State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1955 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 70,161 Kentucky births in 1955 across 991 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#83Wilmaoutside the national top 200
#63Donnie#169 nationally
#100Wendelloutside the national top 200
#73Patsy#172 nationally
#50Jackie#148 nationally
#86Shelia#181 nationally
#97Freddie#186 nationally
#59Garry#140 nationally
#55Charlotte#129 nationally
#97Belinda#170 nationally
#100Ruby#173 nationally
#87Lonnie#155 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,310US #1
#2Deborah1,216US #2
#3Linda1,015US #3
#4Patricia886US #6
#5Debra811US #4
#6Brenda718US #18
#7Donna683US #10
#8Sharon608US #16
#9Barbara603US #7
#10Pamela587US #12
#11Kathy565US #22
#12Karen555US #8
#13Sandra525US #13
#14Susan464US #5
#15Teresa444US #26
#16Judy423US #32
#17Connie405US #35
#18Nancy400US #9
#19Carolyn350US #30
#20Betty349US #36
#21Janet337US #20
#22Rebecca325US #27
#23Wanda296US #61
#24Carol291US #15
#25Beverly288US #34
#26Janice284US #25
#27Elizabeth283US #21
#28Sherry281US #56
#29Vickie269US #68
#30Cynthia268US #11
#31Vicki266US #52
#32Joyce265US #29
#33Sheila258US #57
#34Rita246US #72
#35Martha245US #53
#36Marilyn242US #49
#37Paula242US #39
#38Shirley235US #37
#39Phyllis232US #74
#40Margaret229US #24
#41Peggy221US #51
#42Cheryl214US #19
#43Theresa214US #38
#44Cathy211US #44
#45Bonnie205US #45
#46Diane195US #14
#47Debbie170US #63
#48Diana167US #55
#49Ruth164US #70
#50Jo159US #58
#51Judith157US #31
#52Rhonda152US #71
#53Rose148US #54
#54Anita144US #94
#55Charlotte143US #129
#56Kathleen140US #17
#57Robin139US #33
#58Darlene137US #76
#59Lisa137US #48
#60Denise136US #23
#61Katherine134US #65
#62Helen133US #78
#63Anna130US #105
#64Catherine129US #28
#65Virginia123US #66
#66Laura116US #41
#67Jane114US #50
#68Marsha114US #106
#69Alice113US #87
#70Ann113US #43
#71Doris113US #101
#72Regina110US #127
#73Patsy107US #172
#74Sarah104US #108
#75Glenda103US #128
#76Jennifer102US #104
#77Lois102US #124
#78Dorothy99US #64
#79Joan99US #46
#80Gloria98US #47
#81Kathryn97US #59
#82Terry96US #83
#83Wilma94
#84Charlene93US #130
#85Jacqueline93US #73
#86Shelia92US #181
#87Sue91US #116
#88Gail90US #42
#89Angela88US #109
#90Frances88US #96
#91Victoria87US #82
#92Terri82US #85
#93Julia79US #131
#94Jean76US #60
#95Vivian74US #154
#96Loretta73US #123
#97Belinda71US #170
#98Sally71US #95
#99Vicky70US #159
#100Ruby69US #173

Boys

#1James1,909US #3
#2David1,501US #2
#3Michael1,355US #1
#4William1,339US #6
#5Robert1,232US #4
#6John1,231US #5
#7Charles959US #11
#8Gary900US #12
#9Larry756US #19
#10Richard695US #7
#11Thomas646US #8
#12Kenneth607US #15
#13Donald573US #14
#14Joseph551US #13
#15Mark549US #9
#16Terry515US #28
#17Danny487US #45
#18Steven482US #10
#19Paul481US #16
#20Stephen478US #21
#21Ronald464US #18
#22Jerry463US #33
#23Roger374US #37
#24Ricky346US #46
#25George343US #26
#26Timothy339US #22
#27Gregory332US #24
#28Dennis323US #23
#29Billy308US #69
#30Bobby304US #75
#31Daniel294US #17
#32Douglas263US #29
#33Anthony261US #31
#34Ronnie260US #80
#35Edward252US #25
#36Johnny247US #55
#37Jeffrey245US #20
#38Phillip215US #74
#39Harold213US #63
#40Randy210US #30
#41Roy210US #58
#42Bruce203US #32
#43Jimmy196US #78
#44Keith191US #39
#45Carl186US #47
#46Barry181US #70
#47Darrell180US #91
#48Steve159US #72
#49Randall155US #53
#50Jackie149US #148
#51Ralph147US #67
#52Kevin146US #27
#53Raymond143US #36
#54Gerald134US #48
#55Joe134US #68
#56Glenn132US #59
#57Jeffery132US #73
#58Frank131US #34
#59Garry131US #140
#60Lawrence130US #42
#61Eddie128US #92
#62Walter125US #51
#63Donnie123US #169
#64Jack123US #60
#65Tony121US #93
#66Wayne121US #44
#67Rodney120US #65
#68Tommy119US #108
#69Patrick114US #41
#70Stanley113US #64
#71Earl110US #106
#72Rickey109US #114
#73Russell108US #57
#74Samuel104US #71
#75Marvin101US #94
#76Dale100US #52
#77Micheal100US #87
#78Alan97US #43
#79Philip96US #62
#80Henry94US #61
#81Clarence89US #117
#82Howard89US #83
#83Arthur88US #56
#84Christopher86US #49
#85Ernest86US #90
#86Allen85US #84
#87Lonnie85US #155
#88Albert80US #76
#89Martin74US #77
#90Vernon72US #146
#91Curtis71US #79
#92Harry69US #89
#93Eugene68US #81
#94Dwight66US #142
#95Leonard66US #88
#96Norman64US #102
#97Freddie61US #186
#98Mitchell61US #137
#99Scott61US #38
#100Wendell61

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑32Lisa#59
↑27Jeffery#57
↑24Robin#57
↑22Keith#44
↑20Regina#72
↑17Debbie#47
↑16Patrick#69
↑13Ruth#49

Falling

↓20Ruby#100
↓16Virginia#65
↓16Donnie#63
↓15Margaret#40
↓14Jacqueline#85
↓14Stanley#70
↓13Marsha#68
↓13Dorothy#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.