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Baby names in Kentucky, 1910s

1910–1919 · 340,921 recorded births

Mary was the most common name given in Kentucky across the 1910s, with 15,023 births in the decade. The state recorded 340,921 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Kentucky in the 1910s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Estill19428×
Alka1015×
Veachel1014×
Draxie1814×
Cova2613×
Mossie8712×
Hargis1511×
Estil4711×

Top 25 in the 1910s

RankNameBirths
#1Mary15,023
#2James10,905
#3William9,866
#4John7,417
#5Robert5,434
#6Charles5,150
#7Dorothy4,384
#8George3,812
#9Margaret3,582
#10Anna3,578
#11Ruth3,345
#12Ruby3,110
#13Virginia3,106
#14Helen3,093
#15Elizabeth3,091
#16Edna2,771
#17Mildred2,638
#18Hazel2,544
#19Joseph2,431
#20Thomas2,402
#21Martha2,399
#22Thelma2,302
#23Gladys2,254
#24Edward2,228
#25Frances2,090

Other decades in Kentucky

All Kentucky names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org