Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1917

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1917 were Mary for girls (1,913 babies) and James for boys (1,578). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,654 babies born in Kentucky in 1917 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1917

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: 16 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Delphia: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Hallie: 36 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Nola: 43 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dixie: 35 babies, 6× the national rate
Nannie: 79 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Virgie: 67 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Hettie: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Mayme: 33 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Maudie: 34 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Estill: 24 babies, 31× the national rate
Hobert: 31 babies, 12× the national rate
Garnett: 15 babies, 10× the national rate
Lucian: 19 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Shelby: 20 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Arlie: 23 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Elzie: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Clay: 18 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Shirley: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Ollie: 39 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1917

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	Mary	1,913	–	1
2	Dorothy	650	–	3
3	Margaret	481	–	4
4	Anna	445	–	7
5	Ruth	433	↑1	5
6	Ruby	412	↑2	27
7	Virginia	412	↑2	10
8	Helen	407	↓1	2
9	Elizabeth	366	↓4	8
10	Edna	360	–	20
11	Mildred	355	–	6
12	Martha	339	–	22
13	Hazel	338	↑1	31
14	Thelma	312	↓1	32
15	Edith	287	–	28
16	Gladys	284	↑1	23
17	Frances	270	↑1	9
18	Lucille	259	↓2	29
19	Marie	254	–	12
20	Evelyn	228	↑3	11
21	Ethel	216	↓1	24
22	Lillian	215	↑2	15
23	Louise	196	↓2	19
24	Pauline	196	↓2	33
25	Bessie	183	↑5	61
26	Myrtle	182	↑2	58
27	Sarah	179	↓2	52
28	Opal	177	↓1	95
29	Emma	173	↑4	46
30	Irene	173	↓4	17
31	Mabel	167	↑5	68
32	Clara	164	↑2	41
33	Geneva	159	↑10	>100
34	Alma	158	↑5	71
35	Catherine	155	↑3	18
36	Grace	154	↑1	30
37	Alice	151	↓6	13
38	Nellie	149	↓9	64
39	Nancy	148	↑1	98
40	Eva	144	↓5	54
41	Bertha	141	↓9	51
42	Lucy	132	–	88
43	Katherine	131	↑5	49
44	Beulah	128	↑2	>100
45	Beatrice	124	–	39
46	Mattie	124	↑3	94
47	Ida	121	new	56
48	Annie	120	new	35
49	Jessie	120	↓5	70
50	Laura	120	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	James	1,578	–	3
2	William	1,350	–	2
3	John	1,015	–	1
4	Robert	741	↑1	4
5	Charles	702	↓1	7
6	George	478	–	6
7	Thomas	342	–	10
8	Joseph	314	–	5
9	Edward	294	–	8
10	Raymond	263	–	16
11	Paul	260	↑1	13
12	Earl	245	↑3	32
13	Henry	236	↓2	15
14	Roy	225	↓1	33
15	Carl	215	↑1	24
16	Frank	204	↑2	9
17	Walter	198	↓3	11
18	Richard	186	↑2	14
19	Clarence	182	↓2	25
20	Joe	164	↑7	35
21	Harold	159	↑1	12
22	Woodrow	156	↓3	73
23	Albert	155	↑5	18
24	Arthur	154	↑5	17
25	Ernest	151	↑9	37
26	Chester	141	↓1	56
27	Willie	138	↓6	31
28	Harry	134	↓4	19
29	Howard	129	↓3	26
30	Cecil	128	↑3	83
31	Elmer	128	↓8	45
32	Fred	128	↓2	29
33	Ralph	125	↓1	21
34	Jesse	123	↑3	79
35	Lawrence	119	↑1	36
36	Ray	119	↑7	74
37	Jack	117	↑4	22
38	David	116	↓3	28
39	Clyde	113	–	64
40	Herman	112	↑2	58
41	Herbert	111	↓3	40
42	Eugene	110	↓11	39
43	Kenneth	109	new	27
44	Willard	107	↑2	80
45	Samuel	105	↓5	42
46	Charlie	103	new	67
47	Everett	103	↑2	94
48	Stanley	99	↓1	34
49	Edgar	96	new	88
50	Russell	95	↓5	52

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