State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,831 Kentucky births in 1920 across 1,049 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#71Nannieoutside the national top 200
#77Deweyoutside the national top 200
#81Goldie#198 nationally
#96Millardoutside the national top 200
#89Johnie#192 nationally
#99Ollieoutside the national top 200
#82Elbert#181 nationally
#89Della#183 nationally
#91Woodrow#183 nationally
#67Nora#157 nationally
#22Geneva#106 nationally
#86Margie#168 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,339US #1
#2Dorothy873US #2
#3Margaret591US #4
#4Helen564US #3
#5Virginia541US #7
#6Ruth536US #5
#7Mildred509US #6
#8Anna506US #10
#9Ruby464US #26
#10Elizabeth404US #8
#11Martha401US #23
#12Edna364US #27
#13Thelma355US #31
#14Hazel337US #34
#15Marie320US #13
#16Edith309US #32
#17Frances309US #9
#18Gladys308US #22
#19Evelyn274US #12
#20Lillian267US #18
#21Pauline265US #36
#22Geneva258US #106
#23Ethel249US #30
#24Irene249US #17
#25Lucille245US #29
#26Louise230US #19
#27Juanita226US #61
#28Emma224US #46
#29Opal222US #101
#30Myrtle197US #68
#31Alma188US #80
#32Bessie181US #71
#33Catherine178US #21
#34Eva171US #58
#35Sarah168US #50
#36Clara166US #44
#37Nellie163US #76
#38Beulah162US #109
#39Grace160US #37
#40Georgia159US #113
#41Betty158US #11
#42Mabel158US #83
#43Nancy156US #95
#44Alice154US #15
#45Elsie145US #51
#46Lillie143US #90
#47Bertha139US #57
#48Christine139US #118
#49Beatrice138US #41
#50Katherine138US #45
#51Lucy135US #94
#52Mae127US #99
#53Marjorie125US #24
#54Viola124US #59
#55Laura123US #63
#56Minnie121US #87
#57Ida119US #66
#58Lena117US #98
#59Stella116US #82
#60Mattie114US #96
#61Ella112US #88
#62Doris110US #14
#63Gertrude110US #42
#64Jane110US #48
#65Florence107US #16
#66Josephine103US #28
#67Nora99US #157
#68Annie98US #35
#69Dora98US #133
#70Jessie98US #84
#71Nannie98
#72Wilma98US #78
#73Lula97US #139
#74Pearl97US #62
#75Agnes96US #54
#76Cora95US #137
#77Ann93US #49
#78Bernice90US #40
#79Jean89US #33
#80June89US #53
#81Goldie88US #198
#82Vivian87US #64
#83Ada85US #136
#84Violet84US #77
#85Bonnie82US #154
#86Margie80US #168
#87Daisy79US #155
#88Lois79US #38
#89Della78US #183
#90Esther78US #39
#91Julia78US #55
#92Rose78US #20
#93Kathleen75US #91
#94Eula74US #169
#95Fannie74US #127
#96Flora73US #149
#97Eunice72US #115
#98Mable72US #148
#99Ollie72
#100Norma70US #69

Boys

#1James2,158US #4
#2William1,662US #2
#3John1,138US #1
#4Charles958US #5
#5Robert957US #3
#6George614US #6
#7Joseph430US #7
#8Edward390US #8
#9Thomas376US #11
#10Paul331US #14
#11Raymond316US #15
#12Harold281US #12
#13Roy266US #32
#14Earl263US #31
#15Frank257US #9
#16Henry254US #17
#17Walter243US #13
#18Carl235US #27
#19Clarence223US #26
#20Richard217US #10
#21Harry198US #21
#22Elmer185US #45
#23Ralph185US #22
#24Howard183US #24
#25Ernest181US #37
#26Arthur177US #18
#27Chester172US #55
#28Eugene172US #30
#29Joe172US #35
#30Albert162US #19
#31Jack159US #20
#32Fred157US #33
#33Willie156US #29
#34Cecil153US #77
#35Kenneth152US #23
#36Jesse144US #79
#37Edwin137US #53
#38Herbert137US #41
#39Warren137US #39
#40David136US #25
#41Ray134US #67
#42Clyde130US #68
#43Russell125US #51
#44Marvin122US #62
#45Lawrence119US #36
#46Virgil119US #101
#47Leonard118US #38
#48Homer115US #100
#49Samuel109US #44
#50Luther104US #123
#51Vernon103US #65
#52Edgar102US #89
#53Louis99US #28
#54Hubert96US #113
#55Charlie95US #70
#56Willard93US #88
#57Everett90US #95
#58Herman90US #66
#59Lee88US #82
#60Lloyd88US #58
#61Oscar86US #90
#62Stanley86US #40
#63Donald78US #16
#64Clifford77US #59
#65Floyd75US #61
#66Lewis74US #72
#67Bill72US #121
#68Arnold71US #91
#69Marion71US #109
#70Wallace69US #93
#71Melvin68US #54
#72Andrew67US #49
#73Alfred62US #42
#74Daniel62US #52
#75Lester62US #69
#76Claude61US #92
#77Dewey60
#78Orville58US #134
#79Gilbert57US #97
#80Jessie57US #111
#81Sam57US #84
#82Elbert56US #181
#83Bernard55US #46
#84Leo55US #48
#85Billy52US #132
#86Curtis52US #120
#87Glenn52US #80
#88Douglas51US #106
#89Johnie49US #192
#90Leon49US #75
#91Woodrow49US #183
#92Ben48US #137
#93Johnnie48US #99
#94Otis48US #146
#95Leslie47US #110
#96Millard47
#97Norman46US #47
#98Wilbur46US #98
#99Allen45US #94
#100Harvey45US #87

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑61Warren#39
↑26Jane#64
↑26Nora#67
↑22Doris#62
↑22Alfred#73
↑20Viola#54
↑18Luther#50
↑17Betty#41

Falling

↓39Woodrow#91
↓35Leslie#95
↓26Pearl#74
↓26Julia#91
↓25Fannie#95
↓19Stella#59
↓19Claude#76
↓18Eula#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.