Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1949

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1949 were Linda for girls (2,100 babies) and James for boys (2,297). Social Security records list 70,089 babies born in Kentucky in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1949

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: 22 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Opal: 34 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Jewell: 31 babies, 6× the national rate
Wilma: 151 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Glenna: 47 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Beulah: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Freda: 33 babies, 4× the national rate
Wanda: 462 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Anna: 268 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shelia: 50 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Denver: 33 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Randell: 29 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Lannie: 19 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Orville: 35 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Roscoe: 24 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dannie: 28 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Junior: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Donnie: 158 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ernie: 30 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Elmer: 70 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	2,100	–	1
2	Mary	1,593	–	2
3	Brenda	1,186	–	13
4	Patricia	984	–	3
5	Barbara	807	–	4
6	Sharon	651	↑4	10
7	Judy	645	–	20
8	Carolyn	644	↓2	17
9	Donna	641	↑2	12
10	Sandra	634	↓1	6
11	Betty	587	↓3	22
12	Shirley	524	–	18
13	Wanda	462	–	56
14	Nancy	457	–	7
15	Joyce	433	–	26
16	Carol	384	↑1	8
17	Phyllis	376	↑1	50
18	Janice	375	↓2	24
19	Martha	365	↑2	34
20	Susan	355	↑4	5
21	Margaret	349	↓2	14
22	Judith	345	–	16
23	Karen	341	↑8	11
24	Janet	316	↑4	23
25	Connie	310	↑8	43
26	Pamela	309	↓1	21
27	Elizabeth	298	↓1	25
28	Deborah	295	↑18	15
29	Peggy	290	↓6	38
30	Beverly	288	↓3	31
31	Bonnie	284	↓11	35
32	Anna	268	↓3	91
33	Rita	249	↑6	54
34	Rebecca	233	↑4	40
35	Dorothy	232	↓5	32
36	Virginia	221	–	39
37	Charlotte	209	↓3	71
38	Helen	198	↓6	46
39	Kathy	198	new	42
40	Diana	188	↑2	48
41	Ruth	186	↓6	47
42	Lois	178	↑7	73
43	Marilyn	177	↑2	33
44	Doris	171	↓7	69
45	Frances	170	↑5	49
46	Patsy	166	↓2	>100
47	Alice	165	↓7	53
48	Glenda	162	new	87
49	Kathleen	159	new	9
50	Paula	155	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	James	2,297	–	1
2	William	1,534	–	4
3	Larry	1,354	↑1	10
4	Robert	1,298	↑1	2
5	John	1,273	↓2	3
6	Michael	1,135	↑2	5
7	David	1,125	–	6
8	Charles	1,104	↓2	9
9	Gary	809	–	12
10	Thomas	744	↑3	8
11	Jerry	743	↑1	23
12	Donald	687	↓1	13
13	Ronald	651	↓3	11
14	Richard	571	–	7
15	Kenneth	529	–	15
16	Roger	506	–	25
17	Joseph	505	↑3	14
18	Danny	487	↓1	40
19	George	473	–	18
20	Paul	462	↓2	17
21	Stephen	386	↑7	19
22	Ronnie	344	–	65
23	Dennis	337	↑2	16
24	Billy	334	↓3	57
25	Terry	333	↑1	28
26	Bobby	313	↓3	67
27	Edward	292	↓3	21
28	Johnny	289	↑4	49
29	Jimmy	264	↑1	53
30	Roy	256	↓1	51
31	Harold	251	↓4	42
32	Carl	247	↓1	43
33	Steven	202	↑14	20
34	Daniel	196	↓1	22
35	Phillip	192	↓1	66
36	Raymond	179	↓1	30
37	Douglas	176	↑11	29
38	Lawrence	174	↑6	32
39	Joe	171	↓2	52
40	Walter	170	↓2	37
41	Eddie	162	–	80
42	Gerald	161	↑1	33
43	Donnie	158	↓3	>100
44	Ralph	153	↓8	50
45	Frank	148	↓3	27
46	Wayne	148	↓7	35
47	Randall	141	new	79
48	Tommy	141	new	84
49	Bruce	140	new	26
50	Jackie	140	↓4	>100

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