Kentucky · 1921

Top 100 names in Kentucky, 1921, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,510
#2	Dorothy	989
#3	Anna	641
#4	Margaret	612
#5	Virginia	605
#6	Ruth	594
#7	Helen	584
#8	Mildred	538
#9	Ruby	519
#10	Elizabeth	435
#11	Edna	419
#12	Thelma	417
#13	Martha	407
#14	Frances	348
#15	Hazel	338
#16	Gladys	334
#17	Marie	326
#18	Edith	316
#19	Evelyn	304
#20	Juanita	285
#21	Pauline	267
#22	Lucille	265
#23	Geneva	252
#24	Opal	251
#25	Ethel	245
#26	Louise	245
#27	Irene	242
#28	Lillian	242
#29	Myrtle	227
#30	Betty	213
#31	Emma	210
#32	Sarah	210
#33	Alma	199
#34	Alice	194
#35	Nancy	191
#36	Clara	188
#37	Bertha	184
#38	Bessie	180
#39	Elsie	177
#40	Catherine	170
#41	Nellie	167
#42	Georgia	165
#43	Mabel	163
#44	Katherine	161
#45	Beulah	160
#46	Laura	153
#47	Christine	153
#48	Beatrice	150
#49	Marjorie	148
#50	Ida	147
#51	Eva	144
#52	Margie	143
#53	Grace	137
#54	Lucy	136
#55	Ella	136
#56	Viola	133
#57	Mae	131
#58	Stella	131
#59	Wilma	129
#60	Agnes	126
#61	Norma	126
#62	Lula	122
#63	Jean	119
#64	Pearl	118
#65	Doris	117
#66	Jessie	116
#67	Florence	113
#68	Audrey	113
#69	Mattie	112
#70	Lois	112
#71	Jane	110
#72	Lillie	108
#73	Minnie	108
#74	Rose	107
#75	Lena	104
#76	Kathleen	103
#77	Gertrude	102
#78	June	101
#79	Ada	101
#80	Cora	97
#81	Annie	97
#82	Vivian	96
#83	Nannie	96
#84	Josephine	95
#85	Dora	95
#86	Ann	94
#87	Nora	91
#88	Maxine	90
#89	Flora	84
#90	Bernice	83
#91	Carrie	83
#92	Della	83
#93	Fannie	83
#94	Julia	83
#95	Willie	81
#96	Ollie	81
#97	Bonnie	81
#98	Daisy	77
#99	Esther	76
#100	Kathryn	75

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
Mossie	21	7	0
Nannie	96	30	5
Artie	23	7	1
Mayme	30	10	2
Gracie	65	21	4
Roxie	31	10	2
Dovie	24	8	2
Oma	31	10	2
Lura	21	7	1
Hallie	27	9	2
Polly	31	10	2
Virgie	58	18	4

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.