State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 50,056 Kentucky births in 1976 across 971 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#82Chasityoutside the national top 200
#80Kathy#186 nationally
#97Pennyoutside the national top 200
#98Donnieoutside the national top 200
#100Billieoutside the national top 200
#100Jodyoutside the national top 200
#99Joey#194 nationally
#68Kristie#158 nationally
#70Ronnie#155 nationally
#89Tommy#170 nationally
#86Barry#165 nationally
#58Ricky#132 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,051US #1
#2Amy746US #2
#3Angela625US #5
#4Melissa607US #3
#5Heather499US #4
#6Kimberly423US #7
#7Stephanie421US #11
#8Amanda415US #10
#9Rebecca382US #12
#10Shannon352US #17
#11Lisa315US #9
#12Mary310US #22
#13Michelle287US #6
#14Crystal272US #36
#15Jessica270US #8
#16Jamie269US #18
#17Misty267US #46
#18April246US #30
#19Christina241US #14
#20Elizabeth240US #16
#21Tonya222US #58
#22Christy217US #60
#23Tammy212US #41
#24Julie206US #21
#25Sarah206US #15
#26Kelly193US #19
#27Laura188US #20
#28Tina186US #48
#29Carrie173US #28
#30Tracy173US #37
#31Stacy170US #38
#32Rachel149US #23
#33Tiffany145US #32
#34Karen144US #31
#35Emily136US #50
#36Leslie135US #65
#37Susan135US #40
#38Brandy132US #55
#39Lori131US #47
#40Jaime129US #29
#41Andrea126US #25
#42Patricia121US #43
#43Melanie119US #53
#44Tara118US #42
#45Nicole115US #13
#46Dana114US #64
#47Holly114US #56
#48Wendy112US #39
#49Stacey110US #51
#50Donna109US #93
#51Rhonda102US #107
#52Sherry99US #111
#53Dawn98US #35
#54Sara97US #27
#55Erin94US #24
#56Teresa93US #66
#57Robin91US #75
#58Cynthia87US #44
#59Pamela86US #84
#60Allison85US #67
#61Melinda84US #95
#62Tanya81US #61
#63Ashley78US #115
#64Alicia77US #71
#65Paula77US #121
#66Samantha76US #85
#67Sandra75US #59
#68Kristie73US #158
#69Amber72US #49
#70Erica71US #54
#71Barbara69US #98
#72Sharon68US #81
#73Anna67US #78
#74Brandi66US #79
#75Katherine65US #57
#76Kristy63US #113
#77Carla62US #122
#78Monica62US #45
#79Linda61US #90
#80Kathy60US #186
#81Katrina60US #110
#82Chasity59
#83Christie59US #139
#84Margaret59US #103
#85Danielle57US #33
#86Deborah57US #96
#87Joy57US #132
#88Denise54US #69
#89Regina54US #116
#90Brenda53US #77
#91Christine53US #26
#92Jill53US #52
#93Kristi53US #104
#94Mandy52US #100
#95Natalie52US #80
#96Jacqueline51US #99
#97Penny51
#98Debra50US #134
#99Jenny50US #109
#100Billie49

Boys

#1Michael1,237US #1
#2Jason1,144US #2
#3James1,119US #5
#4Christopher1,104US #3
#5David763US #4
#6William725US #11
#7John661US #6
#8Robert656US #7
#9Brian612US #8
#10Jeremy492US #14
#11Joseph471US #12
#12Matthew449US #9
#13Charles433US #26
#14Kevin416US #15
#15Timothy370US #21
#16Eric358US #13
#17Steven357US #20
#18Anthony348US #22
#19Daniel312US #10
#20Joshua279US #18
#21Richard276US #19
#22Jonathan274US #31
#23Mark272US #25
#24Jeffrey267US #17
#25Thomas256US #23
#26Chad236US #29
#27Stephen232US #37
#28Gregory224US #35
#29Kenneth214US #38
#30Paul213US #28
#31Shawn210US #34
#32Gary205US #52
#33Donald196US #47
#34Billy191US #85
#35Benjamin190US #32
#36Ronald174US #49
#37Aaron173US #30
#38Scott173US #24
#39Brandon172US #40
#40Larry171US #60
#41Bradley166US #51
#42Adam165US #36
#43Ryan160US #16
#44Phillip153US #69
#45Andrew149US #27
#46Jerry147US #67
#47Bryan144US #43
#48Travis135US #46
#49Bobby129US #96
#50George129US #53
#51Jamie124US #62
#52Nathan124US #39
#53Terry123US #75
#54Patrick121US #41
#55Danny120US #102
#56Todd120US #50
#57Douglas105US #56
#58Ricky102US #132
#59Shannon102US #98
#60Keith99US #48
#61Johnny98US #92
#62Jeffery97US #76
#63Troy97US #73
#64Dennis94US #66
#65Roger93US #103
#66Sean91US #42
#67Justin87US #33
#68Samuel86US #59
#69Shane86US #57
#70Ronnie85US #155
#71Jesse82US #55
#72Edward79US #45
#73Wesley77US #119
#74Jimmy75US #101
#75Tony75US #86
#76Randall74US #133
#77Rodney73US #88
#78Craig67US #61
#79Randy66US #79
#80Russell66US #87
#81Raymond63US #65
#82Roy62US #139
#83Brent60US #78
#84Cory56US #83
#85Marcus56US #74
#86Barry55US #165
#87Darrell55US #150
#88Kelly54US #158
#89Tommy53US #170
#90Philip52US #89
#91Curtis49US #105
#92Damon49US #104
#93Carl48US #95
#94Corey48US #64
#95Harold48US #162
#96Chris46US #154
#97Brad45US #108
#98Donnie44
#99Joey44US #194
#100Jody42

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑44Jamie#16
↑37Sara#54
↑34Ashley#63
↑23Alicia#64
↑20Kristy#76
↑19Amber#69
↑18Tiffany#33
↑18Wesley#73

Falling

↓30Jill#92
↓28Kristi#93
↓27Christie#83
↓26Regina#89
↓24Robin#57
↓22Rodney#77
↓21Linda#79
↓20Carl#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.