Top baby names in Kentucky, 1950
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linda | 1,897 |
| 2 | Mary | 1,559 |
| 3 | Brenda | 1,214 |
| 4 | Patricia | 959 |
| 5 | Barbara | 798 |
| 6 | Sharon | 634 |
| 7 | Judy | 614 |
| 8 | Sandra | 607 |
| 9 | Carolyn | 575 |
| 9 | Deborah | 575 |
| 11 | Donna | 558 |
| 12 | Betty | 546 |
| 13 | Nancy | 469 |
| 14 | Wanda | 468 |
| 15 | Joyce | 459 |
| 15 | Shirley | 459 |
| 17 | Janice | 391 |
| 18 | Margaret | 353 |
| 19 | Susan | 341 |
| 20 | Karen | 339 |
| 21 | Janet | 334 |
| 21 | Pamela | 334 |
| 23 | Phyllis | 332 |
| 24 | Carol | 330 |
| 25 | Bonnie | 317 |
| 26 | Connie | 315 |
| 27 | Judith | 308 |
| 28 | Elizabeth | 300 |
| 29 | Martha | 298 |
| 30 | Beverly | 288 |
| 31 | Peggy | 280 |
| 32 | Rebecca | 277 |
| 33 | Kathy | 245 |
| 34 | Rita | 243 |
| 35 | Anna | 220 |
| 36 | Dorothy | 203 |
| 37 | Diana | 201 |
| 38 | Virginia | 198 |
| 39 | Helen | 194 |
| 40 | Charlotte | 192 |
| 41 | Kathleen | 188 |
| 42 | Marilyn | 182 |
| 43 | Glenda | 177 |
| 44 | Ruth | 171 |
| 45 | Vicki | 166 |
| 46 | Sheila | 164 |
| 46 | Wilma | 164 |
| 48 | Sherry | 162 |
| 49 | Gloria | 159 |
| 50 | Paula | 155 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 2,252 |
| 2 | William | 1,486 |
| 3 | Michael | 1,264 |
| 4 | Robert | 1,261 |
| 5 | John | 1,217 |
| 6 | Larry | 1,212 |
| 7 | David | 1,181 |
| 8 | Charles | 1,133 |
| 9 | Gary | 862 |
| 10 | Donald | 698 |
| 11 | Jerry | 687 |
| 11 | Thomas | 687 |
| 13 | Ronald | 594 |
| 14 | Kenneth | 590 |
| 15 | Richard | 567 |
| 16 | Joseph | 514 |
| 17 | Roger | 505 |
| 18 | Danny | 493 |
| 19 | Paul | 438 |
| 20 | Stephen | 407 |
| 21 | George | 395 |
| 22 | Dennis | 369 |
| 23 | Terry | 352 |
| 24 | Billy | 337 |
| 25 | Ronnie | 303 |
| 26 | Bobby | 297 |
| 27 | Edward | 293 |
| 28 | Steven | 276 |
| 29 | Roy | 264 |
| 30 | Jimmy | 247 |
| 31 | Daniel | 246 |
| 32 | Harold | 243 |
| 33 | Johnny | 233 |
| 34 | Carl | 231 |
| 35 | Raymond | 207 |
| 36 | Phillip | 202 |
| 37 | Douglas | 191 |
| 38 | Wayne | 180 |
| 39 | Gregory | 176 |
| 40 | Joe | 171 |
| 41 | Gerald | 170 |
| 42 | Donnie | 166 |
| 43 | Mark | 163 |
| 44 | Bruce | 160 |
| 45 | Eddie | 159 |
| 46 | Ralph | 156 |
| 47 | Walter | 155 |
| 48 | Jackie | 143 |
| 49 | Darrell | 142 |
| 49 | Randall | 142 |