Kentucky · 1925

Top 100 names in Kentucky, 1925, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,342
#2	Dorothy	975
#3	Helen	627
#4	Anna	598
#5	Ruth	596
#6	Margaret	564
#7	Virginia	539
#8	Betty	523
#9	Mildred	503
#10	Ruby	497
#11	Martha	448
#12	Edna	353
#13	Elizabeth	352
#14	Frances	332
#15	Juanita	329
#16	Thelma	305
#17	Pauline	304
#18	Gladys	284
#19	Geneva	283
#20	Hazel	275
#21	Edith	261
#22	Evelyn	252
#23	Doris	247
#24	Marie	239
#25	Louise	237
#26	Irene	216
#27	Alice	213
#28	Lillian	210
#29	Jean	208
#30	Ethel	204
#31	Opal	202
#32	Marjorie	180
#33	Lucille	180
#34	Nancy	174
#35	Alma	173
#36	Emma	173
#37	Sarah	172
#38	Georgia	171
#39	Wilma	168
#40	Myrtle	166
#41	Norma	166
#42	Lois	165
#43	Eva	160
#44	Nellie	160
#45	Bertha	152
#46	Christine	152
#47	Margie	150
#48	Wanda	146
#49	Catherine	146
#50	Clara	143
#51	Elsie	143
#52	Ida	136
#53	Beulah	136
#54	Bessie	133
#55	Ann	131
#56	Stella	127
#57	Beatrice	126
#58	Katherine	123
#59	Laura	122
#60	Lillie	115
#61	Lena	115
#62	Ella	114
#63	Mae	113
#64	Mabel	112
#65	Minnie	112
#66	Mattie	111
#67	Maxine	110
#68	Barbara	110
#69	Bonnie	109
#70	Jessie	108
#71	Kathleen	108
#72	Agnes	105
#73	Grace	104
#74	June	103
#75	Pearl	102
#76	Lucy	101
#77	Jane	99
#78	Rose	95
#79	Imogene	94
#80	Bernice	93
#81	Julia	93
#82	Lula	91
#83	Josephine	90
#84	Florence	90
#85	Annie	90
#86	Eula	88
#87	Nora	87
#88	Geraldine	86
#89	Viola	84
#90	Audrey	83
#91	Ada	82
#92	Dora	82
#93	Violet	80
#94	Della	79
#95	Cora	78
#96	Gloria	77
#97	Naomi	74
#98	Willie	73
#99	Carrie	71
#100	Gertrude	71

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
Hallie	38	13	2
Nannie	61	20	4
Nola	32	11	2
Geneva	283	94	20
Oma	27	9	2
Emogene	24	8	2
Zella	24	8	2
Reva	33	11	3
Flossie	47	16	4
Gracie	57	19	5
Virgie	46	15	4
Opal	202	67	17

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.