Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1928

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1928 were Mary for girls (2,165 babies) and James for boys (1,931). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 53,454 babies born in Kentucky in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1928

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

Girls

Mayme: 20 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Emogene: 37 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Oma: 25 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Maudie: 27 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Nannie: 55 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Zella: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Alpha: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Geneva: 228 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jewell: 72 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Goldie: 70 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Estill: 22 babies, 31.6× the national rate
Denver: 36 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Hobert: 27 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Clay: 25 babies, 8× the national rate
Shelby: 17 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Hershel: 29 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Arlie: 22 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Reed: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Edsel: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Delmer: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Mary	2,165	–	1
2	Betty	962	↑1	2
3	Dorothy	829	↓1	3
4	Anna	542	↑1	16
5	Helen	513	↓1	4
6	Virginia	475	–	9
7	Margaret	459	↑1	5
8	Mildred	439	↑1	15
9	Ruth	429	↓2	6
10	Ruby	400	–	34
11	Martha	371	–	22
12	Doris	356	↑2	7
13	Juanita	325	↓1	58
14	Elizabeth	322	↓1	14
15	Thelma	264	↑2	40
16	Frances	257	↓1	13
17	Evelyn	250	↑5	17
18	Pauline	247	↑1	48
19	Jean	246	↑6	12
20	Edna	241	↓4	45
21	Geneva	228	–	>100
22	Gladys	227	↓2	41
23	Lois	223	↑11	18
24	Norma	217	↑12	23
25	Edith	201	↓2	56
26	Hazel	200	↓8	59
27	Wanda	200	↑2	63
28	Marie	192	↓4	21
29	Wilma	188	↓3	69
30	Louise	184	↓3	31
31	Emma	175	↓1	67
32	Barbara	174	new	8
33	Nancy	172	–	43
34	Irene	164	↓3	28
35	Lillian	158	↓3	35
36	Georgia	153	↑14	>100
37	Opal	151	↑3	>100
38	Alma	149	↑5	>100
39	Alice	148	↓11	19
40	Ethel	148	↓1	55
41	Marjorie	147	↑4	29
42	Lucille	146	↓5	51
43	Sarah	146	↓8	64
44	Joyce	143	new	30
45	Bessie	139	↑4	>100
46	Margie	137	↓5	>100
47	Eva	133	↓1	79
48	Christine	130	↓6	>100
49	Myrtle	121	↓1	>100
50	Patricia	118	new	11

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	James	1,931	–	3
2	William	1,617	–	4
3	Charles	1,226	–	5
4	Robert	1,164	↑1	1
5	John	1,103	↓1	2
6	George	585	–	8
7	Paul	407	–	13
8	Thomas	390	–	11
9	Joseph	363	–	9
10	Harold	358	–	14
11	Billy	323	↑11	27
12	Jack	322	↑1	15
13	Edward	314	↓2	10
14	Donald	298	↓2	7
15	Richard	292	↑4	6
16	Kenneth	287	↓2	17
17	Raymond	286	↓1	16
18	Herbert	284	↑24	25
19	Roy	280	↓2	34
20	Eugene	278	↓2	20
21	Earl	274	↓1	37
22	Joe	252	↑3	30
23	Carl	249	↓8	28
24	Walter	249	↓1	18
25	Henry	232	↓4	21
26	Ralph	210	↓2	24
27	Ray	200	↑4	57
28	David	172	↑1	19
29	Albert	170	↓1	23
30	Frank	168	↓3	12
31	Clarence	165	↓5	35
32	Fred	158	↑1	36
33	Howard	145	↓3	31
34	Elmer	140	↓2	63
35	Willie	139	↑4	29
36	Cecil	137	↑2	97
37	Ernest	136	↑4	43
38	Harry	134	↓2	26
39	Lawrence	133	new	38
40	Marvin	128	↓3	46
41	Clyde	127	↓6	74
42	Bobby	124	new	65
43	Arthur	120	↓9	22
44	Junior	120	new	>100
45	Alfred	117	new	33
46	Chester	116	↓6	88
47	Louis	110	↓4	32
48	Gene	109	new	62
49	Jesse	103	↓4	91
50	Curtis	101	new	>100

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