Kentucky · 1944

Top 100 names in Kentucky, 1944, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,598
#2	Linda	932
#3	Betty	843
#4	Barbara	817
#5	Patricia	744
#6	Brenda	599
#7	Carolyn	593
#8	Shirley	561
#9	Joyce	494
#10	Judy	483
#11	Nancy	435
#12	Wanda	418
#13	Sandra	398
#14	Carol	396
#15	Phyllis	382
#16	Martha	351
#17	Judith	345
#18	Sharon	343
#19	Janice	306
#20	Anna	297
#21	Donna	297
#22	Dorothy	293
#23	Margaret	285
#24	Bonnie	275
#25	Helen	268
#26	Elizabeth	251
#27	Virginia	246
#28	Doris	229
#29	Ruth	227
#30	Janet	227
#31	Peggy	222
#32	Alice	197
#33	Wilma	197
#34	Patsy	182
#35	Frances	180
#36	Norma	179
#37	Charlotte	176
#38	Ruby	162
#39	Lois	158
#40	Sue	155
#41	Marilyn	149
#42	Glenda	143
#43	Mildred	139
#44	Jo	138
#45	Beverly	136
#46	Gloria	132
#47	Joan	126
#48	Susan	125
#49	Jane	121
#50	Margie	120
#51	Thelma	117
#52	Ann	117
#53	Edna	113
#54	Rose	113
#55	Sarah	113
#56	Geraldine	110
#57	Juanita	108
#58	Billie	105
#59	Karen	101
#60	Jean	99
#61	Rebecca	96
#62	Emma	95
#63	Connie	95
#64	Rita	93
#65	Loretta	92
#66	Georgia	84
#67	Evelyn	83
#68	Cheryl	81
#69	Sylvia	80
#70	Pamela	79
#71	Ethel	78
#72	Kathleen	77
#73	Edith	76
#74	Alma	73
#75	Diana	73
#76	Clara	71
#77	Louise	70
#78	Carole	69
#79	Pauline	68
#80	Julia	67
#81	Bobbie	66
#82	Eva	66
#83	Vivian	66
#84	Anita	64
#85	Ella	63
#86	Gladys	63
#87	Delores	63
#88	Geneva	62
#89	Catherine	62
#90	Paula	61
#91	Sherry	60
#92	Katherine	60
#93	Charlene	60
#94	Laura	59
#95	Jacqueline	58
#96	Lillian	58
#97	Stella	58
#98	Minnie	57
#99	Hazel	57
#100	Irene	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
Reva	20	7	1
Imogene	26	9	2
Jewell	34	12	2
Opal	44	16	3
Beulah	48	17	3
Wanda	418	151	33
Freda	44	16	4
Glenna	48	17	4
Wilma	197	71	16
Iva	23	8	2
Ada	47	17	4
Ina	29	10	3

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.