Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1919

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1919 were Mary for girls (2,162 babies) and James for boys (1,842). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 49,824 babies born in Kentucky in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1919

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: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Oma: 44 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Nannie: 95 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Delphia: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Golda: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Hallie: 32 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lettie: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Dixie: 36 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Maudie: 33 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Roxie: 32 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Estill: 37 babies, 37× the national rate
Hobert: 36 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Shelby: 28 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Pearl: 18 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Kelly: 24 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Edd: 27 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Elzie: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Hershel: 29 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ora: 22 babies, 6× the national rate
Clay: 18 babies, 6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Mary	2,162	–	1
2	Dorothy	743	–	3
3	Margaret	539	↑2	4
4	Helen	522	↑3	2
5	Anna	520	↓2	10
6	Virginia	504	–	7
7	Ruth	495	↓3	5
8	Ruby	452	–	24
9	Mildred	433	↑1	6
10	Edna	362	↑3	22
11	Elizabeth	359	↓2	8
12	Martha	357	–	25
13	Hazel	336	↓2	32
14	Gladys	318	↑2	21
15	Frances	311	–	9
16	Edith	306	↑1	29
17	Thelma	306	↓3	31
18	Marie	268	–	12
19	Evelyn	265	↑1	11
20	Ethel	249	↓1	28
21	Lillian	236	↑2	17
22	Irene	235	↑11	16
23	Lucille	230	↓2	27
24	Opal	222	↑1	98
25	Louise	216	↓3	20
26	Pauline	202	↓2	36
27	Alice	193	↑14	13
28	Geneva	178	↑9	>100
29	Myrtle	177	↓1	67
30	Bertha	175	↑4	52
31	Grace	175	↑9	34
32	Bessie	172	↓5	59
33	Clara	164	↓2	43
34	Mabel	164	↑11	78
35	Sarah	164	↓9	46
36	Alma	158	↓1	76
37	Eva	156	↓5	55
38	Juanita	155	↑11	73
39	Emma	154	↓10	45
40	Stella	151	new	70
41	Nancy	150	new	100
42	Nellie	150	↓12	69
43	Elsie	147	↓7	47
44	Beatrice	145	new	41
45	Katherine	141	↓7	51
46	Catherine	137	↓7	23
47	Mae	137	↑1	99
48	Pearl	137	new	56
49	Lucy	136	new	91
50	Minnie	135	new	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	James	1,842	–	3
2	William	1,455	–	2
3	John	1,043	–	1
4	Charles	866	↑1	5
5	Robert	827	↓1	4
6	George	561	–	6
7	Edward	380	↑1	8
8	Thomas	350	↓1	10
9	Joseph	346	–	7
10	Raymond	299	↑1	14
11	Paul	274	↑1	15
12	Earl	254	↑2	31
13	Henry	254	↓3	16
14	Roy	252	↓1	32
15	Walter	239	–	11
16	Carl	227	–	29
17	Clarence	221	–	25
18	Harold	220	↑4	13
19	Willie	197	↑1	23
20	Frank	195	↓2	9
21	Richard	191	↓2	12
22	Arthur	184	↑5	19
23	Harry	180	↓2	20
24	Joe	177	↓1	35
25	Albert	167	↑1	18
26	Chester	163	↑7	53
27	Elmer	160	↓2	44
28	Fred	159	↑3	30
29	Jack	158	↑8	21
30	Howard	157	↓1	24
31	Ralph	157	↓7	22
32	Edwin	149	new	52
33	Cecil	145	↓1	78
34	Ernest	145	↓6	36
35	Clyde	142	↑3	67
36	Kenneth	133	↑3	26
37	Lawrence	132	↑10	38
38	Ray	131	↑6	69
39	Jesse	129	↓4	77
40	Herbert	125	–	40
41	Herman	121	↑2	61
42	Russell	114	↓6	50
43	Homer	109	new	>100
44	Eugene	108	↓10	33
45	Marvin	106	new	63
46	Everett	105	↑3	93
47	Louis	102	↓1	28
48	David	101	↓6	27
49	Samuel	100	new	43
50	Charlie	99	↓5	66

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