Popular Kentucky Boy Baby Names From 1940

The Most Popular Kentucky Boy Baby Names in 1940

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1940.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Kentucky was James. In total there were 28,523 boys born sharing 499 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1940 . 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
1	James	1 in 13 (7.8%)	2,233
2	William	1 in 21 (4.8%)	1,357
3	Robert	1 in 25 (4.1%)	1,159
4	Charles	1 in 25 (3.9%)	1,126
5	John	1 in 30 (3.3%)	953
6	Donald	1 in 37 (2.7%)	774
7	David	1 in 53 (1.9%)	541
8	Billy	1 in 54 (1.9%)	531
9	Bobby	1 in 57 (1.8%)	500
10	Jerry	1 in 60 (1.7%)	478
11	Thomas	1 in 62 (1.6%)	461
12	Paul	1 in 64 (1.6%)	446
13	Kenneth	1 in 64 (1.6%)	444
14	Ronald	1 in 65 (1.5%)	436
15	George	1 in 68 (1.5%)	420
16	Larry	1 in 68 (1.5%)	418
17	Richard	1 in 71 (1.4%)	403
18	Harold	1 in 81 (1.2%)	353
19	Joseph	1 in 84 (1.2%)	338
20	Joe	1 in 103 (1%)	277
21	Roy	1 in 110 (0.9%)	260
22	Carl	1 in 110 (0.9%)	259
23	Edward	1 in 114 (0.9%)	251
24	Raymond	1 in 116 (0.9%)	245
25	Jimmy	1 in 143 (0.7%)	200
26	Jack	1 in 149 (0.7%)	191
27	Ralph	1 in 152 (0.7%)	188
28	Gary	1 in 157 (0.6%)	182
29	Earl	1 in 161 (0.6%)	177
30	Gerald	1 in 168 (0.6%)	170
31	Walter	1 in 171 (0.6%)	167
32	Henry	1 in 182 (0.6%)	157
33	Johnny	1 in 185 (0.5%)	154
34	Frank	1 in 188 (0.5%)	152
35	Roger	1 in 189 (0.5%)	151
36	Wendell	1 in 197 (0.5%)	145
37	Jimmie	1 in 204 (0.5%)	140
38	Jackie	1 in 208 (0.5%)	137
39	Ray	1 in 213 (0.5%)	134
40	Clarence	1 in 219 (0.5%)	130
41	Eugene	1 in 223 (0.4%)	128
42	Wayne	1 in 228 (0.4%)	125
43	Phillip	1 in 234 (0.4%)	122
44	Arthur	1 in 240 (0.4%)	119
45	Howard	1 in 244 (0.4%)	117
46	Michael	1 in 244 (0.4%)	117
47	Marvin	1 in 252 (0.4%)	113
48	Tommy	1 in 255 (0.4%)	112
49	Ernest	1 in 259 (0.4%)	110
50	Franklin	1 in 264 (0.4%)	108
51	Fred	1 in 264 (0.4%)	108
52	Clyde	1 in 269 (0.4%)	106
53	Ronnie	1 in 269 (0.4%)	106
54	Don	1 in 272 (0.4%)	105
55	Lawrence	1 in 277 (0.4%)	103
56	Chester	1 in 280 (0.4%)	102
57	Harry	1 in 280 (0.4%)	102
58	Cecil	1 in 282 (0.4%)	101
59	Norman	1 in 282 (0.4%)	101
60	Bill	1 in 291 (0.3%)	98
61	Vernon	1 in 294 (0.3%)	97
62	Glenn	1 in 294 (0.3%)	97
63	Gene	1 in 297 (0.3%)	96
64	Russell	1 in 297 (0.3%)	96
65	Albert	1 in 300 (0.3%)	95
66	Willie	1 in 300 (0.3%)	95
67	Jesse	1 in 307 (0.3%)	93
68	Melvin	1 in 310 (0.3%)	92
69	Arnold	1 in 313 (0.3%)	91
70	Douglas	1 in 328 (0.3%)	87
71	Daniel	1 in 336 (0.3%)	85
72	Danny	1 in 336 (0.3%)	85
73	Dennis	1 in 344 (0.3%)	83
74	Louis	1 in 344 (0.3%)	83
75	Elmer	1 in 357 (0.3%)	80
76	Samuel	1 in 357 (0.3%)	80
77	Leonard	1 in 361 (0.3%)	79
78	Stanley	1 in 375 (0.3%)	76
79	Leroy	1 in 380 (0.3%)	75
80	Lee	1 in 391 (0.3%)	73
81	Floyd	1 in 396 (0.3%)	72
82	Willard	1 in 396 (0.3%)	72
83	Eddie	1 in 407 (0.2%)	70
84	Philip	1 in 413 (0.2%)	69
85	Freddie	1 in 413 (0.2%)	69
86	Allen	1 in 419 (0.2%)	68
87	Clifford	1 in 419 (0.2%)	68
88	Lonnie	1 in 419 (0.2%)	68
89	Donnie	1 in 432 (0.2%)	66
90	Everett	1 in 432 (0.2%)	66
91	Lowell	1 in 446 (0.2%)	64
92	Herman	1 in 446 (0.2%)	64
93	Lloyd	1 in 453 (0.2%)	63
94	Glen	1 in 460 (0.2%)	62
95	Virgil	1 in 475 (0.2%)	60
96	Curtis	1 in 483 (0.2%)	59
97	Herbert	1 in 483 (0.2%)	59
98	Homer	1 in 509 (0.2%)	56
99	Claude	1 in 519 (0.2%)	55
100	Alvin	1 in 519 (0.2%)	55