Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,172
2	William	1,421
3	Charles	1,206
4	Robert	1,186
5	John	978
6	Donald	877
7	Billy	574
8	Bobby	573
9	Kenneth	485
10	David	443
11	Paul	440
12	George	434
13	Thomas	400
14	Ronald	382
15	Harold	360
16	Joseph	359
17	Jerry	336
18	Richard	309
19	Edward	283
20	Larry	260
21	Carl	255
22	Joe	239
23	Raymond	230
24	Roy	222
25	Jack	212

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Henry	187
27	Walter	184
28	Earl	172
29	Jackie	171
30	Ralph	170
31	Frank	167
32	Jimmie	166
33	Jimmy	163
34	Eugene	160
35	Gerald	158
36	Fred	135
37	Johnny	132
37	Marvin	132
39	Ray	130
40	Wayne	126
41	Albert	124
42	Bill	120
43	Clarence	119
44	Howard	116
45	Clyde	115
45	Don	115
47	Gary	111
47	Gene	111
49	Norman	110
50	Ernest	106
51	Roger	105
51	Tommy	105
53	Lawrence	100
54	Arthur	97
54	Harry	97
56	Cecil	95
56	Glenn	95
58	Franklin	93
59	Elmer	92
60	Herbert	91
61	Arnold	90
61	Curtis	90
63	Melvin	89
63	Phillip	89
63	Willie	89
66	Samuel	88
67	Douglas	85
68	Vernon	84
69	Ronnie	82
70	Russell	81
71	Lloyd	78
72	Jesse	77
73	Lowell	76
74	Herman	75
75	Floyd	74
76	Leroy	72
77	Chester	71
78	Leonard	69
79	Stanley	68
80	Claude	67
80	Daniel	67
80	Everett	67
80	Michael	67
80	Willard	67
85	Billie	66
85	Danny	66
85	Glen	66
85	Louis	66
89	Clifford	65
90	Donnie	64
90	Lewis	64
92	Eddie	63
92	Freddie	63
92	Marion	63
95	Virgil	61
96	Wendell	59
97	Lonnie	58
98	Alvin	57
99	Homer	55
99	Lee	55