Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1924

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1924 were Mary for girls (2,537 babies) and James for boys (2,254). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 58,660 babies born in Kentucky in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1924

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× the national rate
Oma: 45 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Gearldine: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Bulah: 16 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Alpha: 24 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Hallie: 33 babies, 6× the national rate
Maudie: 38 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Gracie: 67 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Mayme: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Nannie: 66 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Estill: 21 babies, 34× the national rate
Ova: 18 babies, 30.3× the national rate
Estil: 16 babies, 19.8× the national rate
Shelby: 31 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Garnett: 18 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Elza: 16 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Hobert: 39 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Denver: 35 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Arvil: 15 babies, 8× the national rate
Lucian: 19 babies, 7.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Mary	2,537	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,038	–	2
3	Helen	643	↑3	3
4	Anna	629	↑4	13
5	Margaret	624	–	5
6	Virginia	592	↓3	7
7	Ruth	576	↓3	6
8	Mildred	519	↓1	8
9	Ruby	518	–	26
10	Martha	456	–	21
11	Betty	427	↑4	4
12	Edna	388	–	31
13	Frances	354	↑1	10
14	Thelma	351	↓3	33
15	Elizabeth	343	↓2	11
16	Hazel	325	–	42
17	Juanita	322	↑1	48
18	Gladys	310	↑1	30
19	Marie	298	↑2	14
20	Pauline	298	–	38
21	Geneva	284	↑1	>100
22	Edith	275	↓5	36
23	Evelyn	274	–	12
24	Doris	246	↑7	9
25	Irene	240	↑1	18
26	Louise	240	↓2	24
27	Lillian	232	↓2	23
28	Opal	229	↑4	>100
29	Ethel	224	–	39
30	Lucille	216	↓2	37
31	Sarah	202	↑2	54
32	Alice	198	↓5	15
33	Eva	189	↑3	66
34	Emma	181	↓4	57
35	Marjorie	176	–	17
36	Christine	175	↓2	>100
37	Elsie	172	–	61
38	Nancy	171	↑2	69
39	Myrtle	169	–	89
40	Georgia	166	new	>100
41	Alma	164	↑1	87
42	Jean	162	↑1	16
43	Beulah	156	↓5	>100
44	Clara	153	–	56
45	Nellie	151	new	92
46	Margie	147	new	>100
47	Norma	147	new	40
48	Wilma	147	new	67
49	Laura	144	new	72
50	Catherine	143	↓3	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	James	2,254	–	4
2	William	1,765	–	3
3	John	1,194	–	2
4	Charles	1,179	–	5
5	Robert	1,102	–	1
6	George	696	–	6
7	Thomas	470	–	11
8	Edward	428	↑1	9
9	Paul	398	↑1	14
10	Joseph	391	↓2	7
11	Harold	332	–	13
12	Raymond	326	–	15
13	Henry	285	↑1	18
14	Carl	281	↑4	27
15	Roy	279	↑2	31
16	Earl	273	↓3	33
17	Kenneth	271	↑4	19
18	Walter	268	↓3	16
19	Richard	264	↑3	8
20	Frank	260	↓4	12
21	Jack	240	↓1	17
22	Eugene	237	↓3	25
23	Ralph	222	↑3	23
24	Clarence	221	↓1	29
25	Ernest	205	↑9	37
26	Joe	198	↓1	35
27	Howard	195	↑2	26
28	Elmer	187	↑3	57
29	Harry	185	↓5	22
30	Arthur	183	–	20
31	Albert	174	↓3	21
32	Clyde	160	↑6	69
33	Chester	159	↑4	67
34	Fred	157	↓7	32
35	Cecil	156	↓2	85
36	Ray	156	↑3	60
37	David	154	↓5	24
38	Donald	142	↑4	10
39	Louis	133	↑4	28
40	Calvin	130	new	44
41	Willie	127	↓5	30
42	Jesse	124	↓7	86
43	Herbert	115	↓2	41
44	Russell	110	↑2	52
45	Marvin	109	↑4	50
46	Lawrence	108	↓6	36
47	Samuel	108	↓3	45
48	Floyd	105	new	66
49	Leonard	105	↓4	38
50	Herman	97	new	70

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