Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1950

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1950 were Linda for girls (1,897 babies) and James for boys (2,252). Social Security records list 69,270 babies born in Kentucky in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1950

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

Girls

Glenna: 71 babies, 6× the national rate
Reva: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jewell: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Wilma: 164 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Patty: 76 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Freda: 37 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Myrtle: 37 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ina: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Willa: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shelia: 65 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Hershel: 23 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Denver: 19 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Randell: 25 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kennith: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Donnie: 166 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dannie: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ernie: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dallas: 37 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Junior: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Orville: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	1,897	–	1
2	Mary	1,559	–	2
3	Brenda	1,214	–	14
4	Patricia	959	–	3
5	Barbara	798	–	4
6	Sharon	634	–	11
7	Judy	614	–	25
8	Sandra	607	↑2	8
9	Carolyn	575	↓1	20
10	Deborah	575	↑18	7
11	Donna	558	↓2	13
12	Betty	546	↓1	26
13	Nancy	469	↑1	6
14	Wanda	468	↓1	52
15	Joyce	459	–	27
16	Shirley	459	↓4	19
17	Janice	391	↑1	22
18	Margaret	353	↑3	15
19	Susan	341	↑1	5
20	Karen	339	↑3	12
21	Janet	334	↑3	18
22	Pamela	334	↑4	17
23	Phyllis	332	↓6	53
24	Carol	330	↓8	9
25	Bonnie	317	↑6	33
26	Connie	315	↓1	44
27	Judith	308	↓5	21
28	Elizabeth	300	↓1	24
29	Martha	298	↓10	32
30	Beverly	288	–	31
31	Peggy	280	↓2	41
32	Rebecca	277	↑2	36
33	Kathy	245	↑6	38
34	Rita	243	↓1	56
35	Anna	220	↓3	93
36	Dorothy	203	↓1	35
37	Diana	201	↑3	47
38	Virginia	198	↓2	43
39	Helen	194	↓1	50
40	Charlotte	192	↓3	80
41	Kathleen	188	↑8	10
42	Marilyn	182	↑1	37
43	Glenda	177	↑5	87
44	Ruth	171	↓3	49
45	Vicki	166	new	61
46	Sheila	164	new	70
47	Wilma	164	new	>100
48	Sherry	162	new	62
49	Gloria	159	new	30
50	Paula	155	–	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	James	2,252	–	1
2	William	1,486	–	6
3	Michael	1,264	↑3	4
4	Robert	1,261	–	2
5	John	1,217	–	3
6	Larry	1,212	↓3	11
7	David	1,181	–	5
8	Charles	1,133	–	9
9	Gary	862	–	10
10	Donald	698	↑2	14
11	Jerry	687	–	24
12	Thomas	687	↓2	8
13	Ronald	594	–	12
14	Kenneth	590	↑1	15
15	Richard	567	↓1	7
16	Joseph	514	↑1	13
17	Roger	505	↓1	27
18	Danny	493	–	39
19	Paul	438	↑1	18
20	Stephen	407	↑1	19
21	George	395	↓2	20
22	Dennis	369	↑1	17
23	Terry	352	↑2	30
24	Billy	337	–	57
25	Ronnie	303	↓3	76
26	Bobby	297	–	65
27	Edward	293	–	22
28	Steven	276	↑5	16
29	Roy	264	↑1	51
30	Jimmy	247	↓1	55
31	Daniel	246	↑3	21
32	Harold	243	↓1	45
33	Johnny	233	↓5	50
34	Carl	231	↓2	44
35	Raymond	207	↑1	31
36	Phillip	202	↓1	64
37	Douglas	191	–	28
38	Wayne	180	↑8	35
39	Gregory	176	new	25
40	Joe	171	↓1	54
41	Gerald	170	↑1	34
42	Donnie	166	↑1	>100
43	Mark	163	new	23
44	Bruce	160	↑5	26
45	Eddie	159	↓4	89
46	Ralph	156	↓2	52
47	Walter	155	↓7	40
48	Jackie	143	↑2	>100
49	Darrell	142	new	>100
50	Randall	142	↓3	70

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