Kentucky ★ 1947

Top names in Kentucky, 1947

Linda led for girls with 2,174 babies ; James for boys with 2,556. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,174
2	Mary	1,814
3	Brenda	1,131
4	Patricia	1,030
5	Barbara	985
6	Betty	812
7	Carolyn	794
8	Sandra	738
9	Judy	712
10	Sharon	692
11	Donna	641
12	Shirley	579
13	Nancy	575
14	Joyce	542
15	Wanda	473
16	Phyllis	461
17	Carol	455
18	Judith	450
19	Janice	447
20	Margaret	418
21	Martha	374
22	Janet	335
23	Peggy	333
24	Elizabeth	308
25	Bonnie	296
26	Anna	283
27	Susan	274
28	Beverly	272
29	Virginia	263
30	Helen	242
31	Connie	233
32	Ruth	218
33	Charlotte	214
34	Sue	210
35	Karen	209
36	Patsy	208
37	Alice	204
37	Diana	204
37	Dorothy	204
37	Marilyn	204
41	Wilma	201
42	Pamela	200
43	Frances	198
44	Doris	186
45	Jo	182
45	Rebecca	182
45	Rita	182
48	Gloria	176
49	Lois	171
49	Norma	171
51	Glenda	156
52	Ann	154
53	Joan	150
54	Diane	149
54	Mildred	149
56	Cheryl	147
57	Jane	146
58	Ruby	143
59	Paula	142
60	Sherry	134
61	Kathleen	124
62	Juanita	121
62	Sarah	121
62	Sheila	121
65	Edna	120
65	Rose	120
67	Evelyn	115
68	Geraldine	111
69	Loretta	107
70	Darlene	100
71	Anita	94
72	Laura	93
73	Emma	92
73	Vivian	92
75	Billie	91
76	Thelma	89
77	Jacqueline	88
77	Jean	88
77	Marsha	88
80	Charlene	87
81	Julia	85
82	Deborah	81
83	Cynthia	79
83	Edith	79
85	Eva	77
85	Kathy	77
87	Margie	75
88	Christine	74
88	Suzanne	74
90	Catherine	73
91	Georgia	72
91	Katherine	72
91	Sylvia	72
94	Sally	69
95	Louise	68
96	Elaine	67
96	Kathryn	67
96	Patty	67
99	June	66
99	Lynda	66

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,556
2	William	1,709
3	Larry	1,327
4	Robert	1,321
5	John	1,271
6	Charles	1,261
7	David	1,105
8	Michael	847
9	Gary	768
10	Donald	738
11	Jerry	729
12	Thomas	699
13	Richard	675
14	Ronald	671
15	Kenneth	594
16	Danny	552
17	Paul	500
18	George	451
19	Joseph	446
20	Billy	406
21	Roger	405
22	Ronnie	391
23	Bobby	387
24	Harold	343
25	Edward	322
26	Terry	305
27	Dennis	299
28	Jimmy	295
29	Johnny	277
30	Roy	262
31	Carl	257
32	Joe	229
32	Stephen	229
34	Raymond	202
35	Phillip	190
36	Daniel	188
36	Wayne	188
38	Walter	179
39	Gerald	175
40	Jack	174
41	Ralph	169
42	Douglas	168
43	Tommy	166
44	Earl	163
45	Donnie	162
45	Henry	162
47	Eddie	158
48	Harry	149
48	Jackie	149
50	Frank	148
51	Glenn	147
52	Lawrence	144
53	Bill	137
54	Fred	136
54	Lonnie	136
56	Marvin	135
57	Randall	125
57	Steve	125
59	Bruce	124
60	Howard	123
60	Samuel	123
62	Jimmie	119
63	Darrell	117
63	Stanley	117
65	Arthur	116
65	Ray	116
67	Eugene	113
68	Ernest	111
68	Steven	111
70	Don	110
71	Clarence	109
72	Garry	107
73	Gregory	106
74	Barry	105
75	Russell	104
76	Chester	93
77	Philip	92
78	Mike	91
79	Allen	88
79	Willie	88
81	Jesse	86
82	Albert	85
82	Freddie	85
84	Clyde	84
85	Leonard	82
85	Norman	82
87	Anthony	80
87	Curtis	80
89	Lloyd	78
90	Vernon	77
91	Cecil	76
92	Dale	73
92	Louis	73
92	Melvin	73
95	Rodney	72
96	Tony	70
97	Clifford	67
97	Timothy	67
99	Arnold	66
99	Mark	66