State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 68,346 Kentucky births in 1953 across 975 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#65Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#69Wilmaoutside the national top 200
#50Donnie#156 nationally
#100Rickieoutside the national top 200
#51Jackie#145 nationally
#55Garry#142 nationally
#97Freddie#171 nationally
#74Lonnie#147 nationally
#73Patsy#141 nationally
#42Darrell#103 nationally
#91Ruby#150 nationally
#27Ronnie#79 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,409US #1
#2Linda1,237US #2
#3Deborah1,143US #3
#4Patricia956US #4
#5Brenda840US #18
#6Barbara718US #6
#7Sharon657US #15
#8Donna610US #13
#9Pamela565US #10
#10Judy557US #27
#11Sandra549US #11
#12Debra534US #7
#13Karen478US #9
#14Susan462US #5
#15Nancy433US #8
#16Kathy419US #23
#17Carolyn388US #25
#18Betty385US #33
#19Joyce373US #26
#20Wanda350US #57
#21Connie337US #47
#22Janet337US #19
#23Rebecca330US #24
#24Carol305US #16
#25Janice305US #22
#26Shirley301US #29
#27Martha295US #41
#28Elizabeth286US #21
#29Beverly284US #34
#30Teresa282US #42
#31Peggy270US #44
#32Phyllis253US #69
#33Margaret246US #20
#34Paula243US #40
#35Bonnie240US #45
#36Marilyn226US #36
#37Cynthia214US #12
#38Sheila207US #60
#39Rita206US #64
#40Judith203US #30
#41Diane197US #17
#42Vicki197US #61
#43Vickie189US #79
#44Kathleen187US #14
#45Jo183US #54
#46Anna182US #98
#47Sherry179US #70
#48Charlotte174US #100
#49Ruth170US #62
#50Virginia167US #53
#51Diana164US #55
#52Doris162US #87
#53Cathy156US #56
#54Rhonda145US #85
#55Dorothy142US #49
#56Alice137US #73
#57Cheryl135US #28
#58Marsha132US #83
#59Darlene131US #75
#60Jacqueline129US #58
#61Catherine125US #35
#62Helen125US #65
#63Frances122US #72
#64Rose122US #59
#65Shelia120
#66Theresa118US #50
#67Ann113US #46
#68Lois113US #91
#69Wilma113
#70Joan112US #37
#71Glenda110US #105
#72Jane108US #43
#73Patsy108US #141
#74Denise107US #31
#75Sarah105US #93
#76Katherine104US #63
#77Sue103US #106
#78Anita98US #89
#79Laura97US #51
#80Debbie95US #119
#81Norma91US #122
#82Gloria90US #38
#83Kathryn89US #48
#84Victoria88US #82
#85Constance87US #95
#86Jean86US #52
#87Loretta80US #137
#88Angela77US #120
#89Regina77US #132
#90Gail76US #39
#91Ruby75US #150
#92Marcia74US #84
#93Evelyn73US #94
#94Sally71US #81
#95Jennifer70US #116
#96Robin69US #66
#97Charlene67US #113
#98Gwendolyn66US #112
#99Christine64US #32
#100Suzanne63US #78

Boys

#1James2,036US #2
#2William1,467US #6
#3David1,391US #5
#4Michael1,326US #3
#5Robert1,296US #1
#6John1,173US #4
#7Charles1,033US #9
#8Gary921US #10
#9Larry846US #18
#10Richard744US #7
#11Thomas620US #8
#12Donald604US #14
#13Kenneth568US #17
#14Jerry546US #29
#15Ronald493US #15
#16Roger490US #31
#17Danny479US #41
#18Paul475US #16
#19Steven452US #11
#20Joseph427US #13
#21Stephen425US #21
#22Terry413US #30
#23Dennis405US #19
#24Mark358US #12
#25George354US #22
#26Billy324US #65
#27Ronnie301US #79
#28Daniel289US #20
#29Edward278US #23
#30Ricky270US #51
#31Bobby268US #74
#32Gregory250US #24
#33Douglas226US #27
#34Johnny220US #52
#35Roy217US #55
#36Timothy217US #26
#37Harold213US #56
#38Jimmy195US #72
#39Anthony192US #32
#40Carl183US #44
#41Raymond183US #34
#42Darrell162US #103
#43Ralph162US #59
#44Phillip160US #76
#45Bruce159US #28
#46Lawrence148US #37
#47Gerald145US #42
#48Randy143US #35
#49Glenn140US #67
#50Donnie136US #156
#51Jackie135US #145
#52Barry132US #73
#53Jeffrey130US #25
#54Walter127US #45
#55Garry126US #142
#56Wayne126US #40
#57Randall125US #64
#58Joe124US #66
#59Henry122US #54
#60Patrick122US #39
#61Marvin119US #94
#62Rodney117US #58
#63Earl116US #96
#64Jack116US #57
#65Samuel116US #70
#66Keith112US #47
#67Eddie109US #97
#68Steve109US #84
#69Stanley108US #62
#70Dwight105US #122
#71Arthur102US #50
#72Tommy101US #95
#73Frank100US #33
#74Lonnie100US #147
#75Dale98US #48
#76Micheal98US #88
#77Ray95US #115
#78Russell92US #71
#79Fred91US #92
#80Eugene89US #75
#81Rickey84US #113
#82Howard82US #77
#83Ernest80US #87
#84Philip80US #61
#85Clarence79US #108
#86Allen78US #81
#87Alan76US #43
#88Harry76US #83
#89Tony74US #117
#90Albert72US #69
#91Jesse72US #114
#92Kevin70US #36
#93Curtis68US #86
#94Don63US #121
#95Jeffery63US #109
#96Herbert62US #125
#97Freddie59US #171
#98Glen58US #129
#99Melvin58US #91
#100Rickie58

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑28Jeffrey#53
↑24Shelia#65
↑21Ricky#30
↑19Rhonda#54
↑18Rodney#62
↑16Dwight#70
↑15Darlene#59
↑15Patrick#60

Falling

↓23Christine#99
↓20Allen#86
↓19Harry#88
↓16Frank#73
↓16Ernest#83
↓15Jane#72
↓15Patsy#73
↓15Jennifer#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.