Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1913

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1913 were Mary for girls (1,189 babies) and William for boys (761). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,277 babies born in Kentucky in 1913 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1913

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

Girls

Sudie: 15 babies, 8× the national rate
Oma: 31 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Dixie: 28 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Nola: 30 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Alpha: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Nannie: 47 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Gracie: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maudie: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Hallie: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cynthia: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Jewell: 17 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Walker: 15 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Shirley: 19 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Roscoe: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bill: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Charley: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Troy: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Perry: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cecil: 85 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Hubert: 51 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Mary	1,189	–	1
2	Anna	295	↑1	7
3	Dorothy	278	↑3	3
4	Ruth	265	–	5
5	Margaret	264	↓3	4
6	Virginia	263	↑10	15
7	Elizabeth	252	↓2	8
8	Edna	249	–	18
9	Ruby	247	↓2	23
10	Helen	227	↓1	2
11	Hazel	203	↑2	27
12	Thelma	193	↓2	26
13	Mildred	190	↓2	6
14	Ethel	187	↑1	20
15	Gladys	184	↓3	19
16	Martha	183	↓2	28
17	Louise	175	–	17
18	Frances	172	↑1	9
19	Marie	161	↓1	10
20	Lillian	157	↑5	16
21	Bessie	151	↓1	47
22	Edith	135	↑6	29
23	Myrtle	135	↓1	53
24	Evelyn	133	↑3	12
25	Lucille	132	↓4	31
26	Grace	131	↓2	25
27	Pauline	131	↑16	35
28	Nellie	129	↓5	58
29	Irene	126	↑17	21
30	Emma	125	↑3	38
31	Sarah	123	↓5	43
32	Alice	117	↑12	11
33	Alma	117	↑4	64
34	Bertha	116	↓5	39
35	Clara	107	↓5	36
36	Mae	106	↑3	79
37	Ida	105	↓6	49
38	Mabel	105	↓3	56
39	Catherine	100	↑2	22
40	Elsie	99	↑5	40
41	Minnie	99	↓9	63
42	Laura	97	new	62
43	Lillie	94	↑7	71
44	Opal	92	↓10	86
45	Lucy	91	↓7	77
46	Ella	88	new	70
47	Beatrice	87	new	37
48	Mattie	87	↓12	75
49	Geneva	85	new	>100
50	Katherine	84	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	William	761	–	2
2	James	749	–	3
3	John	570	–	1
4	Robert	405	–	4
5	Charles	354	–	7
6	George	287	–	6
7	Joseph	204	–	5
8	Edward	170	↑1	8
9	Thomas	170	↑1	10
10	Henry	154	↓2	12
11	Walter	136	–	11
12	Raymond	132	↑1	18
13	Frank	131	↑2	9
14	Clarence	118	↑5	21
15	Paul	116	↑2	14
16	Roy	112	↓2	32
17	Carl	104	↑1	23
18	Arthur	103	↑2	17
19	Earl	99	↓7	31
20	Ernest	97	↑7	34
21	Howard	96	↑10	26
22	Albert	95	↑7	16
23	Woodrow	94	↓7	44
24	Fred	93	↓1	27
25	Richard	93	↓1	19
26	Cecil	85	↑4	74
27	Harry	84	↓5	15
28	Willie	80	↓3	24
29	Jesse	78	↓1	79
30	Joe	74	↓9	37
31	Charlie	71	↑11	62
32	Elmer	70	↑5	45
33	Russell	69	new	50
34	Chester	68	↓8	56
35	Harold	68	↑8	13
36	Louis	68	new	20
37	Lawrence	67	new	35
38	Jack	66	↓5	28
39	Herman	62	↑8	53
40	David	60	↓8	29
41	Clyde	57	↓7	64
42	Stanley	55	new	41
43	Kenneth	54	new	33
44	Samuel	54	↓8	36
45	Herbert	52	↓6	39
46	Homer	51	↓6	96
47	Hubert	51	new	>100
48	Leonard	51	new	46
49	Edgar	50	↓4	87
50	Virgil	50	new	>100

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