State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,565 Kentucky births in 1914 across 786 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#80Nannieoutside the national top 200
#87Shermanoutside the national top 200
#90Virgieoutside the national top 200
#90Deweyoutside the national top 200
#92Flossieoutside the national top 200
#97Ivaoutside the national top 200
#97Roscoeoutside the national top 200
#99Charleyoutside the national top 200
#88Elbert#188 nationally
#83Ollie#177 nationally
#91Effie#184 nationally
#98Ora#190 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,322US #1
#2Dorothy343US #3
#3Anna322US #6
#4Ruth302US #5
#5Elizabeth294US #8
#6Margaret284US #4
#7Virginia266US #14
#8Ruby256US #24
#9Helen251US #2
#10Mildred240US #7
#11Edna234US #19
#12Hazel232US #29
#13Gladys228US #20
#14Thelma207US #26
#15Martha206US #27
#16Frances182US #9
#17Ethel181US #21
#18Lucille179US #30
#19Louise170US #17
#20Lillian167US #16
#21Edith165US #31
#22Marie165US #10
#23Evelyn154US #11
#24Grace140US #25
#25Alice133US #12
#26Alma132US #69
#27Clara132US #37
#28Myrtle132US #60
#29Bertha130US #41
#30Pauline130US #34
#31Emma129US #39
#32Ida124US #49
#33Bessie122US #55
#34Nellie121US #61
#35Opal116US #89
#36Irene112US #22
#37Mabel112US #58
#38Nancy110US #102
#39Eva109US #52
#40Laura108US #59
#41Minnie108US #67
#42Sarah108US #47
#43Pearl107US #56
#44Lucy106US #73
#45Catherine99US #18
#46Katherine99US #48
#47Christine97US #117
#48Jessie95US #64
#49Stella90US #65
#50Mattie89US #78
#51Elsie88US #46
#52Lula86US #120
#53Mae86US #85
#54Beulah84US #96
#55Florence84US #13
#56Lena82US #75
#57Ella79US #72
#58Lillie79US #74
#59Geneva77US #118
#60Viola77US #57
#61Ann76US #40
#62Annie76US #33
#63Cora75US #105
#64Nora73US #143
#65Fannie72US #99
#66Josephine72US #23
#67Beatrice69US #38
#68Flora69US #131
#69Rose68US #15
#70Agnes67US #44
#71Betty66US #62
#72Gertrude66US #32
#73Georgia63US #107
#74Juanita62US #94
#75Dora60US #121
#76Carrie59US #91
#77Eunice59US #109
#78Maggie59US #141
#79Ada58US #106
#80Nannie58
#81Hattie57US #97
#82Julia57US #42
#83Ollie57US #177
#84Lois56US #51
#85Della53US #165
#86Lola53US #144
#87Esther50US #35
#88Jane50US #71
#89Marjorie50US #45
#90Virgie50
#91Effie49US #184
#92Flossie48
#93Goldie47US #173
#94Susie47US #130
#95Rosie46US #153
#96Willie45US #66
#97Iva44
#98Ora43US #190
#99Velma43US #92
#100Rosa42US #104

Boys

#1James949US #3
#2William896US #2
#3John681US #1
#4Robert501US #4
#5Charles449US #7
#6George347US #6
#7Joseph251US #5
#8Thomas197US #11
#9Henry191US #12
#10Edward181US #8
#11Raymond179US #16
#12Earl169US #33
#13Paul169US #13
#14Roy165US #32
#15Walter148US #10
#16Carl146US #24
#17Frank146US #9
#18Richard131US #17
#19Clarence120US #22
#20Willie119US #25
#21Arthur113US #18
#22Albert108US #15
#23Harry108US #19
#24Howard106US #26
#25Chester104US #56
#26Fred96US #28
#27Ernest93US #38
#28Joe92US #34
#29Clyde91US #63
#30Jack91US #27
#31Elmer88US #46
#32Eugene86US #43
#33Woodrow86US #71
#34Ralph84US #21
#35Harold82US #14
#36Ray75US #74
#37Herbert74US #42
#38Cecil71US #79
#39Charlie71US #65
#40Herman69US #51
#41Virgil68US #107
#42Samuel67US #36
#43Homer65US #101
#44Jesse63US #82
#45Kenneth62US #30
#46Louis61US #20
#47David58US #29
#48Lawrence58US #35
#49Curtis57US #120
#50Russell57US #49
#51Vernon57US #83
#52Stanley56US #39
#53Marvin52US #75
#54Hubert51US #118
#55Claude50US #93
#56Floyd50US #58
#57Orville50US #133
#58Luther48US #114
#59Oscar48US #77
#60Edgar46US #87
#61Andrew45US #44
#62Clifford45US #62
#63Leonard45US #45
#64Everett44US #90
#65Marion44US #115
#66Arnold42US #97
#67Lester42US #57
#68Willard41US #92
#69Lewis40US #72
#70Lee39US #84
#71Alvin38US #78
#72Lloyd38US #66
#73Melvin38US #59
#74Bernard37US #50
#75Gilbert37US #104
#76Allen36US #105
#77Edwin36US #53
#78Bill35US #159
#79Leslie35US #103
#80Hugh34US #116
#81Alfred33US #41
#82Ira33US #152
#83Francis32US #31
#84Otis32US #140
#85Leroy31US #60
#86Guy30US #156
#87Sherman30
#88Elbert29US #188
#89Wallace29US #127
#90Dewey28
#91Earnest28US #147
#92Theodore28US #64
#93Harvey27US #95
#94Jessie27US #117
#95Donald26US #23
#96Norman26US #54
#97Roscoe26
#98Sam26US #67
#99Charley25
#100Oliver25US #122

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑49Curtis#49
↑34Christine#47
↑30Ann#61
↑26Eugene#32
↑23Nancy#38
↑20Lloyd#72
↑19Ralph#34
↑16Nora#64

Falling

↓30Goldie#93
↓29Sam#98
↓27Ora#98
↓20Beatrice#67
↓20Roscoe#97
↓19Ada#79
↓19Theodore#92
↓18Julia#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.