Kentucky ★ 1939

Top names in Kentucky, 1939

Mary led for girls with 1,733 babies ; James for boys with 2,109. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,733
2	Betty	1,367
3	Barbara	907
4	Shirley	753
5	Joyce	524
6	Patricia	490
7	Nancy	474
8	Wanda	470
9	Anna	449
10	Martha	395
10	Phyllis	395
12	Margaret	372
13	Dorothy	359
14	Carolyn	327
15	Helen	314
16	Doris	311
17	Janice	307
18	Linda	296
19	Peggy	294
20	Norma	291
21	Ruth	285
22	Elizabeth	265
23	Virginia	263
24	Wilma	246
25	Alice	220
25	Carol	220
27	Ruby	213
28	Frances	206
29	Lois	205
30	Janet	191
31	Bonnie	188
31	Patsy	188
33	Juanita	182
34	Judith	171
35	Sue	167
36	Donna	160
36	Mildred	160
38	Ann	159
39	Thelma	148
40	Jo	146
41	Emma	145
42	Edna	139
43	Evelyn	135
44	Geraldine	134
45	Marilyn	129
46	Judy	123
47	Joan	122
47	Loretta	122
49	Jean	121
50	Geneva	117
51	Margie	114
52	Beverly	112
52	Sarah	112
54	Sandra	111
55	Rose	108
56	Alma	104
57	Billie	103
58	Edith	100
58	Glenda	100
60	Pauline	98
61	Clara	97
61	Hazel	97
63	Brenda	95
64	Jane	94
64	Louise	94
66	Ella	93
66	Ethel	93
66	Shelby	93
69	Joann	92
70	Lillian	89
71	Charlotte	88
71	Roberta	88
73	Eva	87
74	Sharon	85
75	Delores	84
76	Rebecca	82
77	Sylvia	81
78	Gladys	80
78	Irene	80
80	Christine	75
81	Yvonne	74
82	Marie	73
83	Georgia	72
83	Nellie	72
85	Elsie	71
85	June	71
85	Laura	71
88	Bessie	68
89	Bertha	67
90	Faye	66
90	Lillie	66
92	Ida	65
93	Catherine	63
93	Vivian	63
95	Marjorie	61
95	Rita	61
97	Gloria	60
97	Lena	60
99	Beulah	59
99	Glenna	59

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,109
2	William	1,274
3	Charles	1,164
4	Robert	1,144
5	John	969
6	Donald	817
7	Bobby	569
8	David	545
9	Billy	498
10	George	442
11	Kenneth	440
12	Paul	437
13	Thomas	427
14	Ronald	403
15	Jerry	377
16	Harold	366
17	Joseph	341
18	Richard	339
19	Larry	301
20	Carl	277
21	Edward	265
22	Joe	254
23	Raymond	220
24	Roy	214
25	Gerald	183
26	Jimmy	171
27	Earl	168
28	Ralph	164
28	Roger	164
30	Jack	157
31	Henry	155
32	Eugene	152
33	Jimmie	149
34	Jackie	146
35	Frank	144
36	Gary	138
37	Harry	132
37	Ray	132
39	Johnny	131
40	Clarence	130
41	Wayne	126
42	Walter	124
43	Bill	118
44	Fred	117
45	Don	116
45	Marvin	116
47	Jesse	113
48	Howard	112
49	Lawrence	110
50	Cecil	108
50	Tommy	108
52	Norman	104
53	Arthur	103
54	Ernest	101
55	Albert	100
56	Clyde	98
57	Russell	94
58	Franklin	92
58	Glenn	92
60	Gene	90
60	Ronnie	90
62	Stanley	89
63	Elmer	88
63	Phillip	88
63	Willie	88
66	Michael	87
66	Vernon	87
68	Louis	86
69	Daniel	81
70	Leonard	78
71	Floyd	77
71	Lloyd	77
73	Melvin	76
74	Herbert	75
75	Douglas	73
75	Glen	73
77	Donnie	72
78	Clifford	71
79	Lee	70
80	Eddie	69
80	Leroy	69
82	Curtis	68
83	Billie	67
83	Willard	67
85	Herman	65
86	Lowell	64
87	Chester	63
87	Danny	63
87	Lonnie	63
90	Arnold	62
90	Samuel	62
92	Alvin	60
92	Dennis	60
92	Freddie	60
95	Allen	57
95	Claude	57
97	Philip	56
98	Homer	55
98	Randall	55
100	Darrell	53