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Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,965 Kentucky births in 1927 across 1,067 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#89Jewelloutside the national top 200
#92Nannieoutside the national top 200
#96Elbertoutside the national top 200
#98Dellaoutside the national top 200
#40Opal#141 nationally
#57Imogene#157 nationally
#21Geneva#119 nationally
#56Beulah#145 nationally
#99Eula#176 nationally
#42Christine#117 nationally
#91Ada#165 nationally
#93Otis#167 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,351US #1
#2Dorothy859US #2
#3Betty740US #3
#4Helen599US #4
#5Anna567US #16
#6Virginia537US #8
#7Ruth520US #6
#8Margaret478US #5
#9Mildred448US #11
#10Ruby442US #30
#11Martha436US #24
#12Juanita380US #55
#13Elizabeth327US #13
#14Doris325US #7
#15Frances295US #12
#16Edna278US #40
#17Thelma278US #38
#18Hazel267US #53
#19Pauline267US #42
#20Gladys266US #37
#21Geneva243US #119
#22Evelyn239US #15
#23Edith231US #48
#24Marie229US #20
#25Jean227US #14
#26Wilma224US #68
#27Louise221US #27
#28Alice204US #17
#29Wanda202US #66
#30Emma194US #64
#31Irene193US #21
#32Lillian187US #32
#33Nancy182US #56
#34Lois177US #19
#35Sarah177US #61
#36Norma167US #26
#37Lucille162US #45
#38Elsie160US #72
#39Ethel158US #47
#40Opal158US #141
#41Margie157US #104
#42Christine152US #117
#43Alma149US #97
#44Nellie147US #105
#45Marjorie146US #25
#46Eva144US #79
#47Clara136US #63
#48Myrtle136US #110
#49Bessie130US #88
#50Georgia129US #120
#51Catherine124US #31
#52Joyce124US #35
#53Ida119US #84
#54Minnie118US #114
#55Bertha116US #80
#56Beulah116US #145
#57Imogene116US #157
#58Laura115US #82
#59Bonnie114US #100
#60June113US #43
#61Ella112US #98
#62Rose111US #23
#63Beatrice109US #67
#64Ann107US #59
#65Barbara107US #10
#66Bernice106US #49
#67Florence106US #28
#68Jane106US #60
#69Geraldine104US #58
#70Mattie104US #113
#71Katherine102US #73
#72Patricia102US #18
#73Mabel100US #133
#74Shirley100US #9
#75Audrey99US #62
#76Lena98US #130
#77Stella96US #123
#78Josephine95US #39
#79Lillie95US #94
#80Lucy94US #112
#81Roberta94US #122
#82Billie93US #109
#83Kathleen93US #83
#84Mae93US #125
#85Maxine93US #87
#86Grace90US #50
#87Jessie84US #95
#88Viola83US #101
#89Jewell82
#90Rosa82US #124
#91Ada81US #165
#92Nannie81
#93Lula80US #150
#94Naomi73US #137
#95Velma73US #118
#96Agnes72US #81
#97Sylvia72US #116
#98Della71
#99Eula71US #176
#100Julia71US #76

Boys

#1James2,082US #3
#2William1,671US #4
#3Charles1,228US #5
#4John1,177US #2
#5Robert1,139US #1
#6George592US #7
#7Paul472US #13
#8Thomas407US #11
#9Joseph351US #9
#10Harold347US #14
#11Edward333US #10
#12Donald318US #8
#13Jack317US #16
#14Kenneth295US #18
#15Carl294US #26
#16Raymond289US #15
#17Roy286US #34
#18Eugene284US #20
#19Richard265US #6
#20Earl251US #33
#21Henry238US #19
#22Billy235US #31
#23Walter234US #17
#24Ralph226US #24
#25Joe225US #30
#26Clarence209US #32
#27Frank194US #12
#28Albert181US #23
#29David176US #21
#30Howard176US #28
#31Ray173US #60
#32Elmer157US #61
#33Fred152US #35
#34Arthur148US #22
#35Clyde145US #68
#36Harry143US #25
#37Marvin142US #47
#38Cecil140US #92
#39Willie136US #27
#40Chester133US #85
#41Ernest132US #41
#42Herbert130US #42
#43Louis129US #29
#44Herman122US #70
#45Jesse122US #89
#46Samuel118US #49
#47Floyd116US #53
#48Bill107US #69
#49Russell105US #54
#50Clifford100US #65
#51Junior99US #119
#52Vernon98US #71
#53Virgil97US #121
#54Bobby96US #91
#55Willard96US #106
#56Homer93US #129
#57Leonard90US #40
#58Claude89US #114
#59Lawrence89US #37
#60Charlie87US #80
#61Norman87US #39
#62Lewis84US #82
#63Hubert83US #128
#64Stanley80US #44
#65Everett79US #120
#66Lee79US #86
#67Edgar78US #107
#68Lloyd78US #58
#69Gene73US #72
#70Oscar73US #113
#71Gilbert72US #99
#72Leroy72US #51
#73Calvin71US #73
#74Billie68US #135
#75Alvin67US #66
#76Glenn67US #76
#77Luther67US #139
#78Arnold66US #97
#79Melvin66US #48
#80Wayne66US #67
#81Bernard64US #50
#82Edwin64US #57
#83Marion64US #117
#84Leon63US #78
#85Glen62US #115
#86Lester62US #83
#87Earnest60US #148
#88Gerald59US #38
#89Andrew57US #56
#90Curtis55US #118
#91Ben54US #156
#92Leslie54US #126
#93Otis54US #167
#94Wallace54US #96
#95Clifton50US #164
#96Elbert50
#97Leo50US #55
#98Hugh48US #131
#99Johnnie48US #105
#100Allen47US #95

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑32Joyce#52
↑28Gilbert#71
↑27Bobby#54
↑24Minnie#54
↑24Bernice#66
↑18Geraldine#69
↑17Imogene#57
↑17Lewis#62

Falling

↓32Jessie#87
↓29Sylvia#97
↓26Kathleen#83
↓21Mae#84
↓20Maxine#85
↓20Leslie#92
↓17Ella#61
↓17Lillie#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.