Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,122
2	David	1,477
3	William	1,465
4	Michael	1,459
5	Robert	1,282
6	John	1,239
7	Charles	990
8	Gary	921
9	Larry	886
10	Richard	755
11	Thomas	645
12	Donald	640
13	Jerry	553
14	Kenneth	544
15	Danny	533
16	Ronald	518
17	Joseph	500
18	Paul	495
18	Terry	495
20	Steven	474
21	Mark	453
22	Stephen	449
23	Roger	410
24	Dennis	403
25	Billy	341

Rank	Name	Babies
26	George	333
27	Ronnie	318
28	Ricky	299
29	Edward	297
30	Gregory	294
31	Daniel	293
32	Bobby	285
33	Johnny	238
33	Timothy	238
35	Anthony	226
36	Douglas	225
37	Roy	211
38	Harold	210
39	Carl	202
40	Phillip	191
41	Jimmy	185
42	Bruce	183
43	Darrell	181
44	Jeffrey	179
45	Barry	174
46	Raymond	172
47	Donnie	164
48	Randy	161
49	Jackie	154
50	Ralph	152
51	Walter	149
52	Gerald	141
53	Steve	139
54	Frank	137
54	Joe	137
54	Stanley	137
57	Randall	133
58	Jack	132
58	Kevin	132
60	Wayne	131
61	Eddie	129
61	Garry	129
63	Glenn	128
64	Lawrence	120
65	Earl	119
66	Keith	118
67	Rodney	117
68	Tony	115
69	Tommy	114
70	Henry	108
70	Rickey	108
72	Dale	105
72	Samuel	105
74	Howard	100
75	Russell	98
76	Philip	97
77	Alan	90
78	Fred	88
79	Allen	87
79	Lonnie	87
81	Clarence	85
81	Marvin	85
83	Micheal	84
84	Jeffery	83
84	Patrick	83
86	Curtis	81
87	Arthur	80
88	Ernest	78
89	Clifford	76
89	Ray	76
91	Albert	73
92	Eugene	72
92	Harry	72
92	Norman	72
95	Herbert	68
96	Dwight	65
96	Glen	65
98	Don	63
98	Jimmie	63
98	Leonard	63
98	Louis	63
98	Mike	63