Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1927

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1927 were Mary for girls (2,351 babies) and James for boys (2,082). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 55,964 babies born in Kentucky in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1927

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

Girls

Oma: 39 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Alpha: 30 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Nannie: 81 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Mayme: 21 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Golda: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Delphia: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Emogene: 41 babies, 6× the national rate
Hallie: 23 babies, 6× the national rate
Artie: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Zella: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Estill: 17 babies, 28.8× the national rate
Ford: 15 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Hobert: 30 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Pearl: 15 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Clay: 27 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Shelby: 19 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Arlie: 23 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Jewell: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Omer: 21 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Denver: 25 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Mary	2,351	–	1
2	Dorothy	859	–	2
3	Betty	740	–	3
4	Helen	599	–	4
5	Anna	567	–	16
6	Virginia	537	–	8
7	Ruth	520	↑1	6
8	Margaret	478	↓1	5
9	Mildred	448	–	11
10	Ruby	442	–	30
11	Martha	436	–	24
12	Juanita	380	↑1	55
13	Elizabeth	327	↑1	13
14	Doris	325	↑8	7
15	Frances	295	↓3	12
16	Edna	278	↓1	40
17	Thelma	277	↓1	38
18	Hazel	267	↑5	53
19	Pauline	267	↓2	42
20	Gladys	266	↓2	37
21	Geneva	243	↓2	>100
22	Evelyn	239	↓2	15
23	Edith	231	↓2	48
24	Marie	229	–	20
25	Jean	227	–	14
26	Wilma	224	↑8	68
27	Louise	221	↓1	27
28	Alice	204	↓1	17
29	Wanda	202	↑1	66
30	Emma	194	↑1	64
31	Irene	193	↑1	21
32	Lillian	187	↓4	32
33	Nancy	182	↑7	56
34	Lois	177	↑5	19
35	Sarah	177	↑3	61
36	Norma	167	↓1	26
37	Lucille	162	↓1	45
38	Elsie	160	new	72
39	Ethel	158	↓2	47
40	Opal	158	↓7	>100
41	Margie	157	↑9	>100
42	Christine	152	↓1	>100
43	Alma	149	↓14	97
44	Nellie	147	new	>100
45	Marjorie	146	↓3	25
46	Eva	144	↓1	79
47	Clara	136	–	63
48	Myrtle	136	–	>100
49	Bessie	130	↓6	88
50	Georgia	129	↓4	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	James	2,082	–	3
2	William	1,671	–	4
3	Charles	1,228	–	5
4	John	1,177	↑1	2
5	Robert	1,139	↓1	1
6	George	592	–	7
7	Paul	472	↑1	13
8	Thomas	407	↓1	11
9	Joseph	351	–	9
10	Harold	347	↑1	14
11	Edward	333	↓1	10
12	Donald	318	↑13	8
13	Jack	317	–	16
14	Kenneth	295	↑3	18
15	Carl	294	↑4	26
16	Raymond	289	↓4	15
17	Roy	286	↓3	34
18	Eugene	284	–	20
19	Richard	265	↓4	6
20	Earl	251	↓4	33
21	Henry	238	–	19
22	Billy	235	↑5	31
23	Walter	234	↓3	17
24	Ralph	226	↑4	24
25	Joe	225	↓2	30
26	Clarence	209	↓4	32
27	Frank	194	↓3	12
28	Albert	181	↑1	23
29	David	176	↑2	21
30	Howard	176	↑2	28
31	Ray	173	↓1	60
32	Elmer	157	↑7	61
33	Fred	152	↓7	35
34	Arthur	148	↑1	22
35	Clyde	145	↑6	68
36	Harry	143	↓3	25
37	Marvin	142	↑13	47
38	Cecil	140	↓4	92
39	Willie	136	↓3	27
40	Chester	133	↓2	85
41	Ernest	132	↓1	41
42	Herbert	130	↑3	42
43	Louis	129	↓6	29
44	Herman	122	new	70
45	Jesse	122	↓2	89
46	Samuel	118	↑2	49
47	Floyd	116	↓3	53
48	Bill	107	new	69
49	Russell	105	↓2	54
50	Clifford	100	new	65

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