Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1948

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1948 were Linda for girls (2,271 babies) and James for boys (2,384). Social Security records list 70,806 babies born in Kentucky in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1948

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

Girls

Vonda: 19 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Madonna: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Reva: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Opal: 26 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Glenna: 55 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jewell: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Beulah: 30 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dottie: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Wilma: 149 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Freda: 40 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Randell: 20 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Shelby: 24 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Denver: 22 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Donnie: 163 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dannie: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ernie: 34 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kennith: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Orville: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jackie: 152 babies, 4× the national rate
Dewey: 51 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	2,271	–	1
2	Mary	1,673	–	2
3	Brenda	1,250	–	17
4	Patricia	978	–	4
5	Barbara	948	–	3
6	Carolyn	727	↑1	14
7	Judy	705	↑2	16
8	Betty	685	↓2	18
9	Sandra	653	↓1	6
10	Sharon	620	–	9
11	Donna	592	–	11
12	Shirley	514	–	20
13	Wanda	501	↑2	57
14	Nancy	490	↓1	7
15	Joyce	484	↓1	21
16	Janice	421	↑3	23
17	Carol	415	–	8
18	Phyllis	410	↓2	46
19	Margaret	370	↑1	13
20	Bonnie	358	↑5	34
21	Martha	348	–	32
22	Judith	314	↓4	15
23	Peggy	302	–	38
24	Susan	300	↑3	5
25	Pamela	297	↑17	22
26	Elizabeth	289	↓2	26
27	Beverly	283	↑1	31
28	Janet	282	↓6	24
29	Anna	260	↓3	89
30	Dorothy	251	↑9	29
31	Karen	241	↑4	12
32	Helen	234	↓2	40
33	Connie	228	↓2	43
34	Charlotte	222	↓1	69
35	Ruth	219	↓3	45
36	Virginia	206	↓7	36
37	Doris	204	↑7	64
38	Rebecca	196	↑8	50
39	Rita	195	↑8	59
40	Alice	191	↓3	49
41	Cheryl	189	new	25
42	Diana	188	↓4	48
43	Sue	188	↓9	78
44	Patsy	186	↓8	98
45	Marilyn	183	↓5	33
46	Deborah	173	new	30
47	Jo	169	↓2	56
48	Sherry	166	new	61
49	Lois	161	–	70
50	Frances	157	↓7	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	James	2,384	–	1
2	William	1,631	–	4
3	John	1,371	↑2	3
4	Larry	1,320	↓1	11
5	Robert	1,316	↓1	2
6	Charles	1,261	–	9
7	David	1,137	–	5
8	Michael	934	–	6
9	Gary	790	–	12
10	Ronald	718	↑4	10
11	Donald	698	↓1	14
12	Jerry	672	↓1	21
13	Thomas	655	↓1	8
14	Richard	561	↓1	7
15	Kenneth	539	–	15
16	Roger	510	↑5	24
17	Danny	490	↓1	39
18	Paul	462	↓1	18
19	George	451	↓1	16
20	Joseph	443	↓1	13
21	Billy	389	↓1	53
22	Ronnie	369	–	59
23	Bobby	345	–	62
24	Edward	310	↑1	19
25	Dennis	298	↑2	17
26	Terry	298	–	26
27	Harold	281	↓3	36
28	Stephen	262	↑5	20
29	Roy	261	↑1	49
30	Jimmy	253	↓2	50
31	Carl	231	–	42
32	Johnny	231	↓3	52
33	Daniel	210	↑3	22
34	Phillip	210	↑1	69
35	Raymond	205	↓1	27
36	Ralph	174	↑5	51
37	Joe	171	↓5	47
38	Walter	167	–	35
39	Wayne	164	↓2	34
40	Donnie	163	↑5	>100
41	Eddie	158	↑6	78
42	Frank	158	↑8	25
43	Gerald	158	↓4	30
44	Lawrence	155	new	31
45	Earl	153	↓1	83
46	Jackie	152	↑3	>100
47	Steven	151	new	23
48	Douglas	150	↓6	33
49	Darrell	143	new	>100
50	Jack	142	↓10	43

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