Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1914

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1914 were Mary for girls (1,322 babies) and James for boys (949). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,565 babies born in Kentucky in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1914

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

Girls

Maxie: 16 babies, 11× the national rate
Sudie: 17 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Hallie: 37 babies, 8× the national rate
Mayme: 29 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Dixie: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Polly: 22 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Alpha: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Nannie: 58 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Virgie: 50 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Oma: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Shelby: 19 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Dewey: 28 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Omer: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Sherman: 30 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ollie: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Boyd: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Roscoe: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Garland: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Charley: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Millard: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Mary	1,322	–	1
2	Dorothy	343	↑1	3
3	Anna	322	↓1	6
4	Ruth	302	–	5
5	Elizabeth	294	↑2	8
6	Margaret	284	↓1	4
7	Virginia	266	↓1	14
8	Ruby	256	↑1	24
9	Helen	251	↑1	2
10	Mildred	240	↑3	7
11	Edna	234	↓3	19
12	Hazel	232	↓1	29
13	Gladys	228	↑2	20
14	Thelma	207	↓2	26
15	Martha	206	↑1	27
16	Frances	182	↑2	9
17	Ethel	181	↓3	21
18	Lucille	179	↑7	30
19	Louise	170	↓2	17
20	Lillian	167	–	16
21	Edith	165	↑1	31
22	Marie	165	↓3	10
23	Evelyn	154	↑1	11
24	Grace	140	↑2	25
25	Alice	133	↑7	12
26	Alma	132	↑7	69
27	Clara	132	↑8	37
28	Myrtle	132	↓5	60
29	Bertha	130	↑5	41
30	Pauline	130	↓3	34
31	Emma	129	↓1	39
32	Ida	124	↑5	49
33	Bessie	122	↓12	55
34	Nellie	121	↓6	61
35	Opal	116	↑9	89
36	Irene	112	↓7	22
37	Mabel	112	↑1	58
38	Nancy	110	new	>100
39	Eva	109	new	52
40	Laura	108	↑2	59
41	Minnie	108	–	67
42	Sarah	108	↓11	47
43	Pearl	107	new	56
44	Lucy	106	↑1	73
45	Catherine	99	↓6	18
46	Katherine	99	↑4	48
47	Christine	97	new	>100
48	Jessie	95	new	64
49	Stella	90	new	65
50	Mattie	89	↓2	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	James	949	↑1	3
2	William	896	↓1	2
3	John	681	–	1
4	Robert	501	–	4
5	Charles	449	–	7
6	George	347	–	6
7	Joseph	251	–	5
8	Thomas	197	↑1	11
9	Henry	191	↑1	12
10	Edward	181	↓2	8
11	Raymond	179	↑1	16
12	Earl	169	↑7	33
13	Paul	169	↑2	13
14	Roy	165	↑2	32
15	Walter	148	↓4	10
16	Carl	146	↑1	24
17	Frank	146	↓4	9
18	Richard	131	↑7	17
19	Clarence	120	↓5	22
20	Willie	119	↑8	25
21	Arthur	113	↓3	18
22	Albert	108	–	15
23	Harry	108	↑4	19
24	Howard	106	↓3	26
25	Chester	104	↑9	56
26	Fred	96	↓2	28
27	Ernest	93	↓7	38
28	Joe	92	↑2	34
29	Clyde	91	↑12	63
30	Jack	91	↑8	27
31	Elmer	88	↑1	46
32	Eugene	86	new	43
33	Woodrow	86	↓10	71
34	Ralph	84	new	21
35	Harold	82	–	14
36	Ray	75	new	74
37	Herbert	74	↑8	42
38	Cecil	71	↓12	79
39	Charlie	71	↓8	65
40	Herman	69	↓1	51
41	Virgil	68	↑9	>100
42	Samuel	67	↑2	36
43	Homer	65	↑3	>100
44	Jesse	63	↓15	82
45	Kenneth	62	↓2	30
46	Louis	61	↓10	20
47	David	58	↓7	29
48	Lawrence	58	↓11	35
49	Curtis	57	new	>100
50	Russell	57	↓17	49

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