Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,036
2	William	1,467
3	David	1,391
4	Michael	1,326
5	Robert	1,296
6	John	1,173
7	Charles	1,033
8	Gary	921
9	Larry	846
10	Richard	744
11	Thomas	620
12	Donald	604
13	Kenneth	568
14	Jerry	546
15	Ronald	493
16	Roger	490
17	Danny	479
18	Paul	475
19	Steven	452
20	Joseph	427
21	Stephen	425
22	Terry	413
23	Dennis	405
24	Mark	358
25	George	354

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Billy	324
27	Ronnie	301
28	Daniel	289
29	Edward	278
30	Ricky	270
31	Bobby	268
32	Gregory	250
33	Douglas	226
34	Johnny	220
35	Roy	217
35	Timothy	217
37	Harold	213
38	Jimmy	195
39	Anthony	192
40	Carl	183
40	Raymond	183
42	Darrell	162
42	Ralph	162
44	Phillip	160
45	Bruce	159
46	Lawrence	148
47	Gerald	145
48	Randy	143
49	Glenn	140
50	Donnie	136
51	Jackie	135
52	Barry	132
53	Jeffrey	130
54	Walter	127
55	Garry	126
55	Wayne	126
57	Randall	125
58	Joe	124
59	Henry	122
59	Patrick	122
61	Marvin	119
62	Rodney	117
63	Earl	116
63	Jack	116
63	Samuel	116
66	Keith	112
67	Eddie	109
67	Steve	109
69	Stanley	108
70	Dwight	105
71	Arthur	102
72	Tommy	101
73	Frank	100
73	Lonnie	100
75	Dale	98
75	Micheal	98
77	Ray	95
78	Russell	92
79	Fred	90
80	Eugene	89
81	Rickey	84
82	Howard	82
83	Ernest	80
83	Philip	80
85	Clarence	79
86	Allen	78
87	Alan	76
87	Harry	76
89	Tony	74
90	Albert	72
90	Jesse	72
92	Kevin	70
93	Curtis	68
94	Don	63
94	Jeffery	63
96	Herbert	62
97	Freddie	59
98	Glen	58
98	Melvin	58
98	Rickie	58