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Names of Kentucky

5,816,248 births across 5,795 different names since 1910. No name belongs to Kentucky more than Hobert.

Most concentrated in Kentucky

Names given far more often here than in the country as a whole. The multiplier is how much more concentrated the name is than the state’s size alone would predict.

Name Born here Concentration
Hobert 1,100 17.9×
Mayme 675 11.5×
Arlie 654 11.1×
Oma 1,001 10.7×
Emogene 471 8.7×
Alpha 547 8.7×
Nannie 2,144 8.6×
Delmer 623 8.2×
Omer 597 8.1×
Maudie 877 7.5×
Hershel 948 7.5×
Alene 575 6.6×
Zella 704 6.4×
Maxie 437 6.3×
Jewell 2,671 6.3×
Reva 1,159 6.2×
Virgie 1,537 6.1×
Randell 630 5.7×
Garnet 416 5.7×
Millard 1,143 5.6×

Most given, girls

#NameBirths
1Mary103,699
2Betty33,825
3Linda30,823
4Elizabeth29,883
5Patricia27,422
6Barbara26,618
7Anna25,044
8Dorothy24,114
9Jennifer22,569
10Margaret22,533
11Sarah21,076
12Brenda19,925
13Donna18,798
14Martha18,320
15Helen18,077

Most given, boys

#NameBirths
1James145,857
2William106,224
3John83,746
4Robert80,927
5Charles69,729
6Michael63,255
7David61,377
8Joseph40,309
9Thomas37,030
10Christopher35,110
11Richard30,883
12Donald30,001
13Paul28,353
14Kenneth27,657
15George27,457

Other states and the District of Columbia

Source: US Social Security Administration state baby-name files, 1910 onwards. A name given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year is not published, so a name can be more common here than the table shows. Concentration is measured against the other state files, not against national totals, which cover more years and more names.