State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,654 Kentucky births in 1917 across 959 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#82Nannieoutside the national top 200
#85Roscoeoutside the national top 200
#91Ollieoutside the national top 200
#93Ollieoutside the national top 200
#81Goldie#187 nationally
#95Virgieoutside the national top 200
#66Della#168 nationally
#86Elbert#179 nationally
#67Nora#154 nationally
#33Geneva#113 nationally
#89Delbert#162 nationally
#99Eula#172 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,913US #1
#2Dorothy650US #3
#3Margaret481US #4
#4Anna445US #7
#5Ruth433US #5
#6Ruby412US #27
#7Virginia412US #10
#8Helen407US #2
#9Elizabeth366US #8
#10Edna360US #20
#11Mildred355US #6
#12Martha339US #22
#13Hazel338US #31
#14Thelma312US #32
#15Edith287US #28
#16Gladys284US #23
#17Frances270US #9
#18Lucille259US #29
#19Marie254US #12
#20Evelyn228US #11
#21Ethel216US #24
#22Lillian215US #15
#23Louise196US #19
#24Pauline196US #33
#25Bessie183US #61
#26Myrtle182US #58
#27Sarah179US #52
#28Opal177US #95
#29Emma173US #46
#30Irene173US #17
#31Mabel167US #68
#32Clara164US #41
#33Geneva159US #113
#34Alma158US #71
#35Catherine155US #18
#36Grace154US #30
#37Alice151US #13
#38Nellie149US #64
#39Nancy148US #98
#40Eva144US #54
#41Bertha141US #51
#42Lucy132US #88
#43Katherine131US #49
#44Beulah128US #102
#45Beatrice124US #39
#46Mattie124US #94
#47Ida121US #56
#48Annie120US #35
#49Jessie120US #70
#50Laura120US #65
#51Pearl120US #57
#52Lillie117US #86
#53Florence116US #14
#54Ella115US #83
#55Georgia114US #105
#56Elsie113US #50
#57Mae111US #96
#58Christine110US #120
#59Juanita109US #87
#60Minnie109US #75
#61Stella108US #62
#62Viola105US #59
#63Lula103US #135
#64Gertrude101US #37
#65Ada99US #119
#66Della98US #168
#67Nora94US #154
#68Lena93US #85
#69Rose93US #16
#70Carrie92US #109
#71Ann91US #44
#72Cora90US #126
#73Dora89US #125
#74Josephine89US #21
#75Betty87US #34
#76Jane87US #55
#77Lois87US #43
#78Flora83US #145
#79Julia83US #47
#80Bernice79US #42
#81Goldie79US #187
#82Nannie79
#83Hattie78US #118
#84Agnes77US #48
#85Fannie76US #115
#86Willie76US #72
#87Doris75US #25
#88Blanche72US #91
#89Kathleen70US #101
#90Marjorie70US #36
#91Kathryn68US #60
#92Lola68US #143
#93Ollie68
#94Esther67US #38
#95Virgie67
#96Maggie66US #161
#97Naomi65US #133
#98Eunice63US #111
#99Eula62US #172
#100Sylvia62US #69

Boys

#1James1,578US #3
#2William1,350US #2
#3John1,015US #1
#4Robert741US #4
#5Charles702US #7
#6George478US #6
#7Thomas342US #10
#8Joseph314US #5
#9Edward294US #8
#10Raymond263US #16
#11Paul260US #13
#12Earl245US #32
#13Henry236US #15
#14Roy225US #33
#15Carl215US #24
#16Frank204US #9
#17Walter198US #11
#18Richard186US #14
#19Clarence182US #25
#20Joe164US #35
#21Harold159US #12
#22Woodrow156US #73
#23Albert155US #18
#24Arthur154US #17
#25Ernest151US #37
#26Chester141US #56
#27Willie138US #31
#28Harry134US #19
#29Howard129US #26
#30Cecil128US #83
#31Elmer128US #45
#32Fred128US #29
#33Ralph125US #21
#34Jesse123US #79
#35Lawrence119US #36
#36Ray119US #74
#37Jack117US #22
#38David116US #28
#39Clyde113US #64
#40Herman112US #58
#41Herbert111US #40
#42Eugene110US #39
#43Kenneth109US #27
#44Willard107US #80
#45Samuel105US #42
#46Charlie103US #67
#47Everett103US #94
#48Stanley99US #34
#49Edgar96US #88
#50Russell95US #52
#51Leonard93US #41
#52Louis90US #23
#53Marvin86US #68
#54Oscar81US #87
#55Floyd78US #62
#56Lee74US #85
#57Homer73US #102
#58Vernon70US #71
#59Claude67US #98
#60Clifford67US #59
#61Hubert66US #115
#62Leslie66US #107
#63Virgil66US #103
#64Sam62US #72
#65Andrew60US #48
#66Luther59US #116
#67Curtis58US #121
#68Edwin57US #55
#69Lester57US #61
#70Alfred56US #43
#71Arnold55US #91
#72Lewis54US #70
#73Lloyd53US #53
#74Hugh50US #110
#75Orville50US #134
#76Jessie49US #114
#77Marion49US #108
#78Melvin49US #57
#79Donald48US #20
#80Allen46US #100
#81Bernard45US #49
#82Bill45US #147
#83Norman45US #46
#84Otis43US #145
#85Roscoe43
#86Elbert42US #179
#87Harvey42US #90
#88Leon41US #82
#89Delbert40US #162
#90Milton40US #75
#91Ollie39
#92Ira38US #151
#93Earnest37US #143
#94Gilbert37US #105
#95Francis36US #30
#96Benjamin35US #76
#97Daniel35US #54
#98Johnnie35US #111
#99Leo35US #47
#100Maurice35US #101

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑24Alfred#70
↑23Sam#64
↑18Annie#48
↑14Della#66
↑14Bernard#81
↑12Carrie#70
↑12Vernon#58
↑11Christine#58

Falling

↓22Gilbert#94
↓17Julia#79
↓16Agnes#84
↓16Lewis#72
↓15Elsie#56
↓14Cora#72
↓13Minnie#60
↓13Homer#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.