State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 70,087 Kentucky births in 1949 across 994 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#53Wilma#167 nationally
#43Donnie#156 nationally
#91Elmeroutside the national top 200
#96Lanaoutside the national top 200
#50Jackie#140 nationally
#77Garry#165 nationally
#91Thelma#172 nationally
#66Lonnie#134 nationally
#53Darrell#117 nationally
#79Edna#142 nationally
#46Patsy#106 nationally
#32Anna#91 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,100US #1
#2Mary1,593US #2
#3Brenda1,186US #13
#4Patricia984US #3
#5Barbara807US #4
#6Sharon651US #10
#7Judy645US #20
#8Carolyn644US #17
#9Donna641US #12
#10Sandra634US #6
#11Betty587US #22
#12Shirley524US #18
#13Wanda462US #56
#14Nancy457US #7
#15Joyce433US #26
#16Carol384US #8
#17Phyllis376US #50
#18Janice375US #24
#19Martha365US #34
#20Susan355US #5
#21Margaret349US #14
#22Judith345US #16
#23Karen341US #11
#24Janet316US #23
#25Connie310US #43
#26Pamela309US #21
#27Elizabeth298US #25
#28Deborah295US #15
#29Peggy290US #38
#30Beverly288US #31
#31Bonnie283US #35
#32Anna268US #91
#33Rita249US #54
#34Rebecca233US #40
#35Dorothy232US #32
#36Virginia221US #39
#37Charlotte209US #71
#38Helen198US #46
#39Kathy198US #42
#40Diana188US #48
#41Ruth186US #47
#42Lois178US #73
#43Marilyn177US #33
#44Doris171US #69
#45Frances170US #49
#46Patsy166US #106
#47Alice165US #53
#48Glenda162US #87
#49Kathleen159US #9
#50Paula155US #55
#51Jo154US #60
#52Cheryl152US #28
#53Wilma151US #167
#54Diane143US #19
#55Gloria143US #29
#56Sherry143US #68
#57Sue143US #88
#58Jane142US #41
#59Norma132US #105
#60Rose131US #66
#61Ann130US #44
#62Sheila128US #76
#63Joan126US #36
#64Ruby120US #123
#65Vicki118US #70
#66Darlene109US #75
#67Jean107US #45
#68Sarah107US #84
#69Catherine106US #37
#70Teresa100US #82
#71Jacqueline97US #58
#72Katherine97US #59
#73Laura96US #65
#74Loretta96US #117
#75Cynthia95US #27
#76Mildred90US #120
#77Evelyn88US #80
#78Anita87US #99
#79Edna87US #142
#80Theresa87US #63
#81Julia81US #112
#82Marsha81US #79
#83Jennifer80US #121
#84Charlene79US #100
#85Cathy77US #81
#86Juanita77US #107
#87Regina77US #139
#88Christine75US #30
#89Emma75US #147
#90Geraldine75US #90
#91Thelma73US #172
#92Elaine71US #57
#93Vickie70US #124
#94Gail69US #51
#95Edith68US #145
#96Lana68
#97Kathryn66US #52
#98Delores65US #126
#99Lynda65US #93
#100Sally63US #77

Boys

#1James2,297US #1
#2William1,534US #4
#3Larry1,354US #10
#4Robert1,298US #2
#5John1,273US #3
#6Michael1,135US #5
#7David1,125US #6
#8Charles1,104US #9
#9Gary809US #12
#10Thomas744US #8
#11Jerry743US #23
#12Donald687US #13
#13Ronald651US #11
#14Richard571US #7
#15Kenneth529US #15
#16Roger506US #25
#17Joseph505US #14
#18Danny487US #40
#19George473US #18
#20Paul462US #17
#21Stephen386US #19
#22Ronnie344US #65
#23Dennis338US #16
#24Billy334US #57
#25Terry333US #28
#26Bobby313US #67
#27Edward292US #21
#28Johnny289US #49
#29Jimmy264US #53
#30Roy256US #51
#31Harold251US #42
#32Carl247US #43
#33Steven202US #20
#34Daniel196US #22
#35Phillip192US #66
#36Raymond179US #30
#37Douglas176US #29
#38Lawrence174US #32
#39Joe171US #52
#40Walter170US #37
#41Eddie161US #80
#42Gerald161US #33
#43Donnie158US #156
#44Ralph153US #50
#45Frank148US #27
#46Wayne148US #35
#47Randall141US #79
#48Tommy141US #84
#49Bruce140US #26
#50Jackie140US #140
#51Mark139US #24
#52Earl138US #91
#53Darrell134US #117
#54Glenn132US #61
#55Henry128US #46
#56Jack128US #47
#57Howard125US #63
#58Anthony122US #36
#59Arthur122US #44
#60Marvin119US #89
#61Gregory117US #31
#62Eugene113US #58
#63Harry113US #59
#64Philip113US #55
#65Samuel111US #62
#66Lonnie110US #134
#67Ernest108US #76
#68Russell107US #69
#69Barry105US #73
#70Dale104US #54
#71Fred101US #72
#72Jimmie100US #130
#73Timothy99US #34
#74Clarence97US #94
#75Stanley95US #60
#76Albert92US #56
#77Garry87US #165
#78Steve85US #68
#79Ray84US #109
#80Willie84US #41
#81Rodney80US #87
#82Micheal79US #122
#83Leonard78US #74
#84Bill76US #106
#85Vernon76US #141
#86Allen75US #71
#87Jesse74US #110
#88Mike74US #88
#89Patrick74US #39
#90Clyde72US #131
#91Elmer71
#92Norman71US #90
#93Alan70US #45
#94Curtis70US #97
#95Lloyd70US #124
#96Herbert67US #107
#97Don66US #98
#98Glen66US #127
#99Melvin65US #82
#100Lee64US #93

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑37Kathy#39
↑32Mark#51
↑26Anthony#58
↑24Jean#67
↑21Dale#70
↑20Vicki#65
↑19Catherine#69
↑18Deborah#28

Falling

↓25Bill#84
↓21Geraldine#90
↓19Juanita#86
↓19Thelma#91
↓18Don#97
↓17Clarence#74
↓14Sue#57
↓13Curtis#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.