Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,238
2	William	1,360
3	Robert	1,162
4	Charles	1,129
5	John	955
6	Donald	776
7	David	542
8	Billy	531
9	Bobby	499
10	Jerry	478
11	Thomas	461
12	Kenneth	446
13	Paul	445
14	Ronald	437
15	George	421
16	Larry	416
17	Richard	404
18	Harold	353
19	Joseph	338
20	Joe	276
21	Roy	261
22	Carl	260
23	Edward	251
24	Raymond	245
25	Jimmy	201

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	191
27	Ralph	188
28	Gary	182
29	Earl	178
30	Gerald	170
31	Walter	167
32	Henry	157
33	Johnny	154
34	Frank	152
35	Roger	150
36	Wendell	145
37	Jimmie	140
38	Jackie	137
39	Ray	134
40	Clarence	130
40	Eugene	130
42	Wayne	125
43	Phillip	124
44	Arthur	119
45	Michael	118
46	Howard	117
47	Marvin	114
48	Tommy	112
49	Ernest	110
50	Fred	109
51	Franklin	107
51	Ronnie	107
53	Clyde	106
54	Don	105
55	Lawrence	104
56	Chester	102
56	Harry	102
58	Cecil	101
58	Norman	101
60	Bill	98
61	Glenn	97
61	Russell	97
61	Vernon	97
64	Gene	96
65	Albert	95
66	Willie	94
67	Jesse	93
68	Melvin	92
69	Arnold	91
70	Douglas	87
71	Daniel	86
72	Danny	85
73	Dennis	83
73	Louis	83
75	Elmer	81
76	Samuel	80
77	Leonard	79
78	Stanley	76
79	Leroy	75
80	Lee	73
80	Willard	73
82	Floyd	72
83	Eddie	70
84	Freddie	69
84	Philip	69
86	Allen	68
86	Clifford	68
86	Lonnie	68
89	Donnie	66
89	Everett	66
91	Lloyd	64
91	Lowell	64
93	Herman	63
94	Glen	62
95	Virgil	60
96	Curtis	59
96	Herbert	59
98	Homer	56
99	Alvin	55
99	Claude	55