State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1956 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,887 Kentucky births in 1956 across 1,007 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#56Donnie#173 nationally
#89Wilmaoutside the national top 200
#54Jackie#164 nationally
#76Shelia#183 nationally
#67Garry#153 nationally
#81Lonnie#155 nationally
#80Vicky#146 nationally
#70Charlotte#133 nationally
#78Dwight#139 nationally
#71Marsha#129 nationally
#78Glenda#134 nationally
#81Lois#135 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,245US #1
#2Deborah1,102US #4
#3Linda903US #3
#4Debra812US #2
#5Patricia766US #6
#6Donna736US #10
#7Karen731US #7
#8Sharon665US #13
#9Pamela613US #12
#10Kathy609US #20
#11Brenda567US #19
#12Barbara534US #9
#13Susan517US #5
#14Teresa503US #24
#15Sandra450US #14
#16Nancy389US #11
#17Judy361US #35
#18Connie358US #43
#19Cynthia348US #8
#20Rebecca346US #27
#21Janet333US #21
#22Betty331US #44
#23Carolyn325US #33
#24Vickie323US #68
#25Carol283US #16
#26Janice275US #26
#27Elizabeth270US #22
#28Sheila265US #55
#29Rita250US #79
#30Joyce248US #30
#31Wanda246US #61
#32Sherry244US #54
#33Beverly242US #40
#34Diane234US #15
#35Cheryl232US #18
#36Debbie232US #39
#37Vicki225US #57
#38Theresa224US #32
#39Cathy223US #36
#40Rhonda215US #62
#41Shirley214US #41
#42Margaret211US #25
#43Peggy211US #63
#44Paula208US #47
#45Bonnie201US #51
#46Phyllis194US #82
#47Martha188US #59
#48Lisa187US #31
#49Diana175US #56
#50Anita170US #83
#51Virginia164US #75
#52Catherine152US #28
#53Laura149US #34
#54Kathleen145US #17
#55Judith144US #45
#56Robin144US #29
#57Marilyn138US #70
#58Jennifer137US #97
#59Rose137US #64
#60Anna136US #103
#61Ruth136US #77
#62Denise135US #23
#63Katherine134US #67
#64Jane131US #50
#65Jo128US #69
#66Ann127US #46
#67Joan124US #52
#68Darlene122US #71
#69Doris119US #109
#70Charlotte118US #133
#71Marsha110US #129
#72Regina110US #125
#73Jacqueline108US #78
#74Kimberly108US #74
#75Tina106US #87
#76Shelia105US #183
#77Terri104US #81
#78Glenda103US #134
#79Alice102US #98
#80Vicky102US #146
#81Lois100US #135
#82Angela97US #93
#83Helen94US #90
#84Dorothy93US #72
#85Frances93US #107
#86Terry90US #91
#87Sarah89US #115
#88Charlene88US #132
#89Wilma88
#90Kim87US #38
#91Jean85US #65
#92Victoria85US #85
#93Kathryn84US #60
#94Carla83US #130
#95Gloria79US #53
#96Loretta79US #126
#97Sue78US #118
#98Cindy75US #37
#99Elaine72US #89
#100Gail72US #49

Boys

#1James1,910US #2
#2Michael1,425US #1
#3David1,403US #4
#4William1,283US #6
#5Robert1,177US #3
#6John1,130US #5
#7Charles915US #11
#8Gary817US #13
#9Richard721US #7
#10Mark697US #8
#11Larry663US #21
#12Thomas603US #9
#13Kenneth593US #16
#14Donald555US #14
#15Steven541US #10
#16Joseph535US #12
#17Terry517US #31
#18Paul487US #17
#19Ronald463US #15
#20Timothy443US #19
#21Jerry438US #35
#22Gregory432US #24
#23Danny427US #46
#24Stephen412US #23
#25Ricky372US #43
#26Roger361US #41
#27George318US #27
#28Ronnie311US #75
#29Dennis309US #26
#30Jeffrey302US #20
#31Anthony298US #30
#32Douglas297US #29
#33Billy290US #68
#34Daniel268US #18
#35Bobby256US #77
#36Randy254US #28
#37Darrell240US #88
#38Edward239US #25
#39Bruce214US #33
#40Harold208US #72
#41Johnny202US #55
#42Jimmy197US #78
#43Carl193US #48
#44Keith188US #36
#45Kevin188US #22
#46Phillip187US #76
#47Roy187US #62
#48Tony171US #85
#49Steve165US #59
#50Barry157US #69
#51Raymond157US #39
#52Randall153US #54
#53Gerald146US #49
#54Jackie142US #164
#55Jeffery141US #57
#56Donnie138US #173
#57Joe132US #63
#58Jack129US #66
#59Ralph126US #67
#60Walter126US #53
#61Lawrence125US #42
#62Eddie124US #93
#63Micheal122US #83
#64Dale119US #50
#65Glenn119US #61
#66Stanley116US #70
#67Garry115US #153
#68Patrick112US #40
#69Frank110US #38
#70Rodney108US #65
#71Russell108US #52
#72Earl103US #110
#73Alan101US #44
#74Rickey100US #112
#75Tommy100US #115
#76Philip98US #64
#77Wayne95US #45
#78Dwight93US #139
#79Howard92US #84
#80Henry91US #71
#81Lonnie91US #155
#82Samuel91US #74
#83Brian88US #32
#84Marvin88US #105
#85Mike88US #97
#86Curtis87US #80
#87Allen85US #87
#88Christopher85US #47
#89Clarence83US #120
#90Ernest83US #94
#91Martin78US #73
#92Scott78US #34
#93Ray76US #113
#94Eugene72US #86
#95Albert69US #81
#96Arthur69US #60
#97Jesse65US #126
#98Norman64US #107
#99Andrew61US #56
#100Harry61US #95

On the move since 1955

Rising

↑19Vicky#80
↑18Jennifer#58
↑17Tony#48
↑16Dwight#78
↑15Terri#77
↑14Virginia#51
↑14Micheal#63
↑13Laura#53

Falling

↓21Marilyn#57
↓21Helen#83
↓15Jo#65
↓15Charlotte#70
↓15Gloria#95
↓13Sarah#87
↓13Arthur#96
↓12Martha#47

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1955 rankings.