State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 70,165 Kentucky births in 1957 across 1,028 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#60Jackie#178 nationally
#62Donnie#177 nationally
#77Shelia#180 nationally
#79Garry#158 nationally
#61Charlotte#133 nationally
#90Dwight#159 nationally
#84Vicky#142 nationally
#99Lonnie#157 nationally
#87Marsha#144 nationally
#37Darrell#90 nationally
#98Herbert#151 nationally
#82Glenda#134 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,196US #1
#2Deborah868US #6
#3Linda795US #3
#4Debra777US #4
#5Patricia746US #8
#6Kathy683US #20
#7Brenda676US #13
#8Donna670US #10
#9Karen640US #5
#10Pamela611US #12
#11Sharon583US #14
#12Teresa559US #24
#13Barbara502US #9
#14Susan465US #2
#15Sandra452US #15
#16Cynthia442US #7
#17Judy403US #38
#18Connie361US #47
#19Debbie356US #27
#20Carolyn353US #33
#21Nancy337US #11
#22Vickie315US #70
#23Janet302US #23
#24Lisa299US #26
#25Betty297US #50
#26Carol297US #18
#27Rebecca297US #34
#28Cheryl295US #16
#29Elizabeth284US #22
#30Sheila283US #58
#31Sherry274US #55
#32Rita262US #78
#33Cindy251US #19
#34Janice248US #32
#35Beverly242US #48
#36Kimberly230US #42
#37Rhonda223US #52
#38Cathy220US #39
#39Joyce216US #40
#40Vicki216US #51
#41Wanda215US #59
#42Peggy212US #62
#43Theresa207US #36
#44Shirley205US #46
#45Martha204US #63
#46Paula202US #49
#47Phyllis190US #90
#48Robin189US #30
#49Laura184US #31
#50Margaret183US #29
#51Darlene176US #57
#52Bonnie174US #64
#53Diane174US #17
#54Diana169US #43
#55Denise160US #25
#56Anita159US #81
#57Ruth150US #84
#58Jennifer146US #87
#59Jo133US #83
#60Judith133US #53
#61Charlotte130US #133
#62Rose129US #69
#63Angela127US #89
#64Virginia127US #75
#65Terri126US #68
#66Julie123US #28
#67Anna121US #105
#68Katherine119US #72
#69Marilyn117US #82
#70Kathleen114US #21
#71Kim113US #35
#72Sarah113US #116
#73Catherine111US #37
#74Dorothy111US #74
#75Tina111US #80
#76Regina110US #123
#77Shelia101US #180
#78Victoria101US #88
#79Doris100US #119
#80Ann99US #44
#81Helen94US #95
#82Glenda93US #134
#83Jacqueline93US #91
#84Vicky93US #142
#85Frances92US #113
#86Jane92US #56
#87Marsha92US #144
#88Joan89US #60
#89Alice87US #106
#90Kathryn83US #65
#91Norma81US #141
#92Terry81US #92
#93Valerie81US #76
#94Julia79US #122
#95Loretta77US #131
#96Charlene76US #136
#97Jean76US #67
#98Lois76US #145
#99Carla74US #128
#100Gloria72US #66

Boys

#1James1,891US #2
#2David1,398US #3
#3Michael1,377US #1
#4William1,285US #6
#5Robert1,212US #4
#6John1,109US #5
#7Charles907US #11
#8Gary781US #13
#9Mark725US #7
#10Richard704US #8
#11Larry589US #22
#12Thomas588US #9
#13Donald558US #15
#14Kenneth544US #14
#15Terry527US #33
#16Steven498US #10
#17Timothy491US #19
#18Jerry478US #35
#19Joseph470US #12
#20Paul437US #18
#21Ricky437US #40
#22Ronald437US #17
#23Danny420US #45
#24Gregory420US #23
#25Roger356US #42
#26Jeffrey352US #21
#27Stephen348US #24
#28Dennis316US #28
#29Anthony311US #27
#30Billy311US #64
#31George308US #29
#32Daniel294US #16
#33Kevin277US #20
#34Douglas276US #30
#35Bobby266US #78
#36Ronnie247US #73
#37Darrell238US #90
#38Randy228US #31
#39Edward226US #25
#40Johnny202US #61
#41Tony202US #71
#42Carl200US #49
#43Keith198US #36
#44Bruce194US #34
#45Barry192US #72
#46Harold192US #74
#47Jeffery192US #52
#48Jimmy190US #77
#49Steve188US #44
#50Phillip186US #79
#51Roy168US #65
#52Randall154US #59
#53Mike148US #53
#54Tommy142US #102
#55Raymond141US #39
#56Eddie139US #95
#57Joe138US #57
#58Glenn133US #62
#59Patrick133US #41
#60Jackie126US #178
#61Gerald123US #51
#62Donnie117US #177
#63Walter117US #58
#64Samuel114US #82
#65Frank113US #38
#66Micheal111US #85
#67Ralph111US #76
#68Rickey111US #108
#69Brian110US #26
#70Russell108US #54
#71Rodney103US #70
#72Alan100US #48
#73Philip98US #68
#74Christopher97US #43
#75Marvin97US #112
#76Henry96US #75
#77Lawrence96US #46
#78Wayne96US #47
#79Garry95US #158
#80Earl93US #122
#81Dale92US #50
#82Arthur89US #66
#83Jack89US #67
#84Stanley87US #81
#85Allen84US #91
#86Howard82US #89
#87Ernest80US #101
#88Ray76US #111
#89Jeff75US #96
#90Dwight73US #159
#91Martin73US #69
#92Don72US #117
#93Fred72US #103
#94Perry72US #145
#95Scott69US #32
#96Bill68US #123
#97Curtis68US #80
#98Herbert68US #151
#99Lonnie68US #157
#100Greg67US #127

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑65Cindy#33
↑38Kimberly#36
↑32Mike#53
↑24Lisa#24
↑21Tommy#54
↑19Angela#63
↑19Kim#71
↑18Samuel#64

Falling

↓25Jack#83
↓22Jane#86
↓21Catherine#73
↓21Joan#88
↓19Diane#53
↓18Stanley#84
↓18Lonnie#99
↓17Lois#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.