Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,910
2	Michael	1,425
3	David	1,403
4	William	1,283
5	Robert	1,177
6	John	1,130
7	Charles	915
8	Gary	817
9	Richard	721
10	Mark	697
11	Larry	663
12	Thomas	603
13	Kenneth	593
14	Donald	555
15	Steven	541
16	Joseph	535
17	Terry	517
18	Paul	487
19	Ronald	463
20	Timothy	443
21	Jerry	438
22	Gregory	432
23	Danny	427
24	Stephen	412
25	Ricky	372

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roger	361
27	George	318
28	Ronnie	311
29	Dennis	309
30	Jeffrey	302
31	Anthony	298
32	Douglas	297
33	Billy	290
34	Daniel	268
35	Bobby	256
36	Randy	254
37	Darrell	240
38	Edward	239
39	Bruce	214
40	Harold	208
41	Johnny	202
42	Jimmy	197
43	Carl	193
44	Keith	188
44	Kevin	188
46	Phillip	187
46	Roy	187
48	Tony	171
49	Steve	164
50	Barry	157
50	Raymond	157
52	Randall	153
53	Gerald	146
54	Jackie	142
55	Jeffery	141
56	Donnie	138
57	Joe	132
58	Jack	129
59	Ralph	126
59	Walter	126
61	Lawrence	125
62	Eddie	124
63	Micheal	122
64	Dale	119
64	Glenn	119
66	Stanley	116
67	Garry	114
68	Patrick	112
69	Frank	110
70	Rodney	108
70	Russell	108
72	Earl	103
73	Alan	101
74	Rickey	100
74	Tommy	100
76	Philip	98
77	Wayne	95
78	Dwight	93
79	Howard	92
80	Henry	91
80	Lonnie	91
80	Samuel	91
83	Brian	88
83	Marvin	88
83	Mike	88
86	Curtis	87
87	Allen	85
87	Christopher	85
89	Clarence	83
89	Ernest	83
91	Martin	78
91	Scott	78
93	Ray	76
94	Eugene	72
95	Albert	69
95	Arthur	69
97	Jesse	65
98	Norman	64
99	Andrew	61
99	Harry	61
99	Louis	61
99	Melvin	61