State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,548 Kentucky births in 1932 across 999 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#66Imogene#196 nationally
#61Opal#179 nationally
#27Geneva#137 nationally
#76Beulah#184 nationally
#93Bobbie#191 nationally
#54Billie#141 nationally
#42Christine#127 nationally
#64Junior#145 nationally
#86Willis#165 nationally
#63Everett#140 nationally
#72Homer#148 nationally
#64Sue#139 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,950US #1
#2Betty1,396US #2
#3Dorothy664US #4
#4Anna511US #24
#5Helen487US #8
#6Barbara480US #3
#7Doris416US #10
#8Margaret387US #7
#9Norma385US #22
#10Martha370US #27
#11Ruby361US #38
#12Virginia361US #14
#13Joyce343US #12
#14Ruth316US #11
#15Wanda310US #52
#16Mildred296US #26
#17Elizabeth272US #17
#18Wilma258US #65
#19Nancy253US #13
#20Edna246US #50
#21Thelma238US #51
#22Lois233US #20
#23Juanita232US #58
#24Patricia225US #6
#25Frances223US #19
#26Jean215US #15
#27Geneva192US #137
#28Joan191US #5
#29Pauline190US #59
#30Peggy190US #40
#31Emma184US #76
#32Evelyn181US #23
#33Alice168US #21
#34Edith167US #69
#35Gladys166US #54
#36Hazel164US #75
#37Bonnie155US #64
#38Shirley148US #9
#39Billie145US #93
#40Geraldine142US #42
#41Irene138US #43
#42Christine137US #127
#43Lillian137US #48
#44Louise137US #36
#45Marie131US #31
#46Sarah130US #67
#47Eva126US #98
#48Margie126US #102
#49Carolyn125US #46
#50Phyllis125US #30
#51Ann123US #34
#52Ethel123US #66
#53Alma122US #119
#54Jo121US #103
#55Clara117US #70
#56Ella113US #108
#57Lucille113US #63
#58June112US #44
#59Marjorie110US #37
#60Bessie109US #117
#61Opal109US #179
#62Myrtle108US #135
#63Patsy107US #77
#64Sue107US #139
#65Georgia106US #118
#66Imogene106US #196
#67Loretta102US #89
#68Nellie97US #123
#69Rose97US #33
#70Bertha95US #101
#71Jessie91US #126
#72Catherine89US #39
#73Dolores89US #18
#74Janet88US #35
#75Maxine88US #110
#76Beulah87US #184
#77Elsie87US #97
#78Lucy86US #128
#79Delores84US #56
#80Katherine84US #95
#81Beatrice82US #87
#82Bernice82US #71
#83Mattie82US #125
#84Minnie82US #129
#85Jane81US #49
#86Marilyn79US #16
#87Kathleen78US #83
#88Ida77US #105
#89Gloria76US #25
#90Sylvia76US #96
#91Lena75US #155
#92Laura74US #88
#93Roberta74US #109
#94Bobbie73US #113
#95Josephine73US #57
#96Vivian72US #90
#97Joann71US #79
#98Agnes68US #115
#99Lillie67US #111
#100Rosa67US #131

Boys

#1James1,931US #2
#2William1,422US #4
#3Robert1,216US #1
#4Charles1,162US #6
#5John972US #3
#6Donald633US #7
#7Billy536US #20
#8George451US #8
#9Paul428US #13
#10Bobby404US #30
#11Harold389US #18
#12Joseph358US #9
#13Thomas351US #10
#14Kenneth348US #14
#15Edward298US #11
#16Richard280US #5
#17Jack274US #17
#18Raymond271US #19
#19Joe260US #29
#20Eugene247US #22
#21David238US #12
#22Carl237US #28
#23Roy228US #38
#24Earl222US #41
#25Frank202US #15
#26Ralph200US #27
#27Walter198US #21
#28Ray188US #59
#29Henry186US #23
#30Clarence178US #40
#31Howard168US #36
#32Fred152US #33
#33Albert142US #26
#34Franklin136US #66
#35Willie134US #31
#36Herbert133US #44
#37Ernest129US #47
#38Marvin127US #46
#39Arthur126US #25
#40Bill122US #58
#41Elmer115US #94
#42Clyde111US #82
#43Ronald110US #16
#44Samuel109US #56
#45Harry107US #32
#46Lawrence107US #35
#47Gene105US #64
#48Jimmie101US #75
#49Norman101US #37
#50Herman98US #89
#51Russell97US #63
#52Louis96US #39
#53Cecil95US #108
#54Billie92US #141
#55Chester91US #112
#56Jerry90US #34
#57Jesse90US #99
#58Glenn89US #77
#59Vernon87US #78
#60Gerald84US #24
#61Willard84US #125
#62Clifford83US #84
#63Everett83US #140
#64Junior83US #145
#65Stanley81US #52
#66Arnold80US #100
#67Curtis79US #103
#68Floyd77US #68
#69Johnny77US #96
#70Wayne77US #57
#71Virgil76US #139
#72Homer75US #148
#73Leonard74US #48
#74Jackie73US #130
#75Lewis73US #92
#76Marion72US #132
#77Jimmy71US #76
#78Lloyd71US #71
#79Melvin71US #51
#80Lee68US #86
#81Daniel66US #42
#82Hubert66US #146
#83Roger66US #50
#84Charlie65US #90
#85Lowell65US #150
#86Willis65US #165
#87Allen64US #80
#88Jessie64US #137
#89Claude63US #126
#90Don63US #55
#91Douglas63US #85
#92Bob61US #79
#93Bobbie59US #191
#94Leroy58US #53
#95Edgar56US #135
#96Delbert55US #151
#97Leon55US #83
#98Alvin54US #87
#99Oscar54US #138
#100Glen53US #118

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑23Janet#74
↑23Jackie#74
↑22Sue#64
↑21Delores#79
↑21Johnny#69
↑18Jimmie#48
↑17Emma#31
↑17Jo#54

Falling

↓32Jane#85
↓29Glen#100
↓24Lillie#99
↓22Ida#88
↓19Vivian#96
↓17Alma#53
↓17Jimmy#77
↓16Virgil#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.