Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Kentucky, 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,749
2	Barbara	965
3	Betty	951
4	Patricia	734
5	Linda	709
6	Shirley	622
7	Joyce	581
8	Carolyn	560
9	Nancy	511
10	Wanda	468
11	Brenda	432
12	Phyllis	419
13	Carol	386
13	Judy	386
15	Margaret	379
16	Judith	370
17	Anna	361
18	Martha	351
19	Janice	335
20	Sandra	330
21	Dorothy	307
22	Ruth	299
23	Elizabeth	291
24	Helen	286
25	Doris	279
26	Bonnie	265
27	Virginia	257
28	Peggy	253
29	Donna	242
30	Patsy	231
31	Janet	222
32	Alice	214
33	Lois	209
34	Frances	206
35	Norma	203
36	Ruby	199
37	Wilma	194
38	Sharon	190
39	Jo	179
40	Sue	176
41	Joan	166
42	Ann	162
43	Beverly	160
44	Mildred	154
45	Charlotte	151
46	Juanita	147
47	Gloria	143
48	Thelma	137
49	Edna	132
50	Rita	125

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,391
2	William	1,469
3	Charles	1,212
4	Robert	1,151
5	John	1,026
6	Donald	737
7	David	578
8	Jerry	570
9	Larry	550
10	Ronald	534
11	Thomas	530
12	Billy	499
13	Bobby	444
14	Paul	441
15	George	434
16	Kenneth	431
17	Richard	409
18	Joseph	404
19	Douglas	376
20	Harold	326
21	Roy	281
22	Edward	272
23	Jimmy	247
24	Raymond	245
25	Joe	244
26	Gary	239
27	Carl	237
28	Michael	195
29	Ronnie	185
30	Ralph	181
31	Walter	175
32	Earl	172
32	Henry	172
34	Gerald	159
35	Johnny	156
36	Phillip	155
37	Roger	154
38	Jackie	149
39	Tommy	143
40	Frank	138
40	Jack	138
42	Dennis	136
43	Wayne	133
44	Howard	132
45	Arthur	131
46	Ray	128
47	Eugene	127
48	Clarence	125
48	Lawrence	125
50	Danny	124