Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1951

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1951 were Linda for girls (1,743 babies) and James for boys (2,172). Social Security records list 70,662 babies born in Kentucky in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1951

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: 24 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Goldie: 17 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jewell: 24 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Wilma: 155 babies, 5× the national rate
Opal: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Glenna: 50 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Freda: 36 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ina: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Della: 46 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marcella: 46 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Denver: 29 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Stevie: 20 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Shelby: 24 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Junior: 33 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Kennith: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Orville: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dannie: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Donnie: 141 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ernie: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dallas: 35 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	1,743	–	1
2	Mary	1,464	–	2
3	Brenda	1,127	–	14
4	Patricia	1,117	–	3
5	Deborah	865	↑5	4
6	Barbara	804	↓1	5
7	Donna	676	↑4	12
8	Sharon	617	↓2	13
9	Judy	607	↓2	26
10	Carolyn	577	↓1	22
11	Sandra	574	↓3	9
12	Betty	493	–	29
13	Wanda	446	↑1	52
14	Nancy	443	↓1	7
15	Joyce	435	–	28
16	Karen	420	↑4	8
17	Pamela	404	↑5	16
18	Janice	394	↓1	21
19	Susan	373	–	6
20	Shirley	358	↓4	27
21	Margaret	352	↓3	17
22	Connie	320	↑4	44
23	Phyllis	315	–	57
24	Martha	311	↑5	38
25	Carol	306	↓1	11
26	Janet	305	↓5	19
27	Elizabeth	295	↑1	23
28	Peggy	293	↑3	40
29	Rebecca	290	↑3	32
30	Kathy	288	↑3	35
31	Beverly	272	↓1	33
32	Debra	264	new	18
33	Judith	255	↓6	25
34	Bonnie	246	↓9	37
35	Rita	237	↓1	61
36	Anna	216	↓1	94
37	Charlotte	207	↑3	84
38	Sheila	203	↑8	69
39	Virginia	203	↓1	47
40	Vicki	186	↑5	58
41	Ruth	180	↑3	53
42	Diana	176	↓5	50
43	Kathleen	173	↓2	10
44	Paula	173	↑6	51
45	Teresa	173	new	63
46	Marilyn	169	↓4	41
47	Helen	164	↓8	54
48	Dorothy	160	↓12	42
49	Sherry	160	↓1	70
50	Doris	158	new	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	James	2,172	–	1
2	William	1,452	–	6
3	Michael	1,351	–	4
4	David	1,340	↑3	5
5	Robert	1,302	↓1	2
6	John	1,291	↓1	3
7	Larry	1,180	↓1	11
8	Charles	1,113	–	9
9	Gary	932	–	10
10	Richard	707	↑5	7
11	Jerry	688	–	24
12	Thomas	686	–	8
13	Donald	662	↓3	15
14	Ronald	561	↓1	12
15	Kenneth	554	↓1	16
16	Roger	516	↑1	29
17	Joseph	509	↓1	14
18	Paul	467	↑1	18
19	Danny	465	↓1	41
20	Stephen	458	–	19
21	George	413	–	22
22	Dennis	387	–	17
23	Terry	368	–	30
24	Steven	353	↑4	13
25	Billy	326	↓1	64
26	Ronnie	303	↓1	82
27	Edward	290	–	23
28	Bobby	273	↓2	77
29	Harold	261	↑3	46
30	Daniel	249	↑1	21
31	Jimmy	243	↓1	62
32	Roy	243	↓3	52
33	Douglas	240	↑4	27
34	Johnny	238	↓1	50
35	Carl	227	↓1	43
36	Mark	223	↑7	20
37	Phillip	211	↓1	79
38	Gregory	208	↑1	25
39	Raymond	186	↓4	32
40	Bruce	184	↑4	26
41	Timothy	174	new	28
42	Walter	161	↑5	42
43	Anthony	158	new	34
44	Darrell	158	↑5	>100
45	Gerald	156	↓4	36
46	Jackie	156	↑2	>100
47	Ralph	155	↓1	51
48	Wayne	155	↓10	37
49	Joe	150	↓9	57
50	Jack	147	new	48

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