State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,446 Kentucky births in 1912 across 670 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#67Nannieoutside the national top 200
#82Roscoeoutside the national top 200
#88Virgieoutside the national top 200
#89Ollieoutside the national top 200
#92Flossieoutside the national top 200
#97Shermanoutside the national top 200
#75Ora#168 nationally
#79Elbert#172 nationally
#87Delbert#180 nationally
#57Della#148 nationally
#74Goldie#158 nationally
#84Bill#168 nationally

Girls

#1Mary984US #1
#2Margaret236US #4
#3Anna232US #7
#4Ruth221US #5
#5Elizabeth220US #8
#6Dorothy209US #3
#7Ruby206US #23
#8Edna205US #16
#9Helen178US #2
#10Thelma168US #26
#11Mildred166US #6
#12Gladys155US #19
#13Hazel153US #25
#14Martha153US #29
#15Ethel150US #18
#16Virginia149US #20
#17Louise146US #17
#18Marie146US #10
#19Frances133US #9
#20Bessie132US #43
#21Lucille131US #32
#22Myrtle128US #50
#23Nellie128US #59
#24Grace122US #24
#25Lillian122US #14
#26Sarah121US #41
#27Evelyn118US #13
#28Edith110US #31
#29Bertha109US #36
#30Clara104US #34
#31Ida100US #45
#32Minnie100US #60
#33Emma98US #35
#34Opal97US #85
#35Mabel95US #46
#36Mattie94US #70
#37Alma93US #62
#38Lucy93US #78
#39Mae92US #74
#40Florence91US #12
#41Catherine90US #21
#42Nancy90US #108
#43Pauline90US #38
#44Alice89US #11
#45Elsie85US #42
#46Irene85US #22
#47Pearl85US #54
#48Eva82US #49
#49Annie81US #27
#50Lillie78US #67
#51Laura77US #57
#52Ada75US #96
#53Lena74US #72
#54Ella71US #69
#55Geneva70US #116
#56Stella70US #73
#57Della69US #148
#58Katherine69US #53
#59Jessie68US #65
#60Fannie67US #87
#61Lula67US #107
#62Beulah66US #80
#63Viola65US #52
#64Gertrude63US #30
#65Beatrice61US #37
#66Carrie61US #82
#67Nannie60
#68Agnes58US #40
#69Georgia58US #101
#70Flora57US #128
#71Hattie55US #90
#72Rose52US #15
#73Betty51US #66
#74Goldie51US #158
#75Ora50US #168
#76Ann48US #47
#77Eula48US #147
#78Julia48US #44
#79Christine47US #123
#80Cora47US #98
#81Nora47US #130
#82Daisy46US #112
#83Bernice45US #51
#84Lola45US #127
#85Kathryn42US #71
#86Josephine41US #28
#87Rosa41US #94
#88Virgie41
#89Ollie40US #163
#90Willie40US #61
#91Effie39US #161
#92Flossie39
#93Lois39US #63
#94Blanche38US #75
#95Esther38US #33
#96Dora36US #110
#97Susie36US #120
#98Alberta35US #106
#99Lizzie35US #180
#100Juanita34US #103

Boys

#1William647US #2
#2James592US #3
#3John518US #1
#4Robert361US #4
#5Charles286US #7
#6George264US #6
#7Joseph164US #5
#8Henry152US #12
#9Edward147US #8
#10Thomas133US #10
#11Walter120US #11
#12Earl107US #34
#13Raymond104US #18
#14Roy101US #31
#15Frank99US #9
#16Woodrow99US #46
#17Paul93US #14
#18Carl86US #24
#19Clarence86US #21
#20Arthur85US #15
#21Joe81US #36
#22Harry79US #16
#23Fred76US #26
#24Richard74US #19
#25Willie74US #22
#26Chester70US #55
#27Ernest69US #32
#28Jesse69US #74
#29Albert67US #17
#30Cecil66US #76
#31Howard64US #25
#32David63US #29
#33Jack63US #28
#34Clyde54US #65
#35Ray52US #77
#36Samuel52US #30
#37Elmer51US #47
#38Luther51US #114
#39Herbert50US #39
#40Homer50US #98
#41Lee49US #78
#42Charlie48US #57
#43Harold48US #13
#44Eugene47US #41
#45Edgar43US #85
#46Ralph43US #23
#47Herman42US #50
#48Oscar41US #73
#49Everett40US #96
#50Floyd40US #59
#51Louis40US #20
#52Clifford38US #62
#53Virgil38US #111
#54Andrew37US #44
#55Lawrence37US #38
#56Vernon37US #90
#57Leonard36US #45
#58Kenneth34US #33
#59Arnold32US #99
#60Lester32US #58
#61Claude31US #89
#62Hugh31US #116
#63Leslie31US #108
#64Marion31US #112
#65Theodore31US #52
#66Marvin30US #83
#67Lewis29US #68
#68Sam29US #63
#69Allen27US #103
#70Hubert27US #122
#71Russell27US #56
#72Alfred25US #40
#73Benjamin24US #67
#74Edwin24US #54
#75Melvin24US #71
#76Stanley24US #43
#77Alvin23US #86
#78Curtis23US #121
#79Elbert22US #172
#80Leo22US #49
#81Lloyd22US #70
#82Roscoe22
#83Ben21US #102
#84Bill21US #168
#85Gilbert21US #115
#86Marshall21US #151
#87Delbert20US #180
#88Harvey20US #91
#89Ollie20
#90Wilbur20US #92
#91Ira19US #152
#92Jessie19US #109
#93Orville19US #136
#94Otis19US #126
#95Johnnie18US #106
#96Maurice18US #95
#97Sherman18
#98Tom18US #124
#99Wallace18US #128
#100Willard18US #105

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑48Clifford#52
↑27Theodore#65
↑26Benjamin#73
↑25Fannie#60
↑24Annie#49
↑23Eugene#44
↑21Ann#76
↑20Ada#52

Falling

↓40Russell#71
↓35Dora#96
↓30Jessie#92
↓29Cora#80
↓26Lula#61
↓23Alice#44
↓22Viola#63
↓22Nora#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.