Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Kentucky, 1916

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,834
2	Dorothy	585
3	Margaret	492
4	Anna	448
5	Elizabeth	411
6	Ruth	401
7	Helen	398
8	Ruby	395
9	Virginia	385
10	Edna	369
11	Mildred	315
12	Martha	304
13	Thelma	287
14	Hazel	284
15	Edith	283
16	Lucille	269
17	Gladys	267
18	Frances	253
19	Marie	232
20	Ethel	229
20	Louise	229
22	Pauline	211
23	Evelyn	197
23	Lillian	197
25	Sarah	195
26	Irene	191
27	Opal	187
28	Myrtle	186
29	Nellie	180
30	Bessie	176
31	Alice	168
32	Bertha	163
32	Emma	163
34	Clara	153
35	Eva	151
35	Mabel	151
37	Grace	149
38	Catherine	148
39	Alma	147
40	Nancy	138
41	Elsie	132
42	Lucy	130
43	Geneva	128
43	Jessie	128
45	Beatrice	127
45	Beulah	127
47	Minnie	126
48	Katherine	125
49	Mattie	117
50	Mae	115

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,414
2	William	1,315
3	John	1,016
4	Charles	738
5	Robert	691
6	George	484
7	Thomas	319
8	Joseph	312
9	Edward	280
10	Raymond	277
11	Henry	259
12	Paul	244
13	Roy	224
14	Walter	218
15	Earl	217
16	Carl	201
17	Clarence	193
17	Frank	193
19	Woodrow	175
20	Richard	168
21	Willie	156
22	Harold	153
23	Elmer	151
24	Harry	147
25	Chester	146
26	Howard	143
26	Joe	143
28	Albert	132
29	Arthur	128
29	Fred	128
31	Eugene	123
32	Ralph	122
33	Cecil	119
34	Ernest	118
35	David	116
35	Lawrence	116
37	Jesse	115
38	Herbert	112
39	Clyde	106
40	Samuel	105
41	Jack	103
42	Herman	101
43	Ray	99
44	Homer	98
44	Russell	98
46	Willard	95
47	Stanley	94
48	Marvin	92
49	Everett	90
49	Lee	90