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Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,947 Kentucky births in 1930 across 970 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#61Imogene#188 nationally
#43Opal#156 nationally
#63Beulah#168 nationally
#31Geneva#133 nationally
#97Orville#187 nationally
#95Eula#182 nationally
#62Homer#146 nationally
#58Hubert#137 nationally
#47Christine#124 nationally
#60Junior#135 nationally
#93Sue#167 nationally
#54Billie#123 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,001US #1
#2Betty1,258US #2
#3Dorothy781US #3
#4Helen518US #4
#5Anna500US #23
#6Margaret422US #5
#7Doris412US #9
#8Martha400US #27
#9Virginia387US #12
#10Ruth385US #10
#11Ruby345US #36
#12Mildred310US #21
#13Elizabeth284US #15
#14Juanita284US #57
#15Thelma280US #45
#16Wanda268US #56
#17Norma266US #25
#18Frances262US #16
#19Wilma244US #68
#20Jean232US #14
#21Barbara217US #6
#22Edna217US #51
#23Joyce217US #18
#24Evelyn209US #19
#25Edith204US #61
#26Hazel202US #71
#27Pauline202US #52
#28Lois201US #17
#29Nancy198US #24
#30Gladys192US #48
#31Geneva186US #133
#32Patricia184US #7
#33Louise174US #31
#34Alice168US #20
#35Marie166US #26
#36Billie165US #79
#37Irene160US #33
#38Emma159US #73
#39Lillian158US #44
#40Shirley155US #11
#41Alma147US #109
#42Ethel147US #65
#43Opal141US #156
#44Eva136US #86
#45Joan132US #8
#46Lucille127US #59
#47Christine124US #124
#48Dolores124US #13
#49Clara123US #64
#50Georgia123US #117
#51Bonnie121US #78
#52Margie121US #112
#53Ann118US #41
#54Maxine117US #93
#55Rose116US #29
#56Marjorie115US #32
#57Kathleen114US #84
#58Sarah111US #70
#59Myrtle109US #123
#60Elsie106US #88
#61Imogene106US #188
#62Jane106US #55
#63Beulah105US #168
#64Geraldine103US #43
#65Catherine100US #35
#66Ella100US #107
#67Nellie98US #113
#68June95US #47
#69Bessie94US #108
#70Katherine94US #85
#71Peggy94US #67
#72Beatrice92US #76
#73Loretta90US #105
#74Bertha88US #95
#75Laura88US #89
#76Mattie88US #128
#77Phyllis88US #28
#78Lena87US #144
#79Lillie87US #111
#80Bernice86US #58
#81Minnie84US #122
#82Carolyn83US #72
#83Audrey82US #63
#84Vivian82US #91
#85Mabel79US #150
#86Annie77US #40
#87Lucy77US #119
#88Julia75US #90
#89Stella74US #140
#90Dora73US #142
#91Florence72US #38
#92Ida72US #94
#93Sue71US #167
#94Patsy70US #97
#95Eula67US #182
#96Jo67US #131
#97Velma67US #127
#98Delores66US #66
#99Jessie66US #114
#100Jacqueline65US #74

Boys

#1James2,029US #2
#2William1,417US #4
#3Robert1,166US #1
#4Charles1,145US #6
#5John1,001US #3
#6George478US #8
#7Billy452US #20
#8Donald426US #7
#9Paul395US #12
#10Thomas390US #11
#11Joseph356US #9
#12Kenneth344US #17
#13Harold335US #18
#14Edward312US #10
#15Jack302US #14
#16Eugene300US #21
#17Bobby291US #41
#18Richard288US #5
#19Roy272US #33
#20Raymond267US #16
#21Joe260US #27
#22Carl253US #26
#23Earl253US #38
#24David230US #15
#25Henry224US #22
#26Walter198US #19
#27Frank197US #13
#28Ralph189US #25
#29Clarence176US #39
#30Fred173US #32
#31Albert165US #24
#32Herbert160US #35
#33Ray155US #57
#34Arthur147US #23
#35Howard147US #31
#36Ernest145US #43
#37Bill133US #59
#38Willie129US #29
#39Cecil119US #99
#40Harry119US #28
#41Marvin119US #48
#42Clyde117US #76
#43Elmer112US #80
#44Gene110US #70
#45Chester109US #103
#46Floyd109US #61
#47Lawrence109US #36
#48Russell107US #60
#49Samuel104US #55
#50Herman102US #78
#51Jesse101US #94
#52Louis100US #34
#53Vernon100US #72
#54Billie99US #123
#55Clifford93US #73
#56Lee93US #82
#57Marion89US #126
#58Hubert87US #137
#59Norman87US #40
#60Junior84US #135
#61Leonard83US #45
#62Homer82US #146
#63Willard82US #117
#64Alfred78US #46
#65Gerald78US #30
#66Stanley76US #49
#67Edgar75US #119
#68Lewis75US #87
#69Virgil73US #128
#70Curtis71US #106
#71Charlie70US #91
#72Arnold69US #98
#73Everett69US #134
#74Glenn69US #71
#75Melvin69US #50
#76Claude68US #122
#77Lloyd68US #69
#78Jimmie67US #86
#79Jerry65US #51
#80Johnny63US #101
#81Ronald62US #37
#82Wallace62US #112
#83Wayne62US #65
#84Leroy60US #53
#85Leslie60US #139
#86Lester60US #95
#87Glen57US #114
#88Allen56US #85
#89Edwin56US #66
#90Jessie56US #133
#91Douglas55US #89
#92Andrew53US #62
#93Earnest53US #153
#94Johnnie52US #104
#95Luther52US #148
#96Ben51US #154
#97Orville51US #187
#98Bernard50US #52
#99Don50US #68
#100Oscar50US #124

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑28Kathleen#57
↑28Jane#62
↑24Floyd#46
↑22Clifford#55
↑18Lillie#79
↑16Mattie#76
↑16Phyllis#77
↑13Bobby#17

Falling

↓20Ida#92
↓20Andrew#92
↓17Oscar#100
↓16Herbert#32
↓16Melvin#75
↓15Jessie#99
↓15Curtis#70
↓15Johnnie#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.