Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1945

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1945 were Mary for girls (1,434 babies) and James for boys (2,126). Social Security records list 54,432 babies born in Kentucky in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1945

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

Girls

Nannie: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Freida: 19 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Imogene: 28 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Reva: 22 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Beulah: 48 babies, 6× the national rate
Opal: 38 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Goldie: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Zelma: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Wilma: 187 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Wanda: 410 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Randell: 23 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Hobert: 17 babies, 12× the national rate
Denver: 37 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Shelby: 22 babies, 7× the national rate
Hershel: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Donnie: 111 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Shirley: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Coy: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Ernie: 39 babies, 5× the national rate
Millard: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	1,434	–	1
2	Linda	1,018	–	2
3	Barbara	854	↑1	3
4	Betty	777	↓1	11
5	Patricia	745	–	4
6	Brenda	678	–	29
7	Carolyn	580	–	12
8	Shirley	528	–	14
9	Judy	503	↑1	13
10	Joyce	486	↓1	18
11	Sandra	420	↑2	6
12	Wanda	410	–	58
13	Nancy	404	↓2	7
14	Carol	396	–	5
15	Judith	361	↑2	9
16	Donna	353	↑5	17
17	Sharon	340	↑1	8
18	Phyllis	339	↓3	40
19	Martha	322	↓3	30
20	Janice	317	↓1	24
21	Margaret	312	↑2	15
22	Anna	279	↓2	73
23	Dorothy	267	↓1	21
24	Elizabeth	243	↑2	26
25	Bonnie	242	↓1	35
26	Helen	235	↓1	31
27	Ruth	233	↑3	33
28	Virginia	233	↓1	28
29	Peggy	214	↑2	45
30	Doris	211	↓2	46
31	Janet	203	↓2	20
32	Wilma	187	↑1	>100
33	Alice	184	↓1	41
34	Patsy	176	–	84
35	Charlotte	172	↑2	55
36	Frances	166	↓1	34
37	Marilyn	157	↑4	27
38	Sue	155	↑2	66
39	Lois	153	–	48
40	Norma	153	↓4	74
41	Ruby	151	↓3	95
42	Gloria	148	↑4	23
43	Beverly	142	↑2	37
44	Connie	141	new	47
45	Jo	140	↓1	60
46	Susan	136	↑2	10
47	Joan	125	–	25
48	Ann	121	new	39
49	Karen	119	new	16
50	Mildred	115	↓7	93

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	James	2,126	–	1
2	William	1,279	–	4
3	Robert	1,035	↑1	2
4	Charles	1,029	↓1	7
5	John	995	–	3
6	Larry	773	↑1	11
7	David	653	↓1	6
8	Donald	649	↑1	12
9	Jerry	556	↓1	20
10	Thomas	490	↑1	8
11	Ronald	468	↓1	10
12	Kenneth	451	↑1	16
13	Richard	434	↓1	5
14	Gary	431	↑7	13
15	Paul	413	–	17
16	George	396	–	15
17	Billy	392	↓3	42
18	Michael	377	↑2	9
19	Joseph	335	↓1	14
20	Bobby	315	↓3	53
21	Roger	300	↓2	22
22	Harold	277	–	28
23	Roy	265	–	40
24	Edward	245	↑1	18
25	Carl	212	↑1	39
26	Jimmy	211	↓2	41
27	Ronnie	209	↑2	67
28	Danny	207	↑8	56
29	Joe	200	↓2	36
30	Raymond	190	↓2	23
31	Johnny	186	–	45
32	Walter	166	↑1	27
33	Earl	153	↑1	71
34	Ralph	149	↓2	44
35	Dennis	147	↑8	19
36	Douglas	147	↑3	29
37	Frank	143	↑3	21
38	Gerald	141	↓8	25
39	Tommy	133	↓4	75
40	Wayne	132	↑2	35
41	Harry	128	new	47
42	Henry	126	↓5	37
43	Jack	124	↓5	32
44	Terry	120	↑6	33
45	Daniel	119	↑4	24
46	Clarence	112	↑2	82
47	Phillip	112	↓1	85
48	Donnie	111	new	>100
49	Fred	107	new	51
50	Jimmie	106	↓9	>100

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