State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,962 Kentucky births in 1922 across 1,103 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#76Dewey#193 nationally
#95Hobertoutside the national top 200
#96Goldieoutside the national top 200
#99Woodrowoutside the national top 200
#100Nannieoutside the national top 200
#86Elbert#184 nationally
#93Della#185 nationally
#21Geneva#110 nationally
#92Nora#180 nationally
#41Beulah#124 nationally
#28Opal#108 nationally
#38Christine#116 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,442US #1
#2Dorothy957US #2
#3Virginia617US #7
#4Margaret588US #4
#5Anna573US #12
#6Ruth548US #5
#7Helen547US #3
#8Mildred472US #8
#9Ruby455US #26
#10Martha386US #21
#11Elizabeth374US #9
#12Gladys359US #25
#13Edna341US #29
#14Hazel340US #37
#15Frances327US #10
#16Thelma312US #31
#17Edith300US #34
#18Evelyn287US #13
#19Juanita281US #57
#20Marie280US #14
#21Geneva271US #110
#22Pauline265US #36
#23Betty263US #6
#24Louise254US #22
#25Lillian249US #19
#26Irene243US #17
#27Lucille228US #33
#28Opal214US #108
#29Ethel207US #32
#30Sarah194US #51
#31Myrtle193US #75
#32Nancy190US #78
#33Clara186US #47
#34Elsie186US #59
#35Emma185US #50
#36Marjorie183US #16
#37Doris177US #11
#38Christine176US #116
#39Alice167US #15
#40Katherine162US #54
#41Beulah161US #124
#42Bertha154US #63
#43Bessie154US #81
#44Eva153US #64
#45Margie152US #100
#46Wilma148US #77
#47Georgia147US #114
#48Beatrice140US #43
#49Ella140US #90
#50Nellie140US #83
#51Alma139US #84
#52Mae137US #111
#53Mabel134US #99
#54Florence133US #18
#55Catherine128US #24
#56Ida128US #65
#57Mattie128US #103
#58Gertrude123US #48
#59Grace123US #38
#60Stella122US #88
#61Jean120US #20
#62Lucy120US #93
#63Laura119US #68
#64Lena119US #107
#65Minnie119US #91
#66Lillie118US #85
#67Lois115US #35
#68Agnes114US #62
#69Norma109US #46
#70Kathleen108US #80
#71Ann107US #49
#72Viola107US #72
#73Josephine106US #27
#74Jane105US #55
#75Pearl104US #71
#76Ada100US #148
#77Lula100US #142
#78Jessie99US #87
#79Audrey97US #89
#80Bonnie95US #137
#81Annie94US #30
#82Carrie90US #122
#83Fannie90US #135
#84Vivian90US #74
#85Mable89US #152
#86Rose86US #23
#87Wanda86US #92
#88Bernice85US #41
#89Willie85US #70
#90Maxine83US #82
#91Naomi83US #134
#92Nora83US #180
#93Della81US #185
#94Julia81US #60
#95June80US #45
#96Goldie79
#97Eula78US #174
#98Eunice75US #119
#99Kathryn75US #73
#100Nannie74

Boys

#1James2,071US #4
#2William1,626US #3
#3John1,217US #1
#4Charles1,109US #5
#5Robert1,020US #2
#6George636US #6
#7Thomas417US #11
#8Paul400US #14
#9Joseph388US #7
#10Edward358US #8
#11Harold291US #13
#12Raymond290US #16
#13Earl280US #31
#14Henry279US #17
#15Roy276US #32
#16Carl257US #30
#17Walter250US #15
#18Frank241US #10
#19Clarence228US #29
#20Kenneth221US #21
#21Richard214US #9
#22Jack213US #18
#23Elmer201US #54
#24Joe199US #35
#25Arthur198US #19
#26Eugene178US #25
#27Willie177US #28
#28Ralph175US #23
#29Harry173US #22
#30Albert171US #20
#31Howard159US #26
#32Cecil157US #85
#33Chester157US #64
#34David151US #24
#35Ray147US #65
#36Fred143US #33
#37Clyde141US #67
#38Herbert140US #40
#39Ernest129US #37
#40Russell129US #49
#41Lawrence126US #36
#42Jesse125US #81
#43Samuel124US #43
#44Louis116US #27
#45Virgil115US #99
#46Leonard111US #38
#47Marvin110US #56
#48Donald107US #12
#49Everett107US #98
#50Oscar101US #92
#51Homer99US #108
#52Edgar98US #93
#53Floyd98US #61
#54Herman94US #66
#55Warren93US #45
#56Lee92US #83
#57Willard92US #91
#58Hubert91US #116
#59Arnold89US #94
#60Edwin86US #52
#61Claude85US #97
#62Vernon85US #68
#63Lloyd84US #59
#64Stanley84US #41
#65Charlie83US #72
#66Luther83US #118
#67Melvin78US #50
#68Bill76US #104
#69Clifford74US #63
#70Lester73US #69
#71Lewis71US #75
#72Billy70US #90
#73Jessie67US #111
#74Gilbert66US #100
#75Leslie66US #114
#76Dewey64US #193
#77Bernard63US #46
#78Alfred62US #42
#79Daniel62US #47
#80Norman62US #44
#81Wallace62US #87
#82Leo61US #51
#83Junior60US #149
#84Orville60US #151
#85Andrew59US #53
#86Elbert58US #184
#87Francis58US #34
#88Curtis57US #113
#89Douglas57US #106
#90Leroy57US #55
#91Allen56US #95
#92Morris55US #109
#93Otis54US #156
#94Delbert53US #162
#95Hobert52
#96Marion52US #107
#97Maurice52US #103
#98Hugh51US #120
#99Woodrow51
#100Benjamin47US #82

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑28Doris#37
↑20Donald#48
↑19Gertrude#58
↑15Ann#71
↑15Bonnie#80
↑15Oscar#50
↑15Junior#83
↑14Florence#54

Falling

↓27Warren#55
↓18Alma#51
↓18Nannie#100
↓16Laura#63
↓16Viola#72
↓16June#95
↓16Charlie#65
↓16Marion#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.