State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 50,732 Kentucky births in 1931 across 953 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#70Imogeneoutside the national top 200
#54Opal#171 nationally
#25Geneva#136 nationally
#93Eulaoutside the national top 200
#94Orvilleoutside the national top 200
#69Beulah#173 nationally
#99Wendelloutside the national top 200
#64Junior#150 nationally
#92Bobbie#178 nationally
#42Christine#125 nationally
#45Billie#128 nationally
#36Alma#114 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,873US #1
#2Betty1,248US #2
#3Dorothy704US #3
#4Anna480US #25
#5Helen446US #6
#6Martha395US #28
#7Margaret387US #7
#8Doris366US #10
#9Ruth365US #11
#10Virginia352US #12
#11Barbara351US #4
#12Mildred344US #26
#13Norma323US #22
#14Ruby306US #39
#15Joyce296US #15
#16Wanda294US #54
#17Elizabeth275US #16
#18Juanita252US #57
#19Thelma236US #53
#20Wilma230US #69
#21Lois221US #20
#22Nancy214US #17
#23Frances212US #18
#24Jean204US #13
#25Geneva199US #136
#26Edna198US #52
#27Evelyn180US #24
#28Hazel180US #74
#29Patricia180US #8
#30Joan169US #5
#31Gladys165US #55
#32Louise164US #33
#33Pauline159US #56
#34Alice158US #21
#35Edith150US #65
#36Alma148US #114
#37Geraldine148US #38
#38Peggy147US #42
#39Billie146US #81
#40Marie143US #27
#41Shirley139US #9
#42Christine134US #125
#43Eva134US #94
#44Ann131US #35
#45Lucille131US #62
#46Bonnie130US #73
#47Irene126US #37
#48Emma125US #76
#49Clara124US #61
#50Phyllis122US #29
#51Sarah118US #71
#52Lillian115US #47
#53Jane114US #50
#54Opal114US #171
#55Margie112US #107
#56Patsy111US #83
#57Rose111US #30
#58Carolyn110US #60
#59Bessie109US #113
#60Georgia108US #120
#61June106US #44
#62Ethel103US #67
#63Marjorie103US #34
#64Catherine94US #36
#65Ella92US #110
#66Ida91US #100
#67Loretta91US #96
#68Maxine91US #101
#69Beulah90US #173
#70Imogene90
#71Jo86US #116
#72Myrtle86US #134
#73Nellie86US #119
#74Bernice85US #63
#75Lillie84US #112
#76Elsie83US #86
#77Vivian83US #82
#78Kathleen80US #87
#79Laura80US #89
#80Bertha79US #102
#81Dolores79US #14
#82Lucy75US #126
#83Beatrice74US #85
#84Josephine74US #51
#85Minnie74US #129
#86Sue73US #153
#87Audrey72US #64
#88Katherine72US #92
#89Annie71US #41
#90Stella71US #142
#91Velma69US #131
#92Marilyn68US #19
#93Eula67
#94Florence67US #43
#95Roberta67US #121
#96Grace66US #70
#97Janet66US #45
#98Joann66US #90
#99Dora65US #144
#100Delores64US #58

Boys

#1James1,955US #2
#2William1,350US #4
#3Robert1,177US #1
#4Charles1,095US #6
#5John943US #3
#6Donald550US #7
#7Billy504US #19
#8George468US #8
#9Paul427US #12
#10Thomas394US #10
#11Bobby353US #32
#12Harold334US #18
#13Kenneth327US #14
#14Joseph312US #9
#15Edward292US #11
#16Richard276US #5
#17Raymond275US #17
#18Jack273US #15
#19Eugene264US #21
#20Roy257US #35
#21Earl252US #40
#22Joe236US #29
#23Carl227US #28
#24David226US #13
#25Walter214US #20
#26Henry210US #22
#27Frank194US #16
#28Ralph187US #25
#29Ray161US #60
#30Howard159US #34
#31Clarence155US #39
#32Albert148US #24
#33Arthur136US #23
#34Harry134US #30
#35Marvin127US #45
#36Ernest125US #47
#37Bill123US #57
#38Elmer117US #82
#39Fred116US #33
#40Lawrence116US #38
#41Herbert113US #41
#42Clyde109US #77
#43Cecil107US #102
#44Russell106US #63
#45Billie105US #128
#46Willie105US #31
#47Gene104US #64
#48Gerald94US #26
#49Jerry94US #43
#50Chester91US #106
#51Vernon87US #74
#52Jesse86US #97
#53Floyd85US #66
#54Ronald85US #27
#55Virgil85US #121
#56Louis84US #37
#57Leonard81US #48
#58Curtis79US #108
#59Samuel79US #56
#60Jimmy76US #89
#61Norman76US #36
#62Willard76US #124
#63Herman75US #83
#64Junior75US #150
#65Clifford72US #75
#66Jimmie72US #81
#67Lee71US #90
#68Lewis70US #87
#69Stanley70US #49
#70Homer68US #144
#71Glen66US #112
#72Glenn66US #72
#73Marion65US #133
#74Arnold64US #98
#75Douglas64US #85
#76Hubert64US #137
#77Charlie63US #94
#78Lloyd62US #68
#79Everett61US #136
#80Luther61US #156
#81Melvin61US #51
#82Daniel60US #44
#83Don60US #59
#84Leroy60US #52
#85Edgar58US #122
#86Claude57US #134
#87Wallace56US #114
#88Alfred55US #50
#89Lester55US #96
#90Johnny54US #105
#91Allen53US #79
#92Bobbie53US #178
#93Oscar52US #129
#94Orville51
#95Johnnie50US #110
#96Edwin49US #67
#97Jackie49US #142
#98Roger49US #53
#99Wendell49
#100Leslie48US #139

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑38Patsy#56
↑33Peggy#38
↑30Jerry#49
↑27Geraldine#37
↑27Phyllis#50
↑27Ronald#54
↑26Ida#66
↑25Jo#71

Falling

↓33Dolores#81
↓24Alfred#88
↓21Kathleen#78
↓20Ethel#62
↓18Katherine#88
↓18Hubert#76
↓18Edgar#85
↓16Elsie#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.