Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,109
2	William	1,274
3	Charles	1,164
4	Robert	1,144
5	John	969
6	Donald	817
7	Bobby	569
8	David	545
9	Billy	498
10	George	442
11	Kenneth	440
12	Paul	437
13	Thomas	427
14	Ronald	403
15	Jerry	377
16	Harold	366
17	Joseph	341
18	Richard	339
19	Larry	301
20	Carl	277
21	Edward	265
22	Joe	254
23	Raymond	220
24	Roy	214
25	Gerald	183

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jimmy	171
27	Earl	168
28	Ralph	164
28	Roger	164
30	Jack	157
31	Henry	155
32	Eugene	152
33	Jimmie	149
34	Jackie	146
35	Frank	144
36	Gary	138
37	Harry	132
37	Ray	132
39	Johnny	131
40	Clarence	130
41	Wayne	126
42	Walter	124
43	Bill	118
44	Fred	117
45	Don	116
45	Marvin	116
47	Jesse	113
48	Howard	112
49	Lawrence	110
50	Cecil	108
50	Tommy	108
52	Norman	104
53	Arthur	103
54	Ernest	101
55	Albert	100
56	Clyde	98
57	Russell	94
58	Franklin	92
58	Glenn	92
60	Gene	90
60	Ronnie	90
62	Stanley	89
63	Elmer	88
63	Phillip	88
63	Willie	88
66	Michael	87
66	Vernon	87
68	Louis	86
69	Daniel	81
70	Leonard	78
71	Floyd	77
71	Lloyd	77
73	Melvin	76
74	Herbert	75
75	Douglas	73
75	Glen	73
77	Donnie	72
78	Clifford	71
79	Lee	70
80	Eddie	69
80	Leroy	69
82	Curtis	68
83	Billie	67
83	Willard	67
85	Herman	65
86	Lowell	64
87	Chester	63
87	Danny	63
87	Lonnie	63
90	Arnold	62
90	Samuel	62
92	Alvin	60
92	Dennis	60
92	Freddie	60
95	Allen	57
95	Claude	57
97	Philip	56
98	Homer	55
98	Randall	55
100	Darrell	53