State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,481 Kentucky births in 1944 across 926 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Kentucky more than they say America.

#54Donnie#171 nationally
#89Genevaoutside the national top 200
#74Alma#176 nationally
#99Homeroutside the national top 200
#97Stella#198 nationally
#33Wilma#125 nationally
#86Virgil#177 nationally
#58Billie#142 nationally
#45Jackie#128 nationally
#50Margie#130 nationally
#84Elmer#164 nationally
#52Thelma#131 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,598US #1
#2Linda932US #3
#3Betty843US #10
#4Barbara817US #2
#5Patricia744US #4
#6Brenda599US #30
#7Carolyn593US #11
#8Shirley561US #15
#9Joyce494US #18
#10Judy483US #12
#11Nancy435US #7
#12Wanda418US #58
#13Sandra398US #6
#14Carol396US #5
#15Phyllis382US #40
#16Martha351US #29
#17Judith345US #9
#18Sharon343US #8
#19Janice306US #28
#20Anna297US #74
#21Donna297US #17
#22Dorothy293US #19
#23Margaret285US #14
#24Bonnie275US #34
#25Helen268US #31
#26Elizabeth251US #23
#27Virginia246US #26
#28Doris229US #42
#29Janet227US #21
#30Ruth227US #32
#31Peggy222US #45
#32Alice197US #38
#33Wilma197US #125
#34Patsy182US #72
#35Frances180US #33
#36Norma179US #66
#37Charlotte176US #50
#38Ruby162US #87
#39Lois158US #47
#40Sue155US #62
#41Marilyn149US #27
#42Glenda143US #79
#43Mildred139US #81
#44Jo138US #61
#45Beverly136US #35
#46Gloria132US #25
#47Joan126US #22
#48Susan125US #13
#49Jane121US #41
#50Margie120US #130
#51Ann117US #39
#52Thelma117US #131
#53Edna113US #112
#54Rose113US #52
#55Sarah113US #67
#56Geraldine110US #53
#57Juanita108US #94
#58Billie105US #142
#59Karen101US #16
#60Jean99US #37
#61Rebecca96US #84
#62Connie95US #51
#63Emma94US #118
#64Rita93US #54
#65Loretta92US #98
#66Georgia84US #114
#67Evelyn83US #57
#68Cheryl81US #36
#69Sylvia80US #83
#70Pamela79US #44
#71Ethel78US #127
#72Kathleen77US #20
#73Edith76US #123
#74Alma73US #176
#75Diana73US #60
#76Clara71US #134
#77Louise70US #69
#78Carole69US #43
#79Pauline68US #124
#80Julia67US #102
#81Bobbie66US #144
#82Eva66US #148
#83Vivian66US #129
#84Anita64US #95
#85Delores63US #97
#86Ella63US #158
#87Gladys63US #137
#88Catherine62US #49
#89Geneva62
#90Paula61US #82
#91Charlene60US #109
#92Katherine60US #77
#93Sherry60US #100
#94Laura59US #119
#95Jacqueline58US #64
#96Lillian58US #126
#97Stella58US #198
#98Hazel57US #147
#99Minnie57US #175
#100Diane56US #24

Boys

#1James2,257US #1
#2William1,424US #4
#3Charles1,174US #7
#4Robert1,083US #2
#5John1,026US #3
#6David724US #6
#7Larry653US #12
#8Jerry625US #19
#9Donald620US #11
#10Ronald495US #10
#11Thomas495US #8
#12Richard457US #5
#13Kenneth431US #16
#14Billy404US #38
#15Paul403US #17
#16George378US #14
#17Bobby360US #50
#18Joseph358US #13
#19Roger333US #23
#20Michael322US #9
#21Gary321US #15
#22Harold276US #27
#23Roy252US #39
#24Jimmy244US #41
#25Edward242US #18
#26Carl224US #36
#27Joe196US #33
#28Raymond195US #22
#29Ronnie174US #69
#30Gerald167US #24
#31Johnny165US #45
#32Ralph159US #42
#33Walter158US #26
#34Earl157US #65
#35Tommy154US #70
#36Jack145US #30
#37Danny144US #76
#38Henry144US #35
#39Douglas141US #34
#40Frank140US #21
#41Jimmie131US #98
#42Wayne131US #37
#43Dennis130US #20
#44Ernest127US #59
#45Jackie127US #128
#46Phillip127US #83
#47Arthur121US #29
#48Clarence119US #74
#49Daniel118US #25
#50Terry113US #43
#51Lawrence112US #32
#52Marvin112US #75
#53Albert109US #44
#54Donnie108US #171
#55Eugene107US #48
#56Russell106US #63
#57Harry105US #49
#58Howard105US #53
#59Bill103US #66
#60Ray102US #86
#61Clyde101US #111
#62Norman99US #58
#63Fred98US #47
#64Willie97US #31
#65Eddie92US #79
#66Don90US #72
#67Cecil86US #142
#68Jesse84US #103
#69Lonnie84US #148
#70Glenn81US #88
#71Herbert81US #90
#72Chester80US #137
#73Leonard79US #56
#74Samuel79US #62
#75Stanley78US #57
#76Darrell77US #133
#77Bruce75US #51
#78Melvin75US #67
#79Floyd72US #110
#80Lloyd71US #102
#81Stephen71US #28
#82Curtis70US #97
#83Louis70US #54
#84Elmer69US #164
#85Freddie69US #138
#86Virgil68US #177
#87Vernon67US #119
#88Philip66US #60
#89Arnold65US #145
#90Clifford64US #99
#91Lewis64US #112
#92Allen63US #77
#93Willard62US #166
#94Jim61US #68
#95Gene60US #95
#96Lee60US #85
#97Franklin57US #121
#98Edwin54US #106
#99Homer53
#100Randall53US #156

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑22Donnie#54
↑22Bruce#77
↑19Louise#77
↑17Ernest#44
↑15Kathleen#72
↑14Karen#59
↑14Ella#86
↑14Lawrence#51

Falling

↓26Hazel#98
↓18Catherine#88
↓18Gene#95
↓18Franklin#97
↓17Lillian#96
↓17Howard#58
↓16Elmer#84
↓15Rita#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.