State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1967 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,646 Kentucky births in 1967 across 926 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#82Timmyoutside the national top 200
#92Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#96Jackieoutside the national top 200
#97Donnieoutside the national top 200
#86Loretta#177 nationally
#55Vickie#144 nationally
#83Earl#163 nationally
#63Betty#137 nationally
#72Rita#146 nationally
#62Tommy#127 nationally
#56Ronnie#114 nationally
#77Eddie#132 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa951US #1
#2Kimberly740US #2
#3Melissa687US #9
#4Mary587US #4
#5Tammy563US #8
#6Angela535US #7
#7Donna378US #19
#8Karen371US #6
#9Susan347US #5
#10Teresa346US #28
#11Pamela344US #17
#12Jennifer332US #10
#13Michelle324US #3
#14Sandra310US #20
#15Patricia306US #11
#16Tina296US #21
#17Rhonda293US #41
#18Rebecca285US #39
#19Laura271US #15
#20Stephanie258US #25
#21Cynthia247US #18
#22Elizabeth243US #13
#23Sherry241US #51
#24Paula227US #46
#25Amy221US #12
#26Linda220US #26
#27Deborah215US #22
#28Sharon206US #30
#29Julie197US #16
#30Robin189US #45
#31Barbara183US #33
#32Brenda183US #31
#33Lori175US #24
#34Tracy167US #29
#35Cheryl164US #35
#36Sheila158US #56
#37Connie154US #75
#38Kathy149US #64
#39Kelly149US #23
#40Tonya146US #68
#41Dana145US #71
#42Debra137US #38
#43Nancy129US #37
#44Carolyn124US #60
#45Carol120US #47
#46Regina118US #80
#47Dawn117US #27
#48Denise112US #34
#49Janet111US #61
#50Anita110US #98
#51Carla109US #82
#52Theresa109US #43
#53Margaret102US #58
#54Melinda102US #95
#55Vickie100US #144
#56Terri99US #77
#57Leslie98US #66
#58Sherri94US #89
#59Michele92US #36
#60Stacey90US #69
#61Sarah89US #83
#62Anna88US #91
#63Betty88US #137
#64Gina88US #54
#65Jacqueline88US #52
#66Beverly87US #112
#67Penny87US #119
#68Cindy84US #59
#69Debbie84US #90
#70Diana84US #65
#71Andrea83US #48
#72Rita83US #146
#73Wendy81US #32
#74Judy80US #121
#75Jill78US #50
#76Ann76US #57
#77Beth76US #67
#78Christine75US #14
#79Christina72US #53
#80Joyce72US #116
#81Deanna71US #104
#82Monica71US #70
#83Stacy70US #74
#84April69US #79
#85Cathy69US #118
#86Loretta69US #177
#87Melanie68US #110
#88Tamara68US #86
#89Katherine66US #76
#90Kim66US #49
#91Shannon66US #101
#92Shelia66
#93Kathleen65US #40
#94Bonnie64US #102
#95Suzanne64US #63
#96Tracey62US #78
#97Diane61US #44
#98Sonya60US #114
#99Vicki60US #113
#100Catherine59US #55

Boys

#1James1,411US #3
#2Michael1,166US #1
#3David1,109US #2
#4John953US #4
#5William896US #6
#6Robert892US #5
#7Timothy691US #11
#8Mark605US #7
#9Charles569US #20
#10Jeffrey538US #13
#11Richard462US #8
#12Joseph443US #15
#13Thomas419US #12
#14Christopher414US #9
#15Kevin389US #17
#16Steven386US #14
#17Brian380US #10
#18Anthony360US #21
#19Paul360US #18
#20Gregory330US #25
#21Donald322US #27
#22Kenneth314US #22
#23Gary311US #32
#24Ronald277US #24
#25Stephen265US #26
#26Larry254US #38
#27Terry253US #42
#28Jeffery230US #47
#29Daniel224US #19
#30Scott213US #16
#31Jerry202US #41
#32Billy195US #76
#33Keith195US #34
#34Tony192US #50
#35Troy183US #40
#36Douglas175US #33
#37Rodney172US #37
#38Roger172US #53
#39Eric171US #23
#40Patrick167US #30
#41Bobby164US #83
#42Danny164US #68
#43George164US #36
#44Ricky156US #75
#45Todd148US #29
#46Edward146US #31
#47Randy139US #49
#48Dennis125US #43
#49Barry119US #96
#50Bryan119US #52
#51Johnny118US #70
#52Randall117US #72
#53Jimmy115US #74
#54Phillip115US #73
#55Matthew113US #28
#56Ronnie104US #114
#57Raymond101US #48
#58Darrell98US #86
#59Harold94US #104
#60Roy92US #95
#61Carl91US #57
#62Tommy83US #127
#63Bruce82US #55
#64Gerald82US #59
#65Jonathan82US #56
#66Andrew80US #35
#67Samuel80US #69
#68Russell75US #58
#69Shawn75US #51
#70Steve70US #79
#71Walter70US #81
#72Chris69US #60
#73Frank69US #45
#74Bradley68US #66
#75Joe67US #85
#76Kelly67US #102
#77Eddie66US #132
#78Darren65US #63
#79Philip65US #82
#80Tracy63US #99
#81Craig61US #46
#82Timmy60
#83Earl59US #163
#84Lawrence59US #67
#85Glenn58US #91
#86Sean58US #44
#87Henry57US #93
#88Jeff57US #88
#89Wayne56US #62
#90Micheal55US #115
#91Alan54US #61
#92Curtis54US #77
#93Jason54US #54
#94Allen53US #100
#95Mike53US #84
#96Jackie51
#97Donnie50
#98Lee50US #103
#99Ernest49US #128
#100Dale48US #89

On the move since 1966

Rising

↑23Michele#59
↑22Sarah#61
↑21Christine#78
↑15Stephanie#20
↑15Philip#79
↑14Anita#50
↑14Terri#56
↑14Deanna#81

Falling

↓30Allen#94
↓25Kim#90
↓23Tracey#96
↓21Cindy#68
↓17Diane#97
↓15Craig#81
↓15Jeff#88
↓13Beverly#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1966 rankings.