Kentucky · 1928

Top 100 names in Kentucky, 1928, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,165
#2	Betty	962
#3	Dorothy	829
#4	Anna	542
#5	Helen	513
#6	Virginia	475
#7	Margaret	459
#8	Mildred	439
#9	Ruth	429
#10	Ruby	400
#11	Martha	371
#12	Doris	356
#13	Juanita	325
#14	Elizabeth	322
#15	Thelma	264
#16	Frances	257
#17	Evelyn	250
#18	Pauline	247
#19	Jean	246
#20	Edna	241
#21	Geneva	228
#22	Gladys	227
#23	Lois	223
#24	Norma	217
#25	Edith	201
#26	Hazel	200
#27	Wanda	200
#28	Marie	192
#29	Wilma	188
#30	Louise	184
#31	Emma	175
#32	Barbara	174
#33	Nancy	172
#34	Irene	164
#35	Lillian	158
#36	Georgia	153
#37	Opal	151
#38	Alma	149
#39	Ethel	148
#40	Alice	148
#41	Marjorie	147
#42	Sarah	146
#43	Lucille	146
#44	Joyce	143
#45	Bessie	139
#46	Margie	137
#47	Eva	133
#48	Christine	130
#49	Myrtle	121
#50	Patricia	118
#51	Catherine	117
#52	Nellie	117
#53	Geraldine	115
#54	Bertha	115
#55	Bonnie	114
#56	Clara	114
#57	Laura	113
#58	Elsie	112
#59	June	107
#60	Katherine	107
#61	Shirley	107
#62	Billie	106
#63	Imogene	106
#64	Minnie	105
#65	Beulah	104
#66	Rose	104
#67	Ella	99
#68	Maxine	99
#69	Mae	97
#70	Bernice	96
#71	Lillie	95
#72	Ann	94
#73	Ida	93
#74	Lucy	93
#75	Jane	91
#76	Kathleen	91
#77	Audrey	91
#78	Mabel	90
#79	Beatrice	90
#80	Jessie	88
#81	Stella	85
#82	Florence	83
#83	Agnes	83
#84	Nora	83
#85	Annie	82
#86	Mattie	81
#87	Peggy	81
#88	Grace	81
#89	Velma	81
#90	Lena	80
#91	Josephine	79
#92	Vivian	76
#93	Eula	75
#94	Phyllis	74
#95	Jewell	72
#96	Dolores	72
#97	Sylvia	71
#98	Goldie	70
#99	Viola	69
#100	Sue	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
Mayme	20	7	1
Emogene	37	13	2
Oma	25	9	2
Maudie	27	10	2
Nannie	55	20	4
Zella	26	9	2
Geneva	228	82	17
Jewell	72	26	6
Goldie	70	25	6
Lorena	27	10	2
Alene	21	8	2
Reva	28	10	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.