Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1910

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1910 were Mary for girls (793 babies) and James for boys (352). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 15,213 babies born in Kentucky in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1910

Names given at least 15 times in Kentucky that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Nannie: 58 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Dixie: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lona: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Mayme: 21 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Polly: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Dovie: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Roxie: 23 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Oma: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Hallie: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Maudie: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Owen: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Chester: 49 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Everett: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bill: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Homer: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Luther: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Virgil: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Orville: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Hubert: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Guy: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Mary	793	1
2	Anna	199	6
3	Elizabeth	191	7
4	Margaret	175	3
5	Edna	160	18
6	Helen	146	2
7	Ruth	145	5
8	Dorothy	143	4
9	Hazel	143	24
10	Ruby	136	27
11	Gladys	126	15
12	Ethel	121	13
13	Martha	121	28
14	Thelma	117	25
15	Virginia	117	29
16	Bessie	115	37
17	Lillian	112	14
18	Myrtle	106	43
19	Grace	105	23
20	Bertha	103	33
21	Lucille	98	31
22	Mildred	98	8
23	Marie	97	9
24	Nellie	92	51
25	Clara	91	32
26	Alma	90	61
27	Louise	90	20
28	Emma	88	34
29	Pearl	88	39
30	Evelyn	87	17
31	Frances	85	11
32	Edith	83	35
33	Stella	83	72
34	Minnie	82	50
35	Ida	80	47
36	Catherine	79	22
37	Sarah	79	40
38	Mabel	78	46
39	Lucy	77	75
40	Alice	72	10
41	Florence	72	12
42	Eva	69	45
43	Laura	69	53
44	Flora	67	>100
45	Georgia	67	91
46	Mattie	67	60
47	Gertrude	65	26
48	Mae	65	65
49	Lula	64	93
50	Annie	63	19

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	James	352	2
2	William	301	3
3	John	286	1
4	Robert	195	4
5	George	125	5
6	Charles	120	7
7	Thomas	95	12
8	Henry	83	10
9	Joseph	82	6
10	Roy	80	29
11	Paul	69	15
12	Walter	67	13
13	Edward	63	9
14	Frank	60	8
15	Willie	60	11
16	Earl	57	33
17	Raymond	55	19
18	Chester	49	61
19	Albert	48	14
20	Joe	47	25
21	Arthur	45	17
22	Clarence	45	20
23	Fred	45	22
24	Ernest	44	31
25	Harry	44	16
26	Carl	40	26
27	Jack	40	23
28	Charlie	39	34
29	Herbert	37	41
30	Richard	35	21
31	Lee	34	49
32	David	31	30
33	Elmer	31	48
34	Howard	31	27
35	Everett	30	88
36	Louis	30	24
37	Clyde	29	57
38	Jesse	29	60
39	Leonard	29	46
40	Ray	29	68
41	Cecil	28	77
42	Harold	28	18
43	Luther	28	87
44	Oscar	28	73
45	Lawrence	27	35
46	Samuel	27	32
47	Homer	26	98
48	Sam	23	40
49	Edgar	22	80
50	Eugene	22	39

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