Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1915

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1915 were Mary for girls (1,807 babies) and James for boys (1,332). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,338 babies born in Kentucky in 1915 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1915

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

Girls

Bethel: 18 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Hallie: 43 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Maxie: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Nannie: 93 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Polly: 32 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Oma: 37 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Virgie: 59 babies, 5× the national rate
Dixie: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Alpha: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Mayme: 33 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Estill: 34 babies, 37.5× the national rate
Pearl: 20 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Shelby: 16 babies, 8× the national rate
Taylor: 18 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Jewell: 17 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Hobert: 17 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Ora: 20 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Hershel: 19 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lucian: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Shirley: 19 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1915

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	Mary	1,807	–	1
2	Dorothy	530	–	3
3	Margaret	416	↑3	4
4	Ruth	398	–	5
5	Anna	395	↓2	7
6	Virginia	393	↑1	12
7	Elizabeth	382	↓2	8
8	Ruby	379	–	24
9	Helen	354	–	2
10	Edna	345	↑1	20
11	Mildred	341	↓1	6
12	Hazel	331	–	26
13	Martha	294	↑2	25
14	Gladys	279	↓1	21
15	Thelma	275	↓1	30
16	Marie	255	↑6	11
17	Ethel	249	–	23
18	Frances	248	↓2	9
19	Lucille	241	↓1	29
20	Lillian	227	–	15
21	Edith	221	–	31
22	Evelyn	213	↑1	10
23	Louise	210	↓4	18
24	Clara	183	↑3	38
25	Emma	181	↑6	40
26	Pauline	177	↑4	32
27	Irene	170	↑9	17
28	Nellie	169	↑6	63
29	Bessie	166	↑4	57
30	Grace	166	↓6	27
31	Alma	163	↓5	70
32	Catherine	156	↑13	19
33	Myrtle	156	↓5	58
34	Opal	153	↑1	90
35	Bertha	148	↓6	46
36	Alice	147	↓11	13
37	Eva	147	↑2	55
38	Lucy	147	↑6	79
39	Geneva	146	new	>100
40	Minnie	146	↑1	68
41	Ida	144	↓9	54
42	Sarah	141	–	51
43	Mabel	136	↓6	62
44	Stella	135	↑5	64
45	Elsie	133	new	41
46	Beulah	130	new	95
47	Mae	124	new	89
48	Laura	123	↓8	61
49	Nancy	123	↓11	>100
50	Jessie	122	↓2	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	James	1,332	–	3
2	William	1,276	–	2
3	John	874	–	1
4	Robert	658	–	4
5	Charles	635	–	7
6	George	484	–	6
7	Joseph	322	–	5
8	Thomas	319	–	10
9	Edward	279	↑1	8
10	Henry	255	↓1	14
11	Raymond	248	–	16
12	Paul	220	↑1	13
13	Frank	211	↑4	9
14	Roy	211	–	32
15	Carl	191	↑1	22
16	Clarence	186	↑3	24
17	Walter	185	↓2	11
18	Earl	182	↓6	33
19	Arthur	166	↑2	18
20	Harry	160	↑3	19
21	Willie	158	↓1	30
22	Cecil	153	↑16	76
23	Howard	149	↑1	25
24	Harold	142	↑11	12
25	Richard	141	↓7	15
26	Chester	140	↓1	54
27	Ernest	137	–	35
28	Fred	137	↓2	26
29	Albert	135	↓7	17
30	Jesse	134	↑14	77
31	Ralph	129	↑3	21
32	Joe	120	↓4	38
33	Elmer	119	↓2	45
34	Woodrow	118	↓1	83
35	Stanley	113	new	34
36	Willard	113	new	58
37	Samuel	110	↑5	39
38	Jack	109	↓8	27
39	Eugene	108	↓7	41
40	Clyde	107	↓11	63
41	Lawrence	102	↑7	37
42	Louis	101	↑4	23
43	Ray	101	↓7	67
44	Herbert	100	↓7	40
45	Leonard	100	new	44
46	David	99	↑1	31
47	Everett	97	new	89
48	Homer	97	↓5	98
49	Russell	95	↑1	51
50	Edgar	83	new	85

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