Kentucky ★ 1917

Top names in Kentucky, 1917

Mary led for girls with 1,913 babies ; James for boys with 1,578. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,913
2	Dorothy	650
3	Margaret	481
4	Anna	445
5	Ruth	433
6	Ruby	412
6	Virginia	412
8	Helen	407
9	Elizabeth	366
10	Edna	360
11	Mildred	355
12	Martha	339
13	Hazel	338
14	Thelma	312
15	Edith	287
16	Gladys	284
17	Frances	270
18	Lucille	259
19	Marie	254
20	Evelyn	228
21	Ethel	216
22	Lillian	215
23	Louise	196
23	Pauline	196
25	Bessie	183
26	Myrtle	182
27	Sarah	179
28	Opal	177
29	Emma	173
29	Irene	173
31	Mabel	167
32	Clara	164
33	Geneva	159
34	Alma	158
35	Catherine	155
36	Grace	154
37	Alice	151
38	Nellie	149
39	Nancy	148
40	Eva	144
41	Bertha	141
42	Lucy	132
43	Katherine	131
44	Beulah	128
45	Beatrice	124
45	Mattie	124
47	Ida	121
48	Annie	120
48	Jessie	120
48	Laura	120
48	Pearl	120
52	Lillie	117
53	Florence	116
54	Ella	115
55	Georgia	114
56	Elsie	113
57	Mae	111
58	Christine	110
59	Juanita	109
59	Minnie	109
61	Stella	108
62	Viola	105
63	Lula	103
64	Gertrude	101
65	Ada	99
66	Della	98
67	Nora	94
68	Lena	93
68	Rose	93
70	Carrie	92
71	Ann	91
72	Cora	90
73	Dora	89
73	Josephine	89
75	Betty	87
75	Jane	87
75	Lois	87
78	Flora	83
78	Julia	83
80	Bernice	79
80	Goldie	79
80	Nannie	79
83	Hattie	78
84	Agnes	77
85	Fannie	76
85	Willie	76
87	Doris	75
88	Blanche	72
89	Kathleen	70
89	Marjorie	70
91	Kathryn	68
91	Lola	68
91	Ollie	68
94	Esther	67
94	Virgie	67
96	Maggie	66
97	Naomi	65
98	Eunice	63
99	Eula	62
99	Sylvia	62

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,578
2	William	1,350
3	John	1,015
4	Robert	741
5	Charles	702
6	George	478
7	Thomas	342
8	Joseph	314
9	Edward	294
10	Raymond	263
11	Paul	260
12	Earl	245
13	Henry	236
14	Roy	225
15	Carl	215
16	Frank	204
17	Walter	198
18	Richard	186
19	Clarence	182
20	Joe	164
21	Harold	159
22	Woodrow	156
23	Albert	155
24	Arthur	154
25	Ernest	151
26	Chester	141
27	Willie	138
28	Harry	134
29	Howard	129
30	Cecil	128
30	Elmer	128
30	Fred	128
33	Ralph	125
34	Jesse	123
35	Lawrence	119
35	Ray	119
37	Jack	117
38	David	116
39	Clyde	113
40	Herman	112
41	Herbert	111
42	Eugene	110
43	Kenneth	109
44	Willard	107
45	Samuel	105
46	Charlie	103
46	Everett	103
48	Stanley	99
49	Edgar	96
50	Russell	95
51	Leonard	93
52	Louis	90
53	Marvin	86
54	Oscar	81
55	Floyd	78
56	Lee	74
57	Homer	73
58	Vernon	70
59	Claude	67
59	Clifford	67
61	Hubert	66
61	Leslie	66
61	Virgil	66
64	Sam	62
65	Andrew	60
66	Luther	59
67	Curtis	58
68	Edwin	57
68	Lester	57
70	Alfred	56
71	Arnold	55
72	Lewis	54
73	Lloyd	53
74	Hugh	50
74	Orville	50
76	Jessie	49
76	Marion	49
76	Melvin	49
79	Donald	48
80	Allen	46
81	Bernard	45
81	Bill	45
81	Norman	45
84	Otis	43
84	Roscoe	43
86	Elbert	42
86	Harvey	42
88	Leon	41
89	Delbert	40
89	Milton	40
91	Ollie	39
92	Ira	38
93	Earnest	37
93	Gilbert	37
95	Francis	36
96	Benjamin	35
96	Daniel	35
96	Johnnie	35
96	Leo	35
96	Maurice	35