Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1943

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1943 were Mary for girls (1,678 babies) and James for boys (2,428). Social Security records list 58,559 babies born in Kentucky in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1943

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

Girls

Jewell: 52 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Imogene: 35 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Nannie: 20 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Opal: 44 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Wanda: 457 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Beulah: 49 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Freida: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Wilma: 229 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Reva: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Glenna: 45 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Estill: 16 babies, 33.5× the national rate
Rondal: 20 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Hobert: 24 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Ottis: 16 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Denver: 25 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Hershel: 22 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Shirley: 23 babies, 6× the national rate
Delmer: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Shelby: 24 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kelly: 30 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	1,678	–	1
2	Betty	967	↑1	10
3	Barbara	932	↓1	2
4	Linda	888	↑1	4
5	Patricia	703	↓1	3
6	Carolyn	591	↑2	11
7	Shirley	590	↓1	12
8	Joyce	570	↓1	16
9	Brenda	530	↑2	35
10	Wanda	457	–	56
11	Nancy	430	↓2	9
12	Judy	420	↑2	13
13	Phyllis	402	↓1	39
14	Carol	397	↓1	5
15	Judith	390	↑1	7
16	Margaret	372	↓1	14
17	Martha	351	↑1	29
18	Janice	344	↑1	26
19	Sandra	330	↑1	6
20	Donna	320	↑9	17
21	Sharon	320	↑17	8
22	Dorothy	315	↓1	19
23	Anna	296	↓6	64
24	Elizabeth	271	↓1	23
25	Ruth	267	↓3	33
26	Bonnie	266	–	34
27	Helen	259	↓3	28
28	Janet	248	↑3	20
29	Peggy	247	↓1	41
30	Doris	245	↓5	40
31	Virginia	234	↓4	25
32	Wilma	229	↑5	>100
33	Patsy	209	↓3	61
34	Lois	202	↓1	43
35	Alice	193	↓3	38
36	Frances	191	↓2	31
37	Charlotte	184	↑8	47
38	Ruby	182	↓2	82
39	Sue	176	↑1	72
40	Norma	174	↓5	58
41	Beverly	169	↑2	32
42	Jo	169	↓3	63
43	Ann	150	↓1	37
44	Mildred	150	–	76
45	Gloria	148	↑2	30
46	Joan	141	↓5	21
47	Juanita	131	↓1	91
48	Glenda	130	new	83
49	Rita	128	↑1	52
50	Marilyn	124	new	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	James	2,428	–	1
2	William	1,474	–	4
3	Charles	1,182	–	7
4	Robert	1,161	–	2
5	John	1,015	–	3
6	David	701	↑1	6
7	Donald	643	↓1	11
8	Jerry	601	–	17
9	Larry	571	–	12
10	Thomas	521	↑1	8
11	George	487	↑4	14
12	Ronald	485	↓2	9
13	Paul	451	↑1	19
14	Kenneth	449	↑2	15
15	Richard	443	↑2	5
16	Billy	436	↓4	37
17	Bobby	411	↓4	46
18	Joseph	338	–	13
19	Harold	324	↑1	27
20	Michael	301	↑8	10
21	Roy	286	–	38
22	Edward	283	–	18
23	Gary	248	↑3	16
24	Roger	244	↑13	24
25	Carl	238	↑2	33
26	Jimmy	224	↓3	42
27	Joe	201	↓2	35
28	Raymond	201	↓4	22
29	Douglas	197	↓10	28
30	Johnny	197	↑5	52
31	Ronnie	171	↓2	71
32	Gerald	166	↑2	23
33	Ralph	162	↓3	40
34	Earl	158	↓2	60
35	Phillip	156	↑1	81
36	Walter	154	↓5	26
37	Clarence	152	↑11	68
38	Henry	148	↓5	31
39	Frank	145	↑1	21
40	Tommy	138	↓1	77
41	Howard	136	↑3	48
42	Danny	134	↑8	88
43	Wayne	133	–	41
44	Jack	131	↓3	34
45	Dennis	129	↓3	20
46	Jimmie	124	new	95
47	Arthur	123	↓2	30
48	Terry	123	new	49
49	Ray	115	↓3	84
50	Bill	114	new	65

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