Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1932

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1932 were Mary for girls (1,950 babies) and James for boys (1,931). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 53,541 babies born in Kentucky in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1932

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: 32 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Vada: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jewell: 59 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Geneva: 192 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Imogene: 106 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Nannie: 33 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Opal: 109 babies, 4× the national rate
Maudie: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Reva: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Emogene: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Estill: 22 babies, 33.7× the national rate
Logan: 19 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Shelby: 27 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Hobert: 30 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Jewell: 18 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Denver: 34 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Omer: 19 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Hiram: 21 babies, 6× the national rate
Hershel: 28 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Arlie: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	1,950	–	1
2	Betty	1,396	–	2
3	Dorothy	664	–	4
4	Anna	511	–	24
5	Helen	487	–	8
6	Barbara	480	↑5	3
7	Doris	416	↑1	10
8	Margaret	387	↓1	7
9	Norma	385	↑4	22
10	Martha	370	↓4	27
11	Ruby	361	↑3	38
12	Virginia	361	↓2	14
13	Joyce	343	↑2	12
14	Ruth	316	↓5	11
15	Wanda	310	↑1	52
16	Mildred	296	↓4	26
17	Elizabeth	272	–	17
18	Wilma	258	↑2	65
19	Nancy	253	↑3	13
20	Edna	246	↑6	50
21	Thelma	238	↓2	51
22	Lois	233	↓1	20
23	Juanita	232	↓5	58
24	Patricia	225	↑5	6
25	Frances	223	↓2	19
26	Jean	215	↓2	15
27	Geneva	192	↓2	>100
28	Joan	191	↑2	5
29	Pauline	190	↑4	59
30	Peggy	190	↑8	40
31	Emma	184	↑17	76
32	Evelyn	181	↓5	23
33	Alice	168	↑1	21
34	Edith	167	↑1	69
35	Gladys	166	↓4	54
36	Hazel	164	↓8	75
37	Bonnie	155	↑9	64
38	Shirley	148	↑3	9
39	Billie	145	–	93
40	Geraldine	142	↓3	42
41	Irene	138	↑6	43
42	Christine	137	–	>100
43	Lillian	137	new	48
44	Louise	137	↓12	36
45	Marie	131	↓5	31
46	Sarah	130	new	67
47	Eva	126	↓4	98
48	Margie	126	new	>100
49	Carolyn	125	new	46
50	Phyllis	125	–	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	James	1,931	–	2
2	William	1,422	–	4
3	Robert	1,216	–	1
4	Charles	1,162	–	6
5	John	972	–	3
6	Donald	633	–	7
7	Billy	536	–	20
8	George	451	–	8
9	Paul	428	–	13
10	Bobby	404	↑1	30
11	Harold	389	↑1	18
12	Joseph	358	↑2	9
13	Thomas	351	↓3	10
14	Kenneth	348	↓1	14
15	Edward	298	–	11
16	Richard	280	–	5
17	Jack	274	↑1	17
18	Raymond	271	↓1	19
19	Joe	260	↑3	29
20	Eugene	247	↓1	22
21	David	238	↑3	12
22	Carl	237	↑1	28
23	Roy	228	↓3	38
24	Earl	222	↓3	41
25	Frank	202	↑2	15
26	Ralph	200	↑2	27
27	Walter	198	↓2	21
28	Ray	188	↑1	59
29	Henry	186	↓3	23
30	Clarence	178	↑1	40
31	Howard	168	↓1	36
32	Fred	152	↑7	33
33	Albert	142	↓1	26
34	Franklin	136	new	66
35	Willie	134	↑11	31
36	Herbert	133	↑5	44
37	Ernest	129	↓1	47
38	Marvin	127	↓3	46
39	Arthur	126	↓6	25
40	Bill	122	↓3	58
41	Elmer	115	↓3	94
42	Clyde	111	–	82
43	Ronald	110	new	16
44	Samuel	109	new	56
45	Harry	107	↓11	32
46	Lawrence	107	↓6	35
47	Gene	105	–	64
48	Jimmie	101	new	75
49	Norman	101	new	37
50	Herman	98	new	89

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