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Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,759 Kentucky births in 1935 across 963 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#64Opaloutside the national top 200
#68Beulahoutside the national top 200
#83Imogeneoutside the national top 200
#45Geneva#156 nationally
#63Billie#168 nationally
#97Dellaoutside the national top 200
#89Junior#191 nationally
#92Nora#192 nationally
#99Wendell#194 nationally
#48Alma#132 nationally
#95Homer#170 nationally
#89Faye#161 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,809US #1
#2Betty1,339US #4
#3Shirley897US #2
#4Barbara666US #3
#5Anna503US #34
#6Dorothy446US #6
#7Joyce425US #12
#8Helen417US #10
#9Wanda372US #49
#10Doris347US #13
#11Margaret345US #8
#12Martha336US #24
#13Nancy314US #9
#14Patricia309US #5
#15Ruth306US #15
#16Norma304US #29
#17Ruby287US #41
#18Wilma285US #70
#19Virginia268US #16
#20Elizabeth254US #17
#21Lois247US #21
#22Mildred244US #35
#23Phyllis213US #27
#24Frances205US #19
#25Juanita197US #72
#26Peggy195US #36
#27Thelma191US #76
#28Carolyn175US #28
#29Bonnie173US #62
#30Jean173US #18
#31Edna168US #67
#32Ann160US #30
#33Alice158US #25
#34Joan157US #7
#35Jo155US #73
#36Evelyn150US #31
#37Hazel150US #92
#38Edith146US #87
#39Emma144US #89
#40Patsy144US #56
#41Margie142US #100
#42Billie135US #106
#43Geraldine133US #40
#44Carol130US #11
#45Geneva126US #156
#46Louise126US #45
#47Pauline126US #80
#48Alma122US #132
#49Clara121US #81
#50Gladys120US #78
#51Janet117US #22
#52Marilyn117US #14
#53Loretta116US #69
#54Sue116US #115
#55Sarah113US #61
#56Lillian111US #66
#57Ethel110US #82
#58Delores106US #57
#59Joann105US #53
#60Christine103US #130
#61Marie103US #33
#62Eva102US #110
#63Jane99US #43
#64Opal98
#65Nellie95US #131
#66Georgia94US #123
#67Rose94US #37
#68Beulah90
#69Irene89US #52
#70Ella88US #122
#71Lucy86US #141
#72Charlotte84US #65
#73Bertha83US #114
#74Janice83US #47
#75Bessie82US #129
#76Laura81US #101
#77Ida78US #121
#78Bernice77US #90
#79Dolores77US #26
#80Lucille77US #85
#81Naomi77US #144
#82Minnie76US #139
#83Imogene75
#84Marjorie74US #46
#85Myrtle74US #153
#86Donna73US #23
#87Maxine72US #120
#88Yvonne72US #98
#89Faye71US #161
#90Lillie70US #118
#91Gloria69US #32
#92Nora69US #192
#93Vivian69US #112
#94Audrey68US #64
#95June68US #55
#96Sylvia66US #60
#97Della65
#98Josephine65US #75
#99Roberta64US #77
#100Elsie62US #113

Boys

#1James2,077US #2
#2William1,305US #4
#3Charles1,160US #6
#4Robert1,089US #1
#5John858US #3
#6Donald786US #7
#7Billy584US #19
#8Bobby539US #24
#9Paul454US #14
#10George430US #8
#11Kenneth408US #15
#12Thomas391US #9
#13Harold354US #20
#14Richard344US #5
#15Carl310US #28
#16David279US #11
#17Joe272US #25
#18Joseph270US #10
#19Edward247US #13
#20Raymond244US #17
#21Jack227US #18
#22Walter213US #23
#23Henry207US #27
#24Ronald202US #12
#25Earl201US #46
#26Eugene199US #26
#27Roy193US #40
#28Ralph185US #32
#29Ray162US #64
#30Jerry161US #22
#31Jimmy161US #47
#32Albert155US #31
#33Clarence151US #48
#34Marvin143US #45
#35Howard140US #39
#36Franklin138US #71
#37Frank137US #16
#38Jackie137US #102
#39Fred134US #34
#40Gerald119US #21
#41Jimmie119US #69
#42Larry116US #33
#43Clyde115US #82
#44Norman110US #38
#45Arthur109US #29
#46Bill106US #60
#47Russell106US #68
#48Willie106US #30
#49Ernest105US #55
#50Harry102US #37
#51Gene100US #66
#52Jesse98US #104
#53Cecil97US #109
#54Elmer97US #115
#55Curtis95US #108
#56Vernon95US #94
#57Herbert94US #58
#58Chester93US #121
#59Herman93US #101
#60Johnny91US #74
#61Lawrence91US #35
#62Glenn89US #78
#63Billie86US #168
#64Don85US #51
#65Floyd84US #76
#66Douglas81US #75
#67Clifford80US #88
#68Samuel80US #62
#69Willard80US #132
#70Arnold78US #103
#71Lee77US #80
#72Daniel75US #43
#73Stanley74US #56
#74Tommy73US #95
#75Wayne73US #49
#76Lewis70US #98
#77Louis70US #42
#78Leonard67US #54
#79Charlie66US #100
#80Lloyd66US #84
#81Claude64US #129
#82Leroy64US #50
#83Glen61US #124
#84Lowell61US #152
#85Melvin60US #57
#86Roger60US #36
#87Eddie58US #87
#88Edgar57US #138
#89Junior56US #191
#90Bernard55US #67
#91Gary55US #44
#92Hubert55US #160
#93Earnest53US #163
#94Everett52US #146
#95Homer52US #170
#96Oscar52US #143
#97Virgil52US #141
#98Allen51US #83
#99Wendell51US #194
#100Edwin50US #89

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑33Larry#42
↑26Daniel#72
↑24Johnny#60
↑23Carol#44
↑19Charlotte#72
↑18Ann#32
↑18Albert#32
↑17Margie#41

Falling

↓39June#95
↓31Elsie#100
↓28Hubert#92
↓26Irene#69
↓26Virgil#97
↓25Homer#95
↓19Imogene#83
↓19Sylvia#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.