Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,126
2	William	1,279
3	Robert	1,035
4	Charles	1,029
5	John	995
6	Larry	773
7	David	653
8	Donald	649
9	Jerry	556
10	Thomas	490
11	Ronald	468
12	Kenneth	451
13	Richard	434
14	Gary	431
15	Paul	413
16	George	396
17	Billy	392
18	Michael	377
19	Joseph	335
20	Bobby	315
21	Roger	300
22	Harold	277
23	Roy	265
24	Edward	245
25	Carl	212

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jimmy	211
27	Ronnie	209
28	Danny	207
29	Joe	200
30	Raymond	190
31	Johnny	186
32	Walter	166
33	Earl	153
34	Ralph	149
35	Dennis	147
35	Douglas	147
37	Frank	143
38	Gerald	141
39	Tommy	133
40	Wayne	132
41	Harry	128
42	Henry	126
43	Jack	124
44	Terry	120
45	Daniel	119
46	Clarence	112
46	Phillip	112
48	Donnie	111
49	Fred	107
50	Jimmie	106
51	Howard	104
52	Jackie	102
53	Eddie	100
54	Eugene	98
55	Marvin	97
55	Samuel	97
55	Willie	97
58	Lawrence	94
59	Glenn	90
60	Russell	88
61	Arthur	86
61	Cecil	86
61	Ray	86
64	Don	85
64	Ernest	85
66	Bill	83
66	Stephen	83
68	Albert	82
69	Curtis	78
69	Darrell	78
71	Lee	77
71	Stanley	77
73	Jesse	75
74	Elmer	74
74	Lonnie	74
76	Vernon	73
77	Randall	69
78	Bruce	67
78	Clifford	67
78	Herbert	67
81	Chester	66
81	Clyde	66
81	Louis	66
84	Allen	65
84	Philip	65
86	Floyd	64
86	Freddie	64
88	Gene	63
88	Norman	63
88	Virgil	63
91	Leonard	61
92	Steve	58
93	Herman	56
94	Lloyd	55
95	Arnold	54
95	Johnnie	54
95	Mike	54
98	Everett	52
98	Melvin	52
100	Willard	51