Kentucky ★ 1946

Top names in Kentucky, 1946

Mary led for girls with 1,734 babies ; James for boys with 2,455. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,734
2	Linda	1,354
3	Barbara	931
4	Patricia	927
5	Betty	903
6	Brenda	897
7	Carolyn	708
8	Sandra	659
9	Judy	648
10	Shirley	618
11	Sharon	579
12	Donna	524
13	Joyce	514
14	Nancy	491
15	Carol	470
16	Wanda	457
17	Phyllis	443
18	Judith	404
19	Janice	380
20	Margaret	371
21	Martha	326
22	Peggy	286
23	Anna	284
24	Elizabeth	279
25	Bonnie	276
26	Dorothy	262
26	Helen	262
28	Janet	256
29	Virginia	243
30	Doris	240
31	Ruth	238
32	Susan	233
33	Beverly	222
34	Alice	215
35	Sue	213
36	Gloria	203
37	Patsy	200
38	Diana	197
39	Wilma	194
40	Norma	184
41	Frances	180
42	Marilyn	178
43	Jo	177
44	Connie	176
44	Lois	176
46	Karen	165
47	Rita	159
48	Charlotte	156
49	Joan	153
50	Ruby	150
51	Glenda	146
51	Rebecca	146
53	Ann	144
53	Pamela	144
55	Sheila	129
56	Jane	128
56	Kathleen	128
58	Cheryl	125
58	Rose	125
60	Mildred	120
61	Loretta	118
62	Evelyn	113
62	Geraldine	113
64	Sarah	108
64	Sherry	108
66	Diane	104
67	Edna	95
68	Jean	92
68	Juanita	92
68	Margie	92
71	Thelma	88
72	Anita	87
73	Laura	86
74	Billie	85
74	Paula	85
76	Suzanne	84
77	Darlene	82
78	Vivian	79
79	Geneva	78
79	Julia	78
81	Eva	76
82	Cynthia	74
82	Katherine	74
84	Clara	72
84	Emma	72
84	Louise	72
84	Sylvia	72
88	Catherine	71
88	Ethel	71
90	Hazel	69
91	Charlene	67
92	Jacqueline	66
93	Gladys	65
93	Marie	65
95	June	61
96	Carole	60
96	Lillian	60
98	Ella	59
98	Georgia	59
100	Sara	58

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,455
2	William	1,515
3	Robert	1,253
4	John	1,189
5	Charles	1,147
6	Larry	1,078
7	David	939
8	Jerry	695
9	Donald	673
10	Ronald	651
11	Michael	628
12	Gary	621
13	Richard	554
14	Thomas	549
15	Kenneth	504
16	George	468
17	Billy	462
17	Paul	462
19	Joseph	429
20	Danny	427
21	Roger	410
22	Bobby	370
23	Ronnie	329
24	Harold	307
25	Roy	277
26	Jimmy	274
27	Edward	270
28	Carl	242
29	Dennis	235
30	Terry	217
31	Johnny	216
31	Raymond	216
33	Joe	196
34	Ralph	179
34	Tommy	179
36	Gerald	178
37	Daniel	167
38	Wayne	157
39	Jack	154
39	Walter	154
41	Earl	152
41	Frank	152
41	Phillip	152
44	Stephen	149
45	Douglas	148
45	Henry	148
47	Jackie	135
48	Eddie	132
49	Donnie	130
50	Ray	128
51	Harry	125
52	Jimmie	119
53	Howard	116
54	Albert	114
54	Clarence	114
54	Darrell	114
57	Bill	113
58	Russell	110
59	Glenn	109
60	Don	108
61	Eugene	107
61	Marvin	107
63	Lawrence	104
63	Lonnie	104
65	Ernest	103
66	Arthur	101
67	Barry	95
68	Bruce	92
68	Randall	92
68	Samuel	92
71	Cecil	90
71	Fred	90
73	Jesse	89
74	Leonard	88
75	Curtis	85
75	Norman	85
77	Willie	83
78	Philip	81
79	Chester	80
80	Melvin	79
81	Freddie	78
81	Stanley	78
83	Allen	76
83	Clyde	76
85	Steve	72
85	Vernon	72
87	Elmer	70
88	Anthony	69
88	Leslie	69
90	Garry	68
90	Lloyd	68
90	Louis	68
93	Dale	67
93	Glen	67
95	Gene	65
95	Herbert	65
95	Mike	65
98	Floyd	62
99	Jim	61
100	Claude	59