Kentucky · 1922

Top 100 names in Kentucky, 1922, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,442
#2	Dorothy	957
#3	Virginia	617
#4	Margaret	588
#5	Anna	573
#6	Ruth	548
#7	Helen	547
#8	Mildred	472
#9	Ruby	455
#10	Martha	386
#11	Elizabeth	374
#12	Gladys	359
#13	Edna	341
#14	Hazel	340
#15	Frances	327
#16	Thelma	312
#17	Edith	300
#18	Evelyn	287
#19	Juanita	281
#20	Marie	280
#21	Geneva	271
#22	Pauline	265
#23	Betty	263
#24	Louise	254
#25	Lillian	249
#26	Irene	243
#27	Lucille	228
#28	Opal	214
#29	Ethel	207
#30	Sarah	194
#31	Myrtle	193
#32	Nancy	190
#33	Clara	186
#34	Elsie	186
#35	Emma	185
#36	Marjorie	183
#37	Doris	177
#38	Christine	176
#39	Alice	167
#40	Katherine	162
#41	Beulah	161
#42	Bessie	154
#43	Bertha	154
#44	Eva	153
#45	Margie	152
#46	Wilma	148
#47	Georgia	147
#48	Ella	140
#49	Beatrice	140
#50	Nellie	140
#51	Alma	139
#52	Mae	137
#53	Mabel	134
#54	Florence	133
#55	Ida	128
#56	Catherine	128
#57	Mattie	128
#58	Grace	123
#59	Gertrude	123
#60	Stella	122
#61	Jean	120
#62	Lucy	120
#63	Minnie	119
#64	Laura	119
#65	Lena	119
#66	Lillie	118
#67	Lois	115
#68	Agnes	114
#69	Norma	109
#70	Kathleen	108
#71	Ann	107
#72	Viola	107
#73	Josephine	106
#74	Jane	105
#75	Pearl	104
#76	Lula	100
#77	Ada	100
#78	Jessie	99
#79	Audrey	97
#80	Bonnie	95
#81	Annie	94
#82	Fannie	90
#83	Carrie	90
#84	Vivian	90
#85	Mable	89
#86	Rose	86
#87	Wanda	86
#88	Bernice	85
#89	Willie	85
#90	Nora	83
#91	Maxine	83
#92	Naomi	83
#93	Della	81
#94	Julia	81
#95	June	80
#96	Goldie	79
#97	Eula	78
#98	Eunice	75
#99	Kathryn	75
#100	Nannie	74

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
Oma	38	13	2
Polly	46	15	3
Roxie	39	13	2
Alene	33	11	2
Nannie	74	25	5
Virgie	71	24	5
Mayme	26	9	2
Hallie	30	10	2
Vada	20	7	1
Geneva	271	90	20
Dixie	30	10	3
Allene	23	8	2

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.