Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1916

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1916 were Mary for girls (1,834 babies) and James for boys (1,414). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,759 babies born in Kentucky in 1916 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1916

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

Girls

Vina: 19 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Maxie: 16 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Sudie: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Hallie: 36 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Nannie: 84 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lyda: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Gracie: 48 babies, 5× the national rate
Mayme: 33 babies, 5× the national rate
Alpha: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Dixie: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Estill: 28 babies, 35.1× the national rate
Woodford: 15 babies, 24.2× the national rate
Garnett: 16 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Shelby: 20 babies, 9× the national rate
Kelly: 16 babies, 8× the national rate
Shirley: 27 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Hobert: 18 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Edd: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Lucian: 18 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Coleman: 17 babies, 6.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Mary	1,834	–	1
2	Dorothy	585	–	3
3	Margaret	492	–	4
4	Anna	448	↑1	7
5	Elizabeth	411	↑2	8
6	Ruth	401	↓2	5
7	Helen	398	↑2	2
8	Ruby	395	–	23
9	Virginia	385	↓3	10
10	Edna	369	–	19
11	Mildred	315	–	6
12	Martha	304	↑1	24
13	Thelma	287	↑2	29
14	Hazel	284	↓2	31
15	Edith	283	↑6	28
16	Lucille	269	↑3	30
17	Gladys	267	↓3	22
18	Frances	253	–	9
19	Marie	232	↓3	12
20	Ethel	229	↓3	25
21	Louise	229	↑2	18
22	Pauline	211	↑4	33
23	Evelyn	197	↓1	11
24	Lillian	197	↓4	16
25	Sarah	195	↑17	52
26	Irene	191	↑1	17
27	Opal	187	↑7	91
28	Myrtle	186	↑5	58
29	Nellie	180	↓1	61
30	Bessie	176	↓1	56
31	Alice	168	↑5	13
32	Bertha	163	↑3	49
33	Emma	163	↓8	41
34	Clara	153	↓10	39
35	Eva	151	↑2	55
36	Mabel	151	↑7	65
37	Grace	149	↓7	26
38	Catherine	148	↓6	20
39	Alma	147	↓8	70
40	Nancy	138	↑9	>100
41	Elsie	132	↑4	48
42	Lucy	130	↓4	84
43	Geneva	128	↓4	>100
44	Jessie	128	↑6	68
45	Beatrice	127	new	38
46	Beulah	127	–	97
47	Minnie	126	↓7	71
48	Katherine	125	new	51
49	Mattie	117	new	93
50	Mae	115	↓3	92

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	James	1,414	–	3
2	William	1,315	–	2
3	John	1,016	–	1
4	Charles	738	↑1	6
5	Robert	691	↓1	4
6	George	484	–	7
7	Thomas	319	↑1	10
8	Joseph	312	↓1	5
9	Edward	280	–	8
10	Raymond	277	↑1	16
11	Henry	259	↓1	14
12	Paul	244	–	12
13	Roy	224	↑1	33
14	Walter	218	↑3	11
15	Earl	217	↑3	32
16	Carl	201	↓1	23
17	Clarence	193	↓1	24
18	Frank	193	↓5	9
19	Woodrow	175	↑15	64
20	Richard	168	↑5	15
21	Willie	156	–	30
22	Harold	153	↑2	13
23	Elmer	151	↑10	45
24	Harry	147	↓4	19
25	Chester	146	↑1	54
26	Howard	143	↓3	25
27	Joe	143	↑5	35
28	Albert	132	↑1	17
29	Arthur	128	↓10	18
30	Fred	128	↓2	29
31	Eugene	123	↑8	39
32	Ralph	122	↓1	21
33	Cecil	119	↓11	80
34	Ernest	118	↓7	36
35	David	116	↑11	28
36	Lawrence	116	↑5	38
37	Jesse	115	↓7	77
38	Herbert	112	↑6	40
39	Clyde	106	↑1	62
40	Samuel	105	↓3	41
41	Jack	103	↓3	26
42	Herman	101	new	56
43	Ray	99	–	73
44	Homer	98	↑4	>100
45	Russell	98	↑4	51
46	Willard	95	↓10	69
47	Stanley	94	↓12	34
48	Marvin	92	new	66
49	Everett	90	↓2	91
50	Lee	90	new	83

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