Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1953

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1953 were Mary for girls (1,409 babies) and James for boys (2,036). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 68,345 babies born in Kentucky in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1953

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: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Jewell: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Glenna: 46 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Freda: 44 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shelia: 120 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Wilma: 113 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Saundra: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Violet: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Wanda: 350 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Geneva: 37 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Denver: 18 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Randell: 22 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Orville: 26 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kennith: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Stevie: 24 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Dannie: 27 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Donnie: 136 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kenny: 36 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dewey: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jackie: 135 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Mary	1,409	↑1	1
2	Linda	1,237	↓1	2
3	Deborah	1,143	–	3
4	Patricia	956	–	4
5	Brenda	840	–	18
6	Barbara	718	↑1	6
7	Sharon	657	↑1	15
8	Donna	610	↓2	13
9	Pamela	565	↑6	10
10	Judy	557	↓1	27
11	Sandra	549	↓1	11
12	Debra	534	↑5	7
13	Karen	478	↓1	9
14	Susan	462	↑5	5
15	Nancy	433	↓4	8
16	Kathy	419	–	23
17	Carolyn	388	↓3	25
18	Betty	385	↓5	33
19	Joyce	373	↑1	26
20	Wanda	350	↓2	57
21	Connie	337	–	47
22	Janet	337	↑1	19
23	Rebecca	330	↑8	24
24	Carol	305	–	16
25	Janice	305	↓3	22
26	Shirley	300	↓1	29
27	Martha	295	↓1	41
28	Elizabeth	286	↑1	21
29	Beverly	284	↑3	34
30	Teresa	282	↑5	42
31	Peggy	270	↑2	44
32	Phyllis	253	↓2	69
33	Margaret	246	↓6	20
34	Paula	243	↑5	40
35	Bonnie	240	↓7	45
36	Marilyn	226	↑6	36
37	Cynthia	214	↑3	12
38	Sheila	207	–	60
39	Rita	206	↓3	64
40	Judith	203	↓6	30
41	Diane	197	↑2	17
42	Vicki	197	↓5	61
43	Vickie	189	↑6	79
44	Kathleen	187	–	14
45	Jo	183	–	54
46	Anna	182	↑4	98
47	Sherry	179	new	70
48	Charlotte	174	↓2	100
49	Ruth	170	↓8	62
50	Virginia	167	↓2	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	James	2,036	–	2
2	William	1,467	–	6
3	David	1,391	↑1	5
4	Michael	1,326	↓1	3
5	Robert	1,296	–	1
6	John	1,173	–	4
7	Charles	1,033	↑1	9
8	Gary	921	↑1	10
9	Larry	846	↓2	18
10	Richard	744	–	7
11	Thomas	620	↑1	8
12	Donald	604	↓1	14
13	Kenneth	568	–	17
14	Jerry	546	–	29
15	Ronald	493	↑2	15
16	Roger	490	↑3	31
17	Danny	479	↓2	41
18	Paul	475	↓2	16
19	Steven	452	↑5	11
20	Joseph	427	↓2	13
21	Stephen	425	–	21
22	Terry	413	↑1	30
23	Dennis	405	↓1	19
24	Mark	358	↑6	12
25	George	354	↓5	22
26	Billy	324	↓1	65
27	Ronnie	301	↑2	79
28	Daniel	289	↓2	20
29	Edward	278	↓2	23
30	Ricky	270	new	51
31	Bobby	268	↓3	74
32	Gregory	250	↑4	24
33	Douglas	226	↑1	27
34	Johnny	220	↓2	52
35	Roy	217	↓2	55
36	Timothy	217	↑5	26
37	Harold	213	↓6	56
38	Jimmy	195	↓1	72
39	Anthony	192	↑3	32
40	Carl	183	↓5	44
41	Raymond	183	↑4	34
42	Darrell	162	↑2	>100
43	Ralph	162	↑4	59
44	Phillip	160	↓6	76
45	Bruce	159	↓5	28
46	Lawrence	148	↑3	37
47	Gerald	145	↓1	42
48	Randy	143	new	35
49	Glenn	140	new	67
50	Donnie	136	↓11	>100

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