Baby names in Kentucky in the 1910s

In Kentucky in the 1910s the most given names were James (10,874 boys) and Mary (14,969 girls), of 340,785 births recorded.

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Babies SSA recorded in Kentucky each year, the 1910s shaded

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Kentucky, 1910-1919: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Kentucky, 1910s

Girls, 1910-1919
#	Name	Births
1	Mary	14,969
2	Dorothy	4,384
3	Margaret	3,582
4	Anna	3,578
5	Ruth	3,345
6	Virginia	3,106
7	Helen	3,093
8	Elizabeth	3,086
9	Ruby	3,076
10	Edna	2,771
11	Mildred	2,638
12	Hazel	2,521
13	Martha	2,399
14	Thelma	2,302
15	Gladys	2,254
16	Frances	2,085
17	Ethel	1,987
18	Marie	1,979
19	Edith	1,939
20	Lucille	1,894

Boys, 1910-1919
#	Name	Births
1	James	10,874
2	William	9,827
3	John	7,385
4	Robert	5,424
5	Charles	5,115
6	George	3,781
7	Joseph	2,426
8	Thomas	2,397
9	Edward	2,228
10	Henry	1,978
11	Raymond	1,903
12	Paul	1,786
13	Roy	1,705
14	Earl	1,630
15	Walter	1,618
16	Frank	1,519
17	Carl	1,500
18	Clarence	1,421
19	Richard	1,262
20	Willie	1,224

Births summed over 1910-1919, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Kentucky in the 1910s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Mallie · 8.2×Maxie · 6.4×Sudie · 5.5×Nannie · 5.1×Delphia · 5.1×Hallie · 5.0×

Boys

Estill · 29.5×Hobert · 7.9×Shelby · 7.5×Jewell · 6.0×Clay · 5.3×Kelly · 5.2×

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1910-1919.

More about names in Kentucky

The 1910s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
Kentucky: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
Kentucky in the 1920sThe next decade in the state.
The top names of 1910The first year of the decade, nationally.
Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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