State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,967 Kentucky births in 1973 across 953 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#77Scottyoutside the national top 200
#80Betty#196 nationally
#85Donnieoutside the national top 200
#79Penny#184 nationally
#84Barry#159 nationally
#54Kathy#124 nationally
#75Connie#144 nationally
#68Ronnie#136 nationally
#89Virginia#151 nationally
#97Eddie#156 nationally
#76Ricky#133 nationally
#90Kelly#147 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,020US #1
#2Angela731US #7
#3Melissa642US #6
#4Kimberly580US #4
#5Amy517US #2
#6Stephanie472US #9
#7Michelle423US #3
#8Lisa400US #5
#9Rebecca358US #10
#10Tammy355US #15
#11Mary338US #14
#12Heather304US #8
#13Tonya286US #36
#14Shannon276US #22
#15Tina246US #24
#16Susan221US #25
#17Tracy217US #20
#18Elizabeth216US #13
#19Julie213US #12
#20Laura199US #19
#21April195US #33
#22Lori190US #28
#23Crystal189US #48
#24Patricia188US #27
#25Kelly187US #18
#26Christina184US #16
#27Cynthia179US #26
#28Stacy177US #32
#29Teresa159US #45
#30Karen158US #23
#31Donna157US #55
#32Christy149US #73
#33Sherry142US #76
#34Robin139US #60
#35Pamela138US #47
#36Rhonda138US #70
#37Dana136US #59
#38Dawn134US #21
#39Melanie129US #43
#40Andrea126US #30
#41Leslie116US #75
#42Nicole116US #11
#43Holly113US #54
#44Melinda112US #72
#45Jessica110US #34
#46Wendy109US #29
#47Stacey106US #41
#48Tara104US #37
#49Sandra103US #39
#50Amanda101US #51
#51Carrie101US #46
#52Sarah99US #35
#53Misty98US #90
#54Kathy96US #124
#55Regina96US #110
#56Linda92US #61
#57Sharon92US #57
#58Barbara91US #63
#59Tiffany90US #52
#60Rachel89US #42
#61Monica87US #40
#62Brenda86US #53
#63Deborah86US #56
#64Paula83US #87
#65Michele75US #44
#66Cindy73US #92
#67Denise73US #38
#68Katherine71US #64
#69Carla69US #114
#70Kristi69US #108
#71Christine68US #17
#72Tamara68US #66
#73Sheila67US #101
#74Tanya67US #50
#75Connie66US #144
#76Erica66US #81
#77Cheryl65US #74
#78Jamie65US #103
#79Penny65US #184
#80Betty63US #196
#81Bridget63US #112
#82Deanna62US #111
#83Valerie62US #96
#84Catherine61US #67
#85Emily61US #99
#86Janet61US #119
#87Anna60US #86
#88Theresa59US #69
#89Virginia59US #151
#90Katina58US #120
#91Nancy58US #77
#92Shelley58US #128
#93Debra57US #84
#94Sherri55US #149
#95Tracey55US #102
#96Carolyn54US #116
#97Jacqueline54US #88
#98Jill54US #62
#99Shelly53US #104
#100Kristen52US #58

Boys

#1Michael1,178US #1
#2Christopher1,143US #2
#3James1,140US #4
#4Jason852US #3
#5Robert794US #7
#6William780US #9
#7David771US #5
#8Brian718US #8
#9John709US #6
#10Charles493US #23
#11Kevin470US #14
#12Mark413US #15
#13Joseph398US #12
#14Timothy378US #22
#15Anthony355US #21
#16Jeffrey322US #17
#17Steven321US #20
#18Eric301US #13
#19Matthew299US #10
#20Thomas299US #19
#21Richard292US #16
#22Daniel260US #11
#23Gregory256US #26
#24Jonathan250US #31
#25Paul225US #24
#26Stephen225US #32
#27Kenneth224US #28
#28Chad217US #25
#29Shawn208US #27
#30Larry202US #50
#31Gary201US #44
#32Donald195US #38
#33Scott195US #18
#34Jerry184US #57
#35Billy178US #76
#36Jeremy178US #33
#37Ronald165US #40
#38Terry149US #65
#39Bryan138US #43
#40Troy137US #59
#41Keith131US #41
#42Phillip129US #71
#43Douglas127US #47
#44Jamie126US #70
#45Patrick126US #37
#46Todd126US #35
#47Bobby125US #93
#48George124US #46
#49Jeffery120US #64
#50Rodney120US #68
#51Travis118US #53
#52Aaron112US #34
#53Andrew111US #29
#54Edward111US #39
#55Sean110US #36
#56Bradley109US #62
#57Danny109US #83
#58Shannon108US #100
#59Johnny104US #82
#60Craig102US #48
#61Adam95US #45
#62Dennis95US #56
#63Joshua94US #42
#64Roger92US #84
#65Ryan92US #30
#66Shane91US #54
#67Jimmy89US #95
#68Ronnie83US #136
#69Brandon79US #58
#70Samuel79US #66
#71Benjamin75US #55
#72Randy73US #79
#73Carl72US #90
#74Roy71US #117
#75Chris70US #96
#76Ricky69US #133
#77Scotty68
#78Tony68US #78
#79Raymond67US #60
#80Brent64US #80
#81Darrell64US #131
#82Randall64US #121
#83Nathan63US #63
#84Barry60US #159
#85Donnie60
#86Philip59US #91
#87Russell56US #77
#88Jesse54US #75
#89Frank53US #61
#90Kelly52US #147
#91Micheal52US #106
#92Curtis51US #98
#93Harold51US #140
#94Justin51US #51
#95Walter51US #101
#96Tracy50US #126
#97Eddie47US #156
#98Marcus46US #72
#99Allen45US #124
#100Derek45US #69

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑28Tamara#72
↑28Joshua#63
↑25Craig#60
↑22April#21
↑21Travis#51
↑20Jessica#45
↑17Christine#71
↑17Adam#61

Falling

↓34Tracy#96
↓33Nancy#91
↓24Paula#64
↓24Russell#87
↓20Tony#78
↓17Sandra#49
↓17Debra#93
↓16Deborah#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.