State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 70,801 Kentucky births in 1948 across 990 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#40Donnie#162 nationally
#53Wilma#164 nationally
#97Pattyoutside the national top 200
#97Elmeroutside the national top 200
#46Jackie#147 nationally
#99Hazel#199 nationally
#69Garry#167 nationally
#72Thelma#163 nationally
#90Billie#178 nationally
#100Lana#188 nationally
#55Lonnie#135 nationally
#83Eva#162 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,271US #1
#2Mary1,673US #2
#3Brenda1,250US #17
#4Patricia978US #4
#5Barbara948US #3
#6Carolyn727US #14
#7Judy705US #16
#8Betty685US #18
#9Sandra653US #6
#10Sharon620US #9
#11Donna592US #11
#12Shirley514US #20
#13Wanda501US #57
#14Nancy490US #7
#15Joyce484US #21
#16Janice421US #23
#17Carol415US #8
#18Phyllis410US #46
#19Margaret370US #13
#20Bonnie359US #34
#21Martha348US #32
#22Judith314US #15
#23Peggy302US #38
#24Susan300US #5
#25Pamela297US #22
#26Elizabeth289US #26
#27Beverly283US #31
#28Janet282US #24
#29Anna260US #89
#30Dorothy251US #29
#31Karen241US #12
#32Helen234US #40
#33Connie228US #43
#34Charlotte222US #69
#35Ruth219US #45
#36Virginia206US #36
#37Doris204US #64
#38Rebecca196US #50
#39Rita195US #59
#40Alice191US #49
#41Cheryl189US #25
#42Diana188US #48
#43Sue187US #78
#44Patsy186US #98
#45Marilyn183US #33
#46Deborah173US #30
#47Jo169US #56
#48Sherry166US #61
#49Lois161US #70
#50Frances157US #42
#51Kathleen156US #10
#52Gloria149US #28
#53Wilma149US #164
#54Glenda146US #92
#55Paula143US #52
#56Ruby137US #114
#57Sheila137US #71
#58Norma136US #103
#59Diane135US #19
#60Jane132US #39
#61Ann127US #44
#62Rose123US #62
#63Joan116US #37
#64Loretta113US #115
#65Teresa113US #82
#66Evelyn110US #74
#67Juanita110US #107
#68Sarah109US #85
#69Geraldine103US #83
#70Darlene100US #77
#71Marsha96US #76
#72Thelma96US #163
#73Jacqueline93US #58
#74Cynthia92US #27
#75Mildred87US #120
#76Kathy86US #55
#77Anita83US #102
#78Katherine83US #68
#79Theresa82US #63
#80Charlene80US #105
#81Edna80US #139
#82Vivian80US #126
#83Eva79US #162
#84Regina78US #132
#85Vicki78US #81
#86Edith77US #140
#87Julia77US #118
#88Catherine76US #41
#89Laura76US #73
#90Billie75US #178
#91Jean75US #47
#92Emma73US #138
#93Clara70US #160
#94Elaine70US #53
#95Gail67US #51
#96Margie67US #148
#97Patty66
#98Delores65US #116
#99Hazel65US #199
#100Lana65US #188

Boys

#1James2,384US #1
#2William1,630US #4
#3John1,371US #3
#4Larry1,321US #11
#5Robert1,316US #2
#6Charles1,261US #9
#7David1,137US #5
#8Michael934US #6
#9Gary790US #12
#10Ronald718US #10
#11Donald698US #14
#12Jerry672US #21
#13Thomas655US #8
#14Richard561US #7
#15Kenneth539US #15
#16Roger510US #24
#17Danny489US #39
#18Paul462US #18
#19George451US #16
#20Joseph443US #13
#21Billy389US #53
#22Ronnie369US #59
#23Bobby345US #62
#24Edward310US #19
#25Dennis298US #17
#26Terry298US #26
#27Harold281US #36
#28Stephen262US #20
#29Roy261US #49
#30Jimmy253US #50
#31Carl231US #42
#32Johnny231US #52
#33Daniel210US #22
#34Phillip210US #69
#35Raymond205US #27
#36Ralph174US #51
#37Joe171US #47
#38Walter167US #35
#39Wayne164US #34
#40Donnie163US #162
#41Eddie158US #78
#42Frank158US #25
#43Gerald158US #30
#44Lawrence155US #31
#45Earl153US #83
#46Jackie152US #147
#47Steven151US #23
#48Douglas150US #33
#49Darrell143US #121
#50Jack142US #43
#51Henry130US #45
#52Randall130US #98
#53Glenn128US #73
#54Howard127US #63
#55Lonnie126US #135
#56Tommy125US #79
#57Clarence121US #87
#58Ernest121US #76
#59Bill114US #84
#60Bruce113US #28
#61Arthur112US #44
#62Russell112US #67
#63Gregory108US #32
#64Stanley108US #65
#65Marvin106US #90
#66Philip106US #54
#67Samuel106US #70
#68Ray105US #100
#69Garry104US #167
#70Barry103US #74
#71Eugene103US #61
#72Harry101US #57
#73Albert97US #55
#74Fred95US #66
#75Steve95US #60
#76Allen93US #72
#77Mike92US #68
#78Jimmie91US #120
#79Don90US #91
#80Clyde89US #131
#81Curtis87US #101
#82Jesse87US #108
#83Mark85US #29
#84Anthony83US #41
#85Norman83US #85
#86Timothy83US #38
#87Willie80US #40
#88Leonard76US #71
#89Freddie75US #152
#90Melvin75US #81
#91Dale74US #56
#92Glen73US #133
#93Tony72US #125
#94Vernon72US #136
#95Cecil69US #166
#96Chester67US #158
#97Elmer67
#98Herbert67US #103
#99Lee67US #93
#100Leslie66US #129

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑36Deborah#46
↑22Steven#47
↑17Pamela#25
↑17Mark#83
↑15Cheryl#41
↑14Katherine#78
↑14Darrell#49
↑14Clarence#57

Falling

↓24Harry#72
↓20Mildred#75
↓20Emma#92
↓20Fred#74
↓20Chester#96
↓17Steve#75
↓16Edna#81
↓16Laura#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.