Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,909
2	David	1,501
3	Michael	1,355
4	William	1,339
5	Robert	1,232
6	John	1,231
7	Charles	959
8	Gary	900
9	Larry	756
10	Richard	695
11	Thomas	647
12	Kenneth	607
13	Donald	573
14	Joseph	551
15	Mark	549
16	Terry	515
17	Danny	487
18	Steven	482
19	Paul	481
20	Stephen	478
21	Ronald	464
22	Jerry	463
23	Roger	374
24	Ricky	346
25	George	343

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	339
27	Gregory	332
28	Dennis	323
29	Billy	308
30	Bobby	304
31	Daniel	294
32	Douglas	263
33	Anthony	261
34	Ronnie	260
35	Edward	252
36	Johnny	247
37	Jeffrey	245
38	Phillip	215
39	Harold	213
40	Randy	210
40	Roy	210
42	Bruce	203
43	Jimmy	196
44	Keith	191
45	Carl	186
46	Barry	181
47	Darrell	180
48	Steve	159
49	Randall	155
50	Jackie	149
51	Ralph	147
52	Kevin	146
53	Raymond	143
54	Gerald	134
54	Joe	134
56	Glenn	132
56	Jeffery	132
58	Frank	131
58	Garry	131
60	Lawrence	130
61	Eddie	128
62	Walter	125
63	Donnie	123
63	Jack	123
65	Tony	121
65	Wayne	121
67	Rodney	120
68	Tommy	119
69	Patrick	114
70	Stanley	113
71	Earl	110
72	Rickey	109
73	Russell	108
74	Samuel	104
75	Marvin	101
76	Dale	100
76	Micheal	100
78	Alan	97
79	Philip	96
80	Henry	94
81	Clarence	89
81	Howard	89
83	Arthur	88
84	Allen	86
84	Christopher	86
84	Ernest	86
87	Lonnie	85
88	Albert	80
89	Martin	74
90	Vernon	72
91	Curtis	71
92	Harry	69
93	Eugene	68
94	Dwight	66
94	Leonard	66
96	Norman	64
97	Freddie	61
97	Mitchell	61
97	Scott	61
97	Wendell	61