Kentucky ★ 1940

Top names in Kentucky, 1940

Mary led for girls with 1,788 babies ; James for boys with 2,238. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,788
2	Betty	1,136
3	Barbara	957
4	Shirley	683
5	Patricia	615
6	Joyce	590
7	Linda	521
8	Wanda	517
9	Anna	435
10	Martha	424
11	Nancy	419
12	Phyllis	378
13	Margaret	356
14	Janice	343
15	Dorothy	341
16	Helen	337
17	Ruth	320
18	Carolyn	318
19	Doris	294
20	Judith	290
21	Norma	289
22	Elizabeth	284
23	Peggy	273
24	Virginia	260
25	Carol	258
26	Wilma	246
27	Brenda	238
28	Bonnie	233
29	Judy	216
30	Alice	215
31	Patsy	208
32	Ruby	205
33	Janet	202
34	Lois	194
35	Frances	189
36	Donna	183
37	Sandra	182
37	Sue	182
39	Juanita	171
40	Ann	167
41	Mildred	163
42	Joan	154
43	Jo	150
44	Edna	144
45	Jean	140
45	Sarah	140
47	Geraldine	139
47	Loretta	139
49	Charlotte	138
50	Emma	137
51	Thelma	136
52	Rose	124
53	Marilyn	123
54	Jane	120
55	Gloria	119
56	Evelyn	115
57	Beverly	113
58	Edith	112
58	Louise	112
60	Margie	107
61	Gladys	106
62	Alma	96
63	Clara	95
64	Geneva	94
64	Sharon	94
66	Glenda	92
67	Eva	89
67	Hazel	89
69	Christine	88
70	Laura	87
71	Irene	80
72	Billie	79
72	Ethel	79
72	Shelby	79
75	Pauline	78
76	Georgia	77
76	Kathleen	77
76	Vivian	77
79	Marie	76
79	Sylvia	76
81	Ella	75
81	June	75
83	Delores	74
84	Julia	73
85	Beulah	72
86	Patty	71
86	Rebecca	71
88	Joann	70
89	Jeanette	68
89	Lucy	68
91	Bernice	67
91	Myrtle	67
91	Sally	67
94	Faye	66
94	Lillie	66
94	Marjorie	66
94	Rita	66
98	Lillian	65
99	Nellie	64
100	Elsie	63

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,238
2	William	1,360
3	Robert	1,162
4	Charles	1,129
5	John	955
6	Donald	776
7	David	542
8	Billy	531
9	Bobby	499
10	Jerry	478
11	Thomas	461
12	Kenneth	446
13	Paul	445
14	Ronald	437
15	George	421
16	Larry	416
17	Richard	404
18	Harold	353
19	Joseph	338
20	Joe	276
21	Roy	261
22	Carl	260
23	Edward	251
24	Raymond	245
25	Jimmy	201
26	Jack	191
27	Ralph	188
28	Gary	182
29	Earl	178
30	Gerald	170
31	Walter	167
32	Henry	157
33	Johnny	154
34	Frank	152
35	Roger	150
36	Wendell	145
37	Jimmie	140
38	Jackie	137
39	Ray	134
40	Clarence	130
40	Eugene	130
42	Wayne	125
43	Phillip	124
44	Arthur	119
45	Michael	118
46	Howard	117
47	Marvin	114
48	Tommy	112
49	Ernest	110
50	Fred	109
51	Franklin	107
51	Ronnie	107
53	Clyde	106
54	Don	105
55	Lawrence	104
56	Chester	102
56	Harry	102
58	Cecil	101
58	Norman	101
60	Bill	98
61	Glenn	97
61	Russell	97
61	Vernon	97
64	Gene	96
65	Albert	95
66	Willie	94
67	Jesse	93
68	Melvin	92
69	Arnold	91
70	Douglas	87
71	Daniel	86
72	Danny	85
73	Dennis	83
73	Louis	83
75	Elmer	81
76	Samuel	80
77	Leonard	79
78	Stanley	76
79	Leroy	75
80	Lee	73
80	Willard	73
82	Floyd	72
83	Eddie	70
84	Freddie	69
84	Philip	69
86	Allen	68
86	Clifford	68
86	Lonnie	68
89	Donnie	66
89	Everett	66
91	Lloyd	64
91	Lowell	64
93	Herman	63
94	Glen	62
95	Virgil	60
96	Curtis	59
96	Herbert	59
98	Homer	56
99	Alvin	55
99	Claude	55