State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1969 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,233 Kentucky births in 1969 across 948 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#80Timmyoutside the national top 200
#91Donnieoutside the national top 200
#99Loraoutside the national top 200
#99Jackieoutside the national top 200
#100Lorettaoutside the national top 200
#95Rita#184 nationally
#91Vickie#174 nationally
#77Betty#154 nationally
#96Earl#172 nationally
#70Penny#142 nationally
#93Judy#162 nationally
#74Tommy#134 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa779US #1
#2Melissa741US #5
#3Kimberly731US #4
#4Angela598US #7
#5Tammy575US #9
#6Jennifer493US #3
#7Mary446US #8
#8Michelle433US #2
#9Amy386US #6
#10Tina343US #22
#11Karen311US #13
#12Stephanie295US #19
#13Susan290US #11
#14Laura288US #10
#15Donna287US #26
#16Rebecca281US #28
#17Tracy273US #17
#18Teresa269US #32
#19Patricia263US #18
#20Rhonda255US #44
#21Julie247US #12
#22Pamela245US #24
#23Shannon243US #31
#24Elizabeth240US #16
#25Sandra224US #25
#26Kelly218US #15
#27Robin213US #46
#28Lori211US #20
#29Sherry209US #55
#30Cynthia201US #23
#31Dana183US #60
#32Linda181US #33
#33Deborah180US #27
#34Tonya178US #54
#35Paula174US #50
#36Sharon165US #36
#37Carol142US #56
#38Regina141US #86
#39Barbara134US #39
#40Dawn130US #21
#41Kathy128US #77
#42Brenda126US #38
#43Nancy120US #45
#44Denise117US #35
#45Stacy117US #53
#46Debra116US #43
#47Melinda116US #89
#48Christina114US #37
#49Connie114US #105
#50Sheila114US #68
#51Leslie112US #64
#52Michele110US #30
#53Stacey107US #52
#54Theresa107US #49
#55Janet100US #84
#56Carla99US #90
#57Cheryl98US #41
#58Wendy96US #29
#59Ann94US #57
#60Christine94US #14
#61Margaret93US #73
#62Sarah93US #72
#63Carolyn92US #71
#64Christy92US #116
#65Heather87US #34
#66Monica85US #59
#67Andrea84US #48
#68Gina83US #63
#69Julia83US #100
#70Penny82US #142
#71Tamara82US #78
#72Tracey82US #65
#73Cindy81US #74
#74Anna78US #99
#75Deanna78US #88
#76Katherine75US #70
#77Betty74US #154
#78Melanie74US #92
#79Terri74US #93
#80Victoria74US #83
#81Diana73US #81
#82Sherri73US #106
#83Anita72US #120
#84Beverly72US #141
#85Jacqueline70US #62
#86Jill69US #51
#87Cathy65US #133
#88Jamie63US #121
#89April61US #97
#90Holly61US #87
#91Vickie61US #174
#92Beth60US #82
#93Judy60US #162
#94Debbie58US #127
#95Rita58US #184
#96Carrie57US #94
#97Virginia56US #138
#98Kelli55US #115
#99Lora55
#100Loretta55

Boys

#1James1,511US #3
#2Michael1,301US #1
#3David1,055US #2
#4Robert983US #5
#5William933US #6
#6John906US #4
#7Mark558US #8
#8Christopher552US #7
#9Timothy534US #17
#10Charles526US #19
#11Brian523US #9
#12Jeffrey501US #11
#13Steven439US #14
#14Richard424US #10
#15Joseph404US #15
#16Thomas387US #13
#17Kevin383US #16
#18Anthony368US #20
#19Gregory323US #26
#20Paul323US #22
#21Kenneth307US #23
#22Stephen286US #27
#23Scott278US #12
#24Donald277US #30
#25Gary273US #35
#26Larry268US #40
#27Ronald259US #29
#28Eric236US #21
#29Daniel230US #18
#30Jerry215US #45
#31Todd209US #28
#32Troy207US #42
#33Jeffery206US #48
#34Terry200US #52
#35Jason190US #25
#36Matthew185US #24
#37Billy179US #77
#38Douglas174US #34
#39Keith172US #36
#40Bobby166US #82
#41Tony166US #54
#42George164US #38
#43Edward162US #32
#44Roger154US #59
#45Rodney141US #49
#46Bryan140US #51
#47Danny140US #73
#48Bradley136US #53
#49Johnny131US #67
#50Jonathan125US #46
#51Ricky125US #90
#52Jimmy124US #79
#53Dennis122US #44
#54Randy122US #55
#55Patrick119US #31
#56Darrell113US #93
#57Phillip110US #74
#58Randall109US #85
#59Russell100US #57
#60Shawn99US #41
#61Sean95US #37
#62Raymond93US #50
#63Craig91US #39
#64Harold91US #117
#65Roy90US #105
#66Samuel90US #64
#67Barry86US #99
#68Ronnie82US #127
#69Carl81US #62
#70Andrew79US #33
#71Kelly75US #115
#72Chris74US #66
#73Allen72US #111
#74Tommy71US #134
#75Gerald67US #65
#76Joe63US #83
#77Frank61US #47
#78Glenn61US #88
#79Brent60US #92
#80Timmy60
#81Bruce59US #72
#82Martin58US #78
#83Darren56US #60
#84Lee56US #118
#85Micheal55US #120
#86Walter53US #84
#87Eddie51US #146
#88Marvin51US #139
#89Steve50US #98
#90Corey49US #58
#91Donnie49
#92Ernest47US #130
#93Shannon47US #129
#94Benjamin46US #91
#95Derrick46US #107
#96Earl45US #172
#97Jack45US #122
#98Curtis44US #81
#99Jackie43
#100Jesse43US #128

On the move since 1968

Rising

↑33Heather#65
↑30Christy#64
↑28Jason#35
↑24Katherine#76
↑21Christine#60
↑19Monica#66
↑18Julia#69
↑18Glenn#78

Falling

↓27Rita#95
↓25Terri#79
↓24Sherri#82
↓22Cindy#73
↓21Beth#92
↓19Anna#74
↓19Darren#83
↓18Jacqueline#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1968 rankings.