State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,825 Kentucky births in 1919 across 1,010 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#69Nannieoutside the national top 200
#78Deweyoutside the national top 200
#86Roscoeoutside the national top 200
#82Goldie#193 nationally
#94Oraoutside the national top 200
#97Jewelloutside the national top 200
#79Elbert#179 nationally
#87Margie#177 nationally
#86Della#175 nationally
#76Eula#159 nationally
#28Geneva#107 nationally
#24Opal#98 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,162US #1
#2Dorothy743US #3
#3Margaret539US #4
#4Helen522US #2
#5Anna520US #10
#6Virginia504US #7
#7Ruth495US #5
#8Ruby452US #24
#9Mildred433US #6
#10Edna362US #22
#11Elizabeth359US #8
#12Martha357US #25
#13Hazel336US #32
#14Gladys318US #21
#15Frances311US #9
#16Edith306US #29
#17Thelma306US #31
#18Marie268US #12
#19Evelyn265US #11
#20Ethel249US #28
#21Lillian236US #17
#22Irene235US #16
#23Lucille230US #27
#24Opal222US #98
#25Louise216US #20
#26Pauline202US #36
#27Alice193US #13
#28Geneva178US #107
#29Myrtle177US #67
#30Bertha175US #52
#31Grace175US #34
#32Bessie172US #59
#33Clara164US #43
#34Mabel164US #78
#35Sarah164US #46
#36Alma158US #76
#37Eva156US #55
#38Juanita155US #73
#39Emma154US #45
#40Stella151US #70
#41Nancy150US #100
#42Nellie150US #69
#43Elsie147US #47
#44Beatrice145US #41
#45Katherine141US #51
#46Catherine137US #23
#47Mae137US #99
#48Pearl137US #56
#49Lucy136US #91
#50Minnie135US #80
#51Beulah128US #108
#52Lillie128US #81
#53Georgia126US #106
#54Christine124US #116
#55Ella119US #87
#56Lena119US #94
#57Mattie116US #95
#58Betty114US #15
#59Florence113US #14
#60Jessie112US #75
#61Gertrude109US #39
#62Laura109US #71
#63Cora105US #122
#64Ida103US #57
#65Julia100US #48
#66Marjorie100US #33
#67Annie99US #35
#68Agnes95US #50
#69Nannie95
#70Fannie92US #121
#71Lula92US #134
#72Ada91US #129
#73Carrie89US #111
#74Viola89US #58
#75Dora88US #127
#76Eula87US #159
#77Wilma86US #86
#78Josephine84US #26
#79Lois84US #40
#80Bernice83US #42
#81Ann82US #49
#82Goldie81US #193
#83Rose81US #19
#84Doris80US #18
#85Willie80US #61
#86Della79US #175
#87Margie77US #177
#88Mable76US #143
#89Flora74US #153
#90Jane72US #53
#91Kathleen72US #101
#92Bonnie71US #163
#93Nora71US #161
#94Ora71
#95Violet71US #74
#96June70US #64
#97Jewell69
#98Kathryn68US #66
#99Vivian68US #72
#100Leona67US #90

Boys

#1James1,842US #3
#2William1,455US #2
#3John1,043US #1
#4Charles866US #5
#5Robert827US #4
#6George561US #6
#7Edward380US #8
#8Thomas350US #10
#9Joseph346US #7
#10Raymond299US #14
#11Paul274US #15
#12Earl254US #31
#13Henry254US #16
#14Roy252US #32
#15Walter239US #11
#16Carl227US #29
#17Clarence221US #25
#18Harold220US #13
#19Willie197US #23
#20Frank195US #9
#21Richard191US #12
#22Arthur184US #19
#23Harry180US #20
#24Joe177US #35
#25Albert167US #18
#26Chester163US #53
#27Elmer160US #44
#28Fred159US #30
#29Jack158US #21
#30Howard157US #24
#31Ralph157US #22
#32Edwin149US #52
#33Cecil145US #78
#34Ernest145US #36
#35Clyde142US #67
#36Kenneth133US #26
#37Lawrence132US #38
#38Ray131US #69
#39Jesse129US #77
#40Herbert125US #40
#41Herman121US #61
#42Russell114US #50
#43Homer109US #104
#44Eugene108US #33
#45Marvin106US #63
#46Everett105US #93
#47Louis102US #28
#48David101US #27
#49Samuel100US #43
#50Charlie99US #66
#51Willard99US #87
#52Woodrow97US #91
#53Edgar95US #89
#54Virgil94US #103
#55Leonard89US #39
#56Vernon87US #65
#57Claude81US #92
#58Clifford80US #60
#59Bill79US #130
#60Leslie78US #105
#61Arnold77US #94
#62Oscar75US #88
#63Stanley75US #37
#64Lee74US #82
#65Floyd72US #59
#66Hubert72US #115
#67Lester69US #62
#68Luther69US #117
#69Marion68US #106
#70Melvin64US #56
#71Donald62US #17
#72Lloyd60US #58
#73Daniel58US #51
#74Andrew57US #47
#75Curtis57US #120
#76Leo57US #49
#77Orville57US #133
#78Dewey56
#79Elbert56US #179
#80Lewis56US #74
#81Gilbert52US #102
#82Sam51US #75
#83Jessie50US #109
#84Wallace50US #107
#85Bernard49US #45
#86Roscoe49
#87Earnest48US #139
#88Johnnie48US #95
#89Harvey46US #85
#90Alvin45US #76
#91Morris44US #100
#92Otis44US #146
#93Glenn43US #84
#94Jim43US #158
#95Alfred42US #42
#96Delbert42US #157
#97Victor42US #68
#98Hugh41US #114
#99Leon41US #80
#100Warren41US #83

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑34Edwin#32
↑23Stella#40
↑19Lois#79
↑19Elbert#79
↑18Bill#59
↑16Nannie#69
↑15Minnie#50
↑14Alice#27

Falling

↓27Hugh#98
↓23Kathleen#91
↓22Woodrow#52
↓21Alfred#95
↓18Laura#62
↓18Lewis#80
↓17Jessie#60
↓17Ida#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.