State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1975 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,401 Kentucky births in 1975 across 955 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#86Chasityoutside the national top 200
#86Scottyoutside the national top 200
#90Marshaoutside the national top 200
#93Donnieoutside the national top 200
#68Kathy#160 nationally
#67Ronnie#151 nationally
#67Kristie#147 nationally
#92Barry#164 nationally
#89Tommy#156 nationally
#91Wesley#158 nationally
#71Ricky#135 nationally
#84Darrell#147 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,005US #1
#2Angela766US #5
#3Amy730US #2
#4Melissa661US #4
#5Kimberly486US #7
#6Heather458US #3
#7Stephanie420US #9
#8Lisa366US #8
#9Mary339US #19
#10Rebecca329US #11
#11Michelle303US #6
#12Amanda292US #14
#13Tonya275US #45
#14Shannon258US #21
#15Crystal255US #43
#16Tammy251US #31
#17Christina246US #12
#18Christy232US #53
#19April227US #25
#20Tina224US #35
#21Misty208US #47
#22Laura207US #20
#23Elizabeth200US #15
#24Julie199US #18
#25Tracy199US #24
#26Kelly198US #16
#27Sarah180US #17
#28Susan174US #32
#29Karen171US #27
#30Carrie167US #29
#31Jessica166US #13
#32Stacy166US #34
#33Robin144US #65
#34Lori141US #39
#35Dana137US #62
#36Patricia134US #36
#37Andrea131US #28
#38Wendy127US #33
#39Leslie126US #71
#40Nicole123US #10
#41Cynthia121US #40
#42Emily120US #48
#43Stacey120US #44
#44Holly119US #55
#45Rachel117US #26
#46Melanie115US #52
#47Rhonda114US #93
#48Sherry112US #95
#49Tara112US #41
#50Teresa108US #61
#51Tiffany106US #37
#52Brandy104US #57
#53Pamela104US #70
#54Dawn101US #23
#55Donna100US #85
#56Christie98US #96
#57Melinda97US #91
#58Linda89US #81
#59Sandra89US #51
#60Jamie88US #68
#61Paula88US #108
#62Jill87US #46
#63Regina80US #111
#64Sharon80US #75
#65Kristi78US #109
#66Anna76US #79
#67Kristie76US #147
#68Kathy74US #160
#69Tanya72US #50
#70Allison69US #89
#71Erin69US #38
#72Samantha68US #101
#73Deborah65US #86
#74Monica65US #49
#75Carla64US #122
#76Katherine64US #58
#77Cindy63US #112
#78Nancy63US #82
#79Barbara62US #83
#80Brenda62US #67
#81Deanna61US #126
#82Joy60US #123
#83Erica59US #63
#84Michele58US #56
#85Brandi57US #88
#86Chasity57
#87Alicia56US #76
#88Amber56US #59
#89Margaret56US #98
#90Marsha56
#91Sara56US #54
#92Beth55US #120
#93Christine55US #22
#94Vanessa55US #115
#95Julia54US #137
#96Kristy54US #141
#97Ashley53US #138
#98Carolyn51US #119
#99Gina51US #84
#100Kristen51US #60

Boys

#1Michael1,206US #1
#2Christopher1,160US #3
#3Jason1,125US #2
#4James1,105US #4
#5David731US #5
#6William721US #10
#7John704US #7
#8Robert679US #6
#9Brian567US #8
#10Charles502US #25
#11Kevin440US #15
#12Joseph429US #12
#13Matthew420US #9
#14Jeremy355US #24
#15Steven352US #18
#16Timothy339US #22
#17Anthony335US #21
#18Eric300US #13
#19Mark292US #19
#20Jeffrey282US #14
#21Thomas279US #20
#22Daniel272US #11
#23Jonathan267US #30
#24Richard264US #16
#25Chad263US #27
#26Kenneth244US #35
#27Gregory226US #33
#28Shawn226US #31
#29Joshua209US #26
#30Stephen204US #34
#31Gary197US #50
#32Donald193US #42
#33Scott193US #17
#34Paul187US #29
#35Larry185US #56
#36Ronald157US #46
#37Bryan156US #47
#38Benjamin150US #36
#39Adam147US #38
#40Aaron146US #32
#41Bradley145US #52
#42Andrew144US #28
#43Phillip143US #72
#44Billy140US #84
#45Jerry140US #65
#46Terry140US #67
#47Brandon138US #44
#48Bobby131US #93
#49George130US #53
#50Jeffery130US #70
#51Jamie129US #62
#52Danny123US #94
#53Ryan121US #23
#54Edward115US #41
#55Rodney112US #76
#56Johnny111US #86
#57Nathan111US #45
#58Patrick111US #39
#59Douglas107US #55
#60Travis102US #51
#61Shannon98US #101
#62Roger97US #97
#63Keith96US #49
#64Todd96US #43
#65Dennis93US #59
#66Samuel89US #61
#67Ronnie87US #151
#68Sean85US #40
#69Shane85US #57
#70Tony85US #80
#71Ricky83US #135
#72Troy83US #69
#73Carl79US #91
#74Roy78US #122
#75Randall73US #121
#76Russell72US #82
#77Jimmy70US #111
#78Justin70US #37
#79Craig69US #58
#80Randy67US #78
#81Brent63US #79
#82Jesse62US #64
#83Raymond60US #63
#84Darrell59US #147
#85Micheal55US #104
#86Scotty55
#87Philip54US #85
#88Walter54US #112
#89Tommy53US #156
#90Brad51US #98
#91Wesley51US #158
#92Barry50US #164
#93Donnie49
#94Damon48US #114
#95Derek48US #83
#96Kelly48US #150
#97Joe46US #116
#98Chris45US #132
#99Marcus45US #68
#100Gerald44US #108

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑25Brandy#52
↑22Allison#70
↑20Jill#62
↑19Kristie#67
↑17Amanda#12
↑17Nicole#40
↑17Benjamin#38
↑16Randall#75

Falling

↓27Kristen#100
↓27Troy#72
↓22Dawn#54
↓22Donna#55
↓18Todd#64
↓17Michele#84
↓16Barbara#79
↓14Margaret#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.