Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1961

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,622
2	David	1,464
3	Michael	1,287
4	John	1,131
5	William	1,082
6	Robert	1,058
7	Mark	980
8	Timothy	792
9	Charles	744
10	Jeffrey	588
11	Richard	534
12	Gary	511
13	Kenneth	480
14	Gregory	461
15	Terry	455
16	Ricky	446
16	Thomas	446
18	Donald	445
19	Joseph	440
20	Paul	430
21	Steven	417
22	Larry	396
23	Anthony	371
24	Kevin	363
25	Jerry	321

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Billy	316
26	Ronald	316
28	Danny	305
29	Jeffery	300
30	Roger	277
31	Daniel	260
32	George	255
33	Douglas	249
34	Stephen	247
35	Tony	242
36	Bobby	235
37	Keith	233
38	Brian	215
38	Randy	215
40	Mike	210
41	Christopher	209
41	Dennis	209
43	Edward	204
44	Jimmy	195
45	Barry	186
46	Johnny	181
46	Ronnie	181
46	Steve	181
49	Darrell	180
50	Randall	169
51	Phillip	160
52	Jeff	159
53	Scott	158
54	Harold	149
55	Bruce	145
56	Tim	137
57	Joe	130
57	Raymond	130
59	Carl	129
60	Rodney	123
61	Eddie	122
62	Patrick	120
63	Tommy	116
64	Roy	115
65	Gerald	109
65	Glenn	109
65	Greg	109
68	Timmy	108
69	Todd	106
70	Russell	105
71	Eric	104
72	Frank	102
73	Dale	100
74	Jackie	99
74	Micheal	99
76	Donnie	98
76	Samuel	98
78	Chris	97
79	Alan	95
80	Curtis	92
80	Jack	92
82	Dwayne	91
83	Wayne	90
84	Philip	89
85	Martin	85
86	Mitchell	82
87	Henry	81
88	Troy	80
89	Allen	76
90	Craig	75
91	Rickey	73
92	Marvin	72
93	Kenny	70
93	Lawrence	70
95	Earl	69
95	Stanley	69
95	Walter	69
98	Bryan	66
98	Don	66
98	Howard	66