Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,975
2	William	1,539
3	Charles	1,178
4	Robert	1,079
5	John	1,020
6	George	549
7	Paul	393
8	Donald	371
9	Billy	365
10	Joseph	328
11	Thomas	324
12	Harold	310
13	Edward	308
14	Jack	299
15	Kenneth	297
16	Herbert	290
17	Eugene	268
18	Richard	262
19	Carl	258
20	Earl	242
21	Raymond	238
22	Roy	233
23	Joe	232
24	David	228
25	Walter	212

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Henry	199
27	Ralph	194
28	Ray	186
29	Frank	178
30	Bobby	175
31	Clarence	168
32	Albert	152
32	Fred	152
34	Harry	148
35	Elmer	146
36	Howard	144
37	Willie	143
38	Arthur	134
39	Marvin	130
40	Ernest	126
41	Chester	119
42	Clyde	114
43	Cecil	110
44	Herman	109
45	Gene	104
46	Bill	102
46	Lawrence	102
48	Jesse	101
49	Samuel	99
50	Alfred	95
51	Russell	94
52	Billie	93
53	Louis	92
54	Junior	91
55	Curtis	87
56	Virgil	86
57	Vernon	84
58	Leonard	80
58	Melvin	80
60	Hubert	76
61	Homer	75
62	Stanley	73
63	Norman	72
64	Marion	70
65	Claude	69
65	Lloyd	69
67	Lee	68
68	Lewis	67
68	Willard	67
70	Floyd	66
71	Glenn	65
72	Andrew	63
72	Lester	63
74	Gerald	62
75	Arnold	61
75	Charlie	61
75	Clifford	61
75	Edgar	61
79	Johnnie	60
80	Douglas	58
81	Jimmie	57
82	Ben	56
82	Oscar	56
84	Everett	55
84	Wayne	55
86	Edwin	54
86	Leo	54
86	Luther	54
89	Leon	51
89	Wallace	51
91	Earnest	50
92	Delbert	48
92	Jessie	48
92	Willis	48
95	Glen	47
95	Hugh	47
95	Leroy	47
95	Orville	47
99	Daniel	46
100	Clifton	45
100	Harvey	45