Top 100 Kentucky Boy Baby Names in 1942

// These were the most popular boy baby names in Kentucky, in 1942.

The Most Popular Kentucky Boy Baby Names in 1942


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Kentucky was James. In total there were 29,975 boys born sharing 493 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1942 . 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 (8%)2,391
2William1 in 20 (4.9%)1,469
3Charles1 in 25 (4%)1,210
4Robert1 in 26 (3.8%)1,152
5John1 in 29 (3.4%)1,025
6Donald1 in 41 (2.5%)737
7David1 in 52 (1.9%)578
8Jerry1 in 53 (1.9%)570
9Larry1 in 55 (1.8%)550
10Ronald1 in 56 (1.8%)534
11Thomas1 in 57 (1.8%)530
12Billy1 in 60 (1.7%)497
13Bobby1 in 68 (1.5%)442
14Paul1 in 68 (1.5%)442
15George1 in 69 (1.5%)435
16Kenneth1 in 70 (1.4%)431
17Richard1 in 74 (1.4%)406
18Joseph1 in 74 (1.3%)403
19Douglas1 in 80 (1.3%)376
20Harold1 in 92 (1.1%)326
21Roy1 in 107 (0.9%)280
22Edward1 in 110 (0.9%)272
23Joe1 in 122 (0.8%)245
24Jimmy1 in 122 (0.8%)245
25Raymond1 in 123 (0.8%)243
26Gary1 in 125 (0.8%)239
27Carl1 in 126 (0.8%)237
28Michael1 in 154 (0.7%)195
29Ronnie1 in 162 (0.6%)185
30Ralph1 in 166 (0.6%)181
31Walter1 in 171 (0.6%)175
32Henry1 in 174 (0.6%)172
33Earl1 in 175 (0.6%)171
34Gerald1 in 189 (0.5%)159
35Johnny1 in 193 (0.5%)155
36Phillip1 in 193 (0.5%)155
37Roger1 in 195 (0.5%)154
38Jackie1 in 201 (0.5%)149
39Tommy1 in 211 (0.5%)142
40Frank1 in 217 (0.5%)138
41Jack1 in 217 (0.5%)138
42Dennis1 in 219 (0.5%)137
43Wayne1 in 225 (0.4%)133
44Howard1 in 229 (0.4%)131
45Arthur1 in 231 (0.4%)130
46Ray1 in 234 (0.4%)128
47Eugene1 in 236 (0.4%)127
48Clarence1 in 240 (0.4%)125
49Lawrence1 in 240 (0.4%)125
50Danny1 in 242 (0.4%)124
51Albert1 in 244 (0.4%)123
52Bill1 in 261 (0.4%)115
53Jimmie1 in 265 (0.4%)113
54Marvin1 in 265 (0.4%)113
55Willie1 in 270 (0.4%)111
56Ernest1 in 275 (0.4%)109
57Donnie1 in 283 (0.4%)106
58Daniel1 in 285 (0.4%)105
59Harry1 in 285 (0.4%)105
60Norman1 in 285 (0.4%)105
61Elmer1 in 294 (0.3%)102
62Clyde1 in 294 (0.3%)102
63Fred1 in 300 (0.3%)100
64Franklin1 in 306 (0.3%)98
65Terry1 in 316 (0.3%)95
66Samuel1 in 319 (0.3%)94
67Jesse1 in 326 (0.3%)92
68Glenn1 in 333 (0.3%)90
69Cecil1 in 337 (0.3%)89
70Russell1 in 345 (0.3%)87
71Arnold1 in 353 (0.3%)85
72Don1 in 353 (0.3%)85
73Melvin1 in 366 (0.3%)82
74Philip1 in 366 (0.3%)82
75Stephen1 in 375 (0.3%)80
76Herman1 in 375 (0.3%)80
77Eddie1 in 375 (0.3%)80
78Darrell1 in 375 (0.3%)80
79Stanley1 in 379 (0.3%)79
80Vernon1 in 379 (0.3%)79
81Lowell1 in 389 (0.3%)77
82Louis1 in 400 (0.3%)75
83Chester1 in 405 (0.2%)74
84Curtis1 in 411 (0.2%)73
85Glen1 in 416 (0.2%)72
86Lee1 in 416 (0.2%)72
87Everett1 in 422 (0.2%)71
88Leonard1 in 422 (0.2%)71
89Wendell1 in 422 (0.2%)71
90Floyd1 in 434 (0.2%)69
91Gene1 in 441 (0.2%)68
92Lloyd1 in 447 (0.2%)67
93Clifford1 in 468 (0.2%)64
94Leroy1 in 468 (0.2%)64
95Allen1 in 483 (0.2%)62
96Claude1 in 483 (0.2%)62
97Alvin1 in 491 (0.2%)61
98Lonnie1 in 500 (0.2%)60
99Herbert1 in 500 (0.2%)60
100Freddie1 in 500 (0.2%)60


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