Kentucky ★ 1928

Top names in Kentucky, 1928

Mary led for girls with 2,165 babies ; James for boys with 1,931. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,165
2	Betty	962
3	Dorothy	829
4	Anna	542
5	Helen	513
6	Virginia	475
7	Margaret	459
8	Mildred	439
9	Ruth	429
10	Ruby	400
11	Martha	371
12	Doris	356
13	Juanita	325
14	Elizabeth	322
15	Thelma	264
16	Frances	257
17	Evelyn	250
18	Pauline	247
19	Jean	246
20	Edna	241
21	Geneva	228
22	Gladys	227
23	Lois	223
24	Norma	217
25	Edith	201
26	Hazel	200
26	Wanda	200
28	Marie	192
29	Wilma	188
30	Louise	184
31	Emma	175
32	Barbara	174
33	Nancy	172
34	Irene	164
35	Lillian	158
36	Georgia	153
37	Opal	151
38	Alma	149
39	Alice	148
39	Ethel	148
41	Marjorie	147
42	Lucille	146
42	Sarah	146
44	Joyce	143
45	Bessie	139
46	Margie	137
47	Eva	133
48	Christine	130
49	Myrtle	121
50	Patricia	118
51	Catherine	117
51	Nellie	117
53	Bertha	115
53	Geraldine	115
55	Bonnie	114
55	Clara	114
57	Laura	113
58	Elsie	112
59	June	107
59	Katherine	107
59	Shirley	107
62	Billie	106
62	Imogene	106
64	Minnie	105
65	Beulah	104
65	Rose	104
67	Ella	99
67	Maxine	99
69	Mae	97
70	Bernice	96
71	Lillie	95
72	Ann	94
73	Ida	93
73	Lucy	93
75	Audrey	91
75	Jane	91
75	Kathleen	91
78	Beatrice	90
78	Mabel	90
80	Jessie	88
81	Stella	85
82	Agnes	83
82	Florence	83
82	Nora	83
85	Annie	82
86	Grace	81
86	Mattie	81
86	Peggy	81
86	Velma	81
90	Lena	80
91	Josephine	79
92	Vivian	76
93	Eula	75
94	Phyllis	74
95	Dolores	72
95	Jewell	72
97	Sylvia	71
98	Goldie	70
99	Viola	69
100	Joan	68

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,931
2	William	1,617
3	Charles	1,226
4	Robert	1,164
5	John	1,103
6	George	585
7	Paul	407
8	Thomas	390
9	Joseph	363
10	Harold	358
11	Billy	323
12	Jack	322
13	Edward	314
14	Donald	298
15	Richard	292
16	Kenneth	287
17	Raymond	286
18	Herbert	284
19	Roy	280
20	Eugene	278
21	Earl	274
22	Joe	252
23	Carl	249
23	Walter	249
25	Henry	232
26	Ralph	210
27	Ray	200
28	David	172
29	Albert	170
30	Frank	168
31	Clarence	165
32	Fred	158
33	Howard	145
34	Elmer	140
35	Willie	139
36	Cecil	137
37	Ernest	136
38	Harry	134
39	Lawrence	133
40	Marvin	128
41	Clyde	127
42	Bobby	124
43	Arthur	120
43	Junior	120
45	Alfred	117
46	Chester	116
47	Louis	110
48	Gene	109
49	Jesse	103
50	Curtis	101
51	Bill	98
52	Virgil	96
53	Leonard	95
54	Willard	93
55	Hubert	92
56	Floyd	90
57	Samuel	88
58	Herman	86
58	Norman	86
60	Vernon	84
61	Homer	83
61	Russell	83
63	Everett	81
64	Claude	77
64	Lee	77
66	Billie	76
66	Clifford	76
68	Leroy	75
68	Lloyd	75
68	Oscar	75
71	Charlie	73
72	Jessie	68
73	Glenn	67
73	Johnny	67
73	Melvin	67
76	Marion	65
77	Arnold	63
78	Edgar	62
78	Lewis	62
78	Stanley	62
81	Edwin	61
82	Alvin	59
83	Lester	58
84	Earnest	56
85	Luther	55
86	Bernard	53
86	Jimmie	53
86	Leslie	53
89	Daniel	52
89	Gerald	52
91	Gilbert	51
92	Douglas	50
92	Sam	50
94	Allen	49
94	Wallace	49
96	Hugh	47
96	Wayne	47
98	Glen	45
98	Jerry	45
98	Leon	45