Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Kentucky, 1937

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,726
2	Betty	1,305
3	Shirley	908
4	Barbara	747
5	Patricia	476
6	Joyce	434
7	Wanda	403
8	Anna	400
9	Dorothy	397
10	Margaret	380
11	Martha	348
12	Helen	345
13	Nancy	337
14	Doris	335
15	Norma	290
16	Phyllis	286
17	Virginia	273
18	Ruth	265
19	Peggy	259
20	Wilma	256
21	Ruby	247
22	Elizabeth	236
22	Mildred	236
24	Carolyn	230
25	Carol	208
26	Janice	204
27	Lois	187
28	Frances	186
29	Bonnie	182
30	Shelby	178
30	Thelma	178
32	Patsy	167
33	Jo	161
34	Juanita	158
35	Jean	157
36	Alice	147
36	Janet	147
38	Sue	135
39	Edna	134
40	Loretta	133
41	Linda	131
42	Geneva	129
42	Joan	129
44	Gladys	128
45	Ann	127
46	Evelyn	124
46	Hazel	124
48	Donna	122
49	Geraldine	121
50	Emma	118

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,050
2	William	1,245
3	Charles	1,110
4	Robert	1,084
5	John	938
6	Donald	826
7	Bobby	581
8	Billy	566
9	George	427
10	Thomas	407
11	Paul	405
12	Kenneth	399
13	David	360
14	Harold	302
15	Richard	297
15	Ronald	297
17	Carl	272
18	Edward	269
19	Joseph	263
20	Jerry	244
21	Joe	231
22	Roy	228
23	Henry	213
24	Raymond	211
25	Jack	209
26	Earl	190
27	Jackie	166
28	Ralph	165
29	Walter	161
30	Larry	156
31	Frank	155
32	Jimmy	148
33	Eugene	143
34	Gerald	135
35	Ray	130
36	Franklin	129
37	Clarence	125
38	Arthur	122
38	Jimmie	122
40	Howard	121
41	Albert	114
41	Marvin	114
43	Ernest	113
44	Bill	111
45	Lawrence	110
46	Gene	102
47	Clyde	99
48	Fred	98
49	Norman	96
50	Russell	95