Top 100 Kentucky Boy Baby Names in 1939

// These were the most popular boy baby names in Kentucky, in 1939.

The Most Popular Kentucky Boy Baby Names in 1939


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Kentucky was James. In total there were 27,303 boys born sharing 488 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1939 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.


Rank Name How Unique? Total births this year
1James1 in 13 (7.7%)2,108
2William1 in 21 (4.7%)1,274
3Charles1 in 23 (4.3%)1,163
4Robert1 in 24 (4.2%)1,144
5John1 in 28 (3.6%)971
6Donald1 in 33 (3%)817
7Bobby1 in 48 (2.1%)565
8David1 in 50 (2%)545
9Billy1 in 55 (1.8%)498
10George1 in 62 (1.6%)442
11Kenneth1 in 62 (1.6%)441
12Paul1 in 63 (1.6%)436
13Thomas1 in 64 (1.6%)426
14Ronald1 in 68 (1.5%)404
15Jerry1 in 72 (1.4%)377
16Harold1 in 75 (1.3%)366
17Joseph1 in 80 (1.2%)341
18Richard1 in 81 (1.2%)339
19Larry1 in 92 (1.1%)298
20Carl1 in 99 (1%)277
21Edward1 in 103 (1%)265
22Joe1 in 107 (0.9%)254
23Raymond1 in 125 (0.8%)219
24Roy1 in 128 (0.8%)213
25Gerald1 in 148 (0.7%)184
26Jimmy1 in 159 (0.6%)172
27Earl1 in 163 (0.6%)168
28Ralph1 in 166 (0.6%)164
29Roger1 in 169 (0.6%)162
30Jack1 in 174 (0.6%)157
31Henry1 in 176 (0.6%)155
32Eugene1 in 180 (0.6%)152
33Jimmie1 in 183 (0.5%)149
34Jackie1 in 187 (0.5%)146
35Frank1 in 190 (0.5%)144
36Gary1 in 198 (0.5%)138
37Harry1 in 207 (0.5%)132
38Ray1 in 207 (0.5%)132
39Johnny1 in 208 (0.5%)131
40Clarence1 in 210 (0.5%)130
41Wayne1 in 218 (0.5%)125
42Walter1 in 220 (0.5%)124
43Bill1 in 231 (0.4%)118
44Fred1 in 233 (0.4%)117
45Marvin1 in 233 (0.4%)117
46Don1 in 235 (0.4%)116
47Jesse1 in 242 (0.4%)113
48Howard1 in 246 (0.4%)111
49Lawrence1 in 248 (0.4%)110
50Cecil1 in 253 (0.4%)108
51Tommy1 in 255 (0.4%)107
52Norman1 in 263 (0.4%)104
53Arthur1 in 265 (0.4%)103
54Ernest1 in 270 (0.4%)101
55Albert1 in 273 (0.4%)100
56Clyde1 in 279 (0.4%)98
57Russell1 in 287 (0.3%)95
58Glenn1 in 297 (0.3%)92
59Franklin1 in 300 (0.3%)91
60Ronnie1 in 303 (0.3%)90
61Stanley1 in 303 (0.3%)90
62Gene1 in 307 (0.3%)89
63Elmer1 in 307 (0.3%)89
64Phillip1 in 310 (0.3%)88
65Louis1 in 314 (0.3%)87
66Michael1 in 314 (0.3%)87
67Vernon1 in 314 (0.3%)87
68Willie1 in 314 (0.3%)87
69Daniel1 in 337 (0.3%)81
70Lloyd1 in 350 (0.3%)78
71Leonard1 in 350 (0.3%)78
72Floyd1 in 355 (0.3%)77
73Melvin1 in 359 (0.3%)76
74Herbert1 in 364 (0.3%)75
75Douglas1 in 374 (0.3%)73
76Glen1 in 379 (0.3%)72
77Donnie1 in 385 (0.3%)71
78Clifford1 in 385 (0.3%)71
79Lee1 in 390 (0.3%)70
80Eddie1 in 396 (0.3%)69
81Leroy1 in 396 (0.3%)69
82Curtis1 in 402 (0.2%)68
83Billie1 in 408 (0.2%)67
84Willard1 in 408 (0.2%)67
85Herman1 in 420 (0.2%)65
86Lowell1 in 427 (0.2%)64
87Chester1 in 433 (0.2%)63
88Danny1 in 433 (0.2%)63
89Lonnie1 in 433 (0.2%)63
90Arnold1 in 440 (0.2%)62
91Samuel1 in 440 (0.2%)62
92Freddie1 in 455 (0.2%)60
93Dennis1 in 455 (0.2%)60
94Alvin1 in 455 (0.2%)60
95Claude1 in 479 (0.2%)57
96Allen1 in 488 (0.2%)56
97Philip1 in 488 (0.2%)56
98Homer1 in 496 (0.2%)55
99Randall1 in 496 (0.2%)55
100Darrell1 in 506 (0.2%)54


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