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Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,557 Kentucky births in 1943 across 969 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Kentucky more than they say America.

#78Genevaoutside the national top 200
#90Wendell#199 nationally
#93Willisoutside the national top 200
#82Stella#188 nationally
#76Donnie#180 nationally
#88Patty#187 nationally
#80Alma#174 nationally
#32Wilma#120 nationally
#68Elmer#154 nationally
#92Virgil#175 nationally
#60Billie#138 nationally
#83Willard#159 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,678US #1
#2Betty967US #10
#3Barbara932US #2
#4Linda888US #4
#5Patricia703US #3
#6Carolyn591US #11
#7Shirley590US #12
#8Joyce570US #16
#9Brenda530US #35
#10Wanda457US #56
#11Nancy430US #9
#12Judy420US #13
#13Phyllis402US #39
#14Carol397US #5
#15Judith390US #7
#16Margaret372US #14
#17Martha351US #29
#18Janice344US #26
#19Sandra330US #6
#20Donna321US #17
#21Sharon320US #8
#22Dorothy315US #19
#23Anna296US #64
#24Elizabeth271US #23
#25Ruth267US #33
#26Bonnie266US #34
#27Helen259US #28
#28Janet248US #20
#29Peggy248US #41
#30Doris245US #40
#31Virginia234US #25
#32Wilma229US #120
#33Patsy209US #61
#34Lois202US #43
#35Alice193US #38
#36Frances191US #31
#37Charlotte184US #47
#38Ruby182US #82
#39Sue176US #72
#40Norma174US #58
#41Beverly169US #32
#42Jo169US #63
#43Ann150US #37
#44Mildred150US #76
#45Gloria148US #30
#46Joan141US #21
#47Juanita131US #91
#48Glenda130US #83
#49Rita128US #52
#50Marilyn124US #27
#51Rose124US #50
#52Edna118US #106
#53Jane115US #44
#54Loretta115US #89
#55Sarah114US #71
#56Evelyn111US #53
#57Margie110US #128
#58Thelma104US #127
#59Connie103US #59
#60Billie101US #138
#61Susan101US #18
#62Jean98US #36
#63Rebecca91US #87
#64Sylvia89US #77
#65Edith88US #118
#66Georgia88US #119
#67Geraldine88US #51
#68Emma86US #114
#69Julia79US #95
#70Catherine78US #48
#71Diana78US #62
#72Hazel77US #144
#73Karen77US #15
#74Christine76US #84
#75Clara76US #133
#76Ethel76US #126
#77Pauline76US #112
#78Geneva75
#79Lillian75US #116
#80Alma74US #174
#81Marie71US #45
#82Stella71US #188
#83Anita69US #98
#84Eva69US #148
#85Laura69US #117
#86Bobbie67US #147
#87Kathleen67US #22
#88Patty67US #187
#89Carole66US #42
#90Delores66US #99
#91Joann66US #60
#92Katherine66US #78
#93Paula66US #93
#94Gladys65US #131
#95Vivian65US #122
#96Louise62US #70
#97Roberta62US #66
#98Diane60US #24
#99Faye60US #163
#100Ella58US #155

Boys

#1James2,427US #1
#2William1,474US #4
#3Charles1,182US #7
#4Robert1,161US #2
#5John1,015US #3
#6David701US #6
#7Donald643US #11
#8Jerry601US #17
#9Larry571US #12
#10Thomas521US #8
#11George487US #14
#12Ronald485US #9
#13Paul450US #19
#14Kenneth449US #15
#15Richard443US #5
#16Billy436US #37
#17Bobby411US #46
#18Joseph337US #13
#19Harold324US #27
#20Michael301US #10
#21Roy286US #38
#22Edward283US #18
#23Gary248US #16
#24Roger244US #24
#25Carl238US #33
#26Jimmy224US #42
#27Joe201US #35
#28Raymond201US #22
#29Douglas197US #28
#30Johnny197US #52
#31Ronnie171US #71
#32Gerald166US #23
#33Ralph162US #40
#34Earl158US #60
#35Phillip156US #81
#36Walter154US #26
#37Clarence152US #68
#38Henry148US #31
#39Frank145US #21
#40Tommy138US #77
#41Howard136US #48
#42Danny134US #88
#43Wayne133US #41
#44Jack130US #34
#45Dennis129US #20
#46Jimmie124US #95
#47Arthur123US #30
#48Terry123US #49
#49Ray115US #84
#50Bill114US #65
#51Albert112US #43
#52Willie111US #36
#53Marvin109US #66
#54Harry108US #50
#55Daniel107US #25
#56Jackie105US #124
#57Clyde104US #114
#58Eddie103US #80
#59Fred103US #45
#60Cecil102US #132
#61Ernest101US #61
#62Eugene101US #47
#63Jesse98US #105
#64Russell98US #73
#65Lawrence95US #32
#66Samuel87US #62
#67Chester86US #137
#68Elmer85US #154
#69Lonnie82US #144
#70Norman82US #56
#71Don81US #72
#72Glenn81US #85
#73Curtis79US #100
#74Herbert79US #86
#75Stanley79US #54
#76Donnie78US #180
#77Gene77US #89
#78Stephen77US #29
#79Franklin75US #119
#80Leonard75US #55
#81Louis74US #53
#82Darrell72US #140
#83Willard72US #159
#84Arnold71US #131
#85Freddie70US #143
#86Melvin70US #63
#87Vernon70US #117
#88Clifford69US #94
#89Floyd69US #112
#90Wendell68US #199
#91Leroy65US #74
#92Virgil63US #175
#93Willis62
#94Lloyd61US #104
#95Lewis60US #115
#96Marion60US #170
#97Claude59US #152
#98Lee58US #91
#99Bruce57US #51
#100Edwin57US #107

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑31Lonnie#69
↑25Sylvia#64
↑25Herbert#74
↑18Eddie#58
↑17Sharon#21
↑17Connie#59
↑17Terry#48
↑16Chester#67

Falling

↓26Carole#89
↓25Joann#91
↓25Gladys#94
↓19Donnie#76
↓18Jackie#56
↓16Lawrence#65
↓15Emma#68
↓15Eugene#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.