State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 50,988 Kentucky births in 1929 across 960 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#54Imogene#174 nationally
#88Jewelloutside the national top 200
#27Geneva#130 nationally
#51Opal#150 nationally
#94Eula#191 nationally
#73Beulah#161 nationally
#41Christine#123 nationally
#61Homer#141 nationally
#100Clifton#178 nationally
#82Ben#159 nationally
#98Orville#174 nationally
#66Lena#138 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,994US #1
#2Betty1,040US #2
#3Dorothy823US #3
#4Helen509US #4
#5Anna478US #20
#6Margaret430US #5
#7Virginia417US #11
#8Ruth416US #8
#9Martha386US #27
#10Ruby369US #36
#11Mildred355US #18
#12Doris349US #6
#13Juanita290US #60
#14Elizabeth284US #15
#15Thelma267US #41
#16Frances254US #16
#17Evelyn244US #19
#18Wanda242US #61
#19Edna241US #51
#20Wilma229US #66
#21Lois219US #17
#22Jean215US #12
#23Pauline213US #50
#24Hazel211US #64
#25Edith200US #59
#26Gladys198US #44
#27Geneva197US #130
#28Norma197US #25
#29Emma189US #69
#30Marie184US #22
#31Nancy178US #32
#32Barbara177US #7
#33Louise176US #31
#34Joyce164US #23
#35Alice155US #21
#36Irene152US #29
#37Clara149US #65
#38Ethel148US #56
#39Lucille147US #57
#40Eva146US #83
#41Christine138US #123
#42Shirley137US #9
#43Patricia135US #10
#44Alma133US #106
#45Lillian131US #40
#46Billie130US #79
#47Sarah127US #68
#48Dolores125US #14
#49Myrtle125US #117
#50Joan124US #13
#51Opal121US #150
#52Ann119US #46
#53Margie119US #108
#54Imogene117US #174
#55Marjorie116US #30
#56Rose108US #26
#57Georgia107US #115
#58Bessie106US #107
#59Bonnie106US #86
#60Catherine105US #34
#61Elsie105US #78
#62Geraldine103US #43
#63Maxine102US #85
#64Bertha99US #93
#65Ella99US #102
#66Lena98US #138
#67Katherine96US #84
#68Nellie94US #113
#69June92US #48
#70Laura91US #90
#71Peggy91US #70
#72Ida86US #96
#73Beulah85US #161
#74Carolyn85US #77
#75Mae85US #132
#76Beatrice84US #72
#77Florence84US #35
#78Mabel82US #147
#79Audrey81US #58
#80Dora80US #141
#81Josephine80US #45
#82Bernice79US #55
#83Grace78US #54
#84Jessie78US #110
#85Kathleen78US #89
#86Lucy78US #116
#87Stella76US #137
#88Jewell75
#89Agnes72US #94
#90Jane71US #62
#91Minnie71US #124
#92Mattie69US #121
#93Phyllis69US #24
#94Eula67US #191
#95Jo67US #140
#96Gloria66US #28
#97Lillie65US #103
#98Lula65US #158
#99Sylvia64US #119
#100Cora63US #153

Boys

#1James1,975US #2
#2William1,539US #4
#3Charles1,178US #5
#4Robert1,079US #1
#5John1,020US #3
#6George549US #8
#7Paul393US #13
#8Donald371US #7
#9Billy365US #23
#10Joseph328US #9
#11Thomas324US #11
#12Harold310US #16
#13Edward308US #10
#14Jack299US #14
#15Kenneth297US #18
#16Herbert290US #25
#17Eugene268US #20
#18Richard262US #6
#19Carl258US #28
#20Earl242US #36
#21Raymond238US #15
#22Roy233US #35
#23Joe232US #30
#24David228US #17
#25Walter212US #19
#26Henry199US #21
#27Ralph194US #26
#28Ray186US #57
#29Frank178US #12
#30Bobby175US #50
#31Clarence168US #37
#32Albert152US #24
#33Fred152US #34
#34Harry148US #27
#35Elmer146US #70
#36Howard144US #31
#37Willie143US #29
#38Arthur134US #22
#39Marvin130US #46
#40Ernest126US #43
#41Chester119US #96
#42Clyde114US #74
#43Cecil110US #101
#44Herman109US #75
#45Gene104US #68
#46Bill102US #63
#47Lawrence102US #38
#48Jesse101US #93
#49Samuel99US #53
#50Alfred95US #41
#51Russell94US #56
#52Billie93US #122
#53Louis92US #32
#54Junior91US #120
#55Curtis87US #99
#56Virgil86US #127
#57Vernon84US #71
#58Leonard80US #42
#59Melvin80US #49
#60Hubert76US #124
#61Homer75US #141
#62Stanley73US #48
#63Norman72US #40
#64Marion70US #118
#65Claude69US #119
#66Lloyd69US #62
#67Lee68US #85
#68Lewis67US #84
#69Willard67US #114
#70Floyd66US #58
#71Glenn65US #80
#72Andrew63US #59
#73Lester63US #88
#74Gerald62US #33
#75Arnold61US #95
#76Charlie61US #87
#77Clifford61US #72
#78Edgar61US #116
#79Johnnie60US #103
#80Douglas58US #97
#81Jimmie57US #98
#82Ben56US #159
#83Oscar56US #117
#84Everett55US #130
#85Wayne55US #69
#86Edwin54US #66
#87Leo54US #60
#88Luther54US #145
#89Leon51US #81
#90Wallace51US #106
#91Earnest50US #155
#92Delbert48US #157
#93Jessie48US #129
#94Willis48US #150
#95Glen47US #123
#96Hugh47US #139
#97Leroy47US #51
#98Orville47US #174
#99Daniel46US #47
#100Clifton45US #178

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑50Joan#50
↑47Dolores#48
↑24Lena#66
↑20Ann#52
↑19Clara#37
↑19Shirley#42
↑18Stanley#62
↑17Peggy#71

Falling

↓29Leroy#97
↓27Minnie#91
↓26Lillie#97
↓21Georgia#57
↓21Everett#84
↓21Jessie#93
↓16Nellie#68
↓15Willard#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.