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Top names in Kentucky

Name: Top baby names in Kentucky, 1910
Creator: Social Security Administration

The names most likely to appear on 1910 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,213 Kentucky births in 1910 across 520 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Kentucky more than they say America.

#56Nannie#197 nationally
#73Owenoutside the national top 200
#83Shermanoutside the national top 200
#86Dennis#196 nationally
#82Bert#190 nationally
#95Millardoutside the national top 200
#96Virgieoutside the national top 200
#90Roscoe#194 nationally
#89Flossie#178 nationally
#85Dave#169 nationally
#68Orville#142 nationally
#61Guy#133 nationally

Girls

#1Mary793US #1
#2Anna199US #6
#3Elizabeth191US #7
#4Margaret175US #3
#5Edna160US #18
#6Helen146US #2
#7Ruth145US #5
#8Dorothy143US #4
#9Hazel143US #24
#10Ruby136US #27
#11Gladys126US #15
#12Ethel121US #13
#13Martha121US #28
#14Thelma117US #25
#15Virginia117US #29
#16Bessie115US #37
#17Lillian112US #14
#18Myrtle106US #43
#19Grace105US #23
#20Bertha103US #33
#21Lucille98US #31
#22Mildred98US #8
#23Marie97US #9
#24Nellie92US #51
#25Clara91US #32
#26Alma90US #61
#27Louise90US #20
#28Emma88US #34
#29Pearl88US #39
#30Evelyn87US #17
#31Frances85US #11
#32Edith83US #35
#33Stella83US #72
#34Minnie82US #50
#35Ida80US #47
#36Catherine79US #22
#37Sarah79US #40
#38Mabel78US #46
#39Lucy77US #75
#40Alice72US #10
#41Florence72US #12
#42Eva69US #45
#43Laura69US #53
#44Flora67US #108
#45Georgia67US #91
#46Mattie67US #60
#47Gertrude65US #26
#48Mae65US #65
#49Lula64US #93
#50Annie63US #19
#51Irene63US #21
#52Elsie62US #44
#53Beatrice61US #36
#54Pauline60US #42
#55Cora58US #85
#56Nannie58US #197
#57Rose58US #16
#58Ella57US #62
#59Nancy56US #105
#60Dora55US #103
#61Opal55US #87
#62Beulah54US #82
#63Viola54US #48
#64Julia52US #49
#65Lillie52US #54
#66Maggie52US #95
#67Della51US #137
#68Katherine51US #57
#69Hattie49US #73
#70Nora49US #111
#71Carrie48US #70
#72Ada47US #94
#73Christine47US #123
#74Lola47US #120
#75Fannie46US #78
#76Goldie46US #139
#77Susie45US #102
#78Jessie43US #63
#79Josephine41US #30
#80Lena41US #66
#81Willie41US #56
#82Betty40US #69
#83Geneva40US #117
#84Ollie38US #150
#85Ann37US #52
#86Maude37US #141
#87Mamie35US #86
#88Eula34US #135
#89Flossie34US #178
#90Agnes33US #41
#91Ora33US #158
#92Rosa33US #83
#93Sallie32US #144
#94Daisy31US #101
#95Leona31US #79
#96Virgie31
#97Marguerite29US #84
#98Effie28US #143
#99Ellen28US #88
#100Iva28US #168

Boys

#1James352US #2
#2William301US #3
#3John286US #1
#4Robert195US #4
#5George125US #5
#6Charles120US #7
#7Thomas95US #12
#8Henry83US #10
#9Joseph82US #6
#10Roy80US #29
#11Paul69US #15
#12Walter67US #13
#13Edward63US #9
#14Frank60US #8
#15Willie60US #11
#16Earl57US #33
#17Raymond55US #19
#18Chester49US #61
#19Albert48US #14
#20Joe47US #25
#21Arthur45US #17
#22Clarence45US #20
#23Fred45US #22
#24Ernest44US #31
#25Harry44US #16
#26Carl40US #26
#27Jack40US #23
#28Charlie39US #34
#29Herbert37US #41
#30Richard35US #21
#31Lee34US #49
#32David31US #30
#33Elmer31US #48
#34Howard31US #27
#35Everett30US #88
#36Louis30US #24
#37Clyde29US #57
#38Jesse29US #60
#39Leonard29US #46
#40Ray29US #68
#41Cecil28US #77
#42Harold28US #18
#43Luther28US #87
#44Oscar28US #73
#45Lawrence27US #35
#46Samuel27US #32
#47Homer26US #98
#48Sam23US #40
#49Edgar22US #80
#50Eugene22US #39
#51Ralph22US #28
#52Marvin21US #84
#53Ben20US #79
#54Bill20US #124
#55Hubert20US #106
#56Virgil20US #111
#57Herman19US #52
#58Russell19US #58
#59Floyd18US #55
#60Leslie18US #102
#61Guy17US #133
#62Vernon17US #94
#63Alfred16US #38
#64Andrew16US #42
#65Jessie16US #72
#66Lewis16US #65
#67Marion16US #108
#68Orville16US #142
#69Theodore16US #54
#70Archie15US #119
#71Edwin15US #71
#72Hugh15US #112
#73Owen15
#74Benjamin14US #70
#75Donald14US #44
#76Harvey14US #89
#77Lloyd14US #67
#78Stanley14US #47
#79Arnold13US #126
#80Jerry13US #131
#81Oliver13US #103
#82Bert12US #190
#83Sherman12
#84Claude11US #78
#85Dave11US #169
#86Dennis11US #196
#87Gilbert11US #116
#88Lester11US #64
#89Martin11US #86
#90Roscoe11US #194
#91Bennie10US #146
#92Daniel10US #53
#93Eddie10US #59
#94Johnnie10US #74
#95Millard10
#96Norman10US #63
#97Tom10US #82
#98Wallace10US #132
#99Allen9US #92
#100Bernard9US #62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880.