Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1958

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1958 were Mary for girls (1,130 babies) and James for boys (1,763). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 68,819 babies born in Kentucky in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1958

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

Girls

Glenna: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dottie: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Wilma: 73 babies, 5× the national rate
Freda: 35 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lana: 41 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dinah: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Benita: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Della: 37 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ladonna: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Reba: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Stevie: 42 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Donnie: 120 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jackie: 105 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Timmy: 82 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dallas: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Dewey: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rickie: 45 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Willard: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Homer: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Billy: 312 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	1,130	–	1
2	Deborah	786	–	7
3	Linda	753	–	3
4	Kathy	693	↑2	14
5	Debra	670	↓1	6
6	Karen	669	↑3	4
7	Donna	655	↑1	10
8	Patricia	650	↓3	5
9	Pamela	629	↑1	11
10	Teresa	613	↑2	26
11	Brenda	584	↓4	16
12	Susan	502	↑2	2
13	Sharon	498	↓2	17
14	Debbie	464	↑5	24
15	Barbara	433	↓2	9
16	Sandra	401	↓1	15
17	Cynthia	376	↓1	8
18	Lisa	371	↑6	19
19	Judy	366	↓2	36
20	Cheryl	357	↑8	13
21	Nancy	353	–	12
22	Connie	344	↓4	50
23	Peggy	321	↑19	42
24	Elizabeth	312	↑5	22
25	Carolyn	296	↓5	37
26	Tammy	286	new	44
27	Janet	285	↓4	28
28	Vickie	281	↓6	75
29	Kimberly	274	↑7	39
30	Rebecca	267	↓3	41
31	Sheila	265	↓1	59
32	Betty	260	↓7	54
33	Sherry	246	↓2	67
34	Beverly	239	↑1	55
35	Carol	230	↓9	20
36	Janice	223	↓2	35
37	Rhonda	219	–	48
38	Rita	217	↓6	88
39	Cathy	216	↓1	34
40	Cindy	216	↓7	25
41	Joyce	211	↓2	46
42	Paula	201	↑4	53
43	Wanda	198	↓2	66
44	Theresa	197	↓1	33
45	Vicki	193	↓5	57
46	Margaret	192	↑4	31
47	Diana	189	new	45
48	Shirley	181	↓4	52
49	Laura	176	–	29
50	Julie	175	new	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	James	1,763	–	3
2	David	1,499	–	2
3	Michael	1,373	–	1
4	William	1,160	–	6
5	Robert	1,112	–	4
6	John	1,063	–	5
7	Charles	863	–	11
8	Mark	815	↑1	7
9	Timothy	671	↑8	13
10	Richard	659	–	8
11	Gary	651	↓3	17
12	Ricky	598	↑9	34
13	Thomas	555	↓1	9
14	Larry	536	↓3	22
15	Kenneth	522	↓1	14
16	Donald	517	↓3	18
17	Terry	517	↓2	33
18	Steven	468	↓2	10
19	Joseph	441	–	12
20	Gregory	435	↑4	23
21	Jerry	435	↓3	35
22	Jeffrey	424	↑4	21
23	Paul	399	↓3	15
24	Danny	391	↓1	45
25	Ronald	374	↓3	19
26	Stephen	344	↑1	26
27	Dennis	321	↑1	29
28	Anthony	316	↑1	27
29	Billy	312	↑1	64
30	Roger	312	↓5	47
31	Bobby	287	↑4	69
32	Daniel	280	–	16
33	Kevin	262	–	20
34	Douglas	254	–	30
35	George	250	↓4	31
36	Ronnie	250	–	66
37	Tony	245	↑4	57
38	Darrell	237	↓1	90
39	Mike	232	new	40
40	Jimmy	225	↑8	73
41	Johnny	215	↓1	61
42	Keith	215	↑1	37
43	Steve	206	↑6	44
44	Randy	200	↓6	32
45	Jeffery	195	↑2	59
46	Roy	188	new	75
47	Bruce	184	↓3	36
48	Edward	179	↓9	28
49	Barry	178	↓4	79
50	Carl	174	↓8	51

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