Kentucky · 1923

Top 100 names in Kentucky, 1923, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,345
#2	Dorothy	937
#3	Virginia	635
#4	Ruth	597
#5	Margaret	594
#6	Helen	589
#7	Mildred	521
#8	Ruby	520
#9	Anna	520
#10	Martha	425
#11	Thelma	393
#12	Edna	383
#13	Elizabeth	374
#14	Frances	344
#15	Betty	339
#16	Hazel	304
#17	Edith	289
#18	Juanita	285
#19	Gladys	277
#20	Pauline	273
#21	Marie	271
#22	Geneva	270
#23	Evelyn	259
#24	Louise	237
#25	Lillian	225
#26	Irene	217
#27	Lucille	212
#28	Alice	212
#29	Ethel	208
#30	Emma	205
#31	Opal	199
#32	Sarah	199
#33	Doris	199
#34	Christine	196
#35	Marjorie	190
#36	Eva	182
#37	Elsie	180
#38	Beulah	166
#39	Myrtle	165
#40	Nancy	162
#41	Bessie	157
#42	Alma	156
#43	Jean	151
#44	Clara	150
#45	Bertha	146
#46	Ella	145
#47	Catherine	144
#48	Katherine	142
#49	Lucy	141
#50	Beatrice	140
#51	Georgia	140
#52	Laura	138
#53	Ida	137
#54	Mabel	133
#55	Nellie	132
#56	Norma	132
#57	Wilma	131
#58	Lois	127
#59	Mae	123
#60	Kathleen	115
#61	Minnie	114
#62	Mattie	113
#63	Jane	111
#64	Lillie	109
#65	Ann	107
#66	Grace	107
#67	Lena	107
#68	Margie	106
#69	Viola	104
#70	Annie	102
#71	Agnes	102
#72	Wanda	100
#73	Vivian	100
#74	Ada	99
#75	Jessie	97
#76	Dora	96
#77	Pearl	95
#78	Stella	95
#79	Bonnie	95
#80	Gertrude	93
#81	Lula	91
#82	Willie	91
#83	Kathryn	89
#84	Bernice	88
#85	Maxine	87
#86	June	86
#87	Geraldine	86
#88	Nora	86
#89	Cora	85
#90	Naomi	83
#91	Della	82
#92	Rose	82
#93	Alberta	81
#94	Audrey	81
#95	Florence	79
#96	Eula	79
#97	Josephine	78
#98	Lola	77
#99	Imogene	75
#100	Julia	73

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
Nola	50	17	3
Oma	37	12	2
Emogene	26	9	1
Artie	21	7	1
Alpha	22	7	1
Nannie	72	24	5
Mayme	26	9	2
Maudie	35	12	2
Dixie	39	13	3
Gracie	60	20	4
Zella	30	10	2
Garnet	21	7	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.