Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1931

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1931 were Mary for girls (1,873 babies) and James for boys (1,955). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 50,735 babies born in Kentucky in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1931

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: 21 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Delphia: 15 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Nannie: 59 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Oma: 25 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Emogene: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Jewell: 63 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Reva: 34 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Geneva: 199 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Gertie: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Zella: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Garnett: 17 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Ruby: 16 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Shelby: 26 babies, 10× the national rate
Pearl: 15 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Hobert: 28 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Denver: 25 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Granville: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Jewell: 16 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Arlie: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Shirley: 30 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Mary	1,873	–	1
2	Betty	1,248	–	2
3	Dorothy	704	–	3
4	Anna	480	↑1	25
5	Helen	446	↓1	6
6	Martha	395	↑2	28
7	Margaret	387	↓1	7
8	Doris	366	↓1	10
9	Ruth	365	↑1	11
10	Virginia	352	↓1	12
11	Barbara	351	↑10	4
12	Mildred	344	–	26
13	Norma	323	↑4	22
14	Ruby	306	↓3	39
15	Joyce	296	↑8	15
16	Wanda	294	–	54
17	Elizabeth	275	↓4	16
18	Juanita	252	↓4	57
19	Thelma	236	↓4	53
20	Wilma	230	↓1	69
21	Lois	221	↑7	20
22	Nancy	214	↑7	17
23	Frances	212	↓5	18
24	Jean	204	↓4	13
25	Geneva	199	↑6	>100
26	Edna	198	↓4	52
27	Evelyn	180	↓3	24
28	Hazel	180	↓2	74
29	Patricia	180	↑3	8
30	Joan	169	↑15	5
31	Gladys	165	↓1	55
32	Louise	164	↑1	33
33	Pauline	159	↓6	56
34	Alice	158	–	21
35	Edith	150	↓10	65
36	Alma	148	↑5	>100
37	Geraldine	148	new	38
38	Peggy	147	new	42
39	Billie	146	↓3	81
40	Marie	143	↓5	27
41	Shirley	139	↓1	9
42	Christine	134	↑5	>100
43	Eva	134	↑1	94
44	Ann	131	new	35
45	Lucille	131	↑1	62
46	Bonnie	130	new	73
47	Irene	126	↓10	37
48	Emma	125	↓10	76
49	Clara	124	–	61
50	Phyllis	122	new	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	James	1,955	–	2
2	William	1,350	–	4
3	Robert	1,177	–	1
4	Charles	1,096	–	6
5	John	943	–	3
6	Donald	550	↑2	7
7	Billy	505	–	19
8	George	468	↓2	8
9	Paul	427	–	12
10	Thomas	394	–	10
11	Bobby	353	↑6	32
12	Harold	334	↑1	18
13	Kenneth	327	↓1	14
14	Joseph	312	↓3	9
15	Edward	292	↓1	11
16	Richard	276	↑2	5
17	Raymond	275	↑3	17
18	Jack	273	↓3	15
19	Eugene	264	↓3	21
20	Roy	257	↓1	35
21	Earl	252	↑2	40
22	Joe	236	↓1	29
23	Carl	227	↓1	28
24	David	226	–	13
25	Walter	214	↑1	20
26	Henry	210	↓1	22
27	Frank	194	–	16
28	Ralph	187	–	25
29	Ray	161	↑4	60
30	Howard	159	↑5	34
31	Clarence	155	↓2	39
32	Albert	148	↓1	24
33	Arthur	136	↑1	23
34	Harry	134	↑6	30
35	Marvin	127	↑6	45
36	Ernest	125	–	47
37	Bill	123	–	57
38	Elmer	117	↑5	82
39	Fred	116	↓9	33
40	Lawrence	116	↑7	38
41	Herbert	113	↓9	41
42	Clyde	109	–	77
43	Cecil	107	↓4	>100
44	Russell	106	↑4	63
45	Billie	105	new	>100
46	Willie	105	↓8	31
47	Gene	104	↓3	64
48	Gerald	94	new	26
49	Jerry	94	new	43
50	Chester	91	↓5	>100

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