Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,391
2	William	1,469
3	Charles	1,212
4	Robert	1,151
5	John	1,026
6	Donald	737
7	David	578
8	Jerry	570
9	Larry	550
10	Ronald	534
11	Thomas	530
12	Billy	499
13	Bobby	444
14	Paul	441
15	George	434
16	Kenneth	431
17	Richard	409
18	Joseph	404
19	Douglas	376
20	Harold	326
21	Roy	281
22	Edward	272
23	Jimmy	247
24	Raymond	245
25	Joe	244

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gary	239
27	Carl	237
28	Michael	195
29	Ronnie	185
30	Ralph	181
31	Walter	175
32	Earl	172
32	Henry	172
34	Gerald	159
35	Johnny	156
36	Phillip	155
37	Roger	154
38	Jackie	149
39	Tommy	143
40	Frank	138
40	Jack	138
42	Dennis	136
43	Wayne	133
44	Howard	132
45	Arthur	131
46	Ray	128
47	Eugene	127
48	Clarence	125
48	Lawrence	125
50	Danny	124
51	Albert	123
52	Bill	115
53	Jimmie	113
53	Marvin	113
55	Willie	110
56	Ernest	109
57	Donnie	106
58	Daniel	105
58	Harry	105
58	Norman	105
61	Clyde	102
61	Elmer	102
63	Fred	100
64	Franklin	98
65	Terry	94
66	Samuel	93
67	Jesse	92
68	Glenn	91
69	Cecil	89
70	Russell	88
71	Arnold	85
71	Don	85
73	Melvin	82
73	Philip	82
75	Darrell	80
75	Eddie	80
75	Stephen	80
78	Herman	79
78	Stanley	79
78	Vernon	79
81	Lowell	77
82	Louis	76
83	Chester	74
84	Curtis	73
84	Glen	73
86	Leonard	72
86	Wendell	72
88	Everett	71
88	Lee	71
90	Floyd	69
91	Gene	68
92	Lloyd	67
93	Clifford	64
93	Leroy	64
95	Claude	62
96	Allen	61
96	Alvin	61
98	Freddie	60
98	Herbert	60
98	Lonnie	60