Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,050
2	William	1,245
3	Charles	1,110
4	Robert	1,084
5	John	938
6	Donald	826
7	Bobby	581
8	Billy	566
9	George	427
10	Thomas	407
11	Paul	405
12	Kenneth	399
13	David	360
14	Harold	302
15	Richard	297
15	Ronald	297
17	Carl	272
18	Edward	269
19	Joseph	263
20	Jerry	244
21	Joe	231
22	Roy	228
23	Henry	213
24	Raymond	211
25	Jack	209

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Earl	190
27	Jackie	166
28	Ralph	165
29	Walter	161
30	Larry	156
31	Frank	155
32	Jimmy	148
33	Eugene	143
34	Gerald	135
35	Ray	130
36	Franklin	129
37	Clarence	125
38	Arthur	122
38	Jimmie	122
40	Howard	121
41	Albert	114
41	Marvin	114
43	Ernest	113
44	Bill	111
45	Lawrence	110
46	Gene	102
47	Clyde	99
48	Fred	98
49	Norman	96
50	Russell	95
50	Samuel	95
50	Wayne	95
53	Roger	94
54	Don	93
55	Vernon	91
56	Cecil	90
56	Douglas	90
58	Harry	89
59	Herman	86
60	Louis	85
61	Leonard	84
62	Tommy	83
63	Glenn	82
64	Elmer	81
64	Willie	81
66	Melvin	80
67	Jesse	79
68	Herbert	77
69	Lowell	76
70	Floyd	74
71	Johnny	73
72	Clifford	72
72	Curtis	72
74	Gary	71
75	Daniel	70
76	Chester	67
77	Eddie	66
78	Lewis	64
78	Luther	64
78	Stanley	64
78	Willard	64
82	Phillip	62
83	Lloyd	61
83	Virgil	61
85	Billie	60
86	Leroy	58
87	Arnold	57
87	Donnie	57
87	Lee	57
90	Marion	56
91	Hubert	54
91	Leon	54
93	Claude	53
93	Darrell	53
93	Homer	53
96	Bobbie	52
97	Danny	51
98	Andrew	50
99	Glen	49
100	Allen	48
100	Bob	48
100	Jessie	48