State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,802 Kentucky births in 1934 across 959 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#59Opal#199 nationally
#64Imogeneoutside the national top 200
#72Beulah#191 nationally
#85Bobbie#191 nationally
#49Geneva#139 nationally
#57Billie#147 nationally
#81Junior#171 nationally
#64Hubert#150 nationally
#70Homer#156 nationally
#38Alma#123 nationally
#88Cora#168 nationally
#96Ben#169 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,881US #1
#2Betty1,454US #2
#3Barbara613US #3
#4Dorothy564US #5
#5Anna521US #31
#6Helen442US #9
#7Joyce420US #12
#8Margaret415US #8
#9Doris390US #11
#10Martha353US #27
#11Shirley353US #4
#12Norma349US #24
#13Virginia342US #15
#14Wanda340US #47
#15Ruby329US #39
#16Ruth320US #13
#17Nancy298US #10
#18Patricia272US #6
#19Elizabeth268US #18
#20Wilma266US #73
#21Lois257US #20
#22Mildred247US #35
#23Juanita245US #64
#24Frances223US #19
#25Thelma219US #65
#26Peggy200US #36
#27Jean196US #16
#28Joan196US #7
#29Evelyn178US #29
#30Alice175US #25
#31Edna172US #55
#32Phyllis167US #28
#33Carolyn164US #33
#34Patsy162US #59
#35Hazel161US #87
#36Emma160US #85
#37Jo148US #75
#38Alma147US #123
#39Bonnie147US #58
#40Gladys147US #66
#41Billie140US #92
#42Lillian140US #52
#43Irene136US #49
#44Edith135US #81
#45Pauline134US #71
#46Sarah129US #67
#47Clara128US #76
#48Geraldine125US #43
#49Geneva124US #139
#50Ann121US #32
#51Louise120US #40
#52Christine109US #121
#53Sue109US #119
#54Georgia108US #122
#55Joann108US #50
#56June108US #46
#57Ethel107US #78
#58Margie107US #103
#59Opal107US #199
#60Ella106US #113
#61Marie106US #34
#62Janet105US #21
#63Eva102US #100
#64Imogene102
#65Rose101US #37
#66Loretta99US #83
#67Carol98US #14
#68Jane98US #48
#69Elsie96US #107
#70Bessie94US #128
#71Bobbie91US #110
#72Beulah89US #191
#73Lucille89US #84
#74Delores87US #51
#75Marjorie87US #41
#76Maxine87US #114
#77Sylvia87US #70
#78Gloria83US #30
#79Nellie83US #126
#80Bertha82US #112
#81Laura82US #96
#82Dolores81US #26
#83Roberta79US #104
#84Faye76US #146
#85Minnie76US #133
#86Naomi76US #149
#87Catherine75US #42
#88Cora74US #168
#89Kathleen74US #74
#90Vivian74US #98
#91Charlotte73US #72
#92Ida73US #118
#93Myrtle72US #141
#94Donna71US #23
#95Josephine71US #60
#96Mattie71US #132
#97Audrey68US #69
#98Dora68US #159
#99Jessie68US #129
#100Julia68US #105

Boys

#1James2,052US #2
#2William1,403US #4
#3Charles1,164US #7
#4Robert1,154US #1
#5John926US #3
#6Donald765US #6
#7Billy557US #20
#8Bobby553US #23
#9George467US #8
#10Paul433US #14
#11Kenneth402US #15
#12Thomas395US #9
#13Harold390US #18
#14Richard295US #5
#15Edward291US #13
#16Joseph285US #10
#17Joe272US #26
#18Carl253US #28
#19Jack253US #17
#20David252US #12
#21Roy250US #35
#22Raymond234US #19
#23Earl210US #41
#24Eugene196US #24
#25Ronald191US #11
#26Walter188US #21
#27Ray183US #63
#28Franklin180US #46
#29Ralph175US #31
#30Henry172US #27
#31Frank156US #16
#32Howard147US #37
#33Jerry147US #25
#34Fred143US #33
#35Bill138US #59
#36Harry127US #36
#37Gene123US #67
#38Marvin123US #44
#39Ernest121US #51
#40Jimmie121US #68
#41Jimmy120US #56
#42Arthur117US #29
#43Jesse113US #102
#44Clarence112US #45
#45Clyde111US #84
#46Norman110US #38
#47Russell108US #70
#48Vernon108US #89
#49Herbert107US #57
#50Albert103US #32
#51Jackie101US #114
#52Willie101US #30
#53Cecil99US #111
#54Gerald99US #22
#55Don98US #50
#56Elmer98US #108
#57Billie96US #147
#58Wayne94US #48
#59Lawrence93US #34
#60Clifford90US #85
#61Herman90US #97
#62Samuel89US #66
#63Curtis88US #103
#64Hubert88US #150
#65Floyd86US #73
#66Glenn86US #81
#67Leonard86US #53
#68Lee83US #79
#69Chester82US #123
#70Homer81US #156
#71Virgil78US #141
#72Lewis77US #94
#73Stanley77US #58
#74Arnold74US #105
#75Larry74US #43
#76Willard74US #136
#77Charlie73US #100
#78Everett73US #145
#79Glen71US #120
#80Melvin71US #55
#81Junior70US #171
#82Louis69US #40
#83Leon64US #87
#84Johnny61US #83
#85Bobbie60US #191
#86Lloyd60US #82
#87Tommy58US #98
#88Claude57US #130
#89Dennis56US #95
#90Edwin56US #80
#91Lowell56US #148
#92Allen55US #88
#93Bob55US #75
#94Leroy55US #54
#95Wallace55US #129
#96Ben54US #169
#97Marion54US #139
#98Daniel53US #42
#99Leslie53US #134
#100Roger53US #39

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑27Hubert#64
↑26Don#55
↑23Carol#67
↑23Clifford#60
↑21Sylvia#77
↑19Elsie#69
↑18Joann#55
↑18Jimmie#40

Falling

↓39Myrtle#93
↓36Roger#100
↓35Louis#82
↓22Nellie#79
↓21Glenn#66
↓17Leroy#94
↓16Bertha#80
↓15Geneva#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.