Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1954

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1954 were Mary for girls (1,466 babies) and James for boys (2,122). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 71,006 babies born in Kentucky in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1954

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: 43 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Wilma: 113 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Glenna: 43 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Etta: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Shelia: 107 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Reba: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Billie: 62 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Geneva: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Della: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ruby: 97 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Shelby: 20 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Stevie: 33 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Randell: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Orville: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Donnie: 164 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Junior: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Jackie: 154 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Delbert: 46 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Teddy: 32 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Freddy: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Mary	1,466	–	1
2	Deborah	1,186	↑1	3
3	Linda	1,069	↓1	2
4	Patricia	963	–	4
5	Brenda	761	–	18
6	Barbara	707	–	7
7	Debra	701	↑5	6
8	Donna	683	–	11
9	Pamela	636	–	12
10	Sharon	627	↓3	16
11	Karen	551	↑2	8
12	Sandra	544	↓1	13
13	Kathy	518	↑3	23
14	Judy	478	↓4	29
15	Susan	447	↓1	5
16	Nancy	430	↓1	9
17	Carolyn	393	–	27
18	Connie	388	↑3	39
19	Betty	381	↓1	36
20	Teresa	361	↑10	34
21	Rebecca	358	↑2	26
22	Joyce	329	↓3	28
23	Janet	321	↓1	19
24	Wanda	318	↓4	58
25	Margaret	311	↑8	21
26	Beverly	299	↑3	31
27	Cynthia	296	↑10	10
28	Vicki	285	↑14	50
29	Carol	283	↓5	15
30	Elizabeth	273	↓2	20
31	Martha	272	↓4	46
32	Shirley	271	↓6	33
33	Peggy	270	↓2	48
34	Vickie	266	↑9	69
35	Rita	265	↑4	67
36	Janice	264	↓11	25
37	Sheila	233	↑1	60
38	Sherry	228	↑9	62
39	Phyllis	226	↓7	75
40	Marilyn	219	↓4	35
41	Bonnie	205	↓6	52
42	Cathy	198	new	59
43	Paula	196	↓9	38
44	Diane	194	↓3	17
45	Judith	189	↓5	30
46	Rhonda	187	new	71
47	Diana	181	new	57
48	Jo	176	↓3	53
49	Virginia	174	↑1	61
50	Kathleen	170	↓6	14

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	James	2,122	–	3
2	David	1,477	↑1	5
3	William	1,465	↓1	6
4	Michael	1,459	–	1
5	Robert	1,282	–	2
6	John	1,239	–	4
7	Charles	990	–	10
8	Gary	921	–	9
9	Larry	886	–	19
10	Richard	755	–	7
11	Thomas	645	–	8
12	Donald	640	–	14
13	Jerry	553	↑1	31
14	Kenneth	544	↓1	17
15	Danny	533	↑2	42
16	Ronald	518	↓1	15
17	Joseph	500	↑3	13
18	Paul	495	–	16
19	Terry	495	↑3	27
20	Steven	474	↓1	11
21	Mark	453	↑3	12
22	Stephen	449	↓1	20
23	Roger	410	↓7	34
24	Dennis	403	↓1	21
25	Billy	341	↑1	65
26	George	333	↓1	24
27	Ronnie	318	–	78
28	Ricky	299	↑2	46
29	Edward	297	–	22
30	Gregory	294	↑2	25
31	Daniel	293	↓3	18
32	Bobby	285	↓1	72
33	Johnny	238	↑1	54
34	Timothy	238	↑2	26
35	Anthony	226	↑4	32
36	Douglas	225	↓3	29
37	Roy	211	↓2	56
38	Harold	210	↓1	60
39	Carl	202	↑1	47
40	Phillip	191	↑4	75
41	Jimmy	185	↓3	74
42	Bruce	183	↑3	30
43	Darrell	181	↓1	95
44	Jeffrey	179	new	23
45	Barry	174	new	68
46	Raymond	172	↓5	35
47	Donnie	164	↑3	>100
48	Randy	161	–	33
49	Jackie	154	new	>100
50	Ralph	152	↓7	61

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