Kentucky ★ 1938

Top names in Kentucky, 1938

Mary led for girls with 1,784 babies ; James for boys with 2,172. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,784
2	Betty	1,369
3	Barbara	940
4	Shirley	930
5	Joyce	498
6	Patricia	495
7	Nancy	453
8	Wanda	440
9	Dorothy	409
10	Anna	407
11	Martha	404
12	Doris	354
13	Helen	353
14	Margaret	338
15	Norma	331
16	Phyllis	327
17	Elizabeth	301
18	Carolyn	288
18	Ruth	288
20	Virginia	284
21	Wilma	279
22	Peggy	266
23	Janice	264
24	Ruby	239
25	Alice	226
26	Frances	218
26	Lois	218
28	Carol	217
29	Patsy	200
30	Linda	197
31	Mildred	195
32	Jo	184
33	Bonnie	181
34	Ann	176
35	Donna	175
36	Thelma	171
37	Edna	168
38	Sue	152
39	Joan	151
40	Juanita	149
41	Emma	145
41	Loretta	145
43	Janet	144
44	Jean	143
45	Shelby	141
46	Geraldine	136
47	Alma	135
48	Margie	133
49	Sarah	129
50	Evelyn	121
50	Rose	121
52	Edith	119
53	Jane	115
54	Hazel	113
55	Ethel	109
55	Judith	109
57	Beverly	108
57	Clara	108
59	Pauline	107
60	Gladys	106
61	Geneva	104
61	Joann	104
63	Lillian	102
64	Louise	93
64	Sylvia	93
66	Charlotte	92
66	Marilyn	92
68	Christine	90
69	Marjorie	85
70	Sandra	84
71	Gloria	83
72	Eva	82
72	Julia	82
74	Georgia	81
74	Irene	81
74	Laura	81
77	Ella	79
77	June	79
79	Bessie	77
80	Lillie	76
81	Billie	75
81	Delores	75
81	Glenda	75
81	Marie	75
85	Kathleen	72
86	Anita	70
86	Bobbie	70
88	Opal	69
89	Myrtle	68
89	Nellie	68
91	Rebecca	67
92	Roberta	66
93	Sally	65
94	Elsie	64
94	Yvonne	64
96	Mattie	63
97	Judy	62
97	Maxine	62
99	Ida	61
100	Jeanette	60

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,172
2	William	1,421
3	Charles	1,206
4	Robert	1,186
5	John	978
6	Donald	877
7	Billy	574
8	Bobby	573
9	Kenneth	485
10	David	443
11	Paul	440
12	George	434
13	Thomas	400
14	Ronald	382
15	Harold	360
16	Joseph	359
17	Jerry	336
18	Richard	309
19	Edward	283
20	Larry	260
21	Carl	255
22	Joe	239
23	Raymond	230
24	Roy	222
25	Jack	212
26	Henry	187
27	Walter	184
28	Earl	172
29	Jackie	171
30	Ralph	170
31	Frank	167
32	Jimmie	166
33	Jimmy	163
34	Eugene	160
35	Gerald	158
36	Fred	135
37	Johnny	132
37	Marvin	132
39	Ray	130
40	Wayne	126
41	Albert	124
42	Bill	120
43	Clarence	119
44	Howard	116
45	Clyde	115
45	Don	115
47	Gary	111
47	Gene	111
49	Norman	110
50	Ernest	106
51	Roger	105
51	Tommy	105
53	Lawrence	100
54	Arthur	97
54	Harry	97
56	Cecil	95
56	Glenn	95
58	Franklin	93
59	Elmer	92
60	Herbert	91
61	Arnold	90
61	Curtis	90
63	Melvin	89
63	Phillip	89
63	Willie	89
66	Samuel	88
67	Douglas	85
68	Vernon	84
69	Ronnie	82
70	Russell	81
71	Lloyd	78
72	Jesse	77
73	Lowell	76
74	Herman	75
75	Floyd	74
76	Leroy	72
77	Chester	71
78	Leonard	69
79	Stanley	68
80	Claude	67
80	Daniel	67
80	Everett	67
80	Michael	67
80	Willard	67
85	Billie	66
85	Danny	66
85	Glen	66
85	Louis	66
89	Clifford	65
90	Donnie	64
90	Lewis	64
92	Eddie	63
92	Freddie	63
92	Marion	63
95	Virgil	61
96	Wendell	59
97	Lonnie	58
98	Alvin	57
99	Homer	55
99	Lee	55