Kentucky · 1939

Top 100 names in Kentucky, 1939, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#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
#11	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	Carol	220
#26	Alice	220
#27	Ruby	213
#28	Frances	206
#29	Lois	205
#30	Janet	191
#31	Bonnie	188
#32	Patsy	188
#33	Juanita	182
#34	Judith	171
#35	Sue	167
#36	Donna	160
#37	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
#48	Loretta	122
#49	Jean	121
#50	Geneva	117
#51	Margie	114
#52	Beverly	112
#53	Sarah	112
#54	Sandra	111
#55	Rose	108
#56	Alma	104
#57	Billie	103
#58	Edith	100
#59	Glenda	100
#60	Pauline	98
#61	Clara	97
#62	Hazel	97
#63	Brenda	95
#64	Jane	94
#65	Louise	94
#66	Shelby	93
#67	Ethel	93
#68	Ella	93
#69	Joann	92
#70	Lillian	89
#71	Roberta	88
#72	Charlotte	88
#73	Eva	87
#74	Sharon	85
#75	Delores	84
#76	Rebecca	82
#77	Sylvia	81
#78	Gladys	80
#79	Irene	80
#80	Christine	75
#81	Yvonne	74
#82	Marie	73
#83	Georgia	72
#84	Nellie	72
#85	Elsie	71
#86	June	71
#87	Laura	71
#88	Bessie	68
#89	Bertha	67
#90	Lillie	66
#91	Faye	66
#92	Ida	65
#93	Catherine	63
#94	Vivian	63
#95	Rita	61
#96	Marjorie	61
#97	Gloria	60
#98	Lena	60
#99	Minnie	59
#100	Beulah	59

Uniquely popular in Kentucky

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Maudie	21	8	1
Oma	22	8	1
Nannie	36	13	2
Annetta	21	8	1
Glenna	59	21	4
Jewell	37	13	3
Reva	21	8	2
Wanda	470	170	42
Imogene	42	15	4
Beulah	59	21	5
Geneva	117	42	10
Wilda	22	8	2

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.