Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1912

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1912 were Mary for girls (984 babies) and William for boys (647). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 22,446 babies born in Kentucky in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1912

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: 24 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Golda: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Nannie: 60 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Nola: 30 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Roxie: 29 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Hallie: 24 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Polly: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Virgie: 41 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Maudie: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Oma: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Estill: 16 babies, 43.3× the national rate
Ollie: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Roscoe: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sherman: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Luther: 51 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Perry: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Homer: 50 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Elbert: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Owen: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jesse: 69 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	984	–	1
2	Margaret	236	↑1	4
3	Anna	232	↑1	7
4	Ruth	221	↑2	5
5	Elizabeth	220	↓3	8
6	Dorothy	209	↑1	3
7	Ruby	206	↓2	23
8	Edna	205	–	16
9	Helen	178	–	2
10	Thelma	168	↑12	26
11	Mildred	166	↑18	6
12	Gladys	155	↑2	19
13	Hazel	153	↓3	25
14	Martha	153	↑14	29
15	Ethel	150	↓4	18
16	Virginia	149	↓4	20
17	Louise	146	↑2	17
18	Marie	146	↓5	10
19	Frances	133	↑4	9
20	Bessie	132	↓4	43
21	Lucille	131	↓1	32
22	Myrtle	128	↓4	50
23	Nellie	128	↑4	59
24	Grace	122	–	24
25	Lillian	122	↓10	14
26	Sarah	121	–	41
27	Evelyn	118	↑17	13
28	Edith	110	↑10	31
29	Bertha	109	↓12	36
30	Clara	104	↑3	34
31	Ida	100	↑3	45
32	Minnie	100	↑4	60
33	Emma	98	↓8	35
34	Opal	97	↑6	85
35	Mabel	95	new	46
36	Mattie	94	↓4	70
37	Alma	93	↑11	62
38	Lucy	93	↓1	78
39	Mae	92	↓9	74
40	Florence	91	new	12
41	Catherine	90	new	21
42	Nancy	90	↑3	>100
43	Pauline	90	–	38
44	Alice	89	↓23	11
45	Elsie	85	↑1	42
46	Irene	85	↓15	22
47	Pearl	85	↑2	54
48	Eva	82	↓9	49
49	Annie	81	new	27
50	Lillie	78	↓3	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	William	647	–	2
2	James	592	–	3
3	John	518	–	1
4	Robert	361	–	4
5	Charles	286	–	7
6	George	264	–	6
7	Joseph	164	↑2	5
8	Henry	152	–	12
9	Edward	147	↑2	8
10	Thomas	133	↓3	10
11	Walter	120	↑3	11
12	Earl	107	↑7	34
13	Raymond	104	↑3	18
14	Roy	101	↓2	31
15	Frank	99	↓5	9
16	Woodrow	99	new	46
17	Paul	93	–	14
18	Carl	86	–	24
19	Clarence	86	↓4	21
20	Arthur	85	–	15
21	Joe	81	↑4	36
22	Harry	79	↑12	16
23	Fred	76	↓10	26
24	Richard	74	↓2	19
25	Willie	74	↓2	22
26	Chester	70	↑4	55
27	Ernest	69	↓1	32
28	Jesse	69	↑14	74
29	Albert	67	↓8	17
30	Cecil	66	↓6	76
31	Howard	64	↑6	25
32	David	63	↑11	29
33	Jack	63	↓4	28
34	Clyde	54	new	65
35	Ray	52	↓3	77
36	Samuel	52	↑3	30
37	Elmer	51	↑9	47
38	Luther	51	↑10	>100
39	Herbert	50	↓3	39
40	Homer	50	new	98
41	Lee	49	↓3	78
42	Charlie	48	↓15	57
43	Harold	48	↓15	13
44	Eugene	47	new	41
45	Edgar	43	new	85
46	Ralph	43	↑4	23
47	Herman	42	↓14	50
48	Oscar	41	new	73
49	Everett	40	new	96
50	Floyd	40	new	59

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