Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,029
2	William	1,417
3	Robert	1,166
4	Charles	1,145
5	John	1,001
6	George	478
7	Billy	451
8	Donald	426
9	Paul	395
10	Thomas	390
11	Joseph	356
12	Kenneth	344
13	Harold	335
14	Edward	312
15	Jack	302
16	Eugene	300
17	Bobby	291
18	Richard	288
19	Roy	272
20	Raymond	267
21	Joe	260
22	Carl	253
22	Earl	253
24	David	230
25	Henry	224

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Walter	198
27	Frank	197
28	Ralph	189
29	Clarence	176
30	Fred	173
31	Albert	165
32	Herbert	160
33	Ray	155
34	Arthur	147
34	Howard	147
36	Ernest	145
37	Bill	133
38	Willie	129
39	Cecil	119
39	Harry	119
39	Marvin	119
42	Clyde	117
43	Elmer	112
44	Gene	110
45	Chester	109
45	Floyd	109
45	Lawrence	109
48	Russell	107
49	Samuel	104
50	Herman	102
51	Jesse	101
52	Louis	100
52	Vernon	100
54	Billie	99
55	Clifford	93
55	Lee	93
57	Marion	89
58	Hubert	87
58	Norman	87
60	Junior	84
61	Leonard	83
62	Homer	82
62	Willard	82
64	Alfred	78
64	Gerald	78
66	Stanley	76
67	Edgar	75
67	Lewis	75
69	Virgil	73
70	Curtis	71
71	Charlie	70
72	Arnold	69
72	Everett	69
72	Glenn	69
72	Melvin	69
76	Claude	68
76	Lloyd	68
78	Jimmie	67
79	Jerry	65
80	Johnny	63
81	Ronald	62
81	Wallace	62
81	Wayne	62
84	Leroy	60
84	Leslie	60
84	Lester	60
87	Glen	57
88	Allen	56
88	Edwin	56
88	Jessie	56
91	Douglas	55
92	Andrew	53
92	Earnest	53
94	Johnnie	52
94	Luther	52
96	Ben	51
96	Orville	51
98	Bernard	50
98	Don	50
98	Oscar	50