	48
100	Allen	47
100	Jessie	47
100	Orville	47