State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,759 Kentucky births in 1916 across 958 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#75Nannieoutside the national top 200
#77Roscoeoutside the national top 200
#84Ollie#193 nationally
#92Margie#195 nationally
#98Flossieoutside the national top 200
#86Bonnie#185 nationally
#81Goldie#178 nationally
#85Elbert#181 nationally
#80Della#165 nationally
#71Nora#154 nationally
#86Marshall#163 nationally
#96Nettie#171 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,834US #1
#2Dorothy585US #3
#3Margaret492US #4
#4Anna448US #7
#5Elizabeth411US #8
#6Ruth401US #5
#7Helen398US #2
#8Ruby395US #23
#9Virginia385US #10
#10Edna369US #19
#11Mildred315US #6
#12Martha304US #24
#13Thelma287US #29
#14Hazel284US #31
#15Edith283US #28
#16Lucille269US #30
#17Gladys267US #22
#18Frances253US #9
#19Marie232US #12
#20Ethel229US #25
#21Louise229US #18
#22Pauline211US #33
#23Evelyn197US #11
#24Lillian197US #16
#25Sarah195US #52
#26Irene191US #17
#27Opal187US #91
#28Myrtle186US #58
#29Nellie180US #61
#30Bessie176US #56
#31Alice168US #13
#32Bertha163US #49
#33Emma163US #41
#34Clara153US #39
#35Eva151US #55
#36Mabel151US #65
#37Grace149US #26
#38Catherine148US #20
#39Alma147US #70
#40Nancy138US #102
#41Elsie132US #48
#42Lucy130US #84
#43Geneva128US #112
#44Jessie128US #68
#45Beatrice127US #38
#46Beulah127US #97
#47Minnie126US #71
#48Katherine125US #51
#49Mattie117US #93
#50Mae115US #92
#51Lillie114US #88
#52Florence110US #14
#53Gertrude109US #35
#54Ida108US #54
#55Juanita107US #90
#56Pearl106US #57
#57Laura103US #64
#58Cora102US #114
#59Stella102US #63
#60Ella101US #81
#61Georgia99US #108
#62Julia98US #46
#63Lula94US #127
#64Viola94US #59
#65Ada93US #117
#66Annie93US #36
#67Dora93US #124
#68Agnes92US #50
#69Christine90US #121
#70Betty88US #44
#71Nora87US #154
#72Ann85US #40
#73Flora85US #141
#74Rose85US #15
#75Nannie84
#76Lena83US #85
#77Jane82US #62
#78Josephine77US #21
#79Hattie76US #115
#80Della73US #165
#81Goldie73US #178
#82Carrie71US #103
#83Lois70US #43
#84Ollie70US #193
#85Blanche68US #89
#86Bonnie67US #185
#87Fannie67US #116
#88Bernice66US #42
#89Marjorie66US #37
#90Naomi66US #130
#91Leona65US #75
#92Margie64US #195
#93Lola62US #147
#94Doris61US #32
#95Eula61US #164
#96Nettie61US #171
#97Alberta60US #123
#98Flossie59
#99Mable58US #136
#100Daisy57US #137

Boys

#1James1,414US #3
#2William1,315US #2
#3John1,016US #1
#4Charles738US #6
#5Robert691US #4
#6George484US #7
#7Thomas319US #10
#8Joseph312US #5
#9Edward280US #8
#10Raymond277US #16
#11Henry259US #14
#12Paul244US #12
#13Roy224US #33
#14Walter218US #11
#15Earl217US #32
#16Carl201US #23
#17Clarence193US #24
#18Frank193US #9
#19Woodrow175US #64
#20Richard168US #15
#21Willie156US #30
#22Harold153US #13
#23Elmer151US #45
#24Harry147US #19
#25Chester146US #54
#26Howard143US #25
#27Joe143US #35
#28Albert132US #17
#29Arthur128US #18
#30Fred128US #29
#31Eugene123US #39
#32Ralph122US #21
#33Cecil119US #80
#34Ernest118US #36
#35David116US #28
#36Lawrence116US #38
#37Jesse115US #77
#38Herbert112US #40
#39Clyde106US #62
#40Samuel105US #41
#41Jack103US #26
#42Herman101US #56
#43Ray99US #73
#44Homer98US #103
#45Russell98US #51
#46Willard95US #69
#47Stanley94US #34
#48Marvin92US #66
#49Everett90US #91
#50Lee90US #83
#51Virgil90US #104
#52Charlie89US #68
#53Kenneth85US #27
#54Louis85US #22
#55Floyd79US #60
#56Lewis78US #71
#57Oscar76US #86
#58Edgar75US #88
#59Leonard75US #42
#60Andrew74US #46
#61Edwin71US #53
#62Lester70US #59
#63Hubert69US #113
#64Leslie68US #112
#65Clifford66US #61
#66Luther65US #116
#67Arnold63US #89
#68Orville61US #131
#69Claude60US #93
#70Vernon60US #75
#71Melvin57US #57
#72Gilbert56US #106
#73Bill55US #147
#74Marion55US #110
#75Curtis54US #120
#76Jessie53US #117
#77Roscoe53
#78Alvin50US #82
#79Lloyd50US #58
#80Allen48US #101
#81Otis48US #142
#82Hugh47US #96
#83Francis45US #31
#84Norman45US #48
#85Elbert44US #181
#86Marshall43US #163
#87Sam43US #74
#88Willis43US #136
#89Donald42US #20
#90Clifton41US #156
#91Gordon41US #90
#92Harvey41US #92
#93Wilbur41US #94
#94Alfred39US #43
#95Bernard39US #49
#96Daniel39US #55
#97Leroy39US #63
#98Maurice39US #100
#99Delbert35US #161
#100Oliver35US #127

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑30Juanita#55
↑20Cora#58
↑19Allen#80
↑17Sarah#25
↑15Woodrow#19
↑15Lewis#56
↑14Marion#74
↑13Viola#64

Falling

↓18Lois#83
↓16Lena#76
↓16Eula#95
↓15Stella#59
↓14Leonard#59
↓13Ida#54
↓13Mable#99
↓13Gilbert#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.