Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,166
2	William	1,425
3	Charles	1,162
4	Robert	1,138
5	John	1,023
6	Donald	738
7	David	576
8	Bobby	517
9	Billy	512
10	Ronald	503
11	Larry	486
12	Jerry	475
13	Paul	463
14	Kenneth	450
15	Thomas	446
16	George	437
17	Richard	362
18	Joseph	343
19	Harold	328
20	Roy	271
21	Carl	263
22	Edward	260
23	Joe	238
24	Raymond	232
25	Jimmy	203

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gary	202
27	Gerald	190
28	Michael	174
29	Jackie	168
30	Walter	166
31	Roger	161
32	Ralph	159
33	Jack	158
34	Henry	157
35	Frank	144
36	Earl	143
36	Marvin	143
38	Ronnie	142
39	Johnny	140
40	Wayne	135
41	Phillip	133
42	Clarence	131
42	Jimmie	131
44	Bill	128
45	Eugene	125
46	Tommy	122
47	Howard	119
48	Lawrence	118
49	Wendell	113
50	Ernest	110
51	Dennis	109
52	Arthur	102
52	Harry	102
54	Fred	101
55	Cecil	98
55	Franklin	98
57	Don	97
58	Albert	96
59	Douglas	95
59	Jesse	95
61	Gene	94
61	Ray	94
61	Stanley	94
64	Daniel	91
64	Russell	91
66	Elmer	90
67	Donnie	87
67	Glenn	87
69	Terry	86
70	Chester	84
71	Herman	83
71	Willie	83
73	Eddie	82
73	Lowell	82
75	Danny	80
76	Curtis	79
76	Leonard	79
78	Clyde	77
78	Herbert	77
78	Samuel	77
81	Philip	75
81	Willard	75
83	Melvin	74
83	Norman	74
85	Louis	73
86	Virgil	72
87	Darrell	71
88	Freddie	68
89	Arnold	67
90	Floyd	65
90	Vernon	65
92	Lee	62
93	Lonnie	60
94	Bob	59
94	Glen	59
94	Lewis	59
94	Lloyd	59
98	Randall	58
99	Leroy	57
100	Allen	56