State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 50,087 Kentucky births in 1918 across 1,027 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#85Nannieoutside the national top 200
#91Deweyoutside the national top 200
#92Owenoutside the national top 200
#96Shermanoutside the national top 200
#90Goldie#193 nationally
#88Margie#188 nationally
#98Elbert#191 nationally
#77Eula#168 nationally
#94Della#177 nationally
#37Geneva#112 nationally
#86Nora#161 nationally
#78Flora#150 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,138US #1
#2Dorothy748US #3
#3Anna534US #10
#4Ruth521US #5
#5Margaret502US #4
#6Virginia483US #7
#7Helen466US #2
#8Ruby417US #27
#9Elizabeth414US #9
#10Mildred410US #6
#11Hazel358US #33
#12Martha349US #25
#13Edna342US #23
#14Thelma335US #32
#15Frances330US #8
#16Gladys283US #22
#17Edith276US #30
#18Marie268US #12
#19Ethel264US #28
#20Evelyn255US #11
#21Lucille252US #29
#22Louise238US #18
#23Lillian228US #15
#24Pauline216US #35
#25Opal209US #94
#26Sarah205US #52
#27Bessie195US #61
#28Myrtle192US #62
#29Emma189US #46
#30Nellie189US #65
#31Clara180US #43
#32Eva167US #55
#33Irene167US #16
#34Bertha164US #51
#35Alma162US #73
#36Elsie162US #49
#37Geneva159US #112
#38Katherine158US #50
#39Catherine154US #20
#40Grace152US #31
#41Alice151US #13
#42Beulah151US #104
#43Jessie138US #75
#44Laura136US #64
#45Mabel136US #74
#46Georgia135US #107
#47Ida133US #57
#48Mae133US #95
#49Juanita132US #85
#50Lillie130US #89
#51Lucy130US #90
#52Nancy129US #102
#53Christine128US #119
#54Marjorie125US #34
#55Florence124US #14
#56Beatrice122US #40
#57Gertrude122US #39
#58Pearl119US #56
#59Betty117US #21
#60Mattie117US #100
#61Viola116US #59
#62Lena110US #93
#63Stella106US #67
#64Cora104US #124
#65Minnie104US #88
#66Ella103US #84
#67Annie102US #36
#68Kathleen100US #99
#69Lula98US #132
#70Ann97US #44
#71Agnes96US #47
#72Ada95US #123
#73Carrie92US #113
#74Fannie88US #120
#75Josephine87US #24
#76Julia86US #48
#77Eula84US #168
#78Flora84US #150
#79Dora83US #136
#80Jane83US #53
#81Bernice82US #41
#82Rose80US #17
#83Lola79US #146
#84Wilma79US #82
#85Nannie78
#86Nora78US #161
#87Esther77US #38
#88Margie77US #188
#89Doris76US #19
#90Goldie76US #193
#91Hattie76US #121
#92Daisy72US #149
#93Willie72US #70
#94Della71US #177
#95Maxine71US #87
#96Mable70US #144
#97Naomi70US #140
#98Lois69US #42
#99June68US #66
#100Rosa68US #117

Boys

#1James1,733US #3
#2William1,473US #2
#3John1,092US #1
#4Robert853US #4
#5Charles803US #5
#6George598US #6
#7Thomas387US #10
#8Edward362US #8
#9Joseph353US #7
#10Henry312US #16
#11Raymond288US #15
#12Paul285US #14
#13Roy267US #32
#14Earl245US #31
#15Walter241US #11
#16Carl235US #25
#17Clarence207US #23
#18Frank205US #9
#19Richard193US #12
#20Willie193US #29
#21Harry192US #20
#22Harold191US #13
#23Joe182US #34
#24Ralph181US #22
#25Elmer178US #44
#26Albert175US #19
#27Arthur166US #17
#28Ernest165US #37
#29Howard164US #26
#30Woodrow164US #58
#31Fred161US #33
#32Cecil155US #82
#33Chester147US #54
#34Eugene145US #35
#35Jesse142US #78
#36Russell141US #50
#37Jack136US #21
#38Clyde133US #67
#39Kenneth127US #27
#40Herbert116US #40
#41Willard115US #83
#42David114US #28
#43Herman114US #65
#44Ray114US #69
#45Charlie113US #70
#46Louis112US #24
#47Lawrence111US #38
#48Virgil111US #99
#49Everett106US #93
#50Leonard106US #41
#51Homer104US #100
#52Edgar103US #89
#53Marvin103US #68
#54Samuel98US #43
#55Clifford93US #60
#56Stanley92US #36
#57Vernon90US #66
#58Oscar82US #87
#59Curtis79US #123
#60Hubert76US #114
#61Melvin73US #56
#62Lewis72US #74
#63Floyd70US #61
#64Luther69US #119
#65Leslie68US #102
#66Edwin67US #55
#67Orville67US #134
#68Claude66US #95
#69Lee63US #86
#70Arnold62US #92
#71Hugh61US #112
#72Jessie61US #120
#73Lester61US #62
#74Alfred60US #42
#75Lloyd60US #51
#76Norman60US #49
#77Bill59US #143
#78Earnest59US #142
#79Gilbert57US #105
#80Francis56US #30
#81Andrew54US #46
#82Donald54US #18
#83Marion54US #107
#84Otis54US #151
#85Daniel51US #52
#86Leo51US #48
#87Theodore48US #64
#88Sam47US #75
#89Clifton46US #152
#90Leroy46US #57
#91Dewey45
#92Owen45
#93Glen44US #125
#94Ben43US #128
#95Bernard43US #47
#96Sherman43
#97Alvin42US #80
#98Elbert42US #191
#99Harvey42US #88
#100Leon42US #77

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑36Marjorie#54
↑22Eula#77
↑21Kathleen#68
↑20Elsie#36
↑17Melvin#61
↑16Betty#59
↑15Virgil#48
↑15Earnest#78

Falling

↓28Della#94
↓24Sam#88
↓21Lois#98
↓19Annie#67
↓19Nora#86
↓16Andrew#81
↓14Mabel#45
↓14Mattie#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.