Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,256
2	William	1,424
3	Charles	1,174
4	Robert	1,083
5	John	1,026
6	David	724
7	Larry	653
8	Jerry	625
9	Donald	620
10	Ronald	495
10	Thomas	495
12	Richard	457
13	Kenneth	431
14	Billy	404
15	Paul	403
16	George	378
17	Bobby	360
18	Joseph	358
19	Roger	333
20	Michael	322
21	Gary	321
22	Harold	276
23	Roy	252
24	Jimmy	244
25	Edward	242

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carl	224
27	Joe	196
28	Raymond	195
29	Ronnie	174
30	Gerald	167
31	Johnny	165
32	Ralph	159
33	Walter	158
34	Earl	157
35	Tommy	154
36	Danny	144
36	Henry	144
36	Jack	144
39	Douglas	141
40	Frank	139
41	Jimmie	131
41	Wayne	131
43	Dennis	130
44	Ernest	127
44	Jackie	127
44	Phillip	127
47	Arthur	121
48	Clarence	119
49	Daniel	118
50	Terry	113
51	Lawrence	112
51	Marvin	112
53	Albert	109
54	Donnie	108
55	Eugene	107
56	Russell	106
57	Harry	105
57	Howard	105
59	Bill	103
60	Ray	102
61	Clyde	101
62	Norman	99
63	Fred	98
64	Willie	97
65	Eddie	92
66	Don	90
67	Cecil	86
68	Jesse	84
68	Lonnie	84
70	Glenn	81
70	Herbert	81
72	Chester	80
73	Leonard	79
73	Samuel	79
75	Stanley	78
76	Darrell	77
77	Bruce	75
77	Melvin	75
79	Floyd	72
80	Lloyd	71
80	Stephen	71
82	Curtis	70
82	Louis	70
84	Elmer	69
84	Freddie	69
86	Virgil	68
87	Vernon	67
88	Philip	66
89	Arnold	65
90	Clifford	64
90	Lewis	64
92	Allen	63
93	Willard	62
94	Jim	61
95	Gene	60
95	Lee	60
97	Franklin	57
98	Edwin	54
99	Homer	53
99	Randall	53
99	Wendell	53