State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,272 Kentucky births in 1950 across 974 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#47Wilma#171 nationally
#82Pattyoutside the national top 200
#90Glennaoutside the national top 200
#42Donnie#150 nationally
#99Wendelloutside the national top 200
#100Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#65Garry#164 nationally
#48Jackie#140 nationally
#96Thelma#187 nationally
#87Cecil#171 nationally
#55Lonnie#135 nationally
#98Clara#178 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,897US #1
#2Mary1,559US #2
#3Brenda1,214US #14
#4Patricia959US #3
#5Barbara798US #4
#6Sharon634US #11
#7Judy614US #25
#8Sandra607US #8
#9Carolyn575US #20
#10Deborah575US #7
#11Donna558US #13
#12Betty546US #26
#13Nancy469US #6
#14Wanda468US #52
#15Joyce459US #27
#16Shirley459US #19
#17Janice391US #22
#18Margaret353US #15
#19Susan341US #5
#20Karen339US #12
#21Janet334US #18
#22Pamela334US #17
#23Phyllis332US #53
#24Carol330US #9
#25Bonnie317US #33
#26Connie315US #44
#27Judith308US #21
#28Elizabeth300US #24
#29Martha298US #32
#30Beverly289US #31
#31Peggy280US #41
#32Rebecca277US #36
#33Kathy245US #38
#34Rita243US #56
#35Anna220US #93
#36Dorothy203US #35
#37Diana201US #47
#38Virginia198US #43
#39Helen194US #50
#40Charlotte192US #80
#41Kathleen188US #10
#42Marilyn182US #37
#43Glenda177US #87
#44Ruth171US #49
#45Vicki166US #61
#46Sheila164US #70
#47Wilma164US #171
#48Sherry162US #62
#49Gloria159US #30
#50Paula155US #54
#51Doris150US #74
#52Diane148US #16
#53Alice147US #57
#54Frances147US #51
#55Jane146US #39
#56Cheryl145US #29
#57Jo144US #64
#58Patsy143US #117
#59Teresa143US #81
#60Ann130US #45
#61Joan128US #40
#62Rose127US #69
#63Norma125US #104
#64Lois124US #83
#65Marsha124US #68
#66Cynthia123US #23
#67Sue120US #100
#68Darlene115US #79
#69Debra108US #59
#70Vickie108US #108
#71Evelyn107US #86
#72Catherine106US #34
#73Laura102US #63
#74Cathy101US #75
#75Ruby98US #130
#76Jacqueline95US #55
#77Sarah95US #88
#78Katherine92US #58
#79Loretta91US #120
#80Geraldine82US #102
#81Anita80US #99
#82Patty76
#83Theresa76US #65
#84Christine74US #28
#85Constance74US #85
#86Jennifer74US #118
#87Mildred74US #135
#88Juanita73US #115
#89Rhonda72US #125
#90Glenna71
#91Edna70US #157
#92Edith69US #150
#93Jean69US #48
#94Elaine68US #60
#95Kathryn68US #46
#96Thelma68US #187
#97Gwendolyn66US #113
#98Clara65US #178
#99Gail65US #42
#100Shelia65

Boys

#1James2,252US #1
#2William1,486US #6
#3Michael1,264US #4
#4Robert1,261US #2
#5John1,217US #3
#6Larry1,212US #11
#7David1,181US #5
#8Charles1,133US #9
#9Gary862US #10
#10Donald698US #14
#11Jerry687US #24
#12Thomas687US #8
#13Ronald594US #12
#14Kenneth590US #15
#15Richard567US #7
#16Joseph514US #13
#17Roger505US #27
#18Danny493US #39
#19Paul438US #18
#20Stephen407US #19
#21George395US #20
#22Dennis368US #17
#23Terry352US #30
#24Billy337US #57
#25Ronnie303US #76
#26Bobby297US #65
#27Edward293US #22
#28Steven276US #16
#29Roy264US #51
#30Jimmy247US #55
#31Daniel246US #21
#32Harold243US #45
#33Johnny233US #50
#34Carl231US #44
#35Raymond207US #31
#36Phillip202US #64
#37Douglas191US #28
#38Wayne180US #35
#39Gregory176US #25
#40Joe171US #54
#41Gerald170US #34
#42Donnie166US #150
#43Mark163US #23
#44Bruce160US #26
#45Eddie159US #89
#46Ralph156US #52
#47Walter155US #40
#48Jackie143US #140
#49Darrell142US #116
#50Randall142US #70
#51Earl141US #92
#52Henry140US #47
#53Samuel135US #62
#54Harry131US #61
#55Lonnie124US #135
#56Jack123US #48
#57Timothy121US #32
#58Philip119US #53
#59Frank118US #29
#60Glenn118US #59
#61Lawrence118US #33
#62Barry117US #74
#63Arthur107US #46
#64Howard106US #63
#65Garry104US #164
#66Anthony102US #36
#67Russell101US #67
#68Allen98US #71
#69Tommy96US #94
#70Marvin95US #93
#71Stanley95US #60
#72Steve95US #83
#73Ernest94US #81
#74Clarence92US #95
#75Dale91US #49
#76Willie88US #42
#77Ray86US #111
#78Eugene83US #58
#79Leonard83US #77
#80Jimmie82US #141
#81Patrick81US #38
#82Albert80US #56
#83Micheal79US #104
#84Freddie77US #155
#85Fred75US #84
#86Bill74US #131
#87Cecil74US #171
#88Norman74US #90
#89Clyde73US #136
#90Melvin71US #87
#91Jesse70US #114
#92Lloyd68US #127
#93Louis67US #66
#94Vernon67US #134
#95Don66US #107
#96Rodney66US #88
#97Herbert65US #112
#98Ricky64US #128
#99Wendell63
#100Clifford59US #100

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑23Vickie#70
↑22Gregory#39
↑20Vicki#45
↑18Deborah#10
↑18Allen#68
↑17Marsha#65
↑16Sheila#46
↑16Timothy#57

Falling

↓26Jean#93
↓23Lawrence#61
↓22Lois#64
↓21Tommy#69
↓16Eugene#78
↓15Rodney#96
↓14Frank#59
↓14Fred#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.