State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,338 Kentucky births in 1915 across 942 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#66Nannieoutside the national top 200
#89Jess#193 nationally
#99Virgieoutside the national top 200
#73Goldie#172 nationally
#75Della#169 nationally
#84Elbert#169 nationally
#79Eula#160 nationally
#81Bill#157 nationally
#70Nora#144 nationally
#39Geneva#110 nationally
#97Marshall#161 nationally
#88Maggie#150 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,807US #1
#2Dorothy530US #3
#3Margaret416US #4
#4Ruth398US #5
#5Anna395US #7
#6Virginia393US #12
#7Elizabeth382US #8
#8Ruby379US #24
#9Helen354US #2
#10Edna345US #20
#11Mildred341US #6
#12Hazel331US #26
#13Martha294US #25
#14Gladys279US #21
#15Thelma275US #30
#16Marie255US #11
#17Ethel249US #23
#18Frances248US #9
#19Lucille241US #29
#20Lillian227US #15
#21Edith221US #31
#22Evelyn213US #10
#23Louise210US #18
#24Clara183US #38
#25Emma181US #40
#26Pauline177US #32
#27Irene170US #17
#28Nellie169US #63
#29Bessie166US #57
#30Grace166US #27
#31Alma163US #70
#32Catherine156US #19
#33Myrtle156US #58
#34Opal153US #90
#35Bertha148US #46
#36Alice147US #13
#37Eva147US #55
#38Lucy147US #79
#39Geneva146US #110
#40Minnie146US #68
#41Ida144US #54
#42Sarah141US #51
#43Mabel136US #62
#44Stella135US #64
#45Elsie133US #41
#46Beulah130US #95
#47Mae124US #89
#48Laura123US #61
#49Nancy123US #102
#50Jessie122US #66
#51Beatrice121US #37
#52Katherine121US #49
#53Mattie117US #91
#54Florence112US #14
#55Pearl111US #56
#56Lillie110US #84
#57Annie107US #36
#58Ella102US #75
#59Georgia102US #111
#60Lena102US #77
#61Gertrude100US #35
#62Ada94US #114
#63Betty94US #53
#64Dora93US #122
#65Lois93US #47
#66Nannie93
#67Christine92US #125
#68Agnes90US #45
#69Julia90US #44
#70Nora88US #144
#71Rose86US #16
#72Lula85US #129
#73Goldie83US #172
#74Carrie82US #103
#75Della82US #169
#76Fannie82US #105
#77Viola79US #59
#78Cora77US #119
#79Eula77US #160
#80Flora77US #140
#81Ann76US #43
#82Josephine73US #22
#83Wilma71US #80
#84Willie69US #72
#85Juanita67US #92
#86Mable67US #145
#87Esther66US #33
#88Maggie66US #150
#89Susie66US #149
#90Hattie64US #113
#91Kathleen64US #104
#92Vivian62US #78
#93Alberta61US #120
#94Blanche61US #87
#95Leona61US #74
#96Rosa61US #116
#97Kathryn60US #60
#98Rebecca60US #159
#99Virgie59
#100Roberta58US #161

Boys

#1James1,332US #3
#2William1,276US #2
#3John874US #1
#4Robert658US #4
#5Charles635US #7
#6George484US #6
#7Joseph322US #5
#8Thomas319US #10
#9Edward279US #8
#10Henry255US #14
#11Raymond248US #16
#12Paul220US #13
#13Frank211US #9
#14Roy211US #32
#15Carl191US #22
#16Clarence186US #24
#17Walter185US #11
#18Earl182US #33
#19Arthur166US #18
#20Harry160US #19
#21Willie158US #30
#22Cecil153US #76
#23Howard149US #25
#24Harold142US #12
#25Richard141US #15
#26Chester140US #54
#27Ernest137US #35
#28Fred137US #26
#29Albert135US #17
#30Jesse134US #77
#31Ralph129US #21
#32Joe120US #38
#33Elmer119US #45
#34Woodrow118US #83
#35Stanley113US #34
#36Willard113US #58
#37Samuel110US #39
#38Jack109US #27
#39Eugene108US #41
#40Clyde107US #63
#41Lawrence102US #37
#42Louis101US #23
#43Ray101US #67
#44Herbert100US #40
#45Leonard100US #44
#46David99US #31
#47Everett97US #89
#48Homer97US #98
#49Russell95US #51
#50Edgar83US #85
#51Herman81US #56
#52Floyd77US #59
#53Kenneth77US #28
#54Edwin73US #53
#55Lee73US #84
#56Virgil73US #108
#57Marvin71US #72
#58Oscar71US #88
#59Gilbert69US #100
#60Charlie68US #75
#61Leslie68US #106
#62Clifford66US #61
#63Luther66US #115
#64Jessie65US #114
#65Claude64US #96
#66Lester62US #57
#67Hubert59US #116
#68Vernon58US #80
#69Arnold55US #91
#70Ben55US #113
#71Lewis55US #70
#72Orville53US #127
#73Andrew51US #46
#74Curtis51US #128
#75Lloyd51US #62
#76Melvin51US #60
#77Sam50US #68
#78Donald49US #20
#79Hugh46US #111
#80Leo46US #47
#81Bill41US #157
#82Martin40US #79
#83Alfred39US #42
#84Elbert39US #169
#85Norman39US #50
#86Benjamin38US #71
#87Harvey38US #95
#88Marion38US #112
#89Jess37US #193
#90Maurice37US #101
#91Alvin36US #81
#92Bernard36US #48
#93Clifton36US #144
#94Johnnie36US #117
#95Leon36US #82
#96Leroy36US #66
#97Marshall36US #161
#98Theodore36US #64
#99Allen35US #99
#100Glenn35US #87

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑32Willard#36
↑30Jessie#64
↑23Edwin#54
↑21Sam#77
↑20Geneva#39
↑20Goldie#73
↑19Lois#65
↑18Leonard#45

Falling

↓25Curtis#74
↓23Marion#88
↓23Allen#99
↓21Charlie#60
↓20Christine#67
↓20Lula#72
↓20Ann#81
↓20Alvin#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.