Kentucky · 1918

Top 100 names in Kentucky, 1918, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,138
#2	Dorothy	748
#3	Anna	534
#4	Ruth	521
#5	Margaret	502
#6	Virginia	483
#7	Helen	466
#8	Ruby	417
#9	Elizabeth	414
#10	Mildred	410
#11	Hazel	358
#12	Martha	349
#13	Edna	342
#14	Thelma	335
#15	Frances	330
#16	Gladys	283
#17	Edith	276
#18	Marie	268
#19	Ethel	264
#20	Evelyn	255
#21	Lucille	252
#22	Louise	238
#23	Lillian	228
#24	Pauline	216
#25	Opal	209
#26	Sarah	205
#27	Bessie	195
#28	Myrtle	192
#29	Nellie	189
#30	Emma	189
#31	Clara	180
#32	Eva	167
#33	Irene	167
#34	Bertha	164
#35	Alma	162
#36	Elsie	162
#37	Geneva	159
#38	Katherine	158
#39	Catherine	154
#40	Grace	152
#41	Beulah	151
#42	Alice	151
#43	Jessie	138
#44	Mabel	136
#45	Laura	136
#46	Georgia	135
#47	Ida	133
#48	Mae	133
#49	Juanita	132
#50	Lillie	130
#51	Lucy	130
#52	Nancy	129
#53	Christine	128
#54	Marjorie	125
#55	Florence	124
#56	Beatrice	122
#57	Gertrude	122
#58	Pearl	119
#59	Betty	117
#60	Mattie	117
#61	Viola	116
#62	Lena	110
#63	Stella	106
#64	Minnie	104
#65	Cora	104
#66	Ella	103
#67	Annie	102
#68	Kathleen	100
#69	Lula	98
#70	Ann	97
#71	Agnes	96
#72	Ada	95
#73	Carrie	92
#74	Fannie	88
#75	Josephine	87
#76	Julia	86
#77	Eula	84
#78	Flora	84
#79	Dora	83
#80	Jane	83
#81	Bernice	82
#82	Rose	80
#83	Lola	79
#84	Wilma	79
#85	Nora	78
#86	Nannie	78
#87	Esther	77
#88	Margie	77
#89	Goldie	76
#90	Doris	76
#91	Hattie	76
#92	Willie	72
#93	Daisy	72
#94	Maxine	71
#95	Della	71
#96	Naomi	70
#97	Mable	70
#98	Lois	69
#99	June	68
#100	Rosa	68

Uniquely popular in Kentucky

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

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Alpha	25	9	2
Hallie	33	12	2
Lura	27	10	2
Nannie	78	29	5
Oma	34	13	2
Dixie	40	15	3
Alene	21	8	2
Polly	31	11	3
Roxie	32	12	3
Virgie	52	19	5
Mayme	25	9	2
Bertie	28	10	3

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.