Kentucky · 1926

Top 100 names in Kentucky, 1926, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,313
#2	Dorothy	893
#3	Betty	639
#4	Helen	613
#5	Anna	569
#6	Virginia	547
#7	Margaret	511
#8	Ruth	501
#9	Mildred	454
#10	Ruby	453
#11	Martha	436
#12	Frances	336
#13	Juanita	328
#14	Elizabeth	322
#15	Edna	292
#16	Thelma	290
#17	Pauline	286
#18	Gladys	272
#19	Geneva	269
#20	Evelyn	260
#21	Edith	257
#22	Doris	252
#23	Hazel	225
#24	Marie	219
#25	Jean	208
#26	Louise	203
#27	Alice	198
#28	Lillian	198
#29	Alma	193
#30	Wanda	191
#31	Emma	190
#32	Irene	189
#33	Opal	188
#34	Wilma	185
#35	Norma	174
#36	Lucille	173
#37	Ethel	167
#38	Sarah	166
#39	Lois	164
#40	Nancy	159
#41	Christine	147
#42	Marjorie	143
#43	Bessie	140
#44	Ella	138
#45	Georgia	138
#46	Eva	138
#47	Clara	137
#48	Myrtle	133
#49	Bertha	127
#50	Margie	126
#51	Nellie	124
#52	Beulah	119
#53	Elsie	119
#54	Beatrice	118
#55	Jessie	112
#56	Catherine	111
#57	Kathleen	109
#58	Laura	109
#59	Rose	107
#60	Audrey	105
#61	Lillie	104
#62	Mae	104
#63	Ida	104
#64	Ann	103
#65	Maxine	103
#66	Mabel	101
#67	Katherine	101
#68	Sylvia	101
#69	June	99
#70	Mattie	99
#71	Barbara	98
#72	Bonnie	98
#73	Jane	96
#74	Imogene	90
#75	Pearl	89
#76	Vivian	88
#77	Florence	87
#78	Minnie	85
#79	Patricia	85
#80	Stella	85
#81	Lula	84
#82	Viola	84
#83	Shirley	83
#84	Joyce	81
#85	Gertrude	80
#86	Nannie	80
#87	Geraldine	79
#88	Lena	79
#89	Josephine	79
#90	Lucy	78
#91	Bernice	78
#92	Grace	77
#93	Ada	76
#94	Dora	74
#95	Nora	71
#96	Naomi	70
#97	Esther	70
#98	Mable	69
#99	Jewell	69
#100	Eula	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
Nannie	80	28	4
Mayme	25	9	1
Emogene	27	9	2
Oma	23	8	2
Geneva	269	94	20
Reva	36	13	3
Virgie	48	17	4
Maudie	24	8	2
Jewell	69	24	6
Opal	188	66	17
Zelma	33	12	3
Alene	22	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.