Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1918

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1918 were Mary for girls (2,138 babies) and James for boys (1,733). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 50,087 babies born in Kentucky in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1918

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

Girls

Lida: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Alpha: 25 babies, 6× the national rate
Hallie: 33 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Lura: 27 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Nannie: 78 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Oma: 34 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Golda: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Dixie: 40 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Alene: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Polly: 31 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Estill: 25 babies, 30.5× the national rate
Ova: 16 babies, 27× the national rate
Estel: 18 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Shelby: 26 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Garnett: 16 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Hobert: 32 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Bradley: 17 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Logan: 17 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Kelly: 19 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jewell: 19 babies, 7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	2,138	–	1
2	Dorothy	748	–	3
3	Anna	534	↑1	10
4	Ruth	521	↑1	5
5	Margaret	502	↓2	4
6	Virginia	483	↑1	7
7	Helen	466	↑1	2
8	Ruby	417	↓2	27
9	Elizabeth	414	–	9
10	Mildred	410	↑1	6
11	Hazel	358	↑2	33
12	Martha	349	–	25
13	Edna	342	↓3	23
14	Thelma	335	–	32
15	Frances	330	↑2	8
16	Gladys	283	–	22
17	Edith	276	↓2	30
18	Marie	268	↑1	12
19	Ethel	264	↑2	28
20	Evelyn	255	–	11
21	Lucille	252	↓3	29
22	Louise	238	↑1	18
23	Lillian	228	↓1	15
24	Pauline	216	–	35
25	Opal	209	↑3	94
26	Sarah	205	↑1	52
27	Bessie	195	↓2	61
28	Myrtle	192	↓2	62
29	Emma	189	–	46
30	Nellie	189	↑8	65
31	Clara	180	↑1	43
32	Eva	167	↑8	55
33	Irene	167	↓3	16
34	Bertha	164	↑7	51
35	Alma	162	↓1	73
36	Elsie	162	new	49
37	Geneva	159	↓4	>100
38	Katherine	158	↑5	50
39	Catherine	154	↓4	20
40	Grace	152	↓4	31
41	Alice	151	↓4	13
42	Beulah	151	↑2	>100
43	Jessie	138	↑6	75
44	Laura	136	↑6	64
45	Mabel	136	↓14	74
46	Georgia	135	new	>100
47	Ida	133	–	57
48	Mae	133	new	95
49	Juanita	132	new	85
50	Lillie	130	new	89

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	James	1,733	–	3
2	William	1,473	–	2
3	John	1,092	–	1
4	Robert	853	–	4
5	Charles	803	–	5
6	George	598	–	6
7	Thomas	387	–	10
8	Edward	362	↑1	8
9	Joseph	353	↓1	7
10	Henry	312	↑3	16
11	Raymond	288	↓1	15
12	Paul	285	↓1	14
13	Roy	267	↑1	32
14	Earl	245	↓2	31
15	Walter	241	↑2	11
16	Carl	235	↓1	25
17	Clarence	207	↑2	23
18	Frank	205	↓2	9
19	Richard	193	↓1	12
20	Willie	193	↑7	29
21	Harry	192	↑7	20
22	Harold	191	↓1	13
23	Joe	182	↓3	34
24	Ralph	181	↑9	22
25	Elmer	178	↑6	44
26	Albert	175	↓3	19
27	Arthur	166	↓3	17
28	Ernest	165	↓3	37
29	Howard	164	–	26
30	Woodrow	164	↓8	58
31	Fred	161	↑1	33
32	Cecil	155	↓2	82
33	Chester	147	↓7	54
34	Eugene	145	↑8	35
35	Jesse	142	↓1	78
36	Russell	141	↑14	50
37	Jack	136	–	21
38	Clyde	133	↑1	67
39	Kenneth	127	↑4	27
40	Herbert	116	↑1	40
41	Willard	115	↑3	83
42	David	114	↓4	28
43	Herman	114	↓3	65
44	Ray	114	↓8	69
45	Charlie	113	↑1	70
46	Louis	112	new	24
47	Lawrence	111	↓12	38
48	Virgil	111	new	99
49	Everett	106	↓2	93
50	Leonard	106	new	41

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