Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1933

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1933 were Mary for girls (1,854 babies) and James for boys (1,985). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 50,693 babies born in Kentucky in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1933

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

Girls

Alpha: 24 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Mayme: 15 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Oma: 23 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jewell: 64 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Maudie: 23 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Hallie: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Nannie: 35 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Reva: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Hester: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Zella: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Estill: 18 babies, 31.4× the national rate
Garnett: 16 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Hobert: 29 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Clay: 25 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Shelby: 24 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Jewell: 15 babies, 8× the national rate
Denver: 26 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Omer: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Bradley: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Millard: 33 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	1,854	–	1
2	Betty	1,324	–	2
3	Dorothy	582	–	4
4	Barbara	526	↑2	3
5	Anna	477	↓1	29
6	Helen	449	↓1	8
7	Doris	391	–	10
8	Margaret	369	–	7
9	Martha	368	↑1	27
10	Ruth	343	↑4	13
11	Joyce	339	↑2	12
12	Ruby	334	↓1	43
13	Norma	331	↓4	23
14	Wanda	324	↑1	48
15	Virginia	315	↓3	15
16	Mildred	289	–	32
17	Wilma	258	↑1	66
18	Elizabeth	253	↓1	17
19	Nancy	247	–	11
20	Patricia	240	↑4	6
21	Lois	237	↑1	19
22	Juanita	224	↑1	63
23	Edna	211	↓3	55
24	Shirley	210	↑14	9
25	Frances	208	–	18
26	Joan	196	↑2	5
27	Peggy	196	↑3	36
28	Jean	193	↓2	14
29	Thelma	183	↓8	57
30	Evelyn	181	↑2	30
31	Hazel	173	↑5	82
32	Emma	162	↓1	75
33	Pauline	160	↓4	64
34	Geneva	153	↓7	>100
35	Alice	139	↓2	22
36	Billie	138	↑3	92
37	Phyllis	137	↑13	28
38	Bonnie	136	↓1	68
39	Carolyn	136	↑10	40
40	Louise	134	↑4	39
41	Ann	132	new	34
42	Gladys	127	↓7	60
43	Edith	126	↓9	80
44	Sarah	126	↑2	58
45	Alma	124	new	>100
46	Patsy	122	new	65
47	Marie	121	↓2	33
48	Clara	120	new	67
49	Margie	117	↓1	95
50	Geraldine	116	↓10	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	James	1,985	–	2
2	William	1,280	–	4
3	Charles	1,073	↑1	6
4	Robert	1,056	↓1	1
5	John	868	–	3
6	Donald	640	–	7
7	Billy	561	–	20
8	George	431	–	8
9	Bobby	419	↑1	26
10	Paul	381	↓1	14
11	Thomas	377	↑2	10
12	Harold	375	↓1	18
13	Kenneth	375	↑1	15
14	Joseph	292	↓2	9
15	Richard	260	↑1	5
16	Edward	259	↓1	11
17	Jack	251	–	17
18	Franklin	250	↑16	33
19	Carl	245	↑3	28
20	Eugene	240	–	23
21	Raymond	240	↓3	19
22	Joe	233	↓3	27
23	David	227	↓2	13
24	Roy	214	↓1	39
25	Earl	206	↓1	41
26	Walter	193	↑1	21
27	Ralph	184	↓1	29
28	Frank	183	↓3	16
29	Henry	179	–	24
30	Howard	155	↑1	36
31	Ray	148	↓3	62
32	Ronald	143	↑11	12
33	Clarence	142	↓3	43
34	Bill	126	↑6	59
35	Fred	126	↓3	34
36	Ernest	122	↑1	50
37	Marvin	122	↑1	44
38	Jerry	120	new	31
39	Harry	119	↑6	35
40	Willie	111	↓5	32
41	Albert	107	↓8	30
42	Arthur	107	↓3	25
43	Elmer	104	↓2	>100
44	Vernon	103	new	83
45	Glenn	101	new	74
46	Lawrence	101	–	38
47	Louis	101	new	40
48	Clyde	100	↓6	87
49	Norman	99	–	37
50	Jimmy	98	new	64

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