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Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,758 Kentucky births in 1911 across 523 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#53Owen#196 nationally
#63Nannieoutside the national top 200
#65Roscoeoutside the national top 200
#66Charley#193 nationally
#79Ollieoutside the national top 200
#59Elbert#169 nationally
#91Shermanoutside the national top 200
#92Virgieoutside the national top 200
#95Ellis#185 nationally
#91Lizzie#170 nationally
#81Ollie#157 nationally
#82Ora#158 nationally

Girls

#1Mary827US #1
#2Elizabeth197US #7
#3Margaret193US #3
#4Anna188US #6
#5Ruby176US #22
#6Ruth164US #5
#7Dorothy155US #4
#8Edna145US #17
#9Helen144US #2
#10Hazel143US #25
#11Ethel141US #15
#12Virginia134US #26
#13Marie133US #9
#14Gladys130US #18
#15Lillian117US #13
#16Bessie116US #40
#17Bertha115US #36
#18Myrtle114US #50
#19Louise106US #19
#20Lucille103US #32
#21Alice102US #11
#22Thelma102US #27
#23Frances101US #10
#24Grace100US #23
#25Emma95US #35
#26Sarah95US #42
#27Nellie94US #54
#28Martha93US #28
#29Mildred90US #8
#30Mae86US #71
#31Irene81US #21
#32Mattie81US #65
#33Clara78US #33
#34Ida78US #45
#35Lula78US #94
#36Minnie76US #52
#37Lucy75US #77
#38Edith73US #31
#39Eva73US #46
#40Opal73US #81
#41Viola73US #47
#42Ella72US #63
#43Pauline72US #38
#44Evelyn68US #16
#45Nancy68US #110
#46Elsie67US #41
#47Lillie67US #60
#48Alma66US #62
#49Pearl66US #48
#50Beulah64US #79
#51Cora61US #91
#52Katherine61US #55
#53Mabel61US #43
#54Stella61US #72
#55Catherine60US #20
#56Georgia60US #96
#57Gertrude60US #30
#58Florence59US #12
#59Nora58US #116
#60Laura55US #57
#61Dora54US #104
#62Flora54US #117
#63Nannie54
#64Carrie52US #78
#65Lena52US #70
#66Beatrice51US #37
#67Goldie50US #140
#68Della49US #130
#69Geneva48US #122
#70Jessie48US #66
#71Julia48US #44
#72Ada47US #97
#73Annie47US #24
#74Josephine46US #29
#75Rebecca44US #148
#76Rosa44US #92
#77Esther43US #34
#78Daisy42US #108
#79Maggie42US #111
#80Agnes40US #39
#81Ollie38US #157
#82Ora38US #158
#83Rose38US #14
#84Betty37US #69
#85Fannie37US #88
#86Hattie35US #86
#87Mamie35US #89
#88Sallie35US #159
#89Willie35US #61
#90Christine34US #124
#91Lizzie34US #170
#92Virgie34
#93Effie33US #147
#94Rachel33US #150
#95Maude32US #145
#96Katie31US #139
#97Ann30US #53
#98Jane30US #98
#99Leona30US #76
#100Lottie30US #135

Boys

#1William353US #2
#2James333US #3
#3John290US #1
#4Robert192US #5
#5Charles162US #7
#6George153US #4
#7Thomas85US #10
#8Henry82US #11
#9Joseph78US #6
#10Frank75US #8
#11Edward72US #9
#12Roy68US #31
#13Fred67US #22
#14Walter66US #12
#15Clarence63US #23
#16Raymond58US #19
#17Paul56US #17
#18Carl55US #26
#19Earl55US #34
#20Arthur53US #18
#21Albert51US #15
#22Richard50US #20
#23Willie49US #14
#24Cecil47US #76
#25Joe44US #29
#26Ernest41US #32
#27Charlie37US #45
#28Harold37US #16
#29Jack37US #25
#30Chester36US #58
#31Russell36US #55
#32Ray34US #71
#33Herman32US #49
#34Harry31US #13
#35Virgil31US #107
#36Herbert30US #41
#37Howard30US #28
#38Lee30US #67
#39Samuel30US #30
#40Vernon30US #96
#41Arnold29US #108
#42Jesse29US #72
#43David28US #27
#44Leonard28US #46
#45Claude27US #87
#46Elmer26US #48
#47Lawrence26US #37
#48Luther25US #100
#49Louis24US #21
#50Ralph24US #24
#51Clyde22US #61
#52Floyd22US #57
#53Owen22US #196
#54Everett21US #102
#55Homer21US #95
#56Andrew20US #42
#57Edgar20US #83
#58Kenneth20US #40
#59Elbert19US #169
#60Marvin19US #82
#61Oscar19US #68
#62Jessie18US #79
#63Lewis18US #66
#64Marion17US #110
#65Roscoe17
#66Charley16US #193
#67Eugene16US #43
#68Hubert16US #119
#69Sam16US #47
#70Alvin15US #89
#71Leslie15US #117
#72Alfred14US #39
#73Archie14US #127
#74Ben14US #86
#75Bill14US #135
#76Guy14US #136
#77Jim14US #134
#78Lester14US #65
#79Ollie14
#80Willard14US #114
#81Allen13US #98
#82Harvey13US #91
#83Isaac13US #143
#84Leo13US #51
#85Lloyd13US #74
#86Melvin13US #73
#87Orville13US #146
#88Curtis12US #118
#89Earnest12US #125
#90Oliver12US #115
#91Sherman12
#92Theodore12US #56
#93Victor12US #81
#94Wallace12US #132
#95Ellis11US #185
#96Gilbert11US #103
#97Horace11US #123
#98Otis11US #122
#99Benjamin10US #64
#100Clifford10US #62

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑39Claude#45
↑38Arnold#41
↑27Russell#31
↑25Roscoe#65
↑24Herman#33
↑22Viola#41
↑22Vernon#40
↑21Opal#40

Falling

↓26Rose#83
↓25Benjamin#99
↓23Annie#73
↓23Theodore#92
↓22Alma#48
↓21Stella#54
↓21Sam#69
↓21Ben#74

Every state

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