Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,803
2	David	1,543
3	Michael	1,250
4	William	1,231
5	Robert	1,098
6	John	1,023
7	Mark	918
8	Charles	807
9	Timothy	781
10	Ricky	673
11	Richard	604
12	Gary	584
13	Larry	536
14	Thomas	532
15	Kenneth	522
16	Terry	488
17	Jeffrey	460
18	Donald	458
19	Gregory	456
20	Steven	454
21	Paul	436
22	Joseph	415
23	Danny	407
24	Jerry	398
25	Ronald	354

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	349
27	Billy	329
28	Kevin	326
29	Stephen	308
30	Roger	300
31	Bobby	278
32	Tony	262
33	Douglas	261
34	Dennis	258
35	Ronnie	253
36	Daniel	247
37	Randy	241
38	Mike	232
39	George	230
39	Steve	230
41	Johnny	226
42	Keith	225
43	Jeffery	223
44	Darrell	214
45	Edward	213
46	Jimmy	189
47	Phillip	188
48	Barry	180
49	Bruce	175
50	Randall	154
51	Brian	149
51	Roy	149
53	Christopher	148
54	Dale	147
55	Tim	143
56	Carl	141
57	Jeff	140
58	Tommy	138
59	Harold	135
59	Joe	135
61	Eddie	130
62	Rodney	129
62	Timmy	129
64	Scott	128
65	Raymond	127
66	Jackie	125
67	Ralph	122
67	Rickey	122
69	Donnie	119
70	Glenn	113
71	Patrick	112
72	Micheal	107
73	Wayne	103
74	Frank	101
74	Gerald	101
76	Samuel	99
77	Alan	98
78	Russell	95
79	Walter	94
80	Jack	91
81	Eric	87
81	Stanley	87
83	Greg	85
84	Earl	84
84	Henry	84
84	Lawrence	84
87	Kenny	80
88	Martin	79
88	Marvin	79
90	Curtis	76
91	Arthur	74
92	Allen	73
93	Craig	72
94	Lonnie	71
95	Philip	70
96	Bill	66
96	Chris	66
98	Howard	65
99	Bryan	64
99	Jim	64
99	Victor	64