Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1934

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1934 were Mary for girls (1,881 babies) and James for boys (2,052). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 53,804 babies born in Kentucky in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1934

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: 27 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Alpha: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Maudie: 25 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Zella: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Ima: 30 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jewell: 59 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Nannie: 39 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Imogene: 102 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Roxie: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Vada: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Boys

Hobert: 27 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Dillard: 17 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Jewell: 16 babies, 8× the national rate
Denver: 26 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Omer: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Granville: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Hershel: 26 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Shelby: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Arlie: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Forest: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	1,881	–	1
2	Betty	1,454	–	2
3	Barbara	613	↑1	3
4	Dorothy	564	↓1	5
5	Anna	521	–	31
6	Helen	442	–	9
7	Joyce	420	↑4	12
8	Margaret	415	–	8
9	Doris	390	↓2	11
10	Martha	353	↓1	27
11	Shirley	353	↑13	4
12	Norma	349	↑1	24
13	Virginia	342	↑2	15
14	Wanda	340	–	47
15	Ruby	329	↓3	39
16	Ruth	320	↓6	13
17	Nancy	298	↑2	10
18	Patricia	272	↑2	6
19	Elizabeth	268	↓1	18
20	Wilma	266	↓3	73
21	Lois	257	–	20
22	Mildred	247	↓6	35
23	Juanita	245	↓1	64
24	Frances	223	↑1	19
25	Thelma	219	↑4	65
26	Peggy	200	↑1	36
27	Jean	196	↑1	16
28	Joan	196	↓2	7
29	Evelyn	178	↑1	29
30	Alice	175	↑5	25
31	Edna	172	↓8	55
32	Phyllis	167	↑5	28
33	Carolyn	164	↑6	33
34	Patsy	162	↑12	59
35	Hazel	161	↓4	87
36	Emma	160	↓4	85
37	Jo	148	new	75
38	Alma	147	↑7	>100
39	Bonnie	147	↓1	58
40	Gladys	147	↑2	66
41	Billie	140	↓5	92
42	Lillian	140	new	52
43	Irene	136	new	49
44	Edith	135	↓1	81
45	Pauline	134	↓12	71
46	Sarah	129	↓2	67
47	Clara	128	↑1	76
48	Geraldine	125	↑2	43
49	Geneva	124	↓15	>100
50	Ann	121	↓9	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	James	2,052	–	2
2	William	1,403	–	4
3	Charles	1,164	–	7
4	Robert	1,154	–	1
5	John	927	–	3
6	Donald	765	–	6
7	Billy	557	–	20
8	Bobby	553	↑1	23
9	George	467	↓1	8
10	Paul	433	–	14
11	Kenneth	402	↑2	15
12	Thomas	395	↓1	9
13	Harold	390	↓1	18
14	Richard	295	↑1	5
15	Edward	291	↑1	13
16	Joseph	285	↓2	10
17	Joe	272	↑5	26
18	Carl	253	↑1	28
19	Jack	253	↓2	17
20	David	252	↑3	12
21	Roy	250	↑3	35
22	Raymond	234	↓1	19
23	Earl	210	↑2	41
24	Eugene	196	↓4	24
25	Ronald	191	↑7	11
26	Walter	188	–	21
27	Ray	183	↑4	63
28	Franklin	180	↓10	46
29	Ralph	175	↓2	31
30	Henry	172	↓1	27
31	Frank	156	↓3	16
32	Howard	147	↓2	37
33	Jerry	147	↑5	25
34	Fred	143	↑1	33
35	Bill	138	↓1	59
36	Harry	127	↑3	36
37	Gene	123	new	67
38	Marvin	123	↓1	44
39	Ernest	121	↓3	51
40	Jimmie	121	new	68
41	Jimmy	120	↑9	56
42	Arthur	117	–	29
43	Jesse	113	new	>100
44	Clarence	112	↓11	45
45	Clyde	111	↑3	84
46	Norman	110	↑3	38
47	Russell	108	new	70
48	Vernon	108	↓4	89
49	Herbert	107	new	57
50	Albert	103	↓9	32

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