Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1947

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1947 were Linda for girls (2,174 babies) and James for boys (2,556). Social Security records list 73,885 babies born in Kentucky in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1947

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

Girls

Reva: 26 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Jewell: 36 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Imogene: 27 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Opal: 40 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Wilma: 201 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Freda: 50 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Glenna: 57 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Freida: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Beulah: 33 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Wanda: 473 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Estill: 21 babies, 42.6× the national rate
Shelby: 30 babies, 10× the national rate
Denver: 29 babies, 8× the national rate
Randell: 21 babies, 7× the national rate
Donnie: 162 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Millard: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Coy: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Dannie: 28 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Wendell: 61 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lowell: 52 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	2,174	↑1	1
2	Mary	1,814	↓1	2
3	Brenda	1,131	↑3	21
4	Patricia	1,030	–	3
5	Barbara	985	↓2	4
6	Betty	812	↓1	17
7	Carolyn	794	–	15
8	Sandra	738	–	5
9	Judy	712	–	14
10	Sharon	692	↑1	9
11	Donna	641	↑1	10
12	Shirley	579	↓2	19
13	Nancy	575	↑1	7
14	Joyce	542	↓1	20
15	Wanda	473	↑1	66
16	Phyllis	461	↑1	37
17	Carol	455	↓2	6
18	Judith	450	–	12
19	Janice	447	–	22
20	Margaret	418	–	16
21	Martha	374	–	32
22	Janet	335	↑6	23
23	Peggy	333	↓1	42
24	Elizabeth	308	–	25
25	Bonnie	296	–	35
26	Anna	283	↓3	92
27	Susan	274	↑5	8
28	Beverly	272	↑5	31
29	Virginia	263	–	34
30	Helen	242	↓3	38
31	Connie	233	↑13	43
32	Ruth	218	↓1	44
33	Charlotte	214	↑15	68
34	Sue	210	↑1	69
35	Karen	209	↑11	13
36	Patsy	208	↑1	87
37	Alice	204	↓3	47
38	Diana	204	–	48
39	Dorothy	204	↓13	26
40	Marilyn	204	↑2	29
41	Wilma	201	↓2	>100
42	Pamela	200	new	28
43	Frances	198	↓2	39
44	Doris	186	↓14	58
45	Jo	182	↓2	51
46	Rebecca	182	new	52
47	Rita	182	–	60
48	Gloria	176	↓12	27
49	Lois	171	↓4	63
50	Norma	171	↓10	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	James	2,556	–	1
2	William	1,709	–	4
3	Larry	1,327	↑3	10
4	Robert	1,321	↓1	2
5	John	1,271	↓1	3
6	Charles	1,261	↓1	9
7	David	1,105	–	6
8	Michael	847	↑3	7
9	Gary	768	↑3	12
10	Donald	738	↓1	13
11	Jerry	729	↓3	20
12	Thomas	699	↑2	8
13	Richard	675	–	5
14	Ronald	671	↓4	11
15	Kenneth	594	–	15
16	Danny	552	↑4	39
17	Paul	500	↑1	18
18	George	451	↓2	16
19	Joseph	446	–	14
20	Billy	406	↓3	51
21	Roger	405	–	25
22	Ronnie	391	↑1	61
23	Bobby	387	↓1	60
24	Harold	343	–	35
25	Edward	322	↑2	19
26	Terry	305	↑4	26
27	Dennis	299	↑2	17
28	Jimmy	295	↓2	44
29	Johnny	277	↑2	49
30	Roy	262	↓5	48
31	Carl	257	↓3	40
32	Joe	229	↑1	43
33	Stephen	229	↑11	21
34	Raymond	202	↓2	27
35	Phillip	190	↑8	74
36	Daniel	188	↑1	22
37	Wayne	188	↑1	30
38	Walter	179	↑2	34
39	Gerald	175	↓3	28
40	Jack	174	↓1	37
41	Ralph	169	↓7	50
42	Douglas	168	↑3	31
43	Tommy	166	↓8	79
44	Earl	163	↓3	83
45	Donnie	162	↑4	>100
46	Henry	162	–	46
47	Eddie	158	↑1	80
48	Harry	149	new	54
49	Jackie	149	↓2	>100
50	Frank	148	↓8	23

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