Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Kentucky, 1931

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,873
2	Betty	1,248
3	Dorothy	704
4	Anna	480
5	Helen	446
6	Martha	395
7	Margaret	387
8	Doris	366
9	Ruth	365
10	Virginia	352
11	Barbara	351
12	Mildred	344
13	Norma	323
14	Ruby	306
15	Joyce	296
16	Wanda	294
17	Elizabeth	275
18	Juanita	252
19	Thelma	236
20	Wilma	230
21	Lois	221
22	Nancy	214
23	Frances	212
24	Jean	204
25	Geneva	199
26	Edna	198
27	Evelyn	180
27	Hazel	180
27	Patricia	180
30	Joan	169
31	Gladys	165
32	Louise	164
33	Pauline	159
34	Alice	158
35	Edith	150
36	Alma	148
36	Geraldine	148
38	Peggy	147
39	Billie	146
40	Marie	143
41	Shirley	139
42	Christine	134
42	Eva	134
44	Ann	131
44	Lucille	131
46	Bonnie	130
47	Irene	126
48	Emma	125
49	Clara	124
50	Phyllis	122

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,955
2	William	1,350
3	Robert	1,177
4	Charles	1,096
5	John	943
6	Donald	550
7	Billy	505
8	George	468
9	Paul	427
10	Thomas	394
11	Bobby	353
12	Harold	334
13	Kenneth	327
14	Joseph	312
15	Edward	292
16	Richard	276
17	Raymond	275
18	Jack	273
19	Eugene	264
20	Roy	257
21	Earl	252
22	Joe	236
23	Carl	227
24	David	226
25	Walter	214
26	Henry	210
27	Frank	194
28	Ralph	187
29	Ray	161
30	Howard	159
31	Clarence	155
32	Albert	148
33	Arthur	136
34	Harry	134
35	Marvin	127
36	Ernest	125
37	Bill	123
38	Elmer	117
39	Fred	116
39	Lawrence	116
41	Herbert	113
42	Clyde	109
43	Cecil	107
44	Russell	106
45	Billie	105
45	Willie	105
47	Gene	104
48	Gerald	94
48	Jerry	94
50	Chester	91