State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,890 Kentucky births in 1925 across 1,066 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#85Elbertoutside the national top 200
#94Della#198 nationally
#31Opal#129 nationally
#86Eula#182 nationally
#79Imogene#174 nationally
#52Beulah#143 nationally
#19Geneva#109 nationally
#87Nora#171 nationally
#46Christine#123 nationally
#38Georgia#112 nationally
#95Delbert#167 nationally
#99Clifton#171 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,342US #1
#2Dorothy975US #2
#3Helen627US #4
#4Anna598US #13
#5Ruth596US #6
#6Margaret564US #5
#7Virginia539US #7
#8Betty523US #3
#9Mildred503US #9
#10Ruby497US #30
#11Martha448US #23
#12Edna353US #37
#13Elizabeth352US #10
#14Frances332US #11
#15Juanita329US #49
#16Thelma305US #35
#17Pauline304US #38
#18Gladys284US #33
#19Geneva283US #109
#20Hazel275US #45
#21Edith261US #42
#22Evelyn252US #12
#23Doris247US #8
#24Marie239US #16
#25Louise237US #27
#26Irene216US #19
#27Alice213US #15
#28Lillian210US #25
#29Jean208US #14
#30Ethel204US #43
#31Opal202US #129
#32Lucille180US #41
#33Marjorie180US #21
#34Nancy174US #60
#35Alma173US #94
#36Emma173US #57
#37Sarah172US #58
#38Georgia171US #112
#39Wilma168US #62
#40Myrtle166US #95
#41Norma166US #34
#42Lois165US #18
#43Eva160US #71
#44Nellie160US #98
#45Bertha152US #74
#46Christine152US #123
#47Margie150US #99
#48Catherine146US #29
#49Wanda146US #72
#50Clara143US #55
#51Elsie143US #63
#52Beulah136US #143
#53Ida136US #82
#54Bessie133US #87
#55Ann131US #52
#56Stella127US #114
#57Beatrice126US #50
#58Katherine123US #61
#59Laura122US #75
#60Lena115US #124
#61Lillie115US #91
#62Ella114US #93
#63Mae113US #116
#64Mabel112US #118
#65Minnie112US #104
#66Mattie111US #100
#67Barbara110US #22
#68Maxine110US #79
#69Bonnie109US #107
#70Jessie108US #97
#71Kathleen108US #81
#72Agnes105US #69
#73Grace104US #44
#74June103US #39
#75Pearl102US #90
#76Lucy101US #102
#77Jane99US #53
#78Rose95US #26
#79Imogene94US #174
#80Bernice93US #46
#81Julia93US #65
#82Lula91US #149
#83Annie90US #32
#84Florence90US #24
#85Josephine90US #36
#86Eula88US #182
#87Nora87US #171
#88Geraldine86US #54
#89Viola84US #84
#90Audrey83US #78
#91Ada82US #161
#92Dora82US #136
#93Violet80US #92
#94Della79US #198
#95Cora78US #150
#96Gloria77US #20
#97Naomi74US #144
#98Willie73US #68
#99Carrie71US #134
#100Gertrude71US #70

Boys

#1James2,092US #4
#2William1,709US #3
#3John1,177US #2
#4Robert1,122US #1
#5Charles1,083US #5
#6George605US #6
#7Paul439US #13
#8Thomas391US #11
#9Joseph372US #7
#10Edward371US #9
#11Harold354US #14
#12Carl282US #28
#13Earl275US #31
#14Raymond273US #15
#15Jack263US #17
#16Kenneth258US #19
#17Roy258US #32
#18Henry249US #18
#19Richard242US #8
#20Joe239US #34
#21Walter236US #16
#22Eugene217US #24
#23Frank207US #12
#24Ralph200US #25
#25Clarence194US #30
#26Harry189US #23
#27Howard177US #26
#28Fred175US #33
#29Elmer174US #61
#30David166US #22
#31Arthur164US #20
#32Donald162US #10
#33Billy158US #49
#34Ray156US #64
#35Albert151US #21
#36Ernest149US #37
#37Willie149US #27
#38Clyde135US #68
#39Chester134US #73
#40Cecil129US #87
#41Russell123US #53
#42Floyd119US #58
#43Marvin118US #51
#44Louis115US #29
#45Lawrence114US #36
#46Samuel114US #46
#47Jesse113US #85
#48Herbert112US #42
#49Calvin108US #47
#50Lee104US #82
#51Homer103US #116
#52Clifford102US #59
#53Charlie100US #78
#54Herman99US #69
#55Hubert99US #124
#56Leonard99US #38
#57Vernon95US #67
#58Lewis94US #79
#59Willard90US #97
#60Stanley89US #40
#61Luther87US #132
#62Arnold86US #95
#63Virgil84US #120
#64Bill83US #84
#65Junior82US #115
#66Everett81US #108
#67Claude79US #102
#68Lloyd73US #62
#69Marion73US #109
#70Norman73US #41
#71Andrew71US #56
#72Jessie71US #123
#73Oscar71US #99
#74Lester70US #81
#75Melvin70US #50
#76Curtis67US #118
#77Edwin63US #57
#78Edgar62US #96
#79Leroy61US #52
#80Daniel59US #44
#81Alvin56US #70
#82Wallace53US #92
#83Ben52US #153
#84Glenn52US #77
#85Elbert50
#86Francis50US #35
#87Hugh50US #127
#88Leo50US #54
#89Gene49US #112
#90Orville49US #161
#91Glen48US #117
#92Sam48US #91
#93Warren48US #66
#94Benjamin47US #93
#95Delbert47US #167
#96Earnest47US #148
#97Jimmie47US #121
#98Bernard46US #48
#99Clifton46US #171
#100Allen45US #94

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑32Barbara#67
↑22Billy#33
↑20Ann#55
↑19Bonnie#69
↑18Clifford#52
↑16Ben#83
↑15Curtis#76
↑14Lena#60

Falling

↓30Gertrude#100
↓21Edgar#78
↓19Edwin#77
↓17Earnest#96
↓16Lucy#76
↓16Hugh#87
↓15Ada#91
↓15Allen#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.