Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1921

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1921 were Mary for girls (2,510 babies) and James for boys (2,161). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 57,891 babies born in Kentucky in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1921

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

Girls

Mossie: 21 babies, 23.4× the national rate
Zula: 17 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Maxie: 16 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Nannie: 96 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Artie: 23 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lyda: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Mayme: 30 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Gracie: 65 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Roxie: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dovie: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Estill: 29 babies, 31.1× the national rate
Hobert: 39 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Ottis: 22 babies, 8× the national rate
Shelby: 22 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Omer: 35 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Delmer: 26 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Clay: 21 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Hobart: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Porter: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Noble: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Mary	2,510	–	1
2	Dorothy	989	–	2
3	Anna	641	↑5	11
4	Margaret	612	↓1	4
5	Virginia	605	–	6
6	Ruth	594	–	5
7	Helen	584	↓3	3
8	Mildred	538	↓1	7
9	Ruby	519	–	26
10	Elizabeth	435	–	10
11	Edna	419	↑1	27
12	Thelma	417	↑1	30
13	Martha	407	↓2	21
14	Frances	348	↑3	9
15	Hazel	338	↓1	34
16	Gladys	334	↑2	24
17	Marie	326	↓2	14
18	Edith	316	↓2	33
19	Evelyn	304	–	12
20	Juanita	285	↑7	57
21	Pauline	267	–	37
22	Lucille	265	↑3	31
23	Geneva	252	↓1	>100
24	Opal	251	↑5	>100
25	Ethel	245	↓2	32
26	Louise	245	–	22
27	Irene	242	↓3	18
28	Lillian	242	↓8	19
29	Myrtle	227	↑1	73
30	Betty	213	↑11	8
31	Emma	210	↓3	52
32	Sarah	210	↑3	54
33	Alma	199	↓2	78
34	Alice	194	↑10	15
35	Nancy	191	↑8	87
36	Clara	188	–	45
37	Bertha	184	↑10	59
38	Bessie	180	↓6	75
39	Elsie	177	↑6	55
40	Catherine	170	↓7	23
41	Nellie	167	↓4	80
42	Georgia	165	↓2	>100
43	Mabel	163	↓1	85
44	Katherine	161	↑6	49
45	Beulah	160	↓7	>100
46	Christine	153	↑2	>100
47	Laura	153	new	71
48	Beatrice	150	↑1	41
49	Marjorie	148	new	16
50	Ida	147	new	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	James	2,161	–	4
2	William	1,689	–	3
3	John	1,208	–	1
4	Charles	1,035	–	5
5	Robert	999	–	2
6	George	637	–	6
7	Edward	425	↑1	8
8	Joseph	413	↓1	7
9	Paul	407	↑1	14
10	Thomas	401	↓1	11
11	Raymond	339	–	16
12	Henry	302	↑4	17
13	Roy	294	–	32
14	Walter	270	↑3	15
15	Earl	265	↓1	31
16	Harold	263	↓4	12
17	Frank	252	↓2	9
18	Carl	249	–	30
19	Richard	238	↑1	10
20	Eugene	219	↑8	26
21	Clarence	217	↓2	28
22	Elmer	212	–	48
23	Ralph	210	–	23
24	Harry	203	↓3	21
25	Jack	203	↑6	18
26	Joe	194	↑3	36
27	Kenneth	194	↑8	22
28	Warren	191	↑11	24
29	Arthur	188	↓3	19
30	Chester	184	↓3	56
31	Albert	178	↓1	20
32	Ernest	172	↓7	38
33	Howard	169	↓9	27
34	Fred	165	↓2	33
35	Willie	161	↓2	34
36	David	158	↑4	25
37	Clyde	155	↑5	69
38	Cecil	154	↓4	79
39	Ray	154	↑2	67
40	Jesse	148	↓4	77
41	Louis	131	new	29
42	Samuel	127	↑7	44
43	Leonard	126	↑4	39
44	Herman	119	new	64
45	Marvin	118	↓1	59
46	Herbert	116	↓8	42
47	Lawrence	112	↓2	37
48	Russell	109	↓5	52
49	Charlie	106	new	76
50	Vernon	105	new	68

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