Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,931
2	William	1,617
3	Charles	1,226
4	Robert	1,164
5	John	1,103
6	George	585
7	Paul	407
8	Thomas	390
9	Joseph	363
10	Harold	358
11	Billy	323
12	Jack	322
13	Edward	314
14	Donald	298
15	Richard	292
16	Kenneth	287
17	Raymond	286
18	Herbert	284
19	Roy	280
20	Eugene	278
21	Earl	274
22	Joe	252
23	Carl	249
23	Walter	249
25	Henry	232

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	210
27	Ray	200
28	David	172
29	Albert	170
30	Frank	168
31	Clarence	165
32	Fred	158
33	Howard	145
34	Elmer	140
35	Willie	139
36	Cecil	137
37	Ernest	136
38	Harry	134
39	Lawrence	133
40	Marvin	128
41	Clyde	127
42	Bobby	124
43	Arthur	120
43	Junior	120
45	Alfred	117
46	Chester	116
47	Louis	110
48	Gene	109
49	Jesse	103
50	Curtis	101
51	Bill	98
52	Virgil	96
53	Leonard	95
54	Willard	93
55	Hubert	92
56	Floyd	90
57	Samuel	88
58	Herman	86
58	Norman	86
60	Vernon	84
61	Homer	83
61	Russell	83
63	Everett	81
64	Claude	77
64	Lee	77
66	Billie	76
66	Clifford	76
68	Leroy	75
68	Lloyd	75
68	Oscar	75
71	Charlie	73
72	Jessie	68
73	Glenn	67
73	Johnny	67
73	Melvin	67
76	Marion	65
77	Arnold	63
78	Edgar	62
78	Lewis	62
78	Stanley	62
81	Edwin	61
82	Alvin	59
83	Lester	58
84	Earnest	56
85	Luther	55
86	Bernard	53
86	Jimmie	53
86	Leslie	53
89	Daniel	52
89	Gerald	52
91	Gilbert	51
92	Douglas	50
92	Sam	50
94	Allen	49
94	Wallace	49
96	Hugh	47
96	Wayne	47
98	Glen	45
98	Jerry	45
98	Leon	45