State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 73,884 Kentucky births in 1947 across 1,045 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#45Donnie#168 nationally
#41Wilma#152 nationally
#98Pattyoutside the national top 200
#75Billie#175 nationally
#49Jackie#141 nationally
#72Garry#164 nationally
#85Eva#168 nationally
#55Lonnie#137 nationally
#76Chester#154 nationally
#76Thelma#153 nationally
#91Cecil#165 nationally
#83Freddie#153 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,174US #1
#2Mary1,814US #2
#3Brenda1,131US #21
#4Patricia1,031US #3
#5Barbara985US #4
#6Betty812US #17
#7Carolyn794US #15
#8Sandra738US #5
#9Judy712US #14
#10Sharon692US #9
#11Donna641US #10
#12Shirley579US #19
#13Nancy575US #7
#14Joyce542US #20
#15Wanda473US #66
#16Phyllis461US #37
#17Carol455US #6
#18Judith450US #12
#19Janice447US #22
#20Margaret418US #16
#21Martha374US #32
#22Janet335US #23
#23Peggy333US #42
#24Elizabeth308US #25
#25Bonnie296US #35
#26Anna283US #92
#27Susan274US #8
#28Beverly272US #31
#29Virginia263US #34
#30Helen242US #38
#31Connie233US #43
#32Ruth218US #44
#33Charlotte214US #68
#34Sue210US #69
#35Karen209US #13
#36Patsy208US #87
#37Alice204US #47
#38Diana204US #48
#39Dorothy204US #26
#40Marilyn204US #29
#41Wilma201US #152
#42Pamela200US #28
#43Frances198US #39
#44Doris186US #58
#45Jo182US #51
#46Rebecca182US #52
#47Rita182US #60
#48Gloria176US #27
#49Lois171US #63
#50Norma171US #82
#51Glenda156US #96
#52Ann154US #41
#53Joan150US #30
#54Diane149US #18
#55Mildred149US #109
#56Cheryl147US #24
#57Jane146US #36
#58Ruby143US #112
#59Paula142US #54
#60Sherry134US #67
#61Kathleen124US #11
#62Juanita121US #110
#63Sarah121US #93
#64Sheila121US #73
#65Edna120US #131
#66Rose120US #65
#67Evelyn115US #72
#68Geraldine111US #78
#69Loretta107US #113
#70Darlene100US #71
#71Anita94US #94
#72Emma93US #141
#73Laura93US #74
#74Vivian92US #128
#75Billie91US #175
#76Thelma89US #153
#77Jacqueline88US #59
#78Jean88US #40
#79Marsha88US #88
#80Charlene87US #105
#81Julia85US #116
#82Deborah81US #62
#83Cynthia79US #33
#84Edith79US #136
#85Eva77US #168
#86Kathy77US #64
#87Margie75US #139
#88Christine74US #45
#89Suzanne74US #53
#90Catherine73US #46
#91Georgia72US #129
#92Katherine72US #76
#93Sylvia72US #97
#94Sally69US #70
#95Louise68US #99
#96Elaine67US #50
#97Kathryn67US #55
#98Patty67
#99June66US #120
#100Lynda66US #77

Boys

#1James2,556US #1
#2William1,710US #4
#3Larry1,327US #10
#4Robert1,321US #2
#5John1,271US #3
#6Charles1,261US #9
#7David1,105US #6
#8Michael847US #7
#9Gary768US #12
#10Donald738US #13
#11Jerry729US #20
#12Thomas699US #8
#13Richard675US #5
#14Ronald670US #11
#15Kenneth594US #15
#16Danny552US #39
#17Paul499US #18
#18George450US #16
#19Joseph446US #14
#20Billy406US #51
#21Roger405US #25
#22Ronnie391US #61
#23Bobby387US #60
#24Harold343US #35
#25Edward322US #19
#26Terry305US #26
#27Dennis299US #17
#28Jimmy295US #44
#29Johnny277US #49
#30Roy262US #48
#31Carl257US #40
#32Joe229US #43
#33Stephen229US #21
#34Raymond202US #27
#35Phillip190US #74
#36Daniel188US #22
#37Wayne188US #30
#38Walter179US #34
#39Gerald175US #28
#40Jack174US #37
#41Ralph169US #50
#42Douglas168US #31
#43Tommy166US #79
#44Earl163US #83
#45Donnie162US #168
#46Henry162US #46
#47Eddie158US #80
#48Harry149US #54
#49Jackie149US #141
#50Frank148US #23
#51Glenn147US #70
#52Lawrence144US #32
#53Bill137US #76
#54Fred136US #56
#55Lonnie135US #137
#56Marvin135US #89
#57Randall125US #106
#58Steve125US #58
#59Bruce124US #29
#60Howard123US #62
#61Samuel123US #72
#62Jimmie119US #113
#63Darrell117US #125
#64Stanley117US #67
#65Arthur116US #38
#66Ray116US #97
#67Eugene113US #59
#68Ernest111US #75
#69Steven111US #24
#70Don110US #86
#71Clarence109US #88
#72Garry107US #164
#73Gregory106US #33
#74Barry105US #68
#75Russell104US #69
#76Chester93US #154
#77Philip92US #57
#78Mike91US #65
#79Allen88US #73
#80Willie88US #42
#81Jesse86US #107
#82Albert85US #55
#83Freddie85US #153
#84Clyde84US #128
#85Leonard82US #71
#86Norman82US #81
#87Anthony80US #41
#88Curtis80US #99
#89Lloyd78US #112
#90Vernon77US #134
#91Cecil76US #165
#92Dale73US #63
#93Louis73US #64
#94Melvin73US #85
#95Rodney72US #94
#96Tony70US #126
#97Clifford67US #101
#98Timothy67US #52
#99Arnold66US #149
#100Mark66US #47

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑27Steve#58
↑19Mike#78
↑18Fred#54
↑18Stanley#64
↑18Garry#72
↑16Paula#59
↑15Charlotte#33
↑15Jacqueline#77

Falling

↓28Albert#82
↓20Cecil#91
↓17Margie#87
↓17Russell#75
↓16Ray#66
↓16Clarence#71
↓14Doris#44
↓14Melvin#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.