Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,384
2	William	1,631
3	John	1,371
4	Larry	1,320
5	Robert	1,316
6	Charles	1,261
7	David	1,137
8	Michael	934
9	Gary	790
10	Ronald	718
11	Donald	698
12	Jerry	672
13	Thomas	655
14	Richard	561
15	Kenneth	539
16	Roger	510
17	Danny	490
18	Paul	462
19	George	451
20	Joseph	443
21	Billy	389
22	Ronnie	369
23	Bobby	345
24	Edward	310
25	Dennis	298

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Terry	298
27	Harold	281
28	Stephen	262
29	Roy	261
30	Jimmy	253
31	Carl	231
31	Johnny	231
33	Daniel	210
33	Phillip	210
35	Raymond	205
36	Ralph	174
37	Joe	171
38	Walter	167
39	Wayne	164
40	Donnie	163
41	Eddie	158
41	Frank	158
41	Gerald	158
44	Lawrence	155
45	Earl	153
46	Jackie	152
47	Steven	151
48	Douglas	150
49	Darrell	143
50	Jack	142
51	Henry	130
51	Randall	130
53	Glenn	128
54	Howard	127
55	Lonnie	126
56	Tommy	125
57	Clarence	121
57	Ernest	121
59	Bill	114
60	Bruce	113
61	Arthur	112
61	Russell	112
63	Gregory	108
63	Stanley	108
65	Marvin	106
65	Philip	106
65	Samuel	106
68	Ray	105
69	Garry	104
70	Barry	103
70	Eugene	103
72	Harry	101
73	Albert	97
74	Fred	95
74	Steve	95
76	Allen	93
77	Mike	92
78	Jimmie	91
79	Don	90
80	Clyde	89
81	Curtis	87
81	Jesse	87
83	Mark	85
84	Anthony	83
84	Norman	83
84	Timothy	83
87	Willie	80
88	Leonard	77
89	Freddie	75
89	Melvin	75
91	Dale	74
92	Glen	73
93	Tony	72
93	Vernon	72
95	Cecil	69
96	Elmer	68
97	Chester	67
97	Herbert	67
97	Lee	67
100	Leslie	66