Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,955
2	William	1,350
3	Robert	1,177
4	Charles	1,096
5	John	943
6	Donald	550
7	Billy	505
8	George	468
9	Paul	427
10	Thomas	394
11	Bobby	353
12	Harold	334
13	Kenneth	327
14	Joseph	312
15	Edward	292
16	Richard	276
17	Raymond	275
18	Jack	273
19	Eugene	264
20	Roy	257
21	Earl	252
22	Joe	236
23	Carl	227
24	David	226
25	Walter	214

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Henry	210
27	Frank	194
28	Ralph	187
29	Ray	161
30	Howard	159
31	Clarence	155
32	Albert	148
33	Arthur	136
34	Harry	134
35	Marvin	127
36	Ernest	125
37	Bill	123
38	Elmer	117
39	Fred	116
39	Lawrence	116
41	Herbert	113
42	Clyde	109
43	Cecil	107
44	Russell	106
45	Billie	105
45	Willie	105
47	Gene	104
48	Gerald	94
48	Jerry	94
50	Chester	91
51	Vernon	87
52	Jesse	86
53	Floyd	85
53	Ronald	85
53	Virgil	85
56	Louis	84
57	Leonard	81
58	Curtis	79
58	Samuel	79
60	Jimmy	76
60	Norman	76
60	Willard	76
63	Herman	75
63	Junior	75
65	Clifford	72
65	Jimmie	72
67	Lee	71
68	Lewis	70
68	Stanley	70
70	Homer	68
71	Glen	66
71	Glenn	66
73	Marion	65
74	Arnold	64
74	Douglas	64
74	Hubert	64
77	Charlie	63
78	Lloyd	62
79	Everett	61
79	Luther	61
79	Melvin	61
82	Daniel	60
82	Don	60
82	Leroy	60
85	Edgar	58
86	Claude	57
87	Wallace	56
88	Alfred	55
88	Lester	55
90	Johnny	54
91	Allen	53
91	Bobbie	53
93	Oscar	52
94	Orville	51
95	Johnnie	50
96	Edwin	49
96	Jackie	49
96	Roger	49
96	Wendell	49
100	Leslie	48