State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,660 Kentucky births in 1924 across 1,094 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#98Jewelloutside the national top 200
#100Della#200 nationally
#96Elbert#195 nationally
#43Beulah#138 nationally
#28Opal#120 nationally
#95Dewey#186 nationally
#92Imogene#182 nationally
#21Geneva#110 nationally
#90Eula#177 nationally
#87Nora#172 nationally
#76Ada#159 nationally
#36Christine#115 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,537US #1
#2Dorothy1,038US #2
#3Helen643US #3
#4Anna629US #13
#5Margaret624US #5
#6Virginia592US #7
#7Ruth576US #6
#8Mildred519US #8
#9Ruby518US #26
#10Martha456US #21
#11Betty427US #4
#12Edna388US #31
#13Frances354US #10
#14Thelma351US #33
#15Elizabeth343US #11
#16Hazel325US #42
#17Juanita322US #48
#18Gladys310US #30
#19Marie298US #14
#20Pauline298US #38
#21Geneva284US #110
#22Edith275US #36
#23Evelyn274US #12
#24Doris246US #9
#25Irene240US #18
#26Louise240US #24
#27Lillian232US #23
#28Opal229US #120
#29Ethel224US #39
#30Lucille216US #37
#31Sarah202US #54
#32Alice198US #15
#33Eva189US #66
#34Emma181US #57
#35Marjorie176US #17
#36Christine175US #115
#37Elsie172US #61
#38Nancy171US #69
#39Myrtle169US #89
#40Georgia166US #113
#41Alma164US #87
#42Jean162US #16
#43Beulah156US #138
#44Clara153US #56
#45Nellie151US #92
#46Margie147US #102
#47Norma147US #40
#48Wilma147US #67
#49Laura144US #72
#50Catherine143US #27
#51Lois141US #22
#52Bertha140US #65
#53Katherine140US #59
#54Ella138US #94
#55Ida138US #70
#56Stella138US #105
#57Bessie136US #86
#58Wanda135US #74
#59Kathleen129US #76
#60Lucy127US #98
#61Mattie127US #109
#62Beatrice126US #50
#63Jessie125US #91
#64Mabel124US #108
#65Pearl123US #78
#66Minnie120US #100
#67Lillie115US #97
#68Bernice114US #47
#69Annie112US #32
#70Gertrude112US #60
#71Grace111US #43
#72Mae111US #114
#73June110US #45
#74Lena110US #112
#75Ann105US #55
#76Ada103US #159
#77Agnes100US #63
#78Josephine100US #34
#79Jane99US #53
#80Maxine99US #77
#81Vivian99US #71
#82Geraldine98US #58
#83Naomi98US #140
#84Rose97US #25
#85Florence95US #20
#86Julia95US #62
#87Nora95US #172
#88Bonnie92US #117
#89Dora89US #139
#90Eula89US #177
#91Audrey88US #84
#92Imogene88US #182
#93Viola84US #82
#94Mable81US #162
#95Lula80US #146
#96Carrie78US #135
#97Violet78US #88
#98Jewell77
#99Barbara75US #28
#100Della74US #200

Boys

#1James2,254US #4
#2William1,765US #3
#3John1,194US #2
#4Charles1,179US #5
#5Robert1,102US #1
#6George696US #6
#7Thomas470US #11
#8Edward428US #9
#9Paul398US #14
#10Joseph391US #7
#11Harold332US #13
#12Raymond326US #15
#13Henry285US #18
#14Carl281US #27
#15Roy279US #31
#16Earl273US #33
#17Kenneth271US #19
#18Walter268US #16
#19Richard264US #8
#20Frank260US #12
#21Jack240US #17
#22Eugene237US #25
#23Ralph222US #23
#24Clarence221US #29
#25Ernest205US #37
#26Joe198US #35
#27Howard195US #26
#28Elmer187US #57
#29Harry185US #22
#30Arthur183US #20
#31Albert174US #21
#32Clyde160US #69
#33Chester159US #67
#34Fred157US #32
#35Cecil156US #85
#36Ray156US #60
#37David154US #24
#38Donald142US #10
#39Louis133US #28
#40Calvin130US #44
#41Willie127US #30
#42Jesse124US #86
#43Herbert115US #41
#44Russell110US #52
#45Marvin109US #50
#46Lawrence108US #36
#47Samuel108US #45
#48Floyd105US #66
#49Leonard105US #38
#50Herman97US #70
#51Charlie96US #80
#52Willard94US #97
#53Everett92US #104
#54Lee92US #83
#55Billy91US #63
#56Homer91US #109
#57Edgar90US #96
#58Edwin90US #55
#59Luther88US #127
#60Stanley88US #40
#61Lester86US #72
#62Marion86US #112
#63Virgil86US #111
#64Hubert84US #115
#65Vernon81US #68
#66Bill78US #92
#67Leslie78US #107
#68Junior77US #121
#69Lloyd74US #61
#70Clifford73US #64
#71Hugh72US #116
#72Lewis72US #77
#73Arnold70US #95
#74Melvin70US #48
#75Andrew69US #56
#76Oscar69US #99
#77Jessie66US #124
#78Norman66US #42
#79Earnest64US #145
#80Claude62US #103
#81Glenn61US #79
#82Otis61US #158
#83Willis61US #136
#84Alfred60US #43
#85Allen60US #94
#86Wallace59US #87
#87Leo58US #51
#88Alvin56US #73
#89Bernard56US #46
#90Leroy56US #53
#91Curtis55US #117
#92Warren55US #58
#93Gilbert54US #100
#94Daniel53US #47
#95Dewey53US #186
#96Elbert53US #195
#97Harvey53US #88
#98Orville53US #155
#99Ben52US #141
#100Leon52US #76

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑29Calvin#40
↑23Stella#56
↑22Margie#46
↑21Junior#68
↑19Josephine#78
↑18Lester#61
↑16Bernice#68
↑16Stanley#60

Falling

↓27Wallace#86
↓24Viola#93
↓23Curtis#91
↓21Warren#92
↓20Claude#80
↓19Oscar#76
↓19Ben#99
↓16Bessie#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.