Top 100 Kentucky Boy Baby Names in 1949

// These were the most popular boy baby names in Kentucky, in 1949.

The Most Popular Kentucky Boy Baby Names in 1949


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Kentucky was James. In total there were 35,999 boys born sharing 476 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1949 . 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 16 (6.4%)2,302
2William1 in 23 (4.3%)1,534
3Larry1 in 27 (3.8%)1,353
4Robert1 in 28 (3.6%)1,293
5John1 in 28 (3.5%)1,273
6Michael1 in 32 (3.2%)1,134
7David1 in 32 (3.1%)1,124
8Charles1 in 33 (3.1%)1,103
9Gary1 in 45 (2.2%)806
10Thomas1 in 48 (2.1%)747
11Jerry1 in 48 (2.1%)743
12Donald1 in 53 (1.9%)683
13Ronald1 in 55 (1.8%)654
14Richard1 in 63 (1.6%)571
15Kenneth1 in 68 (1.5%)526
16Roger1 in 71 (1.4%)506
17Joseph1 in 72 (1.4%)502
18Danny1 in 74 (1.4%)487
19George1 in 76 (1.3%)473
20Paul1 in 78 (1.3%)461
21Stephen1 in 93 (1.1%)387
22Ronnie1 in 105 (1%)344
23Dennis1 in 107 (0.9%)337
24Billy1 in 107 (0.9%)336
25Terry1 in 107 (0.9%)335
26Bobby1 in 115 (0.9%)313
27Edward1 in 123 (0.8%)293
28Johnny1 in 125 (0.8%)288
29Jimmy1 in 137 (0.7%)263
30Roy1 in 142 (0.7%)254
31Harold1 in 145 (0.7%)249
32Carl1 in 145 (0.7%)248
33Steven1 in 178 (0.6%)202
34Daniel1 in 184 (0.5%)196
35Phillip1 in 187 (0.5%)192
36Raymond1 in 200 (0.5%)180
37Douglas1 in 205 (0.5%)176
38Lawrence1 in 208 (0.5%)173
39Joe1 in 211 (0.5%)171
40Walter1 in 214 (0.5%)168
41Donnie1 in 225 (0.4%)160
42Eddie1 in 225 (0.4%)160
43Gerald1 in 225 (0.4%)160
44Ralph1 in 238 (0.4%)151
45Wayne1 in 247 (0.4%)146
46Frank1 in 247 (0.4%)146
47Tommy1 in 255 (0.4%)141
48Bruce1 in 257 (0.4%)140
49Jackie1 in 257 (0.4%)140
50Randall1 in 257 (0.4%)140
51Earl1 in 261 (0.4%)138
52Mark1 in 261 (0.4%)138
53Darrell1 in 271 (0.4%)133
54Glenn1 in 273 (0.4%)132
55Henry1 in 279 (0.4%)129
56Jack1 in 281 (0.4%)128
57Howard1 in 286 (0.4%)126
58Anthony1 in 295 (0.3%)122
59Arthur1 in 295 (0.3%)122
60Marvin1 in 300 (0.3%)120
61Gregory1 in 305 (0.3%)118
62Philip1 in 316 (0.3%)114
63Eugene1 in 319 (0.3%)113
64Harry1 in 321 (0.3%)112
65Lonnie1 in 324 (0.3%)111
66Samuel1 in 324 (0.3%)111
67Ernest1 in 336 (0.3%)107
68Russell1 in 340 (0.3%)106
69Dale1 in 343 (0.3%)105
70Barry1 in 343 (0.3%)105
71Fred1 in 356 (0.3%)101
72Jimmie1 in 356 (0.3%)101
73Timothy1 in 364 (0.3%)99
74Clarence1 in 371 (0.3%)97
75Stanley1 in 375 (0.3%)96
76Albert1 in 391 (0.3%)92
77Steve1 in 419 (0.2%)86
78Garry1 in 419 (0.2%)86
79Willie1 in 429 (0.2%)84
80Ray1 in 434 (0.2%)83
81Rodney1 in 450 (0.2%)80
82Micheal1 in 456 (0.2%)79
83Bill1 in 468 (0.2%)77
84Leonard1 in 468 (0.2%)77
85Vernon1 in 474 (0.2%)76
86Allen1 in 480 (0.2%)75
87Patrick1 in 480 (0.2%)75
88Jesse1 in 486 (0.2%)74
89Mike1 in 486 (0.2%)74
90Clyde1 in 500 (0.2%)72
91Norman1 in 507 (0.2%)71
92Lloyd1 in 507 (0.2%)71
93Elmer1 in 507 (0.2%)71
94Alan1 in 514 (0.2%)70
95Curtis1 in 522 (0.2%)69
96Herbert1 in 529 (0.2%)68
97Glen1 in 545 (0.2%)66
98Don1 in 554 (0.2%)65
99Melvin1 in 554 (0.2%)65
100Louis1 in 562 (0.2%)64


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