Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1965

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,585
2	David	1,179
3	Michael	1,117
4	John	1,020
5	Robert	887
6	William	886
7	Timothy	764
8	Charles	650
9	Mark	641
10	Jeffrey	633
11	Richard	489
12	Thomas	441
13	Kevin	435
14	Joseph	427
15	Steven	419
16	Gregory	398
17	Kenneth	397
18	Anthony	390
19	Paul	369
20	Gary	348
21	Donald	346
22	Christopher	321
23	Ronald	311
24	Terry	296
25	Brian	289

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	285
27	Jeffery	272
28	Jerry	270
29	Larry	268
30	Daniel	262
31	Ricky	258
32	Danny	215
33	Billy	211
34	Tony	207
35	Douglas	204
36	Rodney	198
37	Bobby	191
38	George	190
39	Randy	184
40	Keith	183
41	Roger	181
42	Phillip	176
43	Scott	175
44	Eric	168
45	Barry	165
46	Edward	163
47	Jimmy	159
48	Troy	154
49	Patrick	153
50	Todd	150
51	Randall	145
52	Johnny	138
53	Darrell	134
54	Ronnie	133
55	Jeff	119
56	Roy	116
57	Dennis	114
58	Harold	111
59	Raymond	110
60	Carl	104
61	Samuel	97
62	Bruce	96
62	Steve	96
62	Tommy	96
65	Joe	95
66	Gerald	91
67	Bryan	90
68	Matthew	88
69	Russell	81
70	Chris	80
71	Glenn	79
72	Allen	78
73	Timmy	75
74	Darryl	74
74	Frank	74
76	Jackie	73
77	Walter	72
78	Jonathan	71
79	Eddie	70
79	Mike	70
81	Dale	69
82	Andrew	68
83	Craig	67
84	Alan	66
84	Henry	66
86	Marvin	64
86	Tim	64
88	Jack	63
89	Darren	62
90	Bradley	59
90	Ralph	59
92	Micheal	58
93	Joey	57
93	Lonnie	57
95	Lawrence	56
95	Marty	56
97	Dwayne	54
98	Jesse	53
98	Kelly	53
100	Donnie	52