Top 100 Kentucky Boy Baby Names in 1917

// These were the most popular boy baby names in Kentucky, in 1917.

The Most Popular Kentucky Boy Baby Names in 1917


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Kentucky was James. In total there were 19,894 boys born sharing 473 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1917 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.


Rank Name How Unique? Total births this year
1James1 in 13 (7.9%)1,578
2William1 in 15 (6.8%)1,350
3John1 in 20 (5.1%)1,013
4Robert1 in 27 (3.7%)741
5Charles1 in 28 (3.5%)702
6George1 in 42 (2.4%)478
7Thomas1 in 58 (1.7%)342
8Joseph1 in 63 (1.6%)314
9Edward1 in 68 (1.5%)294
10Raymond1 in 76 (1.3%)263
11Paul1 in 77 (1.3%)260
12Earl1 in 81 (1.2%)245
13Henry1 in 84 (1.2%)236
14Roy1 in 88 (1.1%)225
15Carl1 in 93 (1.1%)215
16Frank1 in 98 (1%)204
17Walter1 in 100 (1%)198
18Richard1 in 107 (0.9%)186
19Clarence1 in 109 (0.9%)182
20Joe1 in 121 (0.8%)164
21Harold1 in 125 (0.8%)159
22Woodrow1 in 128 (0.8%)156
23Albert1 in 128 (0.8%)155
24Arthur1 in 129 (0.8%)154
25Ernest1 in 132 (0.8%)151
26Chester1 in 141 (0.7%)141
27Willie1 in 144 (0.7%)138
28Harry1 in 148 (0.7%)134
29Howard1 in 154 (0.6%)129
30Fred1 in 155 (0.6%)128
31Elmer1 in 155 (0.6%)128
32Cecil1 in 155 (0.6%)128
33Ralph1 in 159 (0.6%)125
34Jesse1 in 162 (0.6%)123
35Lawrence1 in 167 (0.6%)119
36Ray1 in 167 (0.6%)119
37Jack1 in 170 (0.6%)117
38David1 in 172 (0.6%)116
39Clyde1 in 176 (0.6%)113
40Herman1 in 178 (0.6%)112
41Herbert1 in 179 (0.6%)111
42Eugene1 in 181 (0.6%)110
43Kenneth1 in 183 (0.5%)109
44Willard1 in 186 (0.5%)107
45Samuel1 in 189 (0.5%)105
46Everett1 in 193 (0.5%)103
47Charlie1 in 193 (0.5%)103
48Stanley1 in 201 (0.5%)99
49Edgar1 in 207 (0.5%)96
50Russell1 in 209 (0.5%)95
51Leonard1 in 212 (0.5%)94
52Louis1 in 221 (0.5%)90
53Marvin1 in 231 (0.4%)86
54Oscar1 in 246 (0.4%)81
55Floyd1 in 255 (0.4%)78
56Lee1 in 269 (0.4%)74
57Homer1 in 273 (0.4%)73
58Vernon1 in 284 (0.4%)70
59Clifford1 in 297 (0.3%)67
60Claude1 in 297 (0.3%)67
61Hubert1 in 301 (0.3%)66
62Leslie1 in 301 (0.3%)66
63Virgil1 in 301 (0.3%)66
64Sam1 in 321 (0.3%)62
65Andrew1 in 332 (0.3%)60
66Luther1 in 337 (0.3%)59
67Curtis1 in 343 (0.3%)58
68Edwin1 in 349 (0.3%)57
69Lester1 in 349 (0.3%)57
70Alfred1 in 355 (0.3%)56
71Arnold1 in 362 (0.3%)55
72Lewis1 in 368 (0.3%)54
73Lloyd1 in 375 (0.3%)53
74Orville1 in 398 (0.3%)50
75Hugh1 in 398 (0.3%)50
76Jessie1 in 406 (0.2%)49
77Marion1 in 406 (0.2%)49
78Melvin1 in 406 (0.2%)49
79Donald1 in 414 (0.2%)48
80Allen1 in 432 (0.2%)46
81Norman1 in 442 (0.2%)45
82Bill1 in 442 (0.2%)45
83Bernard1 in 442 (0.2%)45
84Otis1 in 463 (0.2%)43
85Roscoe1 in 463 (0.2%)43
86Elbert1 in 474 (0.2%)42
87Harvey1 in 474 (0.2%)42
88Leon1 in 485 (0.2%)41
89Milton1 in 497 (0.2%)40
90Delbert1 in 497 (0.2%)40
91Ollie1 in 510 (0.2%)39
92Ira1 in 524 (0.2%)38
93Earnest1 in 538 (0.2%)37
94Gilbert1 in 538 (0.2%)37
95Francis1 in 553 (0.2%)36
96Morris1 in 568 (0.2%)35
97Maurice1 in 568 (0.2%)35
98Leo1 in 568 (0.2%)35
99Johnnie1 in 568 (0.2%)35
100Daniel1 in 568 (0.2%)35


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