State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,454 Kentucky births in 1928 across 983 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#37Opal#146 nationally
#84Nora#191 nationally
#96Jewelloutside the national top 200
#21Geneva#124 nationally
#98Goldieoutside the national top 200
#63Imogene#163 nationally
#93Eula#189 nationally
#65Beulah#154 nationally
#36Georgia#115 nationally
#44Junior#120 nationally
#52Virgil#126 nationally
#48Christine#120 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,165US #1
#2Betty962US #2
#3Dorothy829US #3
#4Anna542US #16
#5Helen513US #4
#6Virginia475US #9
#7Margaret459US #5
#8Mildred439US #15
#9Ruth429US #6
#10Ruby400US #34
#11Martha371US #22
#12Doris356US #7
#13Juanita325US #58
#14Elizabeth322US #14
#15Thelma264US #40
#16Frances257US #13
#17Evelyn250US #17
#18Pauline247US #48
#19Jean246US #12
#20Edna241US #45
#21Geneva228US #124
#22Gladys227US #41
#23Lois223US #18
#24Norma217US #23
#25Edith201US #56
#26Hazel200US #59
#27Wanda200US #63
#28Marie192US #21
#29Wilma188US #69
#30Louise184US #31
#31Emma175US #67
#32Barbara174US #8
#33Nancy172US #43
#34Irene164US #28
#35Lillian158US #35
#36Georgia153US #115
#37Opal151US #146
#38Alma149US #107
#39Alice148US #19
#40Ethel148US #55
#41Marjorie147US #29
#42Lucille146US #51
#43Sarah146US #64
#44Joyce143US #30
#45Bessie139US #101
#46Margie137US #108
#47Eva133US #79
#48Christine130US #120
#49Myrtle121US #116
#50Patricia118US #11
#51Catherine117US #33
#52Nellie117US #111
#53Bertha115US #81
#54Geraldine115US #50
#55Bonnie114US #89
#56Clara114US #65
#57Laura113US #83
#58Elsie112US #73
#59June107US #44
#60Katherine107US #75
#61Shirley107US #10
#62Billie106US #96
#63Imogene106US #163
#64Minnie105US #118
#65Beulah104US #154
#66Rose104US #24
#67Ella99US #100
#68Maxine99US #84
#69Mae97US #130
#70Bernice96US #53
#71Lillie95US #104
#72Ann94US #54
#73Ida93US #87
#74Lucy93US #112
#75Audrey91US #60
#76Jane91US #62
#77Kathleen91US #82
#78Beatrice90US #70
#79Mabel90US #135
#80Jessie88US #109
#81Stella85US #132
#82Agnes83US #85
#83Florence83US #32
#84Nora83US #191
#85Annie82US #37
#86Grace81US #52
#87Mattie81US #121
#88Peggy81US #76
#89Velma81US #114
#90Lena80US #131
#91Josephine79US #42
#92Vivian76US #78
#93Eula75US #189
#94Phyllis74US #26
#95Dolores72US #20
#96Jewell72
#97Sylvia71US #119
#98Goldie70
#99Viola69US #103
#100Joan68US #27

Boys

#1James1,931US #3
#2William1,617US #4
#3Charles1,226US #5
#4Robert1,164US #1
#5John1,103US #2
#6George585US #8
#7Paul407US #13
#8Thomas390US #11
#9Joseph363US #9
#10Harold358US #14
#11Billy323US #27
#12Jack322US #15
#13Edward314US #10
#14Donald298US #7
#15Richard292US #6
#16Kenneth287US #17
#17Raymond286US #16
#18Herbert284US #25
#19Roy280US #34
#20Eugene278US #20
#21Earl274US #37
#22Joe252US #30
#23Carl249US #28
#24Walter249US #18
#25Henry232US #21
#26Ralph210US #24
#27Ray200US #57
#28David172US #19
#29Albert170US #23
#30Frank168US #12
#31Clarence165US #35
#32Fred158US #36
#33Howard145US #31
#34Elmer140US #63
#35Willie139US #29
#36Cecil137US #97
#37Ernest136US #43
#38Harry134US #26
#39Lawrence133US #38
#40Marvin128US #46
#41Clyde127US #74
#42Bobby124US #65
#43Arthur120US #22
#44Junior120US #120
#45Alfred117US #33
#46Chester116US #88
#47Louis110US #32
#48Gene109US #62
#49Jesse103US #91
#50Curtis101US #101
#51Bill98US #64
#52Virgil96US #126
#53Leonard95US #42
#54Willard93US #113
#55Hubert92US #121
#56Floyd90US #54
#57Samuel88US #52
#58Herman86US #78
#59Norman86US #39
#60Vernon84US #70
#61Homer83US #131
#62Russell83US #55
#63Everett81US #123
#64Claude77US #116
#65Lee77US #87
#66Billie76US #133
#67Clifford76US #68
#68Leroy75US #51
#69Lloyd75US #59
#70Oscar75US #122
#71Charlie73US #80
#72Jessie68US #124
#73Glenn67US #76
#74Johnny67US #117
#75Melvin67US #48
#76Marion65US #118
#77Arnold63US #98
#78Edgar62US #114
#79Lewis62US #86
#80Stanley62US #45
#81Edwin61US #58
#82Alvin59US #72
#83Lester58US #89
#84Earnest56US #153
#85Luther55US #145
#86Bernard53US #49
#87Jimmie53US #100
#88Leslie53US #128
#89Daniel52US #47
#90Gerald52US #41
#91Gilbert51US #96
#92Douglas50US #102
#93Sam50US #109
#94Allen49US #93
#95Wallace49US #104
#96Hugh47US #129
#97Wayne47US #69
#98Glen45US #115
#99Jerry45US #79
#100Leon45US #81

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑40Curtis#50
↑33Barbara#32
↑24Herbert#18
↑22Patricia#50
↑21Gene#48
↑20Billie#62
↑20Lawrence#39
↑17Maxine#68

Falling

↓20Elsie#58
↓20Ida#73
↓20Gilbert#91
↓17Mattie#87
↓17Clifford#67
↓17Lewis#79
↓17Wayne#97
↓16Florence#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.