Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1957

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1957 were Mary for girls (1,196 babies) and James for boys (1,890). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 70,166 babies born in Kentucky in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1957

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

Girls

Jewell: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Opal: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Martina: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Glenna: 26 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Della: 36 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Freda: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Billie: 61 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Wilma: 59 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Geneva: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Shelia: 101 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Denver: 22 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Kennith: 24 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Stevie: 42 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Timmy: 47 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jackie: 126 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rickie: 62 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Randell: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Donnie: 117 babies, 4× the national rate
Teddy: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dallas: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	1,196	–	1
2	Deborah	868	–	6
3	Linda	795	–	3
4	Debra	777	–	4
5	Patricia	746	–	8
6	Kathy	683	↑4	20
7	Brenda	676	↑4	13
8	Donna	670	↓2	10
9	Karen	640	↓2	5
10	Pamela	611	↓1	12
11	Sharon	583	↓3	14
12	Teresa	559	↑2	24
13	Barbara	502	↓1	9
14	Susan	465	↓1	2
15	Sandra	452	–	15
16	Cynthia	442	↑3	7
17	Judy	403	–	38
18	Connie	361	–	47
19	Debbie	356	↑16	27
20	Carolyn	353	↑3	33
21	Nancy	337	↓5	11
22	Vickie	315	↑2	70
23	Janet	302	↓2	23
24	Lisa	299	↑24	26
25	Betty	297	↓3	50
26	Carol	297	↓1	18
27	Rebecca	297	↓7	34
28	Cheryl	295	↑8	16
29	Elizabeth	284	↓2	22
30	Sheila	283	↓2	58
31	Sherry	274	↑1	55
32	Rita	262	↓3	78
33	Cindy	251	new	19
34	Janice	248	↓8	32
35	Beverly	242	↓2	48
36	Kimberly	230	new	42
37	Rhonda	223	↑3	52
38	Cathy	220	↑1	39
39	Joyce	216	↓9	40
40	Vicki	216	↓3	51
41	Wanda	215	↓10	59
42	Peggy	212	↑1	62
43	Theresa	207	↓5	36
44	Shirley	205	↓3	46
45	Martha	204	↑2	63
46	Paula	202	↓2	49
47	Phyllis	190	↓1	90
48	Robin	189	new	30
49	Laura	184	new	31
50	Margaret	183	↓8	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	James	1,890	–	2
2	David	1,398	↑1	3
3	Michael	1,378	↓1	1
4	William	1,285	–	6
5	Robert	1,212	–	4
6	John	1,109	–	5
7	Charles	908	–	11
8	Gary	781	–	13
9	Mark	725	↑1	7
10	Richard	704	↓1	8
11	Larry	589	–	22
12	Thomas	588	–	9
13	Donald	558	↑1	15
14	Kenneth	544	↓1	14
15	Terry	527	↑2	33
16	Steven	498	↓1	10
17	Timothy	491	↑3	19
18	Jerry	478	↑3	35
19	Joseph	470	↓3	12
20	Paul	437	↓2	18
21	Ricky	437	↑4	40
22	Ronald	437	↓3	17
23	Danny	420	–	45
24	Gregory	420	↓2	23
25	Roger	356	↑1	42
26	Jeffrey	352	↑4	21
27	Stephen	348	↓3	24
28	Dennis	316	↑1	28
29	Anthony	311	↑2	27
30	Billy	311	↑3	64
31	George	308	↓4	29
32	Daniel	294	↑2	16
33	Kevin	277	↑12	20
34	Douglas	276	↓2	30
35	Bobby	266	–	78
36	Ronnie	247	↓8	73
37	Darrell	238	–	90
38	Randy	228	↓2	31
39	Edward	226	↓1	25
40	Johnny	202	↑1	61
41	Tony	202	↑7	71
42	Carl	200	↑1	49
43	Keith	198	↑1	36
44	Bruce	194	↓5	34
45	Barry	192	↑5	72
46	Harold	192	↓6	74
47	Jeffery	192	new	52
48	Jimmy	190	↓6	77
49	Steve	188	–	44
50	Phillip	186	↓4	79

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