Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1941

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1941 were Mary for girls (1,700 babies) and James for boys (2,166). Social Security records list 57,078 babies born in Kentucky in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1941

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

Girls

Oma: 15 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Jewell: 57 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Nannie: 27 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Gearldine: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Imogene: 47 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Beulah: 63 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Flossie: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Wanda: 518 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Annetta: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Freda: 49 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Hobert: 18 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Denver: 25 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Shelby: 28 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Noah: 27 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Windell: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Donnie: 87 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Millard: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Wilburn: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kelly: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Wendell: 113 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	1,700	–	1
2	Betty	977	–	7
3	Barbara	923	–	2
4	Patricia	735	↑1	3
5	Linda	658	↑2	5
6	Shirley	656	↓2	10
7	Joyce	531	↓1	13
8	Wanda	518	–	53
9	Carolyn	477	↑9	11
10	Martha	424	–	25
11	Nancy	414	–	8
12	Phyllis	387	–	35
13	Anna	379	↓4	56
14	Janice	376	–	22
15	Brenda	374	↑12	41
16	Judith	363	↑4	6
17	Margaret	357	↓4	12
18	Dorothy	332	↓3	14
19	Carol	317	↑6	4
20	Bonnie	303	↑8	33
21	Helen	303	↓5	24
22	Judy	303	↑7	16
23	Ruth	301	↓6	28
24	Elizabeth	300	↓2	21
25	Virginia	272	↓1	23
26	Peggy	271	↓3	39
27	Doris	265	↓8	38
28	Norma	250	↓7	47
29	Sandra	229	↑8	9
30	Janet	224	↑3	18
31	Alice	218	↓1	34
32	Wilma	218	↓6	>100
33	Donna	215	↑3	20
34	Lois	204	–	43
35	Ruby	195	↓3	69
36	Patsy	190	↓5	52
37	Frances	186	↓2	31
38	Sue	178	–	75
39	Mildred	167	↑2	64
40	Charlotte	158	↑9	55
41	Joan	158	↑1	17
42	Jo	149	↑1	66
43	Juanita	147	↓4	84
44	Emma	146	↑6	99
45	Ann	139	↓5	37
46	Geraldine	139	↑1	45
47	Gloria	137	new	26
48	Marilyn	133	new	30
49	Sarah	133	↓3	60
50	Rose	132	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	James	2,166	–	1
2	William	1,425	–	4
3	Charles	1,162	↑1	6
4	Robert	1,138	↓1	2
5	John	1,023	–	3
6	Donald	738	–	10
7	David	576	–	7
8	Bobby	517	↑1	35
9	Billy	512	↓1	27
10	Ronald	503	↑4	9
11	Larry	486	↑5	11
12	Jerry	475	↓2	14
13	Paul	463	–	18
14	Kenneth	450	↓2	15
15	Thomas	446	↓4	8
16	George	437	↓1	13
17	Richard	362	–	5
18	Joseph	343	↑1	12
19	Harold	328	↓1	24
20	Roy	271	↑1	39
21	Carl	263	↑1	29
22	Edward	260	↑1	17
23	Joe	238	↓3	30
24	Raymond	232	–	22
25	Jimmy	203	–	45
26	Gary	202	↑2	19
27	Gerald	190	↑3	20
28	Michael	174	↑17	16
29	Jackie	168	↑9	>100
30	Walter	166	↑1	26
31	Roger	161	↑4	25
32	Ralph	159	↓5	38
33	Jack	158	↓7	32
34	Henry	157	↓2	28
35	Frank	144	↓1	21
36	Earl	143	↓7	58
37	Marvin	143	↑10	63
38	Ronnie	142	new	79
39	Johnny	140	↓6	55
40	Wayne	135	↑2	37
41	Phillip	133	↑2	77
42	Clarence	131	↓2	62
43	Jimmie	131	↓6	89
44	Bill	128	new	68
45	Eugene	125	↓4	42
46	Tommy	122	↑2	71
47	Howard	119	↓1	47
48	Lawrence	118	new	34
49	Wendell	113	↓13	>100
50	Ernest	110	↓1	61

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