State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,782 Kentucky births in 1977 across 991 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#73Kathy#190 nationally
#89Tabitha#195 nationally
#91Joey#195 nationally
#99Donnieoutside the national top 200
#50Rhonda#131 nationally
#78Ronnie#156 nationally
#67Sherry#140 nationally
#93Barry#164 nationally
#88Kristie#157 nationally
#80Paula#144 nationally
#73Ricky#136 nationally
#90Darrell#150 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,090US #1
#2Amy669US #3
#3Melissa650US #2
#4Angela626US #6
#5Amanda499US #9
#6Crystal478US #25
#7Heather456US #5
#8Kimberly444US #8
#9Jessica423US #4
#10Stephanie405US #14
#11Rebecca375US #17
#12Kelly371US #10
#13Mary318US #21
#14Shannon303US #19
#15Sarah295US #11
#16Jamie291US #18
#17Christina287US #16
#18Elizabeth282US #13
#19Michelle277US #7
#20Lisa256US #12
#21Misty250US #40
#22April235US #29
#23Laura221US #20
#24Christy209US #59
#25Tonya192US #64
#26Carrie191US #28
#27Tammy177US #55
#28Julie176US #22
#29Andrea172US #24
#30Tina168US #58
#31Erin156US #23
#32Brandy152US #51
#33Karen151US #32
#34Tracy150US #50
#35Emily145US #37
#36Stacy143US #42
#37Susan141US #45
#38Rachel140US #26
#39Tara140US #35
#40Lori138US #57
#41Tiffany134US #34
#42Leslie125US #65
#43Holly122US #52
#44Sara122US #27
#45Melanie118US #53
#46Dana117US #62
#47Jaime116US #46
#48Patricia113US #47
#49Katherine108US #44
#50Rhonda108US #131
#51Stacey108US #56
#52Nicole107US #15
#53Cynthia104US #48
#54Erica104US #38
#55Kristy102US #68
#56Wendy99US #49
#57Melinda96US #96
#58Donna93US #113
#59Dawn91US #43
#60Amber88US #33
#61Robin88US #84
#62Brandi86US #71
#63Sabrina86US #63
#64Teresa84US #79
#65Jill83US #41
#66Ashley80US #106
#67Sherry80US #140
#68Regina79US #124
#69Barbara78US #101
#70Monica75US #39
#71Allison74US #66
#72Tanya72US #67
#73Kathy71US #190
#74Kristi71US #104
#75Pamela71US #102
#76Samantha68US #85
#77Angel66US #133
#78Alicia65US #60
#79Kelli64US #117
#80Paula64US #144
#81Anna61US #74
#82Megan61US #54
#83Carla59US #137
#84Sandra59US #61
#85Shawna59US #139
#86Danielle58US #31
#87Deborah58US #109
#88Kristie58US #157
#89Tabitha57US #195
#90Linda56US #99
#91Natalie56US #69
#92Sharon56US #95
#93Valerie56US #86
#94Beth55US #97
#95Leah55US #112
#96Brenda53US #91
#97Deanna53US #138
#98Jenny53US #108
#99Kristina52US #83
#100Christine51US #30

Boys

#1Jason1,280US #2
#2Michael1,272US #1
#3James1,209US #5
#4Christopher1,200US #3
#5William784US #12
#6David750US #4
#7Robert696US #6
#8John684US #7
#9Brian661US #8
#10Jeremy572US #15
#11Joseph533US #10
#12Matthew466US #9
#13Charles462US #26
#14Kevin461US #13
#15Joshua424US #14
#16Timothy399US #18
#17Steven384US #23
#18Eric349US #17
#19Daniel337US #11
#20Anthony328US #21
#21Jonathan305US #28
#22Richard275US #20
#23Jeffrey262US #19
#24Thomas256US #22
#25Mark238US #25
#26Gregory226US #35
#27Paul221US #31
#28Benjamin220US #29
#29Bradley214US #49
#30Kenneth209US #39
#31Shawn206US #37
#32Stephen204US #38
#33Andrew203US #24
#34Ryan203US #16
#35Chad201US #34
#36Adam195US #33
#37Brandon194US #41
#38Aaron185US #32
#39Donald184US #46
#40Larry184US #62
#41Bryan183US #42
#42Gary178US #58
#43Billy171US #91
#44Nathan170US #36
#45Scott166US #27
#46Wesley158US #66
#47Travis144US #44
#48Phillip137US #70
#49Jamie134US #82
#50Jerry132US #75
#51Justin129US #30
#52Patrick124US #40
#53Jeffery119US #78
#54George111US #57
#55Terry111US #83
#56Ronald109US #53
#57Bobby108US #105
#58Danny103US #111
#59Samuel102US #60
#60Keith101US #48
#61Sean96US #43
#62Dennis95US #68
#63Jimmy95US #98
#64Douglas93US #59
#65Edward93US #47
#66Rodney93US #97
#67Jeremiah91US #69
#68Johnny91US #93
#69Roger85US #114
#70Tony85US #92
#71Shannon84US #120
#72Corey83US #52
#73Ricky81US #136
#74Jacob80US #56
#75Troy80US #88
#76Nicholas79US #51
#77Shane77US #61
#78Ronnie75US #156
#79Todd75US #50
#80Derek74US #84
#81Randy74US #86
#82Jesse72US #54
#83Brent71US #85
#84Raymond68US #65
#85Roy67US #141
#86Craig64US #64
#87Carl62US #99
#88Damon62US #112
#89Jared62US #76
#90Darrell61US #150
#91Joey61US #195
#92Randall56US #140
#93Barry55US #164
#94Dustin53US #81
#95Russell53US #89
#96Cory52US #67
#97Marcus52US #72
#98Brad51US #106
#99Donnie50
#100Philip50US #90

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑27Jill#65
↑27Wesley#46
↑26Katherine#49
↑24Erin#31
↑22Corey#72
↑21Kristy#55
↑21Regina#68
↑19Kristi#74

Falling

↓23Todd#79
↓20Kristie#88
↓20Sharon#92
↓20Ronald#56
↓17Sandra#84
↓16Pamela#75
↓16Randall#92
↓15Sherry#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.