State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 71,008 Kentucky births in 1954 across 981 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#72Wilmaoutside the national top 200
#47Donnie#162 nationally
#76Shelia#190 nationally
#49Jackie#150 nationally
#80Ruby#162 nationally
#62Garry#138 nationally
#97Vicky#171 nationally
#99Jimmie#171 nationally
#86Patsy#155 nationally
#80Lonnie#146 nationally
#56Charlotte#113 nationally
#43Darrell#95 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,466US #1
#2Deborah1,186US #3
#3Linda1,069US #2
#4Patricia963US #4
#5Brenda761US #18
#6Barbara707US #7
#7Debra701US #6
#8Donna683US #11
#9Pamela636US #12
#10Sharon627US #16
#11Karen551US #8
#12Sandra544US #13
#13Kathy518US #23
#14Judy478US #29
#15Susan447US #5
#16Nancy430US #9
#17Carolyn393US #27
#18Connie388US #39
#19Betty380US #36
#20Teresa361US #34
#21Rebecca358US #26
#22Joyce329US #28
#23Janet321US #19
#24Wanda318US #58
#25Margaret311US #21
#26Beverly299US #31
#27Cynthia296US #10
#28Vicki285US #50
#29Carol283US #15
#30Elizabeth273US #20
#31Martha272US #46
#32Peggy271US #48
#33Shirley271US #33
#34Vickie266US #69
#35Rita265US #67
#36Janice264US #25
#37Sheila233US #60
#38Sherry228US #62
#39Phyllis226US #75
#40Marilyn219US #35
#41Bonnie205US #52
#42Cathy198US #59
#43Paula196US #38
#44Diane194US #17
#45Judith189US #30
#46Rhonda187US #71
#47Diana181US #57
#48Jo176US #53
#49Virginia174US #61
#50Kathleen170US #14
#51Cheryl168US #22
#52Rose166US #54
#53Helen160US #72
#54Theresa157US #47
#55Marsha151US #86
#56Charlotte150US #113
#57Anna148US #105
#58Denise144US #24
#59Darlene141US #76
#60Doris138US #93
#61Anita134US #96
#62Ruth133US #66
#63Ann129US #44
#64Debbie129US #92
#65Dorothy127US #55
#66Glenda124US #114
#67Catherine120US #32
#68Katherine120US #64
#69Joan117US #40
#70Jane116US #49
#71Jacqueline113US #68
#72Wilma113
#73Laura112US #45
#74Sue110US #106
#75Alice108US #81
#76Shelia107US #190
#77Frances105US #83
#78Jennifer103US #108
#79Sarah99US #103
#80Ruby97US #162
#81Robin96US #41
#82Gloria94US #42
#83Kathryn94US #51
#84Angela92US #118
#85Terry92US #88
#86Patsy91US #155
#87Victoria89US #85
#88Lois88US #110
#89Gail87US #37
#90Jean81US #56
#91Lisa80US #73
#92Regina80US #137
#93Evelyn78US #109
#94Norma78US #128
#95Terri78US #100
#96Julie74US #70
#97Vicky74US #171
#98Loretta70US #125
#99Lynn70US #63
#100Marcia70US #90

Boys

#1James2,122US #3
#2David1,477US #5
#3William1,465US #6
#4Michael1,459US #1
#5Robert1,282US #2
#6John1,239US #4
#7Charles990US #10
#8Gary921US #9
#9Larry886US #19
#10Richard755US #7
#11Thomas645US #8
#12Donald640US #14
#13Jerry553US #31
#14Kenneth544US #17
#15Danny533US #42
#16Ronald518US #15
#17Joseph500US #13
#18Paul495US #16
#19Terry495US #27
#20Steven474US #11
#21Mark453US #12
#22Stephen449US #20
#23Roger410US #34
#24Dennis403US #21
#25Billy341US #65
#26George333US #24
#27Ronnie318US #78
#28Ricky299US #46
#29Edward297US #22
#30Gregory294US #25
#31Daniel293US #18
#32Bobby285US #72
#33Johnny238US #54
#34Timothy238US #26
#35Anthony226US #32
#36Douglas225US #29
#37Roy211US #56
#38Harold210US #60
#39Carl202US #47
#40Phillip191US #75
#41Jimmy185US #74
#42Bruce183US #30
#43Darrell181US #95
#44Jeffrey179US #23
#45Barry174US #68
#46Raymond172US #35
#47Donnie164US #162
#48Randy161US #33
#49Jackie154US #150
#50Ralph152US #61
#51Walter149US #49
#52Gerald140US #44
#53Steve139US #76
#54Frank137US #36
#55Joe137US #67
#56Stanley137US #58
#57Randall133US #55
#58Jack132US #57
#59Kevin132US #28
#60Wayne131US #41
#61Eddie129US #91
#62Garry129US #138
#63Glenn128US #63
#64Lawrence120US #39
#65Earl119US #98
#66Keith118US #45
#67Rodney117US #66
#68Tony115US #105
#69Tommy114US #100
#70Henry108US #59
#71Rickey108US #113
#72Dale105US #50
#73Samuel105US #71
#74Howard100US #80
#75Russell98US #69
#76Philip97US #62
#77Alan90US #43
#78Allen88US #82
#79Fred88US #93
#80Lonnie87US #146
#81Clarence85US #108
#82Marvin85US #97
#83Micheal84US #88
#84Jeffery83US #90
#85Patrick83US #38
#86Curtis81US #84
#87Arthur80US #52
#88Ernest78US #87
#89Clifford76US #112
#90Ray76US #118
#91Albert73US #73
#92Eugene72US #77
#93Harry72US #86
#94Norman72US #99
#95Herbert68US #128
#96Dwight65US #145
#97Glen65US #131
#98Don63US #120
#99Jimmie63US #171
#100Leonard63US #85

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑33Kevin#59
↑21Tony#68
↑19Frank#54
↑17Anita#61
↑17Jennifer#78
↑16Denise#58
↑16Debbie#64
↑15Robin#81

Falling

↓26Dwight#96
↓25Patrick#85
↓21Marvin#82
↓20Lois#88
↓19Alice#75
↓18Lawrence#64
↓16Arthur#87
↓14Frances#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.