Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,428
2	William	1,474
3	Charles	1,182
4	Robert	1,161
5	John	1,015
6	David	701
7	Donald	643
8	Jerry	601
9	Larry	571
10	Thomas	521
11	George	487
12	Ronald	485
13	Paul	451
14	Kenneth	449
15	Richard	443
16	Billy	436
17	Bobby	411
18	Joseph	338
19	Harold	324
20	Michael	301
21	Roy	286
22	Edward	283
23	Gary	248
24	Roger	244
25	Carl	238

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jimmy	224
27	Joe	201
27	Raymond	201
29	Douglas	197
29	Johnny	197
31	Ronnie	171
32	Gerald	166
33	Ralph	162
34	Earl	158
35	Phillip	156
36	Walter	154
37	Clarence	152
38	Henry	148
39	Frank	145
40	Tommy	138
41	Howard	136
42	Danny	134
43	Wayne	133
44	Jack	131
45	Dennis	129
46	Jimmie	124
47	Arthur	123
47	Terry	123
49	Ray	115
50	Bill	114
51	Albert	112
52	Willie	111
53	Marvin	109
54	Harry	108
55	Daniel	107
56	Jackie	105
57	Clyde	104
58	Eddie	103
58	Fred	103
60	Cecil	102
61	Ernest	101
61	Eugene	101
63	Jesse	98
63	Russell	98
65	Lawrence	95
66	Chester	87
66	Samuel	87
68	Elmer	85
69	Lonnie	82
69	Norman	82
71	Don	81
71	Glenn	81
73	Curtis	79
73	Herbert	79
73	Stanley	79
76	Donnie	78
77	Gene	77
77	Stephen	77
79	Franklin	75
79	Leonard	75
81	Louis	74
82	Darrell	72
82	Willard	72
84	Arnold	71
85	Freddie	70
85	Melvin	70
85	Vernon	70
88	Clifford	69
88	Floyd	69
90	Wendell	68
91	Leroy	65
92	Virgil	63
93	Willis	62
94	Lloyd	61
95	Lewis	60
95	Marion	60
97	Claude	59
98	Lee	58
99	Bruce	57
99	Edwin	57
99	Glen	57