Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1960

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1960 were Mary for girls (997 babies) and James for boys (1,740). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 67,468 babies born in Kentucky in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1960

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: 60 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Renita: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Glenna: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Benita: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Freda: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Geneva: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Vickie: 235 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shelia: 107 babies, 3× the national rate
Della: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lesa: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Kennith: 21 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Stevie: 36 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Randell: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jackie: 100 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Donnie: 109 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Timmy: 109 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Teddy: 39 babies, 4× the national rate
Carroll: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Rickie: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Billy: 325 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	997	–	1
2	Donna	773	–	5
3	Lisa	757	↑10	6
4	Karen	657	↑1	4
5	Teresa	617	↑5	19
6	Linda	616	↓3	3
7	Pamela	591	–	14
8	Brenda	561	↑4	13
9	Kathy	548	↓1	21
10	Patricia	512	↓4	7
11	Deborah	508	↓7	10
12	Kimberly	486	↑9	26
13	Debra	482	↓4	8
14	Sandra	477	↑1	11
15	Debbie	458	↓4	24
16	Sharon	436	–	16
17	Susan	413	↓3	2
18	Tammy	405	↓1	31
19	Barbara	394	↓1	12
20	Connie	349	↓1	47
21	Cynthia	334	↓1	9
22	Sherry	295	↑4	54
23	Nancy	293	–	15
24	Janet	276	↑1	32
25	Elizabeth	270	↑3	18
26	Rebecca	268	↑1	38
27	Laura	261	↑16	25
28	Judy	255	↓6	48
29	Carol	249	↑4	23
30	Sheila	249	↑1	56
31	Cheryl	248	↓7	17
32	Rhonda	239	↑3	44
33	Robin	239	↑5	33
34	Carolyn	236	↑3	43
35	Vickie	235	↓6	100
36	Tina	223	↑14	45
37	Rita	218	↑10	96
38	Betty	216	↓8	68
39	Cindy	214	↓7	30
40	Theresa	210	↑1	35
41	Angela	209	new	50
42	Beverly	208	↓8	60
43	Cathy	206	↓3	46
44	Peggy	200	↓8	69
45	Wanda	183	↑1	66
46	Janice	182	↓4	41
47	Joyce	182	↓8	58
48	Paula	179	↓4	55
49	Julie	175	new	28
50	Margaret	165	↓1	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	James	1,740	–	3
2	David	1,546	–	1
3	Michael	1,187	–	2
4	William	1,112	–	7
5	John	1,053	↑1	4
6	Robert	1,029	↓1	5
7	Mark	991	–	6
8	Charles	832	–	13
9	Timothy	764	–	11
10	Richard	568	↑1	8
11	Kenneth	565	↑4	16
12	Ricky	553	↓2	38
13	Gary	538	↓1	22
14	Jeffrey	537	↑3	14
15	Thomas	526	↓1	9
16	Gregory	476	↑3	24
17	Donald	470	↑1	19
18	Steven	462	↑2	10
19	Larry	456	↓6	28
20	Joseph	452	↑2	12
21	Terry	452	↓5	34
22	Paul	401	↓1	18
23	Kevin	382	↑5	15
24	Danny	380	↓1	48
25	Jerry	371	↓1	37
26	Ronald	348	↓1	21
27	Anthony	340	↓1	25
28	Billy	325	↓1	67
29	Roger	309	↑1	47
30	Daniel	281	↑6	17
31	Stephen	278	↓2	27
32	Dennis	268	↑2	31
33	Tony	250	↓1	52
34	Douglas	249	↓1	30
35	Jeffery	243	↑8	55
36	Keith	237	↑6	35
37	George	231	↑2	33
38	Bobby	227	↓7	73
39	Randy	219	↓2	32
40	Barry	211	↑8	72
41	Steve	211	↓1	43
42	Ronnie	209	↓7	87
43	Christopher	207	new	29
44	Darrell	205	–	>100
45	Johnny	205	↓4	65
46	Jimmy	195	–	69
47	Randall	193	↑3	59
48	Mike	188	↓10	36
49	Phillip	176	↓2	66
50	Edward	175	↓5	26

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