Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,172
2	William	1,452
3	Michael	1,351
4	David	1,340
5	Robert	1,302
6	John	1,291
7	Larry	1,180
8	Charles	1,113
9	Gary	932
10	Richard	707
11	Jerry	688
12	Thomas	686
13	Donald	662
14	Ronald	561
15	Kenneth	554
16	Roger	516
17	Joseph	509
18	Paul	467
19	Danny	465
20	Stephen	458
21	George	413
22	Dennis	387
23	Terry	368
24	Steven	353
25	Billy	326

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ronnie	303
27	Edward	290
28	Bobby	273
29	Harold	261
30	Daniel	249
31	Jimmy	243
31	Roy	243
33	Douglas	240
34	Johnny	238
35	Carl	227
36	Mark	223
37	Phillip	211
38	Gregory	208
39	Raymond	186
40	Bruce	184
41	Timothy	174
42	Walter	161
43	Anthony	158
43	Darrell	158
45	Gerald	156
45	Jackie	156
47	Ralph	155
47	Wayne	155
49	Joe	150
50	Jack	147
51	Donnie	141
52	Frank	139
53	Eddie	135
54	Randall	131
55	Barry	130
56	Lawrence	125
57	Earl	124
58	Henry	123
59	Glenn	120
59	Samuel	120
61	Lonnie	119
62	Tommy	118
63	Stanley	116
64	Garry	114
64	Marvin	114
66	Eugene	111
66	Russell	111
68	Harry	105
69	Patrick	102
70	Arthur	97
71	Philip	95
72	Randy	94
72	Steve	94
74	Allen	92
74	Ernest	92
74	Howard	92
77	Albert	90
78	Rodney	89
79	Clarence	85
80	Fred	84
81	Ray	83
81	Ricky	83
83	Vernon	82
84	Alan	80
84	Dale	80
86	Tony	75
87	Glen	74
88	Jimmie	72
88	Leonard	72
88	Norman	72
91	Bill	70
91	Freddie	70
91	Melvin	70
94	Don	69
94	Keith	69
96	Curtis	68
96	Lloyd	68
98	Clyde	67
98	Jesse	67
98	Micheal	67