Kentucky · 1942

Top 100 names in Kentucky, 1942, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#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	Judy	386
#14	Carol	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
#52	Marilyn	123
#53	Emma	119
#54	Glenda	119
#55	Geraldine	119
#56	Sarah	115
#57	Jane	115
#58	Jean	114
#59	Margie	110
#60	Rose	110
#61	Edith	110
#62	Evelyn	102
#63	Carole	101
#64	Rebecca	95
#65	Susan	95
#66	Joann	94
#67	Gladys	93
#68	Billie	93
#69	Geneva	93
#70	Clara	92
#71	Alma	90
#72	Pauline	87
#73	Eva	85
#74	Ethel	85
#75	Hazel	83
#76	Lillian	82
#77	Connie	82
#78	Georgia	80
#79	Julia	75
#80	Lillie	73
#81	Diana	72
#82	Laura	70
#83	Delores	69
#84	Katherine	69
#85	Kathleen	69
#86	Myrtle	68
#87	Patty	68
#88	Louise	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	Jacqueline	56
#99	Diane	56
#100	Sally	56

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
Ima	20	7	1
Reva	33	11	1
Gearldine	26	9	1
Nannie	27	9	1
Imogene	40	14	2
Maudie	20	7	1
Annetta	20	7	1
Jewell	45	15	3
Glenna	54	18	4
Opal	47	16	3
Goldie	22	8	2
Wanda	468	160	35

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.