Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,946
2	William	1,243
3	Charles	1,166
4	Robert	1,088
5	John	856
6	Donald	765
7	Billy	593
8	Bobby	501
9	Paul	418
10	George	411
11	Kenneth	407
12	Thomas	377
13	Harold	355
14	David	321
15	Joseph	318
16	Richard	305
17	Edward	276
18	Joe	274
19	Ronald	257
20	Carl	255
21	Raymond	216
22	Roy	211
23	Jerry	196
24	Earl	195
25	Jack	190

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	184
27	Walter	183
28	Eugene	180
29	Frank	178
30	Henry	156
31	Jimmy	153
32	Ray	151
33	Franklin	146
33	Larry	146
35	Howard	144
36	Jimmie	136
37	Fred	128
38	Gerald	122
39	Willie	120
40	Norman	119
41	Albert	117
42	Ernest	116
43	Cecil	111
43	Jackie	111
45	Clarence	105
46	Bill	104
47	Gene	101
48	Lawrence	99
48	Marvin	99
50	Vernon	98
51	Don	96
51	Jesse	96
53	Johnny	92
54	Arthur	91
55	Clyde	89
55	Harry	89
57	Louis	87
58	Curtis	86
58	Roger	86
60	Elmer	85
60	Wayne	85
62	Arnold	84
63	Chester	83
63	Willard	83
65	Herbert	81
66	Leonard	80
67	Russell	79
68	Billie	78
69	Glenn	74
70	Herman	73
71	Daniel	72
71	Melvin	72
73	Stanley	70
74	Bob	68
74	Lloyd	68
74	Samuel	68
77	Homer	67
78	Floyd	65
79	Clifford	62
79	Douglas	62
79	Tommy	62
79	Virgil	62
83	Wendell	61
84	Glen	59
85	Lee	58
86	Freddie	56
87	Bobbie	55
87	Gary	55
87	Lewis	55
87	Lowell	55
91	Lester	54
92	Everett	53
92	Luther	53
94	Claude	52
94	Eddie	52
96	Bernard	51
97	Leroy	50
98	Allen	49
98	Hubert	49
98	Junior	49
98	Phillip	49