State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,112 Kentucky births in 1971 across 986 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#80Scottyoutside the national top 200
#91Donnieoutside the national top 200
#92Leighoutside the national top 200
#85Betty#175 nationally
#78Beverly#160 nationally
#77Penny#158 nationally
#81Tommy#148 nationally
#78Tracy#144 nationally
#98Jody#161 nationally
#74Ronnie#135 nationally
#73Barry#133 nationally
#62Ricky#121 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer903US #1
#2Melissa822US #7
#3Angela794US #6
#4Kimberly732US #4
#5Lisa595US #3
#6Tammy561US #8
#7Michelle516US #2
#8Amy462US #5
#9Mary461US #9
#10Stephanie353US #11
#11Tina326US #20
#12Rebecca323US #23
#13Shannon304US #21
#14Tracy302US #13
#15Karen291US #15
#16Teresa270US #34
#17Laura252US #16
#18Elizabeth238US #19
#19Cynthia236US #24
#20Susan235US #17
#21Patricia234US #26
#22Rhonda234US #46
#23Tonya223US #45
#24Julie219US #10
#25Pamela217US #28
#26Sherry214US #60
#27Donna205US #38
#28Lori200US #25
#29Kelly199US #22
#30Heather197US #12
#31Sandra187US #31
#32Dana185US #44
#33Stacy177US #32
#34Sharon160US #40
#35Robin159US #51
#36Dawn158US #14
#37Deborah157US #33
#38Christina148US #30
#39Linda139US #42
#40Melinda138US #85
#41Kathy136US #91
#42Paula136US #63
#43Stacey133US #41
#44Andrea126US #35
#45Christy120US #89
#46Crystal117US #79
#47Barbara114US #47
#48Leslie114US #68
#49Sheila114US #81
#50Wendy113US #29
#51April111US #56
#52Regina102US #90
#53Cindy99US #70
#54Melanie98US #66
#55Rachel95US #54
#56Brenda94US #43
#57Carla94US #107
#58Debra94US #57
#59Anna91US #106
#60Cheryl90US #50
#61Tara90US #49
#62Nancy89US #52
#63Carol88US #92
#64Amanda87US #84
#65Gina87US #69
#66Monica87US #48
#67Sarah85US #58
#68Terri85US #115
#69Holly83US #76
#70Tracey83US #74
#71Michele81US #39
#72Carrie80US #55
#73Christine80US #18
#74Theresa80US #61
#75Carolyn79US #104
#76Katherine79US #67
#77Penny79US #158
#78Beverly78US #160
#79Jessica78US #64
#80Connie77US #125
#81Deanna77US #95
#82Denise76US #36
#83Janet76US #112
#84Margaret74US #86
#85Betty73US #175
#86Jacqueline71US #75
#87Jill69US #59
#88Sherri69US #123
#89Tiffany69US #62
#90Anita66US #127
#91Kristi65US #113
#92Leigh65
#93Stacie64US #131
#94Vanessa64US #129
#95Jamie63US #118
#96Victoria63US #97
#97Beth61US #100
#98Jenny60US #142
#99Tamara59US #80
#100Allison58US #119

Boys

#1James1,478US #2
#2Michael1,284US #1
#3David1,061US #3
#4Christopher1,002US #6
#5William940US #7
#6Robert934US #5
#7John923US #4
#8Brian661US #9
#9Charles567US #22
#10Timothy503US #21
#11Jeffrey482US #12
#12Kevin455US #14
#13Jason444US #8
#14Mark442US #13
#15Steven436US #16
#16Joseph432US #15
#17Richard377US #11
#18Anthony358US #23
#19Thomas356US #17
#20Gregory351US #26
#21Scott317US #10
#22Kenneth306US #25
#23Eric303US #18
#24Paul289US #24
#25Stephen283US #27
#26Donald280US #34
#27Gary265US #38
#28Larry261US #44
#29Matthew244US #19
#30Ronald234US #31
#31Billy217US #75
#32Daniel211US #20
#33Jerry210US #50
#34Jonathan210US #40
#35Troy203US #46
#36Terry202US #56
#37Jeffery191US #53
#38Chad189US #29
#39Shawn172US #28
#40Bobby170US #79
#41Patrick157US #35
#42George153US #42
#43Todd153US #30
#44Keith150US #37
#45Douglas147US #39
#46Edward147US #32
#47Danny137US #82
#48Rodney135US #59
#49Johnny134US #74
#50Tony133US #62
#51Roger129US #71
#52Bradley126US #58
#53Sean123US #36
#54Bryan122US #48
#55Jeremy117US #45
#56Dennis112US #49
#57Jimmy111US #93
#58Randall108US #102
#59Phillip107US #76
#60Randy107US #67
#61Jamie106US #96
#62Ricky106US #121
#63Carl100US #72
#64Russell95US #64
#65Darrell91US #118
#66Roy91US #111
#67Gerald90US #83
#68Aaron88US #41
#69Shannon88US #106
#70Raymond87US #52
#71Andrew85US #33
#72Adam84US #57
#73Barry83US #133
#74Ronnie81US #135
#75Chris78US #68
#76Craig78US #43
#77Harold76US #130
#78Tracy76US #144
#79Brent72US #73
#80Scotty72
#81Tommy71US #148
#82Curtis70US #89
#83Bruce68US #108
#84Samuel68US #66
#85Micheal66US #124
#86Darren63US #100
#87Jon63US #78
#88Frank62US #54
#89Travis62US #61
#90Benjamin57US #69
#91Donnie57
#92Marcus57US #65
#93Ryan57US #51
#94Wesley56US #151
#95Derek55US #63
#96Kelly55US #136
#97Shane55US #60
#98Jody54US #161
#99Lawrence53US #85
#100Allen52US #120

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑40April#51
↑32Terri#68
↑32Chad#38
↑27Melanie#54
↑25Andrea#44
↑25Crystal#46
↑24Cindy#53
↑23Jeremy#55

Falling

↓28Denise#82
↓27Anita#90
↓26Tamara#99
↓23Christine#73
↓23Carolyn#75
↓19Jacqueline#86
↓19Jill#87
↓16Ronnie#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.