Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,297
2	William	1,534
3	Larry	1,354
4	Robert	1,298
5	John	1,273
6	Michael	1,135
7	David	1,125
8	Charles	1,104
9	Gary	809
10	Thomas	744
11	Jerry	743
12	Donald	687
13	Ronald	651
14	Richard	571
15	Kenneth	529
16	Roger	506
17	Joseph	505
18	Danny	487
19	George	473
20	Paul	462
21	Stephen	386
22	Ronnie	344
23	Dennis	337
24	Billy	334
25	Terry	333

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bobby	313
27	Edward	292
28	Johnny	289
29	Jimmy	264
30	Roy	256
31	Harold	251
32	Carl	247
33	Steven	202
34	Daniel	196
35	Phillip	192
36	Raymond	179
37	Douglas	176
38	Lawrence	174
39	Joe	171
40	Walter	170
41	Eddie	162
42	Gerald	161
43	Donnie	158
44	Ralph	153
45	Frank	148
45	Wayne	148
47	Randall	141
47	Tommy	141
49	Bruce	140
49	Jackie	140
51	Mark	139
52	Earl	138
53	Darrell	134
54	Glenn	132
55	Henry	128
55	Jack	128
57	Howard	125
58	Anthony	122
58	Arthur	122
60	Marvin	119
61	Gregory	117
62	Eugene	113
62	Harry	113
62	Philip	113
65	Samuel	111
66	Lonnie	110
67	Ernest	108
68	Russell	107
69	Barry	105
70	Dale	104
71	Fred	101
72	Jimmie	100
73	Timothy	99
74	Clarence	97
75	Stanley	95
76	Albert	92
77	Garry	87
78	Steve	85
79	Ray	84
79	Willie	84
81	Rodney	80
82	Micheal	79
83	Leonard	78
84	Bill	76
84	Vernon	76
86	Allen	75
87	Jesse	74
87	Mike	74
87	Patrick	74
90	Clyde	72
91	Norman	71
92	Alan	70
92	Curtis	70
92	Elmer	70
92	Lloyd	70
96	Herbert	67
97	Don	66
97	Glen	66
99	Melvin	65
100	Lee	64
100	Louis	64