State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1968 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,071 Kentucky births in 1968 across 922 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#75Timmyoutside the national top 200
#80Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#81Donnieoutside the national top 200
#97Martyoutside the national top 200
#92Loretta#194 nationally
#89Lonnie#181 nationally
#68Rita#159 nationally
#75Vickie#162 nationally
#73Betty#153 nationally
#86Shannon#159 nationally
#89Peggy#155 nationally
#50Ronnie#115 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa926US #1
#2Melissa745US #5
#3Kimberly687US #3
#4Angela589US #7
#5Tammy569US #8
#6Mary511US #6
#7Karen407US #9
#8Jennifer392US #4
#9Tina364US #18
#10Michelle363US #2
#11Teresa355US #30
#12Donna324US #24
#13Laura299US #11
#14Amy284US #13
#15Susan284US #10
#16Patricia280US #15
#17Pamela271US #20
#18Rebecca270US #33
#19Stephanie259US #23
#20Sandra241US #26
#21Tracy240US #25
#22Elizabeth238US #17
#23Rhonda235US #42
#24Paula227US #45
#25Kelly212US #12
#26Cynthia210US #19
#27Sherry204US #52
#28Lori201US #22
#29Robin201US #43
#30Deborah200US #27
#31Linda195US #28
#32Julie190US #16
#33Sharon173US #32
#34Shannon168US #53
#35Barbara156US #36
#36Brenda152US #34
#37Dana151US #70
#38Tonya148US #60
#39Sheila139US #59
#40Dawn138US #21
#41Debra134US #38
#42Kathy132US #76
#43Carol128US #49
#44Connie123US #87
#45Nancy120US #39
#46Regina115US #81
#47Leslie113US #66
#48Cheryl108US #37
#49Theresa106US #47
#50Janet103US #73
#51Cindy102US #67
#52Stacy101US #64
#53Denise98US #35
#54Terri98US #83
#55Anna96US #99
#56Carolyn95US #61
#57Michele95US #29
#58Sherri92US #95
#59Carla91US #91
#60Christina90US #44
#61Melinda90US #90
#62Melanie89US #94
#63Penny89US #124
#64Margaret86US #63
#65Stacey86US #55
#66Gina85US #58
#67Jacqueline81US #50
#68Rita81US #159
#69Andrea79US #48
#70Anita77US #109
#71Beth76US #74
#72Wendy76US #31
#73Betty73US #153
#74Ann72US #54
#75Vickie72US #162
#76Janice70US #110
#77Judy70US #142
#78Jill69US #46
#79Sarah69US #78
#80Shelia68
#81Christine66US #14
#82Debbie66US #111
#83Diana66US #71
#84Tamara66US #80
#85Monica65US #68
#86Deanna63US #104
#87Julia63US #113
#88Martha63US #123
#89Peggy63US #155
#90Virginia63US #131
#91Catherine62US #56
#92Loretta62US #194
#93Beverly61US #122
#94Christy61US #151
#95Sonya61US #117
#96Victoria60US #82
#97Jamie59US #120
#98Heather57US #62
#99Kathleen57US #40
#100Katherine56US #75

Boys

#1James1,350US #4
#2Michael1,287US #1
#3David1,020US #2
#4John979US #3
#5Robert904US #5
#6William829US #6
#7Timothy653US #13
#8Mark612US #7
#9Charles569US #20
#10Jeffrey531US #11
#11Richard500US #8
#12Brian456US #10
#13Christopher449US #9
#14Kevin433US #17
#15Steven406US #15
#16Thomas396US #12
#17Joseph395US #16
#18Kenneth352US #23
#19Gregory351US #26
#20Paul347US #19
#21Anthony342US #21
#22Donald308US #29
#23Stephen308US #27
#24Ronald276US #25
#25Larry266US #38
#26Jeffery264US #46
#27Gary262US #32
#28Jerry239US #44
#29Daniel229US #18
#30Terry229US #48
#31Scott212US #14
#32Eric194US #22
#33Billy187US #76
#34Todd185US #28
#35Troy180US #40
#36Rodney179US #42
#37Douglas164US #33
#38Patrick164US #30
#39Danny162US #72
#40Ricky161US #70
#41George157US #36
#42Jimmy154US #77
#43Roger153US #55
#44Tony148US #52
#45Keith146US #35
#46Edward143US #31
#47Bobby134US #81
#48Dennis134US #45
#49Matthew124US #24
#50Ronnie124US #115
#51Phillip121US #71
#52Randy118US #54
#53Randall111US #79
#54Johnny107US #69
#55Bryan104US #51
#56Darrell100US #86
#57Roy99US #94
#58Barry98US #107
#59Jonathan98US #53
#60Russell96US #56
#61Andrew92US #34
#62Shawn89US #43
#63Jason86US #47
#64Darren85US #60
#65Bradley80US #57
#66Kelly78US #97
#67Craig77US #41
#68Raymond77US #50
#69Tommy77US #124
#70Harold76US #108
#71Sean76US #37
#72Bruce74US #61
#73Carl74US #59
#74Joe72US #85
#75Timmy72
#76Samuel68US #66
#77Chris67US #64
#78Gerald65US #62
#79Walter65US #83
#80Allen63US #100
#81Donnie62
#82Curtis60US #75
#83Jon58US #65
#84Frank57US #49
#85Philip55US #82
#86Shannon53US #159
#87Tracy53US #111
#88Brent51US #102
#89Lonnie51US #181
#90Jesse50US #135
#91Alan49US #74
#92Dwayne49US #137
#93Eddie49US #132
#94Steve49US #89
#95Ernest48US #130
#96Glenn48US #92
#97Marty47
#98Micheal47US #114
#99Wayne47US #63
#100Dale45US #91

On the move since 1967

Rising

↑57Shannon#34
↑31Stacy#52
↑30Jason#63
↑25Melanie#62
↑19Christina#60
↑17Cindy#51
↑16Donnie#81
↑15Sean#71

Falling

↓27Beverly#93
↓24Steve#94
↓20Anita#70
↓20Vickie#75
↓18Sarah#79
↓16Eddie#93
↓14Gerald#78
↓13Cheryl#48

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1967 rankings.