Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Kentucky, 1939

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,733
2	Betty	1,367
3	Barbara	907
4	Shirley	753
5	Joyce	524
6	Patricia	490
7	Nancy	474
8	Wanda	470
9	Anna	449
10	Martha	395
10	Phyllis	395
12	Margaret	372
13	Dorothy	359
14	Carolyn	327
15	Helen	314
16	Doris	311
17	Janice	307
18	Linda	296
19	Peggy	294
20	Norma	291
21	Ruth	285
22	Elizabeth	265
23	Virginia	263
24	Wilma	246
25	Alice	220
25	Carol	220
27	Ruby	213
28	Frances	206
29	Lois	205
30	Janet	191
31	Bonnie	188
31	Patsy	188
33	Juanita	182
34	Judith	171
35	Sue	167
36	Donna	160
36	Mildred	160
38	Ann	159
39	Thelma	148
40	Jo	146
41	Emma	145
42	Edna	139
43	Evelyn	135
44	Geraldine	134
45	Marilyn	129
46	Judy	123
47	Joan	122
47	Loretta	122
49	Jean	121
50	Geneva	117

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,109
2	William	1,274
3	Charles	1,164
4	Robert	1,144
5	John	969
6	Donald	817
7	Bobby	569
8	David	545
9	Billy	498
10	George	442
11	Kenneth	440
12	Paul	437
13	Thomas	427
14	Ronald	403
15	Jerry	377
16	Harold	366
17	Joseph	341
18	Richard	339
19	Larry	301
20	Carl	277
21	Edward	265
22	Joe	254
23	Raymond	220
24	Roy	214
25	Gerald	183
26	Jimmy	171
27	Earl	168
28	Ralph	164
28	Roger	164
30	Jack	157
31	Henry	155
32	Eugene	152
33	Jimmie	149
34	Jackie	146
35	Frank	144
36	Gary	138
37	Harry	132
37	Ray	132
39	Johnny	131
40	Clarence	130
41	Wayne	126
42	Walter	124
43	Bill	118
44	Fred	117
45	Don	116
45	Marvin	116
47	Jesse	113
48	Howard	112
49	Lawrence	110
50	Cecil	108