State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1974 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,630 Kentucky births in 1974 across 956 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#89Leighoutside the national top 200
#90Donnieoutside the national top 200
#92Scottyoutside the national top 200
#91Hope#196 nationally
#100Jackieoutside the national top 200
#56Ronnie#141 nationally
#65Kathy#146 nationally
#97Ralph#174 nationally
#81Barry#156 nationally
#93Ashley#165 nationally
#94Connie#164 nationally
#89Tommy#155 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,104US #1
#2Angela697US #5
#3Melissa612US #7
#4Amy562US #2
#5Kimberly477US #6
#6Stephanie469US #9
#7Heather395US #4
#8Rebecca381US #10
#9Michelle371US #3
#10Mary343US #13
#11Lisa323US #8
#12Tonya308US #37
#13Shannon299US #18
#14Tammy293US #24
#15April250US #28
#16Tina244US #25
#17Tracy222US #23
#18Elizabeth213US #12
#19Christy202US #57
#20Susan198US #27
#21Lori193US #30
#22Laura189US #21
#23Kelly187US #15
#24Julie183US #14
#25Crystal176US #49
#26Patricia171US #29
#27Christina165US #16
#28Stacy164US #38
#29Amanda150US #34
#30Misty147US #66
#31Sarah144US #20
#32Dawn143US #22
#33Donna143US #67
#34Robin142US #63
#35Dana140US #55
#36Cynthia134US #33
#37Leslie132US #65
#38Jessica131US #17
#39Karen130US #26
#40Wendy128US #32
#41Teresa125US #52
#42Carrie124US #42
#43Tara121US #39
#44Andrea119US #35
#45Rhonda115US #86
#46Sherry114US #89
#47Melanie111US #51
#48Pamela111US #54
#49Holly106US #56
#50Rachel105US #36
#51Emily103US #69
#52Melinda102US #81
#53Stacey101US #48
#54Sandra99US #44
#55Paula98US #96
#56Tiffany95US #41
#57Nicole90US #11
#58Anna89US #82
#59Christie84US #110
#60Deborah84US #68
#61Tanya84US #46
#62Monica83US #43
#63Barbara82US #77
#64Jamie81US #97
#65Kathy80US #146
#66Linda80US #75
#67Michele80US #50
#68Carla79US #114
#69Brenda77US #59
#70Regina75US #113
#71Erin74US #47
#72Kristi73US #102
#73Kristen72US #45
#74Sharon69US #70
#75Margaret68US #95
#76Shelly68US #107
#77Brandy65US #80
#78Nancy65US #78
#79Christine64US #19
#80Cindy60US #103
#81Tamara60US #64
#82Jill59US #58
#83Katherine58US #62
#84Denise57US #53
#85Julia55US #136
#86Kristie55US #138
#87Debra53US #94
#88Joy53US #109
#89Leigh53
#90Tracey53US #108
#91Hope52US #196
#92Allison51US #99
#93Ashley51US #165
#94Connie51US #164
#95Alicia50US #90
#96Catherine50US #73
#97Gina50US #84
#98Sheila50US #121
#99Janet49US #130
#100Shelley49US #142

Boys

#1Michael1,196US #1
#2James1,160US #5
#3Christopher1,156US #3
#4Jason1,063US #2
#5Robert768US #7
#6William733US #10
#7David728US #4
#8John709US #6
#9Brian657US #8
#10Charles456US #23
#11Kevin420US #14
#12Joseph400US #12
#13Steven366US #19
#14Mark348US #16
#15Matthew347US #9
#16Timothy345US #22
#17Thomas314US #20
#18Anthony310US #21
#19Eric303US #13
#20Richard292US #17
#21Jeffrey276US #15
#22Daniel272US #11
#23Jeremy267US #24
#24Gregory232US #31
#25Paul231US #27
#26Stephen231US #35
#27Donald229US #41
#28Chad217US #26
#29Jonathan209US #33
#30Gary200US #48
#31Ronald196US #42
#32Larry193US #55
#33Shawn190US #30
#34Kenneth189US #34
#35Scott182US #18
#36Jerry176US #61
#37Billy166US #78
#38Joshua166US #29
#39Bradley151US #58
#40Bryan148US #45
#41Jeffery143US #66
#42Andrew138US #28
#43Jamie133US #68
#44Phillip128US #70
#45Troy128US #63
#46Todd127US #39
#47Patrick125US #38
#48George124US #49
#49Aaron123US #32
#50Terry120US #69
#51Ryan118US #25
#52Adam117US #36
#53Bobby113US #92
#54Brandon110US #51
#55Benjamin107US #46
#56Ronnie107US #141
#57Danny105US #91
#58Sean99US #37
#59Keith95US #44
#60Edward94US #40
#61Rodney94US #72
#62Roger93US #93
#63Douglas92US #53
#64Ricky92US #129
#65Nathan91US #52
#66Dennis89US #59
#67Shannon88US #101
#68Jimmy85US #99
#69Travis85US #54
#70Roy84US #122
#71Johnny81US #83
#72Tony77US #81
#73Craig75US #57
#74Micheal73US #102
#75Shane73US #56
#76Samuel72US #60
#77Brent68US #76
#78Russell68US #84
#79Carl66US #89
#80Jesse65US #67
#81Barry63US #156
#82Raymond62US #62
#83Justin60US #43
#84Randy60US #79
#85Marcus59US #73
#86Darrell58US #137
#87Harold58US #146
#88Chris57US #116
#89Tommy56US #155
#90Donnie55
#91Randall55US #123
#92Scotty54
#93Damon53US #110
#94Jon50US #94
#95Joe49US #113
#96Philip47US #86
#97Ralph47US #174
#98Curtis46US #98
#99Derek46US #74
#100Jackie45

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑34Emily#51
↑29Anna#58
↑27Kristen#73
↑25Joshua#38
↑23Misty#30
↑23Shelly#76
↑21Amanda#29
↑21Sarah#31

Falling

↓25Sheila#98
↓20Douglas#63
↓19Connie#94
↓18Keith#59
↓18Travis#69
↓17Sharon#74
↓17Denise#84
↓15Nicole#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.