State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 70,660 Kentucky births in 1951 across 992 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#178 nationally
#86Billieoutside the national top 200
#51Donnie#150 nationally
#93Dianna#187 nationally
#64Garry#154 nationally
#46Jackie#133 nationally
#61Lonnie#139 nationally
#92Freddie#165 nationally
#69Ruby#140 nationally
#91Bill#157 nationally
#44Darrell#109 nationally
#60Patsy#121 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,743US #1
#2Mary1,464US #2
#3Brenda1,127US #14
#4Patricia1,117US #3
#5Deborah865US #4
#6Barbara804US #5
#7Donna676US #12
#8Sharon617US #13
#9Judy607US #26
#10Carolyn577US #22
#11Sandra574US #9
#12Betty493US #29
#13Wanda446US #52
#14Nancy443US #7
#15Joyce435US #28
#16Karen420US #8
#17Pamela404US #16
#18Janice394US #21
#19Susan373US #6
#20Shirley357US #27
#21Margaret352US #17
#22Connie320US #44
#23Phyllis315US #57
#24Martha311US #38
#25Carol306US #11
#26Janet305US #19
#27Elizabeth295US #23
#28Peggy293US #40
#29Rebecca290US #32
#30Kathy288US #35
#31Beverly272US #33
#32Debra264US #18
#33Judith255US #25
#34Bonnie246US #37
#35Rita237US #61
#36Anna216US #94
#37Charlotte207US #84
#38Sheila203US #69
#39Virginia203US #47
#40Vicki186US #58
#41Ruth180US #53
#42Diana176US #50
#43Kathleen173US #10
#44Paula173US #51
#45Teresa173US #63
#46Marilyn169US #41
#47Helen164US #54
#48Dorothy160US #42
#49Sherry160US #70
#50Doris158US #80
#51Glenda158US #89
#52Alice157US #62
#53Wilma155US #178
#54Frances153US #59
#55Cathy149US #71
#56Vickie149US #87
#57Jo147US #67
#58Cheryl145US #30
#59Diane145US #15
#60Patsy143US #121
#61Gloria138US #31
#62Rose138US #65
#63Jane134US #43
#64Joan132US #39
#65Lois129US #85
#66Ann126US #46
#67Norma126US #107
#68Theresa125US #64
#69Ruby121US #140
#70Cynthia119US #20
#71Marsha119US #76
#72Catherine115US #34
#73Katherine113US #55
#74Darlene111US #79
#75Jacqueline109US #56
#76Anita108US #96
#77Kathryn98US #45
#78Sue95US #106
#79Laura91US #60
#80Christine90US #24
#81Evelyn87US #88
#82Jean87US #49
#83Sarah83US #91
#84Gail82US #36
#85Loretta82US #135
#86Billie78
#87Geraldine75US #108
#88Marcia75US #74
#89Rhonda75US #111
#90Sally75US #77
#91Julia72US #127
#92Regina72US #137
#93Dianna69US #187
#94Mildred67US #146
#95Elaine66US #66
#96Charlene65US #103
#97Jennifer64US #119
#98Denise63US #48
#99Constance61US #86
#100Ellen60US #68

Boys

#1James2,172US #1
#2William1,452US #6
#3Michael1,351US #4
#4David1,340US #5
#5Robert1,302US #2
#6John1,291US #3
#7Larry1,180US #11
#8Charles1,113US #9
#9Gary932US #10
#10Richard707US #7
#11Jerry688US #24
#12Thomas686US #8
#13Donald662US #15
#14Ronald561US #12
#15Kenneth554US #16
#16Roger516US #29
#17Joseph509US #14
#18Paul467US #18
#19Danny465US #41
#20Stephen458US #19
#21George413US #22
#22Dennis387US #17
#23Terry368US #30
#24Steven353US #13
#25Billy326US #64
#26Ronnie303US #82
#27Edward290US #23
#28Bobby273US #77
#29Harold261US #46
#30Daniel249US #21
#31Jimmy243US #62
#32Roy243US #52
#33Douglas240US #27
#34Johnny238US #50
#35Carl227US #43
#36Mark223US #20
#37Phillip211US #79
#38Gregory208US #25
#39Raymond186US #32
#40Bruce184US #26
#41Timothy174US #28
#42Walter161US #42
#43Anthony158US #34
#44Darrell158US #109
#45Gerald156US #36
#46Jackie156US #133
#47Ralph155US #51
#48Wayne155US #37
#49Joe150US #57
#50Jack147US #48
#51Donnie141US #150
#52Frank139US #31
#53Eddie135US #89
#54Randall131US #66
#55Barry130US #71
#56Lawrence125US #33
#57Earl124US #95
#58Henry123US #47
#59Glenn120US #58
#60Samuel120US #67
#61Lonnie119US #139
#62Tommy118US #94
#63Stanley116US #54
#64Garry114US #154
#65Marvin114US #96
#66Eugene111US #65
#67Russell111US #73
#68Harry105US #70
#69Patrick102US #39
#70Arthur97US #44
#71Philip95US #55
#72Randy94US #56
#73Steve94US #86
#74Allen92US #72
#75Ernest92US #83
#76Howard92US #74
#77Albert90US #60
#78Rodney89US #84
#79Clarence85US #98
#80Fred84US #87
#81Ray83US #114
#82Ricky83US #102
#83Vernon82US #131
#84Alan80US #40
#85Dale80US #49
#86Glen74US #127
#87Tony74US #141
#88Jimmie72US #145
#89Leonard72US #80
#90Norman72US #90
#91Bill70US #157
#92Freddie70US #165
#93Melvin70US #88
#94Don69US #117
#95Keith69US #59
#96Lloyd69US #125
#97Curtis68US #91
#98Clyde67US #132
#99Jesse67US #115
#100Micheal67US #97

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑37Debra#32
↑23Anthony#43
↑19Cathy#55
↑18Kathryn#77
↑18Rodney#78
↑16Timothy#41
↑16Ricky#82
↑15Theresa#68

Falling

↓17Micheal#100
↓14Constance#99
↓14Harry#68
↓13Philip#71
↓12Dorothy#48
↓12Gloria#61
↓12Howard#76
↓11Sue#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.