State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,054 Kentucky births in 1926 across 988 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#86Nannieoutside the national top 200
#98Jewelloutside the national top 200
#89Dewey#188 nationally
#19Geneva#117 nationally
#74Imogene#172 nationally
#33Opal#130 nationally
#52Beulah#148 nationally
#95Nora#176 nationally
#41Christine#120 nationally
#85Orville#164 nationally
#100Eula#179 nationally
#78Ben#155 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,313US #1
#2Dorothy893US #2
#3Betty639US #3
#4Helen613US #4
#5Anna569US #15
#6Virginia547US #8
#7Margaret511US #5
#8Ruth501US #6
#9Mildred454US #9
#10Ruby453US #30
#11Martha436US #24
#12Frances336US #10
#13Juanita328US #52
#14Elizabeth322US #11
#15Edna292US #38
#16Thelma290US #36
#17Pauline286US #39
#18Gladys272US #35
#19Geneva269US #117
#20Evelyn260US #13
#21Edith257US #42
#22Doris252US #7
#23Hazel225US #48
#24Marie219US #18
#25Jean208US #12
#26Louise203US #27
#27Alice198US #17
#28Lillian198US #28
#29Alma193US #91
#30Wanda191US #66
#31Emma190US #59
#32Irene189US #21
#33Opal188US #130
#34Wilma185US #67
#35Norma174US #29
#36Lucille173US #43
#37Ethel167US #41
#38Sarah166US #63
#39Lois164US #19
#40Nancy159US #57
#41Christine147US #120
#42Marjorie143US #22
#43Bessie140US #89
#44Ella138US #98
#45Eva138US #79
#46Georgia138US #116
#47Clara137US #61
#48Myrtle133US #101
#49Bertha127US #76
#50Margie126US #103
#51Nellie124US #102
#52Beulah119US #148
#53Elsie119US #69
#54Beatrice118US #58
#55Jessie112US #93
#56Catherine111US #31
#57Kathleen109US #83
#58Laura109US #81
#59Rose107US #25
#60Audrey105US #60
#61Ida104US #82
#62Lillie104US #99
#63Mae104US #118
#64Ann103US #55
#65Maxine103US #85
#66Katherine101US #72
#67Mabel101US #127
#68Sylvia101US #107
#69June99US #40
#70Mattie99US #109
#71Barbara98US #16
#72Bonnie98US #105
#73Jane96US #56
#74Imogene90US #172
#75Pearl89US #96
#76Vivian88US #80
#77Florence87US #26
#78Minnie85US #111
#79Patricia85US #23
#80Stella85US #121
#81Lula84US #154
#82Viola84US #97
#83Shirley83US #14
#84Joyce81US #44
#85Gertrude80US #71
#86Nannie80
#87Geraldine79US #54
#88Josephine79US #37
#89Lena79US #123
#90Bernice78US #45
#91Lucy78US #106
#92Grace77US #46
#93Ada76US #161
#94Dora74US #140
#95Nora71US #176
#96Esther70US #62
#97Naomi70US #141
#98Jewell69
#99Mable69US #164
#100Eula68US #179

Boys

#1James2,183US #3
#2William1,653US #4
#3Charles1,147US #5
#4Robert1,087US #1
#5John1,058US #2
#6George562US #6
#7Thomas430US #11
#8Paul412US #13
#9Joseph382US #8
#10Edward350US #10
#11Harold318US #14
#12Raymond314US #15
#13Jack282US #16
#14Roy281US #34
#15Richard267US #7
#16Earl266US #32
#17Kenneth261US #18
#18Eugene259US #23
#19Carl255US #26
#20Walter246US #17
#21Henry244US #19
#22Clarence212US #29
#23Joe212US #33
#24Frank210US #12
#25Donald198US #9
#26Fred192US #31
#27Billy188US #40
#28Ralph186US #24
#29Albert171US #21
#30Ray168US #57
#31David164US #22
#32Howard164US #27
#33Harry159US #25
#34Cecil149US #86
#35Arthur147US #20
#36Willie138US #28
#37Louis136US #30
#38Chester134US #79
#39Elmer133US #61
#40Ernest131US #37
#41Clyde128US #67
#42Lawrence125US #36
#43Jesse122US #87
#44Floyd120US #53
#45Herbert119US #44
#46Virgil113US #118
#47Russell107US #52
#48Samuel105US #48
#49Leonard101US #38
#50Marvin101US #50
#51Clifford98US #62
#52Herman98US #69
#53Stanley98US #43
#54Bill95US #74
#55Junior95US #117
#56Vernon89US #66
#57Homer88US #123
#58Norman87US #39
#59Willard86US #100
#60Lee85US #85
#61Calvin83US #65
#62Edgar81US #109
#63Charlie78US #81
#64Luther76US #135
#65Claude75US #106
#66Everett75US #119
#67Hubert75US #131
#68Oscar75US #105
#69Arnold74US #99
#70Billie73US #145
#71Marion73US #113
#72Leslie72US #126
#73Daniel71US #46
#74Lloyd71US #60
#75Melvin67US #47
#76Jessie65US #124
#77Earnest63US #147
#78Ben62US #155
#79Lewis61US #82
#80Edwin60US #55
#81Bobby59US #116
#82Curtis58US #112
#83Andrew56US #59
#84Gerald55US #41
#85Orville54US #164
#86Willis53US #140
#87Alvin52US #72
#88Bernard52US #49
#89Dewey52US #188
#90Glenn52US #75
#91Lester51US #78
#92Douglas50US #103
#93Alfred49US #45
#94Allen49US #93
#95Glen48US #121
#96Hugh48US #128
#97Morris48US #134
#98Francis47US #35
#99Gilbert46US #101
#100Leon46US #73

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑30Audrey#60
↑19Wanda#30
↑19Rose#59
↑19Earnest#77
↑18Ella#44
↑17Virgil#46
↑16Edgar#62
↑15Jessie#55

Falling

↓29Lena#89
↓24Stella#80
↓21Lewis#79
↓19Grace#92
↓17Lester#91
↓15Lucy#91
↓14Eula#100
↓13Minnie#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.