Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1925

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1925 were Mary for girls (2,342 babies) and James for boys (2,092). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 55,890 babies born in Kentucky in 1925 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1925

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

Girls

Goldia: 17 babies, 11× the national rate
Nova: 18 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Maxie: 15 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Hallie: 38 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Ocie: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Mayme: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Nannie: 61 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Geneva: 283 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Nola: 32 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Zola: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Estill: 29 babies, 36.7× the national rate
Elzie: 23 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Garnett: 19 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Hobert: 36 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Shelby: 25 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Dillard: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Denver: 31 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Clay: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Hershel: 26 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Reed: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Mary	2,342	–	1
2	Dorothy	975	–	2
3	Helen	627	–	4
4	Anna	598	–	13
5	Ruth	596	↑2	6
6	Margaret	564	↓1	5
7	Virginia	539	↓1	7
8	Betty	523	↑3	3
9	Mildred	503	↓1	9
10	Ruby	497	↓1	30
11	Martha	448	↓1	23
12	Edna	353	–	37
13	Elizabeth	352	↑2	10
14	Frances	332	↓1	11
15	Juanita	329	↑2	49
16	Thelma	305	↓2	35
17	Pauline	304	↑3	38
18	Gladys	284	–	33
19	Geneva	283	↑2	>100
20	Hazel	275	↓4	45
21	Edith	261	↑1	42
22	Evelyn	252	↑1	12
23	Doris	247	↑1	8
24	Marie	239	↓5	16
25	Louise	237	↑1	27
26	Irene	216	↓1	19
27	Alice	213	↑5	15
28	Lillian	210	↓1	25
29	Jean	208	↑13	14
30	Ethel	204	↓1	43
31	Opal	202	↓3	>100
32	Lucille	180	↓2	41
33	Marjorie	180	↑2	21
34	Nancy	174	↑4	60
35	Alma	173	↑6	94
36	Emma	173	↓2	57
37	Sarah	172	↓6	58
38	Georgia	171	↑2	>100
39	Wilma	168	↑9	62
40	Myrtle	166	↓1	95
41	Norma	166	↑6	34
42	Lois	165	new	18
43	Eva	160	↓10	71
44	Nellie	160	↑1	98
45	Bertha	152	new	74
46	Christine	152	↓10	>100
47	Margie	150	↓1	99
48	Catherine	146	↑2	29
49	Wanda	146	new	72
50	Clara	143	↓6	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	James	2,092	–	4
2	William	1,709	–	3
3	John	1,177	–	2
4	Robert	1,122	↑1	1
5	Charles	1,083	↓1	5
6	George	605	–	6
7	Paul	439	↑2	13
8	Thomas	391	↓1	11
9	Joseph	372	↑1	7
10	Edward	371	↓2	9
11	Harold	354	–	14
12	Carl	282	↑2	28
13	Earl	275	↑3	31
14	Raymond	273	↓2	15
15	Jack	263	↑6	17
16	Kenneth	258	↑1	19
17	Roy	258	↓2	32
18	Henry	249	↓5	18
19	Richard	242	–	8
20	Joe	239	↑6	34
21	Walter	236	↓3	16
22	Eugene	217	–	24
23	Frank	207	↓3	12
24	Ralph	200	↓1	25
25	Clarence	194	↓1	30
26	Harry	189	↑3	23
27	Howard	177	–	26
28	Fred	175	↑6	33
29	Elmer	174	↓1	61
30	David	166	↑7	22
31	Arthur	164	↓1	20
32	Donald	162	↑6	10
33	Billy	158	new	49
34	Ray	156	↑2	64
35	Albert	151	↓4	21
36	Ernest	149	↓11	37
37	Willie	149	↑4	27
38	Clyde	135	↓6	68
39	Chester	134	↓6	73
40	Cecil	129	↓5	87
41	Russell	123	↑3	53
42	Floyd	119	↑6	58
43	Marvin	118	↑2	51
44	Louis	115	↓5	29
45	Lawrence	114	↑1	36
46	Samuel	114	↑1	46
47	Jesse	113	↓5	85
48	Herbert	112	↓5	42
49	Calvin	108	↓9	47
50	Lee	104	new	82

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