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Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,432 Kentucky births in 1945 across 911 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#69Genevaoutside the national top 200
#48Donnie#168 nationally
#80Patty#192 nationally
#88Alma#188 nationally
#32Wilma#128 nationally
#75Elmer#169 nationally
#90Virgil#183 nationally
#52Jackie#142 nationally
#62Cecil#152 nationally
#98Everett#185 nationally
#97Lucy#178 nationally
#75Billie#152 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,434US #1
#2Linda1,018US #2
#3Barbara854US #3
#4Betty777US #11
#5Patricia744US #4
#6Brenda678US #29
#7Carolyn580US #12
#8Shirley528US #14
#9Judy503US #13
#10Joyce486US #18
#11Sandra420US #6
#12Wanda410US #58
#13Nancy404US #7
#14Carol396US #5
#15Judith361US #9
#16Donna353US #17
#17Sharon340US #8
#18Phyllis339US #40
#19Martha322US #30
#20Janice317US #24
#21Margaret312US #15
#22Anna279US #73
#23Dorothy267US #21
#24Elizabeth243US #26
#25Bonnie242US #35
#26Helen235US #31
#27Ruth233US #33
#28Virginia233US #28
#29Peggy214US #45
#30Doris211US #46
#31Janet203US #20
#32Wilma187US #128
#33Alice184US #41
#34Patsy176US #84
#35Charlotte172US #55
#36Frances166US #34
#37Marilyn157US #27
#38Sue156US #66
#39Lois153US #48
#40Norma153US #74
#41Ruby151US #95
#42Gloria148US #23
#43Beverly142US #37
#44Connie141US #47
#45Jo140US #60
#46Susan136US #10
#47Joan125US #25
#48Ann121US #39
#49Karen119US #16
#50Mildred115US #93
#51Diana114US #43
#52Jane112US #36
#53Geraldine109US #56
#54Glenda109US #92
#55Edna107US #119
#56Loretta106US #107
#57Rose106US #54
#58Rita103US #59
#59Thelma103US #131
#60Cheryl97US #32
#61Evelyn96US #57
#62Emma95US #123
#63Rebecca92US #85
#64Sarah91US #76
#65Juanita89US #108
#66Kathleen88US #19
#67Edith85US #132
#68Gladys80US #141
#69Geneva79
#70Jean79US #38
#71Diane78US #22
#72Paula76US #67
#73Georgia75US #116
#74Pamela74US #42
#75Billie71US #152
#76Eva68US #146
#77Pauline68US #125
#78Sally65US #64
#79Laura64US #77
#80Patty64US #192
#81Charlene63US #114
#82Margie61US #138
#83Louise60US #78
#84Sylvia60US #83
#85Katherine59US #82
#86Marie59US #49
#87Ethel58US #134
#88Alma57US #188
#89Carole57US #51
#90Clara56US #136
#91Darlene56US #71
#92Lillie56US #167
#93Anita55US #100
#94Christine54US #62
#95Hazel54US #164
#96Sheila54US #89
#97Lucy53US #178
#98Delores52US #112
#99Julia52US #115
#100Sherry52US #104

Boys

#1James2,125US #1
#2William1,279US #4
#3Robert1,035US #2
#4Charles1,028US #7
#5John995US #3
#6Larry773US #11
#7David653US #6
#8Donald649US #12
#9Jerry556US #20
#10Thomas490US #8
#11Ronald468US #10
#12Kenneth451US #16
#13Richard434US #5
#14Gary431US #13
#15Paul413US #17
#16George396US #15
#17Billy392US #42
#18Michael377US #9
#19Joseph335US #14
#20Bobby315US #53
#21Roger300US #22
#22Harold277US #28
#23Roy265US #40
#24Edward245US #18
#25Carl212US #39
#26Jimmy211US #41
#27Ronnie209US #67
#28Danny207US #56
#29Joe200US #36
#30Raymond190US #23
#31Johnny186US #45
#32Walter166US #27
#33Earl153US #71
#34Ralph149US #44
#35Dennis147US #19
#36Douglas147US #29
#37Frank143US #21
#38Gerald141US #25
#39Tommy133US #75
#40Wayne132US #35
#41Harry128US #47
#42Henry126US #37
#43Jack124US #32
#44Terry120US #33
#45Daniel119US #24
#46Clarence112US #82
#47Phillip112US #85
#48Donnie111US #168
#49Fred107US #51
#50Jimmie106US #102
#51Howard104US #54
#52Jackie102US #142
#53Eddie100US #81
#54Eugene98US #50
#55Marvin97US #80
#56Samuel97US #62
#57Willie97US #31
#58Lawrence94US #30
#59Glenn90US #93
#60Russell88US #64
#61Arthur86US #34
#62Cecil86US #152
#63Ray86US #92
#64Don85US #73
#65Ernest85US #60
#66Bill83US #66
#67Stephen83US #26
#68Albert82US #49
#69Curtis78US #97
#70Darrell78US #141
#71Lee77US #87
#72Stanley77US #59
#73Jesse75US #104
#74Lonnie75US #143
#75Elmer74US #169
#76Vernon73US #118
#77Randall69US #149
#78Bruce67US #48
#79Clifford67US #99
#80Herbert67US #94
#81Chester66US #144
#82Clyde66US #121
#83Louis66US #55
#84Allen65US #74
#85Philip65US #58
#86Floyd64US #114
#87Freddie64US #145
#88Gene63US #100
#89Norman63US #65
#90Virgil63US #183
#91Leonard61US #57
#92Steve58US #79
#93Herman56US #146
#94Lloyd55US #103
#95Arnold54US #147
#96Johnnie54US #133
#97Mike54US #69
#98Everett52US #185
#99Melvin52US #78
#100Willard51US #172

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑29Diane#71
↑25Lee#71
↑24Diana#51
↑23Randall#77
↑20Geneva#69
↑19Gladys#68
↑18Connie#44
↑18Paula#72

Falling

↓32Margie#82
↓27Norman#89
↓21Ernest#65
↓21Clyde#82
↓21Melvin#99
↓19Julia#99
↓18Leonard#91
↓17Billie#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.