Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1952

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1952 were Linda for girls (1,544 babies) and James for boys (2,062). Social Security records list 69,355 babies born in Kentucky in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1952

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

Girls

Freda: 37 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Wilma: 117 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dinah: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shelia: 80 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Geneva: 44 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Patty: 64 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Billie: 75 babies, 3× the national rate
Wanda: 377 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Glenna: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Myrtle: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Hershel: 18 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Stevie: 23 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Ernie: 29 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Randell: 25 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Donnie: 180 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Orville: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kennith: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Junior: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jackie: 162 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dewey: 33 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	1,544	–	1
2	Mary	1,386	–	2
3	Deborah	1,045	↑2	4
4	Patricia	1,045	–	3
5	Brenda	1,037	↓2	15
6	Donna	692	↑1	13
7	Barbara	690	↓1	6
8	Sharon	664	–	14
9	Judy	625	–	26
10	Sandra	544	↑1	10
11	Nancy	488	↑3	7
12	Karen	481	↑4	8
13	Betty	465	↓1	32
14	Carolyn	449	↓4	24
15	Pamela	432	↑2	17
16	Kathy	397	↑14	29
17	Debra	389	↑15	9
18	Wanda	377	↓5	54
19	Susan	374	–	5
20	Joyce	363	↓5	27
21	Connie	361	↑1	44
22	Janice	359	↓4	23
23	Janet	349	↑3	19
24	Carol	322	↑1	12
25	Shirley	318	↓5	28
26	Martha	309	↓2	40
27	Margaret	294	↓6	21
28	Bonnie	293	↑6	41
29	Elizabeth	289	↓2	22
30	Phyllis	282	↓7	65
31	Rebecca	278	↓2	30
32	Beverly	267	↓1	35
33	Peggy	254	↓5	43
34	Judith	252	↓1	25
35	Teresa	230	↑10	52
36	Rita	222	↓1	66
37	Vicki	199	↑3	61
38	Sheila	198	–	64
39	Paula	193	↑5	47
40	Cynthia	192	new	18
41	Ruth	190	–	57
42	Marilyn	188	↑4	38
43	Diane	184	new	16
44	Kathleen	184	↓1	11
45	Jo	180	new	55
46	Charlotte	179	↓9	89
47	Diana	177	↓5	51
48	Virginia	175	↓9	49
49	Vickie	172	new	76
50	Anna	166	↓14	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	James	2,062	–	1
2	William	1,383	–	6
3	Michael	1,347	–	4
4	David	1,342	–	5
5	Robert	1,327	–	2
6	John	1,265	–	3
7	Larry	1,035	–	14
8	Charles	1,011	–	9
9	Gary	955	–	10
10	Richard	724	–	7
11	Donald	641	↑2	13
12	Thomas	627	–	8
13	Kenneth	581	↑2	16
14	Jerry	576	↓3	26
15	Danny	520	↑4	40
16	Paul	480	↑2	19
17	Ronald	460	↓3	15
18	Joseph	456	↓1	12
19	Roger	455	↓3	30
20	George	427	↑1	22
21	Stephen	420	↓1	21
22	Dennis	418	–	18
23	Terry	403	–	29
24	Steven	382	–	11
25	Billy	318	–	65
26	Daniel	306	↑4	20
27	Edward	284	–	23
28	Bobby	279	–	77
29	Ronnie	263	↓3	82
30	Mark	254	↑6	17
31	Harold	250	↓2	51
32	Johnny	244	↑2	53
33	Roy	222	↓1	55
34	Douglas	221	↓1	28
35	Carl	215	–	45
36	Gregory	213	↑2	24
37	Jimmy	201	↓6	72
38	Phillip	189	↓1	74
39	Donnie	180	new	>100
40	Bruce	179	–	25
41	Timothy	179	–	27
42	Anthony	178	↑1	34
43	Jackie	162	↑3	>100
44	Darrell	156	–	>100
45	Raymond	154	↓6	33
46	Gerald	151	↓1	39
47	Ralph	150	–	56
48	Randall	148	new	63
49	Lawrence	146	new	35
50	Barry	145	new	69

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