Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1961

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1961 were Mary for girls (966 babies) and James for boys (1,622). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 66,379 babies born in Kentucky in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1961

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

Girls

Madonna: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Wilma: 59 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Glenna: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Benita: 34 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Freda: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Leisa: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lana: 45 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Reba: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shelia: 101 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Della: 31 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Stevie: 38 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jackie: 99 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Timmy: 108 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Donnie: 98 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Randell: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Elmer: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Scotty: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rickie: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Hubert: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Luther: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	966	–	1
2	Lisa	952	↑1	2
3	Donna	691	↓1	7
4	Teresa	577	↑1	18
5	Karen	573	↓1	5
6	Brenda	555	↑2	11
7	Linda	555	↓1	4
8	Kimberly	527	↑4	22
9	Pamela	513	↓2	15
10	Deborah	479	↑1	10
11	Kathy	470	↓2	25
12	Patricia	465	↓2	6
13	Sandra	462	↑1	9
14	Sharon	436	↑2	17
15	Debra	423	↓2	13
16	Tammy	420	↑2	28
17	Susan	416	–	3
18	Barbara	371	↑1	12
19	Debbie	371	↓4	31
20	Connie	340	–	50
21	Cynthia	321	–	8
22	Robin	303	↑11	27
23	Elizabeth	294	↑2	19
24	Sherry	288	↓2	53
25	Nancy	282	↓2	16
26	Rebecca	275	–	44
27	Janet	269	↓3	32
28	Angela	259	↑13	38
29	Judy	255	↓1	58
30	Carol	241	↓1	24
31	Laura	238	↓4	21
32	Rhonda	238	–	46
33	Sheila	236	↓3	59
34	Carolyn	233	–	42
35	Cheryl	233	↓4	20
36	Theresa	228	↑4	35
37	Tina	216	↓1	41
38	Cindy	207	↑1	33
39	Beverly	206	↑3	66
40	Jennifer	200	new	47
41	Paula	193	↑7	60
42	Vickie	193	↓7	>100
43	Peggy	188	↑1	88
44	Rita	184	↓7	>100
45	Betty	182	↓7	87
46	Jacqueline	177	new	37
47	Cathy	174	↓4	55
48	Margaret	167	↑2	40
49	Anita	165	new	91
50	Julie	165	↓1	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	James	1,622	–	4
2	David	1,464	–	2
3	Michael	1,287	–	1
4	John	1,131	↑1	3
5	William	1,082	↓1	7
6	Robert	1,058	–	5
7	Mark	980	–	6
8	Timothy	792	↑1	15
9	Charles	744	↓1	13
10	Jeffrey	588	↑4	11
11	Richard	534	↓1	8
12	Gary	511	↑1	21
13	Kenneth	480	↓2	16
14	Gregory	461	↑2	23
15	Terry	455	↑6	32
16	Ricky	446	↓4	44
17	Thomas	446	↓2	9
18	Donald	445	↓1	22
19	Joseph	440	↑1	12
20	Paul	430	↑2	18
21	Steven	417	↓3	10
22	Larry	396	↓3	30
23	Anthony	371	↑4	25
24	Kevin	363	↓1	14
25	Jerry	321	–	37
26	Billy	316	↑2	68
27	Ronald	316	↓1	24
28	Danny	305	↓4	54
29	Jeffery	300	↑6	50
30	Roger	277	↓1	47
31	Daniel	260	↓1	17
32	George	255	↑5	31
33	Douglas	249	↑1	28
34	Stephen	247	↓3	27
35	Tony	242	↓2	53
36	Bobby	235	↑2	76
37	Keith	233	↓1	35
38	Brian	215	new	20
39	Randy	215	–	33
40	Mike	210	↑8	36
41	Christopher	209	↑2	26
42	Dennis	209	↓10	34
43	Edward	204	↑7	29
44	Jimmy	195	↑2	71
45	Barry	186	↓5	66
46	Johnny	181	↓1	70
47	Ronnie	181	↓5	91
48	Steve	181	↓7	45
49	Darrell	180	↓5	>100
50	Randall	169	↓3	63

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