Kentucky · 1927

Top 100 names in Kentucky, 1927, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,351
#2	Dorothy	859
#3	Betty	740
#4	Helen	599
#5	Anna	567
#6	Virginia	537
#7	Ruth	520
#8	Margaret	478
#9	Mildred	448
#10	Ruby	442
#11	Martha	436
#12	Juanita	380
#13	Elizabeth	327
#14	Doris	325
#15	Frances	295
#16	Edna	278
#17	Thelma	277
#18	Pauline	267
#19	Hazel	267
#20	Gladys	266
#21	Geneva	243
#22	Evelyn	239
#23	Edith	231
#24	Marie	229
#25	Jean	227
#26	Wilma	224
#27	Louise	221
#28	Alice	204
#29	Wanda	202
#30	Emma	194
#31	Irene	193
#32	Lillian	187
#33	Nancy	182
#34	Lois	177
#35	Sarah	177
#36	Norma	167
#37	Lucille	162
#38	Elsie	160
#39	Opal	158
#40	Ethel	158
#41	Margie	157
#42	Christine	152
#43	Alma	149
#44	Nellie	147
#45	Marjorie	146
#46	Eva	144
#47	Myrtle	136
#48	Clara	136
#49	Bessie	130
#50	Georgia	129
#51	Joyce	124
#52	Catherine	124
#53	Ida	119
#54	Minnie	118
#55	Beulah	116
#56	Bertha	116
#57	Imogene	116
#58	Laura	115
#59	Bonnie	114
#60	June	113
#61	Ella	112
#62	Rose	111
#63	Beatrice	109
#64	Ann	107
#65	Barbara	107
#66	Florence	106
#67	Bernice	106
#68	Jane	106
#69	Geraldine	104
#70	Mattie	104
#71	Katherine	102
#72	Patricia	102
#73	Shirley	100
#74	Mabel	100
#75	Audrey	99
#76	Lena	98
#77	Stella	96
#78	Lillie	95
#79	Josephine	95
#80	Roberta	94
#81	Lucy	94
#82	Billie	93
#83	Maxine	93
#84	Mae	93
#85	Kathleen	93
#86	Grace	90
#87	Jessie	84
#88	Viola	83
#89	Jewell	82
#90	Rosa	82
#91	Nannie	81
#92	Ada	81
#93	Lula	80
#94	Naomi	73
#95	Velma	73
#96	Agnes	72
#97	Sylvia	72
#98	Della	71
#99	Eula	71
#100	Julia	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
Oma	39	13	2
Alpha	30	10	1
Nannie	81	28	4
Mayme	21	7	1
Emogene	41	14	2
Hallie	23	8	1
Zella	22	7	2
Jewell	82	28	6
Allene	30	10	2
Maudie	23	8	2
Reva	33	11	3
Geneva	243	83	19

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.