Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1911

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1911 were Mary for girls (827 babies) and William for boys (353). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 15,758 babies born in Kentucky in 1911 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1911

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

Girls

Dixie: 17 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Mayme: 22 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Nannie: 54 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Gertie: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Virgie: 34 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Hallie: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Oma: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maudie: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Nola: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Roxie: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Owen: 22 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Roscoe: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Charley: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Elbert: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Virgil: 31 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cecil: 47 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Arnold: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Vernon: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Luther: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Ray: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1911

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	Mary	827	–	1
2	Elizabeth	197	↑1	7
3	Margaret	193	↑1	3
4	Anna	188	↓2	6
5	Ruby	176	↑5	22
6	Ruth	164	↑1	5
7	Dorothy	155	↑1	4
8	Edna	145	↓3	17
9	Helen	144	↓3	2
10	Hazel	143	↓1	25
11	Ethel	141	↑1	15
12	Virginia	134	↑3	26
13	Marie	133	↑10	9
14	Gladys	130	↓3	18
15	Lillian	117	↑2	13
16	Bessie	116	–	40
17	Bertha	115	↑3	36
18	Myrtle	114	–	50
19	Louise	106	↑8	19
20	Lucille	103	↑1	32
21	Alice	102	↑19	11
22	Thelma	102	↓8	27
23	Frances	101	↑8	10
24	Grace	100	↓5	23
25	Emma	95	↑3	35
26	Sarah	95	↑11	42
27	Nellie	94	↓3	54
28	Martha	93	↓15	28
29	Mildred	90	↓7	8
30	Mae	86	↑18	71
31	Irene	81	new	21
32	Mattie	81	↑14	65
33	Clara	78	↓8	33
34	Ida	78	↑1	45
35	Lula	78	↑14	94
36	Minnie	76	↓2	52
37	Lucy	75	↑2	77
38	Edith	73	↓6	31
39	Eva	73	↑3	46
40	Opal	73	new	81
41	Viola	73	new	47
42	Ella	72	new	63
43	Pauline	72	new	38
44	Evelyn	68	↓14	16
45	Nancy	68	new	>100
46	Elsie	67	new	41
47	Lillie	67	new	60
48	Alma	66	↓22	62
49	Pearl	66	↓20	48
50	Beulah	64	new	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	William	353	↑1	2
2	James	333	↓1	3
3	John	290	–	1
4	Robert	192	–	5
5	Charles	162	↑1	7
6	George	153	↓1	4
7	Thomas	85	–	10
8	Henry	82	–	11
9	Joseph	78	–	6
10	Frank	75	↑4	8
11	Edward	72	↑2	9
12	Roy	68	↓2	31
13	Fred	67	↑10	22
14	Walter	66	↓2	12
15	Clarence	63	↑7	23
16	Raymond	58	↑1	19
17	Paul	56	↓6	17
18	Carl	55	↑8	26
19	Earl	55	↓3	34
20	Arthur	53	↑1	18
21	Albert	51	↓2	15
22	Richard	50	↑8	20
23	Willie	49	↓8	14
24	Cecil	47	↑17	76
25	Joe	44	↓5	29
26	Ernest	41	↓2	32
27	Charlie	37	↑1	45
28	Harold	37	↑14	16
29	Jack	37	↓2	25
30	Chester	36	↓12	58
31	Russell	36	new	55
32	Ray	34	↑8	71
33	Herman	32	new	49
34	Harry	31	↓9	13
35	Virgil	31	new	>100
36	Herbert	30	↓7	41
37	Howard	30	↓3	28
38	Lee	30	↓7	67
39	Samuel	30	↑7	30
40	Vernon	30	new	96
41	Arnold	29	new	>100
42	Jesse	29	↓4	72
43	David	28	↓11	27
44	Leonard	28	↓5	46
45	Claude	27	new	87
46	Elmer	26	↓13	48
47	Lawrence	26	↓2	37
48	Luther	25	↓5	100
49	Louis	24	↓13	21
50	Ralph	24	new	24

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