Kentucky · 1938

Top 100 names in Kentucky, 1938, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rang	Name	Geburten
#1	Mary	1,784
#2	Betty	1,369
#3	Barbara	940
#4	Shirley	930
#5	Joyce	498
#6	Patricia	495
#7	Nancy	453
#8	Wanda	440
#9	Dorothy	409
#10	Anna	407
#11	Martha	404
#12	Doris	354
#13	Helen	353
#14	Margaret	338
#15	Norma	331
#16	Phyllis	327
#17	Elizabeth	301
#18	Carolyn	288
#19	Ruth	288
#20	Virginia	284
#21	Wilma	279
#22	Peggy	266
#23	Janice	264
#24	Ruby	239
#25	Alice	226
#26	Lois	218
#27	Frances	218
#28	Carol	217
#29	Patsy	200
#30	Linda	197
#31	Mildred	195
#32	Jo	184
#33	Bonnie	181
#34	Ann	176
#35	Donna	175
#36	Thelma	171
#37	Edna	168
#38	Sue	152
#39	Joan	151
#40	Juanita	149
#41	Emma	145
#42	Loretta	145
#43	Janet	144
#44	Jean	143
#45	Shelby	141
#46	Geraldine	136
#47	Alma	135
#48	Margie	133
#49	Sarah	129
#50	Rose	121
#51	Evelyn	121
#52	Edith	119
#53	Jane	115
#54	Hazel	113
#55	Judith	109
#56	Ethel	109
#57	Beverly	108
#58	Clara	108
#59	Pauline	107
#60	Gladys	106
#61	Joann	104
#62	Geneva	104
#63	Lillian	102
#64	Louise	93
#65	Sylvia	93
#66	Marilyn	92
#67	Charlotte	92
#68	Christine	90
#69	Marjorie	85
#70	Sandra	84
#71	Gloria	83
#72	Julia	82
#73	Eva	82
#74	Laura	81
#75	Georgia	81
#76	Irene	81
#77	June	79
#78	Ella	79
#79	Bessie	77
#80	Lillie	76
#81	Billie	75
#82	Glenda	75
#83	Marie	75
#84	Delores	75
#85	Kathleen	72
#86	Bobbie	70
#87	Anita	70
#88	Opal	69
#89	Nellie	68
#90	Myrtle	68
#91	Rebecca	67
#92	Roberta	66
#93	Sally	65
#94	Yvonne	64
#95	Elsie	64
#96	Mattie	63
#97	Judy	62
#98	Maxine	62
#99	Ida	61
#100	Jeanette	60

Uniquely popular in Kentucky

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Geburten	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Oma	21	7	1
Nannie	30	11	2
Jewell	42	15	3
Virgie	32	11	2
Reva	27	10	2
Opal	69	24	5
Glenna	55	19	4
Zelma	21	7	2
Imogene	48	17	4
Goldie	29	10	3
Wanda	440	156	41
Wilma	279	99	26

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.