Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Kentucky, 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,598
2	Linda	932
3	Betty	843
4	Barbara	817
5	Patricia	744
6	Brenda	599
7	Carolyn	593
8	Shirley	561
9	Joyce	494
10	Judy	483
11	Nancy	435
12	Wanda	418
13	Sandra	398
14	Carol	396
15	Phyllis	382
16	Martha	351
17	Judith	345
18	Sharon	343
19	Janice	306
20	Anna	297
20	Donna	297
22	Dorothy	293
23	Margaret	285
24	Bonnie	275
25	Helen	268
26	Elizabeth	251
27	Virginia	246
28	Doris	229
29	Janet	227
29	Ruth	227
31	Peggy	222
32	Alice	197
32	Wilma	197
34	Patsy	182
35	Frances	180
36	Norma	179
37	Charlotte	176
38	Ruby	162
39	Lois	158
40	Sue	155
41	Marilyn	149
42	Glenda	143
43	Mildred	139
44	Jo	138
45	Beverly	136
46	Gloria	132
47	Joan	126
48	Susan	125
49	Jane	121
50	Margie	120

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,256
2	William	1,424
3	Charles	1,174
4	Robert	1,083
5	John	1,026
6	David	724
7	Larry	653
8	Jerry	625
9	Donald	620
10	Ronald	495
10	Thomas	495
12	Richard	457
13	Kenneth	431
14	Billy	404
15	Paul	403
16	George	378
17	Bobby	360
18	Joseph	358
19	Roger	333
20	Michael	322
21	Gary	321
22	Harold	276
23	Roy	252
24	Jimmy	244
25	Edward	242
26	Carl	224
27	Joe	196
28	Raymond	195
29	Ronnie	174
30	Gerald	167
31	Johnny	165
32	Ralph	159
33	Walter	158
34	Earl	157
35	Tommy	154
36	Danny	144
36	Henry	144
36	Jack	144
39	Douglas	141
40	Frank	139
41	Jimmie	131
41	Wayne	131
43	Dennis	130
44	Ernest	127
44	Jackie	127
44	Phillip	127
47	Arthur	121
48	Clarence	119
49	Daniel	118
50	Terry	113