Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1959

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1959 were Mary for girls (1,130 babies) and James for boys (1,803). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 69,166 babies born in Kentucky in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1959

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

Girls

Wilma: 66 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Libby: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Glenna: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Freda: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Benita: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Billie: 43 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Saundra: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bonita: 41 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Vickie: 267 babies, 3× the national rate
Shelia: 104 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Stevie: 49 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jackie: 125 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Timmy: 129 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Donnie: 119 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Teddy: 40 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rickie: 47 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Frankie: 53 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Homer: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dallas: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Willard: 31 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	1,130	–	1
2	Donna	824	↑5	5
3	Linda	690	–	3
4	Deborah	659	↓2	9
5	Karen	629	↑1	4
6	Patricia	611	↑2	6
7	Pamela	601	↑2	12
8	Kathy	594	↓4	15
9	Debra	588	↓4	7
10	Teresa	586	–	24
11	Debbie	560	↑3	20
12	Brenda	537	↓1	16
13	Lisa	537	↑5	10
14	Susan	518	↓2	2
15	Sandra	482	↑1	13
16	Sharon	463	↓3	17
17	Tammy	440	↑9	31
18	Barbara	418	↓3	11
19	Connie	364	↑3	48
20	Cynthia	346	↓3	8
21	Kimberly	338	↑8	33
22	Judy	313	↓3	41
23	Nancy	308	↓2	14
24	Cheryl	295	↓4	18
25	Janet	280	↑2	28
26	Sherry	274	↑7	58
27	Rebecca	269	↑3	38
28	Elizabeth	267	↓4	21
29	Vickie	267	↓1	90
30	Betty	260	↑2	59
31	Sheila	259	–	52
32	Cindy	249	↑8	25
33	Carol	243	↑2	22
34	Beverly	241	–	55
35	Rhonda	241	↑2	45
36	Peggy	233	↓13	57
37	Carolyn	228	↓12	42
38	Robin	218	new	32
39	Joyce	214	↑2	50
40	Cathy	211	↓1	39
41	Theresa	209	↑3	34
42	Janice	198	↓6	37
43	Laura	196	↑6	30
44	Paula	190	↓2	51
45	Martha	187	new	72
46	Wanda	185	↓3	65
47	Rita	184	↓9	98
48	Vicki	183	↓3	73
49	Margaret	181	↓3	36
50	Tina	175	new	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	James	1,803	–	3
2	David	1,543	–	2
3	Michael	1,250	–	1
4	William	1,231	–	7
5	Robert	1,098	–	5
6	John	1,023	–	4
7	Mark	918	↑1	6
8	Charles	807	↓1	11
9	Timothy	781	–	12
10	Ricky	673	↑2	34
11	Richard	604	↓1	8
12	Gary	584	↓1	20
13	Larry	536	↑1	25
14	Thomas	532	↓1	9
15	Kenneth	522	–	15
16	Terry	488	↑1	33
17	Jeffrey	460	↑5	16
18	Donald	458	↓2	19
19	Gregory	456	↑1	23
20	Steven	454	↓2	10
21	Paul	436	↑2	17
22	Joseph	415	↓3	13
23	Danny	407	↑1	48
24	Jerry	398	↓3	36
25	Ronald	354	–	21
26	Anthony	349	↑2	26
27	Billy	329	↑2	65
28	Kevin	326	↑5	14
29	Stephen	308	↓3	28
30	Roger	300	–	47
31	Bobby	278	–	71
32	Tony	262	↑5	53
33	Douglas	261	↑1	30
34	Dennis	258	↓7	29
35	Ronnie	253	↑1	77
36	Daniel	247	↓4	18
37	Randy	241	↑7	31
38	Mike	232	↑1	37
39	George	230	↓4	32
40	Steve	230	↑3	41
41	Johnny	226	–	64
42	Keith	225	–	39
43	Jeffery	223	↑2	55
44	Darrell	214	↓6	90
45	Edward	213	↑3	27
46	Jimmy	189	↓6	69
47	Phillip	188	new	74
48	Barry	180	↑1	73
49	Bruce	175	↓2	38
50	Randall	154	new	59

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