State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,945 Kentucky births in 1923 across 1,071 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#91Della#192 nationally
#99Imogene#200 nationally
#87Elbert#183 nationally
#88Nora#180 nationally
#38Beulah#129 nationally
#22Geneva#111 nationally
#96Dewey#185 nationally
#34Christine#120 nationally
#32Opal#113 nationally
#74Ada#153 nationally
#95Eula#171 nationally
#81Lula#151 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,345US #1
#2Dorothy937US #2
#3Virginia635US #7
#4Ruth597US #6
#5Margaret594US #4
#6Helen589US #3
#7Mildred521US #8
#8Anna520US #13
#9Ruby520US #25
#10Martha425US #21
#11Thelma393US #31
#12Edna383US #32
#13Elizabeth374US #9
#14Frances344US #10
#15Betty339US #5
#16Hazel304US #40
#17Edith289US #36
#18Juanita285US #51
#19Gladys277US #29
#20Pauline273US #37
#21Marie271US #14
#22Geneva270US #111
#23Evelyn259US #12
#24Louise237US #22
#25Lillian225US #20
#26Irene217US #17
#27Alice212US #15
#28Lucille212US #35
#29Ethel208US #38
#30Emma205US #53
#31Doris199US #11
#32Opal199US #113
#33Sarah199US #54
#34Christine196US #120
#35Marjorie190US #16
#36Eva182US #66
#37Elsie180US #61
#38Beulah166US #129
#39Myrtle165US #84
#40Nancy162US #75
#41Bessie157US #81
#42Alma156US #89
#43Jean151US #19
#44Clara150US #49
#45Bertha146US #64
#46Ella145US #93
#47Catherine144US #24
#48Katherine142US #60
#49Lucy141US #92
#50Beatrice140US #46
#51Georgia140US #112
#52Laura138US #73
#53Ida137US #68
#54Mabel133US #102
#55Nellie132US #88
#56Norma132US #41
#57Wilma131US #74
#58Lois127US #27
#59Mae123US #109
#60Kathleen115US #70
#61Minnie114US #99
#62Mattie113US #106
#63Jane111US #55
#64Lillie109US #91
#65Ann107US #52
#66Grace107US #39
#67Lena107US #108
#68Margie106US #101
#69Viola104US #79
#70Agnes102US #63
#71Annie102US #34
#72Vivian100US #69
#73Wanda100US #80
#74Ada99US #153
#75Jessie97US #94
#76Dora96US #136
#77Bonnie95US #126
#78Pearl95US #78
#79Stella95US #96
#80Gertrude93US #59
#81Lula91US #151
#82Willie91US #67
#83Kathryn89US #72
#84Bernice88US #43
#85Maxine87US #76
#86Geraldine86US #58
#87June86US #42
#88Nora86US #180
#89Cora85US #149
#90Naomi83US #137
#91Della82US #192
#92Rose82US #23
#93Alberta81US #135
#94Audrey81US #85
#95Eula79US #171
#96Florence79US #18
#97Josephine78US #30
#98Lola77US #157
#99Imogene75US #200
#100Julia73US #62

Boys

#1James2,182US #4
#2William1,707US #3
#3John1,178US #1
#4Charles1,077US #5
#5Robert1,050US #2
#6George626US #6
#7Thomas412US #12
#8Joseph411US #7
#9Edward400US #8
#10Paul396US #14
#11Harold333US #13
#12Raymond292US #15
#13Earl281US #31
#14Henry271US #18
#15Walter269US #16
#16Frank262US #11
#17Roy262US #32
#18Carl259US #28
#19Eugene239US #25
#20Jack234US #17
#21Kenneth227US #21
#22Richard225US #9
#23Clarence213US #29
#24Harry206US #22
#25Joe203US #35
#26Ralph193US #23
#27Fred171US #33
#28Albert163US #20
#29Howard161US #26
#30Arthur156US #19
#31Elmer154US #57
#32David147US #24
#33Cecil143US #87
#34Ernest143US #38
#35Jesse139US #83
#36Willie137US #30
#37Chester134US #63
#38Clyde133US #68
#39Ray130US #61
#40Lawrence129US #36
#41Herbert126US #40
#42Donald118US #10
#43Louis113US #27
#44Samuel113US #45
#45Leonard109US #37
#46Russell108US #52
#47Virgil106US #100
#48Edgar105US #94
#49Marvin103US #51
#50Bill102US #98
#51Billy102US #78
#52Homer99US #113
#53Charlie97US #79
#54Herman92US #66
#55Vernon92US #67
#56Everett90US #99
#57Oscar88US #96
#58Floyd87US #64
#59Wallace87US #69
#60Claude85US #103
#61Edwin85US #56
#62Hubert84US #117
#63Lee84US #85
#64Arnold83US #93
#65Luther81US #126
#66Willard80US #92
#67Lewis77US #74
#68Curtis73US #116
#69Calvin71US #82
#70Melvin71US #48
#71Warren71US #43
#72Clifford70US #65
#73Lloyd70US #59
#74Norman70US #44
#75Marion69US #106
#76Stanley69US #41
#77Jessie68US #119
#78Alvin65US #73
#79Lester63US #71
#80Ben59US #148
#81Leslie59US #112
#82Bernard57US #46
#83Douglas57US #108
#84Earnest57US #146
#85Hugh57US #123
#86Leo57US #49
#87Elbert56US #183
#88Alfred55US #42
#89Junior55US #139
#90Andrew54US #53
#91Daniel54US #47
#92Delbert54US #156
#93Leroy54US #55
#94Glenn51US #84
#95Gilbert50US #102
#96Dewey48US #185
#97Allen47US #97
#98Francis46US #34
#99Willis46US #138
#100Glen45US #121

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑22Wallace#59
↑21Billy#51
↑21Marion#75
↑20Curtis#68
↑18Jean#43
↑18Bill#50
↑16Kathryn#83
↑14Wanda#73

Falling

↓42Florence#96
↓24Josephine#97
↓23Margie#68
↓22Gertrude#80
↓21Gilbert#95
↓20Dewey#96
↓19Stella#79
↓16Warren#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.