Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1937

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1937 were Mary for girls (1,726 babies) and James for boys (2,050). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 51,849 babies born in Kentucky in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1937

Names given at least 15 times in Kentucky that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Mayme: 16 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Oma: 22 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Nannie: 40 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Jewell: 52 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Reva: 31 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Maudie: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Annetta: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Freida: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Alene: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Goldie: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Pearl: 18 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Denver: 40 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Hobert: 18 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Shelby: 42 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Kelly: 21 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Denzil: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Delmer: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kennith: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Shirley: 41 babies, 5× the national rate
Noah: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	1,726	–	1
2	Betty	1,305	–	5
3	Shirley	908	–	4
4	Barbara	747	–	2
5	Patricia	476	↑6	3
6	Joyce	434	↑1	11
7	Wanda	403	↑1	55
8	Anna	400	↓3	39
9	Dorothy	397	↓3	8
10	Margaret	380	↑4	10
11	Martha	348	↓2	24
12	Helen	345	↓2	12
13	Nancy	337	–	7
14	Doris	335	↓2	22
15	Norma	290	–	33
16	Phyllis	286	↑1	27
17	Virginia	273	↓1	16
18	Ruth	265	↑1	15
19	Peggy	259	↑3	31
20	Wilma	256	↓2	80
21	Ruby	247	↓1	52
22	Elizabeth	236	↓1	17
23	Mildred	236	↑3	43
24	Carolyn	230	–	20
25	Carol	208	↑10	6
26	Janice	204	↑10	25
27	Lois	187	↓4	29
28	Frances	186	↓3	19
29	Bonnie	182	↑2	64
30	Shelby	178	new	>100
31	Thelma	178	↑2	78
32	Patsy	167	↓5	54
33	Jo	161	↑1	73
34	Juanita	158	↓5	75
35	Jean	157	↑8	23
36	Alice	147	↓8	28
37	Janet	147	↑12	18
38	Sue	135	↑3	>100
39	Edna	134	↓7	74
40	Loretta	133	↑2	63
41	Linda	131	new	49
42	Geneva	129	↓4	>100
43	Joan	129	↓4	9
44	Gladys	128	new	86
45	Ann	127	↓8	30
46	Evelyn	124	–	36
47	Hazel	124	↑1	>100
48	Donna	122	new	21
49	Geraldine	121	new	44
50	Emma	118	↓20	89

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	James	2,050	–	2
2	William	1,245	–	4
3	Charles	1,110	–	6
4	Robert	1,084	–	1
5	John	938	–	3
6	Donald	826	–	7
7	Bobby	581	↑1	24
8	Billy	566	↓1	22
9	George	427	↑1	10
10	Thomas	407	↑2	9
11	Paul	405	↓2	15
12	Kenneth	399	↓1	14
13	David	360	↑1	8
14	Harold	302	↓1	21
15	Richard	297	↑1	5
16	Ronald	297	↑3	11
17	Carl	272	↑3	28
18	Edward	269	↓1	13
19	Joseph	263	↓4	12
20	Jerry	244	↑3	17
21	Joe	231	↓3	25
22	Roy	228	–	40
23	Henry	213	↑7	30
24	Raymond	211	↓3	19
25	Jack	209	–	23
26	Earl	190	↓2	48
27	Jackie	166	↑17	>100
28	Ralph	165	↓2	34
29	Walter	161	↓2	26
30	Larry	156	↑4	16
31	Frank	155	↓2	18
32	Jimmy	148	↓1	45
33	Eugene	143	↓5	33
34	Gerald	135	↑4	20
35	Ray	130	↓3	71
36	Franklin	129	↓3	77
37	Clarence	125	↑8	54
38	Arthur	122	new	31
39	Jimmie	122	↓3	72
40	Howard	121	↓5	42
41	Albert	114	–	37
42	Marvin	114	↑7	49
43	Ernest	113	↓1	53
44	Bill	111	↑2	64
45	Lawrence	110	↑3	38
46	Gene	102	↑1	61
47	Clyde	99	new	93
48	Fred	98	↓11	35
49	Norman	96	↓9	43
50	Russell	95	new	67

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