State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,163 Kentucky births in 1959 across 1,015 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#66Jackie#197 nationally
#63Timmy#188 nationally
#69Donnie#184 nationally
#74Shelia#170 nationally
#87Kenny#174 nationally
#81Vicky#164 nationally
#84Marsha#163 nationally
#94Lonnie#173 nationally
#69Charlotte#144 nationally
#78Glenda#148 nationally
#29Vickie#90 nationally
#79Patty#140 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,130US #1
#2Donna824US #5
#3Linda690US #3
#4Deborah660US #9
#5Karen629US #4
#6Patricia611US #6
#7Pamela601US #12
#8Kathy594US #15
#9Debra588US #7
#10Teresa586US #24
#11Debbie560US #20
#12Brenda537US #16
#13Lisa537US #10
#14Susan518US #2
#15Sandra482US #13
#16Sharon463US #17
#17Tammy440US #31
#18Barbara418US #11
#19Connie364US #48
#20Cynthia347US #8
#21Kimberly338US #33
#22Judy313US #41
#23Nancy307US #14
#24Cheryl295US #18
#25Janet280US #28
#26Sherry274US #58
#27Rebecca269US #38
#28Elizabeth267US #21
#29Vickie267US #90
#30Betty260US #59
#31Sheila259US #52
#32Cindy249US #25
#33Carol243US #22
#34Beverly241US #55
#35Rhonda241US #45
#36Peggy233US #57
#37Carolyn228US #42
#38Robin218US #32
#39Joyce214US #50
#40Cathy211US #39
#41Theresa209US #34
#42Janice198US #37
#43Laura196US #30
#44Paula190US #51
#45Martha187US #72
#46Wanda185US #65
#47Rita184US #98
#48Vicki183US #73
#49Margaret181US #36
#50Tina175US #53
#51Terri174US #46
#52Angela168US #68
#53Julie166US #26
#54Denise161US #29
#55Anita157US #87
#56Diana157US #49
#57Diane157US #19
#58Kim153US #35
#59Virginia142US #93
#60Darlene141US #66
#61Anna140US #99
#62Shirley136US #61
#63Jennifer127US #78
#64Regina126US #117
#65Bonnie124US #71
#66Rose124US #88
#67Catherine115US #40
#68Phyllis115US #103
#69Charlotte109US #144
#70Terry108US #95
#71Ann107US #44
#72Kathleen106US #23
#73Ruth105US #97
#74Shelia104US #170
#75Becky100US #102
#76Jane98US #67
#77Dorothy96US #94
#78Glenda94US #148
#79Patty92US #140
#80Helen90US #108
#81Vicky89US #164
#82Jo88US #115
#83Katherine88US #79
#84Marsha87US #163
#85Melissa86US #127
#86Sandy86US #133
#87Sarah86US #119
#88Marilyn85US #109
#89Alice84US #112
#90Annette84US #64
#91Vanessa84US #139
#92Carla83US #118
#93Doris83US #138
#94Pam83US #125
#95Judith81US #70
#96Belinda80US #150
#97Melinda80US #151
#98Valerie80US #60
#99Kathryn79US #69
#100Tamara76US #121

Boys

#1James1,803US #3
#2David1,543US #2
#3Michael1,250US #1
#4William1,231US #7
#5Robert1,098US #5
#6John1,024US #4
#7Mark918US #6
#8Charles807US #11
#9Timothy781US #12
#10Ricky673US #34
#11Richard603US #8
#12Gary583US #20
#13Larry536US #25
#14Thomas532US #9
#15Kenneth521US #15
#16Terry487US #33
#17Jeffrey460US #16
#18Donald458US #19
#19Gregory456US #23
#20Steven454US #10
#21Paul436US #17
#22Joseph415US #13
#23Danny407US #48
#24Jerry398US #36
#25Ronald354US #21
#26Anthony349US #26
#27Billy328US #65
#28Kevin326US #14
#29Stephen308US #28
#30Roger300US #47
#31Bobby278US #71
#32Douglas261US #30
#33Tony261US #53
#34Dennis258US #29
#35Ronnie253US #77
#36Daniel247US #18
#37Randy242US #31
#38Mike232US #37
#39George230US #32
#40Steve230US #41
#41Johnny226US #64
#42Keith225US #39
#43Jeffery223US #55
#44Darrell214US #90
#45Edward213US #27
#46Jimmy189US #69
#47Phillip188US #74
#48Barry180US #73
#49Bruce175US #38
#50Randall154US #59
#51Brian149US #22
#52Roy149US #81
#53Christopher148US #35
#54Dale147US #49
#55Tim143US #60
#56Carl141US #54
#57Jeff140US #52
#58Tommy138US #108
#59Harold135US #87
#60Joe135US #57
#61Eddie130US #101
#62Rodney129US #67
#63Timmy129US #188
#64Scott128US #24
#65Raymond127US #45
#66Jackie125US #197
#67Ralph122US #84
#68Rickey122US #117
#69Donnie119US #184
#70Glenn113US #80
#71Patrick112US #43
#72Micheal107US #96
#73Wayne103US #51
#74Frank101US #42
#75Gerald101US #61
#76Alan99US #50
#77Samuel99US #86
#78Russell95US #56
#79Walter94US #66
#80Jack91US #85
#81Eric87US #46
#82Stanley87US #98
#83Greg85US #91
#84Earl84US #135
#85Henry84US #83
#86Lawrence84US #62
#87Kenny80US #174
#88Martin79US #79
#89Marvin79US #123
#90Curtis76US #75
#91Arthur74US #76
#92Allen73US #97
#93Craig72US #44
#94Lonnie71US #173
#95Philip70US #68
#96Bill66US #93
#97Chris66US #72
#98Howard65US #104
#99Bryan64US #94
#100Jim64US #70

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑23Timmy#63
↑19Eric#81
↑16Jeff#57
↑15Dorothy#77
↑14Tina#50
↑13Robin#38
↑13Helen#80
↑11Kim#58

Falling

↓21Judith#95
↓20Curtis#90
↓18Marilyn#88
↓14Shirley#62
↓14Jo#82
↓14Walter#79
↓13Peggy#36
↓12Carolyn#37

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.