State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 50,691 Kentucky births in 1933 across 972 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#74Imogeneoutside the national top 200
#58Opal#182 nationally
#77Dellaoutside the national top 200
#76Beulah#189 nationally
#34Geneva#141 nationally
#100Jewelloutside the national top 200
#99Bobbie#195 nationally
#76Junior#168 nationally
#54Myrtle#142 nationally
#62Billie#146 nationally
#66Homer#150 nationally
#45Alma#124 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,854US #1
#2Betty1,324US #2
#3Dorothy582US #4
#4Barbara526US #3
#5Anna477US #29
#6Helen449US #8
#7Doris391US #10
#8Margaret369US #7
#9Martha368US #27
#10Ruth343US #13
#11Joyce339US #12
#12Ruby334US #43
#13Norma331US #23
#14Wanda324US #48
#15Virginia315US #15
#16Mildred289US #32
#17Wilma258US #66
#18Elizabeth253US #17
#19Nancy247US #11
#20Patricia240US #6
#21Lois237US #19
#22Juanita224US #63
#23Edna211US #55
#24Shirley210US #9
#25Frances208US #18
#26Joan196US #5
#27Peggy196US #36
#28Jean193US #14
#29Thelma183US #57
#30Evelyn181US #30
#31Hazel173US #82
#32Emma162US #75
#33Pauline160US #64
#34Geneva153US #141
#35Alice139US #22
#36Billie138US #92
#37Phyllis137US #28
#38Bonnie136US #68
#39Carolyn136US #40
#40Louise134US #39
#41Ann132US #34
#42Gladys127US #60
#43Edith126US #80
#44Sarah126US #58
#45Alma124US #124
#46Patsy122US #65
#47Marie121US #33
#48Clara120US #67
#49Margie117US #95
#50Geraldine116US #42
#51Jo114US #90
#52Lillian112US #51
#53Ethel109US #71
#54Myrtle108US #142
#55Eva107US #101
#56Loretta107US #87
#57Nellie106US #120
#58Opal105US #182
#59Irene104US #46
#60Marjorie103US #41
#61Rose103US #35
#62Christine102US #128
#63Bessie98US #117
#64Bertha94US #106
#65Ella93US #113
#66Janet90US #25
#67June89US #45
#68Bobbie88US #114
#69Sue88US #131
#70Georgia87US #126
#71Laura87US #91
#72Jane86US #47
#73Joann86US #72
#74Imogene85
#75Lillie85US #111
#76Beulah84US #189
#77Della82
#78Ida81US #109
#79Maxine81US #110
#80Charlotte80US #79
#81Lucille80US #78
#82Dolores79US #21
#83Kathleen78US #77
#84Gloria77US #31
#85Delores76US #52
#86Lucy75US #129
#87Minnie74US #135
#88Elsie73US #99
#89Audrey72US #59
#90Carol72US #20
#91Naomi70US #140
#92Catherine69US #44
#93Josephine69US #62
#94Jessie67US #127
#95Annie66US #37
#96Beatrice66US #94
#97Lena65US #165
#98Sylvia65US #84
#99Vivian65US #98
#100Jewell64

Boys

#1James1,985US #2
#2William1,280US #4
#3Charles1,073US #6
#4Robert1,056US #1
#5John869US #3
#6Donald640US #7
#7Billy561US #20
#8George431US #8
#9Bobby419US #26
#10Paul381US #14
#11Thomas377US #10
#12Harold375US #18
#13Kenneth375US #15
#14Joseph292US #9
#15Richard260US #5
#16Edward259US #11
#17Jack251US #17
#18Franklin250US #33
#19Carl245US #28
#20Eugene240US #23
#21Raymond240US #19
#22Joe233US #27
#23David227US #13
#24Roy214US #39
#25Earl206US #41
#26Walter193US #21
#27Ralph184US #29
#28Frank183US #16
#29Henry179US #24
#30Howard155US #36
#31Ray148US #62
#32Ronald143US #12
#33Clarence142US #43
#34Bill126US #59
#35Fred126US #34
#36Ernest122US #50
#37Marvin122US #44
#38Harry119US #35
#39Jerry119US #31
#40Willie111US #32
#41Albert107US #30
#42Arthur107US #25
#43Elmer104US #101
#44Vernon103US #83
#45Glenn101US #74
#46Lawrence101US #38
#47Louis101US #40
#48Clyde100US #87
#49Norman99US #37
#50Jimmy98US #64
#51Gene97US #66
#52Gerald96US #22
#53Cecil95US #111
#54Chester95US #119
#55Floyd94US #69
#56Samuel94US #61
#57Herbert93US #49
#58Jimmie92US #72
#59Jesse91US #100
#60Leonard89US #47
#61Russell88US #67
#62Billie87US #146
#63Virgil79US #138
#64Roger77US #48
#65Herman75US #96
#66Homer75US #150
#67Melvin75US #51
#68Arnold72US #103
#69Jackie69US #123
#70Lee68US #79
#71Lloyd68US #73
#72Wayne68US #52
#73Willard67US #130
#74Stanley66US #55
#75Douglas65US #81
#76Junior65US #168
#77Leroy65US #56
#78Curtis64US #107
#79Charlie63US #95
#80Everett62US #139
#81Don59US #54
#82Wallace59US #120
#83Clifford57US #86
#84Lester57US #108
#85Johnny55US #90
#86Lewis55US #92
#87Oscar55US #142
#88Leslie54US #137
#89Gilbert52US #104
#90Glen52US #124
#91Hubert52US #155
#92Leo51US #75
#93Luther50US #162
#94Marion50US #133
#95Allen49US #84
#96Daniel49US #42
#97Leon49US #85
#98Tommy49US #109
#99Bobbie48US #195
#100Alfred47US #57

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑27Jimmy#50
↑26Bobbie#68
↑24Joann#73
↑24Lillie#75
↑21Laura#71
↑19Roger#64
↑17Patsy#46
↑17Jerry#39

Falling

↓24Lucille#81
↓23Jessie#94
↓21Herbert#57
↓21Clifford#83
↓20Christine#62
↓20Catherine#92
↓18Irene#59
↓18Marion#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.