Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,252
2	William	1,486
3	Michael	1,264
4	Robert	1,261
5	John	1,217
6	Larry	1,212
7	David	1,181
8	Charles	1,133
9	Gary	862
10	Donald	698
11	Jerry	687
11	Thomas	687
13	Ronald	594
14	Kenneth	590
15	Richard	567
16	Joseph	514
17	Roger	505
18	Danny	493
19	Paul	438
20	Stephen	407
21	George	395
22	Dennis	369
23	Terry	352
24	Billy	337
25	Ronnie	303

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bobby	297
27	Edward	293
28	Steven	276
29	Roy	264
30	Jimmy	247
31	Daniel	246
32	Harold	243
33	Johnny	233
34	Carl	231
35	Raymond	207
36	Phillip	202
37	Douglas	191
38	Wayne	180
39	Gregory	176
40	Joe	171
41	Gerald	170
42	Donnie	166
43	Mark	163
44	Bruce	160
45	Eddie	159
46	Ralph	156
47	Walter	155
48	Jackie	143
49	Darrell	142
49	Randall	142
51	Earl	141
52	Henry	140
53	Samuel	135
54	Harry	131
55	Lonnie	124
56	Jack	123
57	Timothy	121
58	Philip	119
59	Frank	118
59	Glenn	118
59	Lawrence	118
62	Barry	117
63	Arthur	107
64	Howard	106
65	Garry	104
66	Anthony	102
67	Russell	101
68	Allen	98
69	Tommy	96
70	Marvin	95
70	Stanley	95
70	Steve	95
73	Ernest	94
74	Clarence	92
75	Dale	91
76	Willie	88
77	Ray	86
78	Eugene	83
78	Leonard	83
80	Jimmie	82
81	Patrick	81
82	Albert	80
83	Micheal	79
84	Freddie	77
85	Fred	75
86	Bill	74
86	Cecil	74
86	Norman	74
89	Clyde	73
90	Melvin	71
91	Jesse	70
92	Lloyd	69
93	Louis	67
93	Vernon	67
95	Don	66
95	Rodney	66
97	Herbert	65
98	Ricky	64
99	Wendell	63
100	Clifford	59
100	Lee	59