Kentucky ★ 1942

Top names in Kentucky, 1942

Mary led for girls with 1,749 babies ; James for boys with 2,391. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,749
2	Barbara	965
3	Betty	951
4	Patricia	734
5	Linda	709
6	Shirley	622
7	Joyce	581
8	Carolyn	560
9	Nancy	511
10	Wanda	468
11	Brenda	432
12	Phyllis	419
13	Carol	386
13	Judy	386
15	Margaret	379
16	Judith	370
17	Anna	361
18	Martha	351
19	Janice	335
20	Sandra	330
21	Dorothy	307
22	Ruth	299
23	Elizabeth	291
24	Helen	286
25	Doris	279
26	Bonnie	265
27	Virginia	257
28	Peggy	253
29	Donna	242
30	Patsy	231
31	Janet	222
32	Alice	214
33	Lois	209
34	Frances	206
35	Norma	203
36	Ruby	199
37	Wilma	194
38	Sharon	190
39	Jo	179
40	Sue	176
41	Joan	166
42	Ann	162
43	Beverly	160
44	Mildred	154
45	Charlotte	151
46	Juanita	147
47	Gloria	143
48	Thelma	137
49	Edna	132
50	Rita	125
51	Loretta	123
51	Marilyn	123
53	Emma	119
53	Geraldine	119
53	Glenda	119
56	Jane	115
56	Sarah	115
58	Jean	114
59	Edith	110
59	Margie	110
59	Rose	110
62	Evelyn	102
63	Carole	101
64	Rebecca	95
64	Susan	95
66	Joann	94
67	Billie	93
67	Geneva	93
67	Gladys	93
70	Clara	92
71	Alma	90
72	Pauline	87
73	Ethel	85
73	Eva	85
75	Hazel	83
76	Connie	82
76	Lillian	82
78	Georgia	80
79	Julia	75
80	Lillie	73
81	Diana	72
82	Laura	70
83	Delores	69
83	Katherine	69
83	Kathleen	69
86	Louise	68
86	Myrtle	68
86	Patty	68
89	Sylvia	67
90	Bertha	66
91	Bobbie	65
92	Ella	64
93	Irene	62
94	Vivian	61
95	Faye	59
96	Stella	58
97	Bessie	57
98	Charlene	56
98	Diane	56
98	Jacqueline	56

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,391
2	William	1,469
3	Charles	1,212
4	Robert	1,151
5	John	1,026
6	Donald	737
7	David	578
8	Jerry	570
9	Larry	550
10	Ronald	534
11	Thomas	530
12	Billy	499
13	Bobby	444
14	Paul	441
15	George	434
16	Kenneth	431
17	Richard	409
18	Joseph	404
19	Douglas	376
20	Harold	326
21	Roy	281
22	Edward	272
23	Jimmy	247
24	Raymond	245
25	Joe	244
26	Gary	239
27	Carl	237
28	Michael	195
29	Ronnie	185
30	Ralph	181
31	Walter	175
32	Earl	172
32	Henry	172
34	Gerald	159
35	Johnny	156
36	Phillip	155
37	Roger	154
38	Jackie	149
39	Tommy	143
40	Frank	138
40	Jack	138
42	Dennis	136
43	Wayne	133
44	Howard	132
45	Arthur	131
46	Ray	128
47	Eugene	127
48	Clarence	125
48	Lawrence	125
50	Danny	124
51	Albert	123
52	Bill	115
53	Jimmie	113
53	Marvin	113
55	Willie	110
56	Ernest	109
57	Donnie	106
58	Daniel	105
58	Harry	105
58	Norman	105
61	Clyde	102
61	Elmer	102
63	Fred	100
64	Franklin	98
65	Terry	94
66	Samuel	93
67	Jesse	92
68	Glenn	91
69	Cecil	89
70	Russell	88
71	Arnold	85
71	Don	85
73	Melvin	82
73	Philip	82
75	Darrell	80
75	Eddie	80
75	Stephen	80
78	Herman	79
78	Stanley	79
78	Vernon	79
81	Lowell	77
82	Louis	76
83	Chester	74
84	Curtis	73
84	Glen	73
86	Leonard	72
86	Wendell	72
88	Everett	71
88	Lee	71
90	Floyd	69
91	Gene	68
92	Lloyd	67
93	Clifford	64
93	Leroy	64
95	Claude	62
96	Allen	61
96	Alvin	61
98	Freddie	60
98	Herbert	60
98	Lonnie	60