State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,277 Kentucky births in 1913 across 700 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#77Roscoeoutside the national top 200
#87Nannieoutside the national top 200
#89Nelloutside the national top 200
#71Ora#182 nationally
#82Iva#191 nationally
#67Bill#156 nationally
#95Delbert#184 nationally
#63Goldie#150 nationally
#85Ollie#172 nationally
#82Elbert#168 nationally
#67Della#151 nationally
#95Maude#179 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,189US #1
#2Anna295US #7
#3Dorothy278US #3
#4Ruth265US #5
#5Margaret264US #4
#6Virginia263US #15
#7Elizabeth252US #8
#8Edna249US #18
#9Ruby247US #23
#10Helen227US #2
#11Hazel203US #27
#12Thelma193US #26
#13Mildred190US #6
#14Ethel187US #20
#15Gladys184US #19
#16Martha183US #28
#17Louise175US #17
#18Frances172US #9
#19Marie161US #10
#20Lillian157US #16
#21Bessie151US #47
#22Edith135US #29
#23Myrtle135US #53
#24Evelyn133US #12
#25Lucille132US #31
#26Grace131US #25
#27Pauline131US #35
#28Nellie129US #58
#29Irene126US #21
#30Emma125US #38
#31Sarah123US #43
#32Alice117US #11
#33Alma117US #64
#34Bertha116US #39
#35Clara107US #36
#36Mae106US #79
#37Ida105US #49
#38Mabel105US #56
#39Catherine100US #22
#40Elsie99US #40
#41Minnie99US #63
#42Laura97US #62
#43Lillie94US #71
#44Opal92US #86
#45Lucy91US #77
#46Ella88US #70
#47Beatrice87US #37
#48Mattie87US #75
#49Geneva85US #120
#50Katherine84US #54
#51Eva80US #50
#52Pearl78US #55
#53Stella77US #69
#54Viola77US #52
#55Beulah74US #85
#56Georgia73US #100
#57Jessie73US #61
#58Betty72US #67
#59Carrie72US #90
#60Ada71US #104
#61Nancy71US #102
#62Annie69US #30
#63Goldie69US #150
#64Julia67US #42
#65Lula66US #111
#66Rose66US #14
#67Della65US #151
#68Lena64US #73
#69Dora63US #109
#70Florence62US #13
#71Ora62US #182
#72Hattie61US #96
#73Cora60US #103
#74Gertrude60US #33
#75Agnes59US #41
#76Esther58US #32
#77Maggie57US #127
#78Josephine56US #24
#79Fannie54US #91
#80Nora54US #135
#81Christine53US #124
#82Iva52US #191
#83Willie52US #65
#84Flora51US #132
#85Ollie50US #172
#86Daisy47US #123
#87Nannie47
#88Juanita45US #95
#89Nell45
#90Alberta44US #108
#91Ann43US #46
#92Lois43US #59
#93Mamie43US #106
#94Susie43US #131
#95Maude42US #179
#96Rosa42US #101
#97Jane41US #81
#98Marguerite41US #78
#99Lola40US #130
#100Roberta40US #155

Boys

#1William761US #2
#2James749US #3
#3John570US #1
#4Robert405US #4
#5Charles354US #7
#6George287US #6
#7Joseph204US #5
#8Edward170US #8
#9Thomas170US #10
#10Henry154US #12
#11Walter136US #11
#12Raymond132US #18
#13Frank131US #9
#14Clarence118US #21
#15Paul116US #14
#16Roy112US #32
#17Carl104US #23
#18Arthur103US #17
#19Earl99US #31
#20Ernest97US #34
#21Howard96US #26
#22Albert95US #16
#23Woodrow94US #44
#24Fred93US #27
#25Richard93US #19
#26Cecil85US #74
#27Harry84US #15
#28Willie80US #24
#29Jesse78US #79
#30Joe74US #37
#31Charlie71US #62
#32Elmer70US #45
#33Russell69US #50
#34Chester68US #56
#35Harold68US #13
#36Louis68US #20
#37Lawrence67US #35
#38Jack66US #28
#39Herman62US #53
#40David60US #29
#41Clyde57US #64
#42Stanley55US #41
#43Kenneth54US #33
#44Samuel54US #36
#45Herbert52US #39
#46Homer51US #96
#47Hubert51US #112
#48Leonard51US #46
#49Edgar50US #87
#50Virgil50US #107
#51Ray49US #73
#52Oscar46US #76
#53Ralph46US #22
#54Claude45US #88
#55Lewis42US #72
#56Willard42US #99
#57Luther40US #116
#58Eugene39US #43
#59Floyd38US #58
#60Marvin38US #77
#61Arnold37US #92
#62Lee37US #78
#63Clifford36US #68
#64Everett36US #97
#65Lester36US #59
#66Vernon36US #83
#67Bill35US #156
#68Orville35US #120
#69Sam35US #65
#70Daniel34US #54
#71Ben33US #108
#72Melvin33US #61
#73Theodore32US #60
#74Andrew31US #47
#75Wilbur31US #91
#76Francis30US #30
#77Roscoe30
#78Wilson30US #122
#79Gilbert29US #103
#80Edwin28US #55
#81Marion28US #111
#82Elbert27US #168
#83Alfred26US #42
#84Alvin26US #82
#85Allen25US #100
#86Bernard25US #52
#87Hugh25US #115
#88Leo25US #48
#89Leslie25US #105
#90Benjamin24US #70
#91Harvey24US #93
#92Lloyd24US #67
#93Marshall24US #164
#94Clifton23US #149
#95Delbert23US #184
#96Ellis23US #174
#97Victor23US #80
#98Curtis22US #119
#99Earnest21US #144
#100Leroy21US #63

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑44Willard#56
↑38Russell#33
↑34Stanley#42
↑27Dora#69
↑25Orville#68
↑23Hubert#47
↑19Esther#76
↑18Beatrice#47

Falling

↓30Florence#70
↓26Leslie#89
↓25Hugh#87
↓21Lee#62
↓20Nannie#87
↓20Andrew#74
↓20Curtis#98
↓19Nancy#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.