Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1962

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1962 were Mary for girls (945 babies) and James for boys (1,728). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 64,941 babies born in Kentucky in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1962

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: 35 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Wilma: 49 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Billie: 41 babies, 4× the national rate
Edwina: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Leisa: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Danita: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ladonna: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mitzi: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Saundra: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Patsy: 45 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Timmy: 123 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Rickie: 35 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Randell: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Donnie: 103 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Stevie: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Scotty: 29 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jackie: 84 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Teddy: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cecil: 49 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Billy: 290 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Mary	945	–	2
2	Lisa	900	–	1
3	Karen	635	↑2	4
4	Donna	625	↓1	7
5	Teresa	586	↓1	18
6	Kimberly	578	↑2	16
7	Linda	542	–	5
8	Pamela	505	↑1	13
9	Patricia	444	↑3	6
10	Tammy	437	↑6	23
11	Kathy	427	–	27
12	Brenda	416	↓6	12
13	Sandra	416	–	10
14	Deborah	410	↓4	9
15	Susan	409	↑2	3
16	Cynthia	357	↑5	8
17	Debra	352	↓2	15
18	Sharon	348	↓4	17
19	Barbara	319	↓1	14
20	Rhonda	308	↑12	45
21	Sherry	306	↑3	48
22	Robin	298	–	25
23	Debbie	290	↓4	32
24	Jennifer	290	↑16	41
25	Tina	290	↑12	33
26	Connie	289	↓6	51
27	Rebecca	284	↓1	47
28	Angela	268	–	36
29	Laura	249	↑2	21
30	Sheila	247	↑3	52
31	Elizabeth	242	↓8	20
32	Cheryl	241	↑3	24
33	Janet	241	↓6	35
34	Nancy	231	↓9	19
35	Carolyn	226	↓1	46
36	Cindy	204	↑2	34
37	Carol	200	↓7	28
38	Beverly	191	↑1	69
39	Theresa	189	↓3	40
40	Melissa	186	new	68
41	Lori	185	new	11
42	Vickie	184	–	>100
43	Judy	177	↓14	63
44	Anita	174	↑5	81
45	Paula	174	↓4	60
46	Kim	168	new	37
47	Margaret	164	↑1	43
48	Cathy	161	↓1	62
49	Betty	159	↓4	97
50	Regina	157	new	91

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	James	1,728	–	4
2	David	1,445	–	2
3	Michael	1,232	–	1
4	Robert	1,114	↑2	5
5	John	1,090	↓1	3
6	William	984	↓1	7
7	Mark	897	–	6
8	Charles	727	↑1	15
9	Timothy	723	↓1	16
10	Jeffrey	704	–	10
11	Richard	518	–	8
12	Gregory	511	↑2	21
13	Kenneth	498	–	18
14	Gary	494	↓2	22
15	Thomas	482	↑2	9
16	Joseph	455	↑3	13
17	Donald	430	↑1	23
18	Steven	417	↑3	12
19	Kevin	412	↑5	14
20	Terry	411	↓5	34
21	Anthony	383	↑2	24
22	Ricky	370	↓6	50
23	Paul	368	↓3	19
24	Ronald	341	↑3	25
25	Larry	335	↓3	31
26	Jeffery	306	↑3	45
27	Jerry	296	↓2	38
28	Billy	290	↓2	71
29	Christopher	280	↑12	26
30	Danny	279	↓2	54
31	Stephen	272	↑3	28
32	Roger	260	↓2	47
33	Daniel	256	↓2	17
34	Douglas	253	↓1	27
35	Tony	249	–	52
36	Barry	248	↑9	61
37	George	246	↓5	32
38	Bobby	233	↓2	78
39	Keith	207	↓2	36
40	Scott	204	new	11
41	Phillip	193	new	68
42	Brian	191	↓4	20
43	Randy	190	↓4	35
44	Edward	186	↓1	29
45	Dennis	184	↓3	37
46	Bruce	176	new	41
47	Jeff	173	new	44
48	Johnny	173	↓2	69
49	Steve	173	↓1	46
50	Jimmy	165	↓6	75

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