Kentucky · 1930

Top 100 names in Kentucky, 1930, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,001
#2	Betty	1,258
#3	Dorothy	781
#4	Helen	518
#5	Anna	500
#6	Margaret	422
#7	Doris	412
#8	Martha	400
#9	Virginia	387
#10	Ruth	385
#11	Ruby	345
#12	Mildred	310
#13	Juanita	284
#14	Elizabeth	284
#15	Thelma	280
#16	Wanda	268
#17	Norma	266
#18	Frances	262
#19	Wilma	244
#20	Jean	232
#21	Joyce	217
#22	Edna	217
#23	Barbara	217
#24	Evelyn	209
#25	Edith	204
#26	Hazel	202
#27	Pauline	202
#28	Lois	201
#29	Nancy	198
#30	Gladys	192
#31	Geneva	186
#32	Patricia	184
#33	Louise	174
#34	Alice	168
#35	Marie	166
#36	Billie	165
#37	Irene	160
#38	Emma	159
#39	Lillian	158
#40	Shirley	155
#41	Ethel	147
#42	Alma	147
#43	Opal	141
#44	Eva	136
#45	Joan	132
#46	Lucille	127
#47	Christine	124
#48	Dolores	124
#49	Georgia	123
#50	Clara	123
#51	Bonnie	121
#52	Margie	121
#53	Ann	118
#54	Maxine	117
#55	Rose	116
#56	Marjorie	115
#57	Kathleen	114
#58	Sarah	111
#59	Myrtle	109
#60	Jane	106
#61	Imogene	106
#62	Elsie	106
#63	Beulah	105
#64	Geraldine	103
#65	Ella	100
#66	Catherine	100
#67	Nellie	98
#68	June	95
#69	Katherine	94
#70	Bessie	94
#71	Peggy	94
#72	Beatrice	92
#73	Loretta	90
#74	Laura	88
#75	Mattie	88
#76	Phyllis	88
#77	Bertha	88
#78	Lena	87
#79	Lillie	87
#80	Bernice	86
#81	Minnie	84
#82	Carolyn	83
#83	Audrey	82
#84	Vivian	82
#85	Mabel	79
#86	Annie	77
#87	Lucy	77
#88	Julia	75
#89	Stella	74
#90	Dora	73
#91	Ida	72
#92	Florence	72
#93	Sue	71
#94	Patsy	70
#95	Velma	67
#96	Jo	67
#97	Eula	67
#98	Jessie	66
#99	Delores	66
#100	Roberta	65

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	38	14	1
Magdalene	22	8	1
Nannie	51	19	3
Emogene	33	12	2
Maudie	24	9	2
Jewell	63	23	5
Roxie	21	8	2
Reva	27	10	2
Virgie	45	16	4
Opal	141	52	12
Imogene	106	39	9
Geneva	186	68	16

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.