Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,062
2	William	1,383
3	Michael	1,347
4	David	1,342
5	Robert	1,327
6	John	1,265
7	Larry	1,035
8	Charles	1,011
9	Gary	955
10	Richard	724
11	Donald	641
12	Thomas	627
13	Kenneth	581
14	Jerry	576
15	Danny	520
16	Paul	480
17	Ronald	460
18	Joseph	456
19	Roger	455
20	George	427
21	Stephen	420
22	Dennis	418
23	Terry	403
24	Steven	382
25	Billy	318

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	306
27	Edward	284
28	Bobby	279
29	Ronnie	263
30	Mark	254
31	Harold	250
32	Johnny	244
33	Roy	222
34	Douglas	221
35	Carl	215
36	Gregory	213
37	Jimmy	201
38	Phillip	189
39	Donnie	180
40	Bruce	179
40	Timothy	179
42	Anthony	178
43	Jackie	162
44	Darrell	156
45	Raymond	154
46	Gerald	151
47	Ralph	150
48	Randall	148
49	Lawrence	146
50	Barry	145
50	Ricky	145
52	Jack	140
52	Wayne	140
54	Joe	139
55	Walter	131
56	Randy	126
57	Frank	125
58	Eddie	124
59	Samuel	120
60	Tommy	119
61	Stanley	117
62	Garry	115
63	Glenn	114
64	Henry	112
65	Steve	111
66	Allen	110
67	Ernest	109
68	Dale	106
69	Harry	105
70	Earl	104
71	Clarence	103
72	Eugene	102
72	Marvin	102
74	Arthur	101
75	Patrick	98
76	Keith	95
77	Alan	94
78	Micheal	93
79	Philip	92
80	Rodney	91
81	Jeffrey	90
81	Lonnie	90
83	Howard	87
84	Jesse	81
85	Russell	80
86	Dwight	74
86	Ray	74
88	Albert	72
88	Fred	72
90	Curtis	71
90	Leonard	71
92	Tony	70
93	Lloyd	69
94	Floyd	62
94	Norman	62
96	Cecil	61
97	Clifford	60
97	Don	60
97	Edwin	60
100	Jimmie	59
100	Louis	59