Kentucky · 1934

Top 100 names in Kentucky, 1934, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,881
#2	Betty	1,454
#3	Barbara	613
#4	Dorothy	564
#5	Anna	521
#6	Helen	442
#7	Joyce	420
#8	Margaret	415
#9	Doris	390
#10	Martha	353
#11	Shirley	353
#12	Norma	349
#13	Virginia	342
#14	Wanda	340
#15	Ruby	329
#16	Ruth	320
#17	Nancy	298
#18	Patricia	272
#19	Elizabeth	268
#20	Wilma	266
#21	Lois	257
#22	Mildred	247
#23	Juanita	245
#24	Frances	223
#25	Thelma	219
#26	Peggy	200
#27	Jean	196
#28	Joan	196
#29	Evelyn	178
#30	Alice	175
#31	Edna	172
#32	Phyllis	167
#33	Carolyn	164
#34	Patsy	162
#35	Hazel	161
#36	Emma	160
#37	Jo	148
#38	Bonnie	147
#39	Alma	147
#40	Gladys	147
#41	Billie	140
#42	Lillian	140
#43	Irene	136
#44	Edith	135
#45	Pauline	134
#46	Sarah	129
#47	Clara	128
#48	Geraldine	125
#49	Geneva	124
#50	Ann	121
#51	Louise	120
#52	Sue	109
#53	Christine	109
#54	June	108
#55	Joann	108
#56	Georgia	108
#57	Ethel	107
#58	Opal	107
#59	Margie	107
#60	Marie	106
#61	Ella	106
#62	Janet	105
#63	Imogene	102
#64	Eva	102
#65	Rose	101
#66	Loretta	99
#67	Carol	98
#68	Jane	98
#69	Elsie	96
#70	Bessie	94
#71	Bobbie	91
#72	Beulah	89
#73	Lucille	89
#74	Marjorie	87
#75	Maxine	87
#76	Delores	87
#77	Sylvia	87
#78	Gloria	83
#79	Nellie	83
#80	Laura	82
#81	Bertha	82
#82	Dolores	81
#83	Roberta	79
#84	Naomi	76
#85	Minnie	76
#86	Faye	76
#87	Catherine	75
#88	Cora	74
#89	Kathleen	74
#90	Vivian	74
#91	Ida	73
#92	Charlotte	73
#93	Myrtle	72
#94	Josephine	71
#95	Donna	71
#96	Mattie	71
#97	Audrey	68
#98	Lucy	68
#99	Jessie	68
#100	Dora	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
Oma	27	10	1
Maudie	25	9	2
Zella	20	7	1
Ima	30	11	2
Jewell	59	22	4
Nannie	39	14	3
Imogene	102	37	7
Roxie	25	9	2
Opal	107	39	9
Zelma	32	12	3
Allie	23	8	2
Lorene	66	24	6

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.