I knew a guy named Casey Jones too. And a few others who have been the subject of song.

But I'm thinking now that there are really maybe two different questions behind this thread:

1) Are there more men than women celebrating (or otherwise 'immortalizing') their womenfolk in song than the other way around?

and

2) Are there fewer different male names used in song to designate the "hero" (or antihero), even if we control for the number of different male- and female-theme songs?

Re the second question, it seems to me that just about any not-too-odd female name has been used in a song or two but there are some rather common men's names that seldom, if ever, become song lyrics.


I mean, when was the last time you heard a song about Herb, Melvin, Clifford, Clarence, Gregory (or even Greg), Brad, Jerome, Philip, etc.? (Again, not talking about "historical" story songs.)