Top baby names in Kentucky, 1926
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,313 |
| 2 | Dorothy | 893 |
| 3 | Betty | 639 |
| 4 | Helen | 613 |
| 5 | Anna | 569 |
| 6 | Virginia | 547 |
| 7 | Margaret | 511 |
| 8 | Ruth | 501 |
| 9 | Mildred | 454 |
| 10 | Ruby | 453 |
| 11 | Martha | 436 |
| 12 | Frances | 336 |
| 13 | Juanita | 328 |
| 14 | Elizabeth | 322 |
| 15 | Edna | 292 |
| 16 | Thelma | 290 |
| 17 | Pauline | 286 |
| 18 | Gladys | 272 |
| 19 | Geneva | 269 |
| 20 | Evelyn | 260 |
| 21 | Edith | 257 |
| 22 | Doris | 252 |
| 23 | Hazel | 225 |
| 24 | Marie | 219 |
| 25 | Jean | 208 |
| 26 | Louise | 203 |
| 27 | Alice | 198 |
| 27 | Lillian | 198 |
| 29 | Alma | 193 |
| 30 | Wanda | 191 |
| 31 | Emma | 190 |
| 32 | Irene | 189 |
| 33 | Opal | 188 |
| 34 | Wilma | 185 |
| 35 | Norma | 174 |
| 36 | Lucille | 173 |
| 37 | Ethel | 167 |
| 38 | Sarah | 166 |
| 39 | Lois | 164 |
| 40 | Nancy | 159 |
| 41 | Christine | 147 |
| 42 | Marjorie | 143 |
| 43 | Bessie | 140 |
| 44 | Ella | 138 |
| 44 | Eva | 138 |
| 44 | Georgia | 138 |
| 47 | Clara | 137 |
| 48 | Myrtle | 133 |
| 49 | Bertha | 127 |
| 50 | Margie | 126 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 2,183 |
| 2 | William | 1,653 |
| 3 | Charles | 1,147 |
| 4 | Robert | 1,087 |
| 5 | John | 1,058 |
| 6 | George | 562 |
| 7 | Thomas | 430 |
| 8 | Paul | 412 |
| 9 | Joseph | 382 |
| 10 | Edward | 350 |
| 11 | Harold | 318 |
| 12 | Raymond | 314 |
| 13 | Jack | 282 |
| 14 | Roy | 281 |
| 15 | Richard | 267 |
| 16 | Earl | 266 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 261 |
| 18 | Eugene | 259 |
| 19 | Carl | 255 |
| 20 | Walter | 246 |
| 21 | Henry | 244 |
| 22 | Clarence | 212 |
| 22 | Joe | 212 |
| 24 | Frank | 210 |
| 25 | Donald | 198 |
| 26 | Fred | 192 |
| 27 | Billy | 188 |
| 28 | Ralph | 186 |
| 29 | Albert | 171 |
| 30 | Ray | 168 |
| 31 | David | 164 |
| 31 | Howard | 164 |
| 33 | Harry | 159 |
| 34 | Cecil | 149 |
| 35 | Arthur | 147 |
| 36 | Willie | 138 |
| 37 | Louis | 136 |
| 38 | Chester | 134 |
| 39 | Elmer | 133 |
| 40 | Ernest | 131 |
| 41 | Clyde | 128 |
| 42 | Lawrence | 125 |
| 43 | Jesse | 122 |
| 44 | Floyd | 120 |
| 45 | Herbert | 119 |
| 46 | Virgil | 113 |
| 47 | Russell | 107 |
| 48 | Samuel | 105 |
| 49 | Leonard | 101 |
| 49 | Marvin | 101 |