Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1935

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1935 were Mary for girls (1,808 babies) and James for boys (2,077). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,757 babies born in Kentucky in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1935

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: 17 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Jeanetta: 15 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Hallie: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Oma: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Nannie: 41 babies, 6× the national rate
Jewell: 56 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Maudie: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Reva: 31 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Ima: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Opal: 98 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Pearl: 19 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Arvil: 18 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Hobert: 29 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Arlie: 17 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Shelby: 25 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Omer: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Doris: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Kelly: 20 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Hershel: 28 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Denver: 27 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Mary	1,808	–	1
2	Betty	1,339	–	4
3	Shirley	897	↑8	2
4	Barbara	666	↓1	3
5	Anna	503	–	34
6	Dorothy	446	↓2	6
7	Joyce	425	–	12
8	Helen	417	↓2	10
9	Wanda	372	↑5	49
10	Doris	347	↓1	13
11	Margaret	345	↓3	8
12	Martha	336	↓2	24
13	Nancy	314	↑4	9
14	Patricia	309	↑4	5
15	Ruth	306	↑1	15
16	Norma	304	↓4	29
17	Ruby	287	↓2	41
18	Wilma	285	↑2	70
19	Virginia	268	↓6	16
20	Elizabeth	254	↓1	17
21	Lois	247	–	21
22	Mildred	244	–	35
23	Phyllis	213	↑9	27
24	Frances	205	–	19
25	Juanita	197	↓2	72
26	Peggy	195	–	36
27	Thelma	191	↓2	76
28	Carolyn	175	↑5	28
29	Bonnie	173	↑10	62
30	Jean	173	↓3	18
31	Edna	168	–	67
32	Ann	160	↑18	30
33	Alice	158	↓3	25
34	Joan	157	↓6	7
35	Jo	155	↑2	73
36	Evelyn	150	↓7	31
37	Hazel	150	↓2	92
38	Edith	146	↑6	87
39	Emma	144	↓3	89
40	Patsy	144	↓6	56
41	Margie	142	new	100
42	Billie	135	↓1	>100
43	Geraldine	133	↑5	40
44	Carol	130	new	11
45	Geneva	126	↑4	>100
46	Pauline	126	↓1	80
47	Louise	125	new	45
48	Alma	122	↓10	>100
49	Clara	121	↓2	81
50	Gladys	120	↓10	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	James	2,077	–	2
2	William	1,305	–	4
3	Charles	1,160	–	6
4	Robert	1,089	–	1
5	John	858	–	3
6	Donald	786	–	7
7	Billy	584	–	19
8	Bobby	539	–	24
9	Paul	454	↑1	14
10	George	430	↓1	8
11	Kenneth	408	–	15
12	Thomas	391	–	9
13	Harold	354	–	20
14	Richard	344	–	5
15	Carl	310	↑3	28
16	David	279	↑4	11
17	Joe	272	–	25
18	Joseph	270	↓2	10
19	Edward	247	↓4	13
20	Raymond	244	↑2	17
21	Jack	227	↓2	18
22	Walter	213	↑4	23
23	Henry	207	↑7	27
24	Ronald	202	↑1	12
25	Earl	201	↓2	46
26	Eugene	199	↓2	26
27	Roy	193	↓6	40
28	Ralph	185	↑1	32
29	Ray	162	↓2	64
30	Jerry	161	↑3	22
31	Jimmy	161	↑10	47
32	Albert	155	↑18	31
33	Clarence	151	↑11	48
34	Marvin	143	↑4	45
35	Howard	140	↓3	39
36	Franklin	138	↓8	71
37	Frank	137	↓6	16
38	Jackie	137	new	>100
39	Fred	134	↓5	34
40	Gerald	119	new	21
41	Jimmie	119	↓1	69
42	Larry	116	new	33
43	Clyde	115	↑2	82
44	Norman	110	↑2	38
45	Arthur	109	↓3	29
46	Bill	106	↓11	60
47	Russell	106	–	68
48	Willie	106	new	30
49	Ernest	105	↓10	55
50	Harry	102	↓14	37

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