State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,190 Kentucky births in 1978 across 977 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#66Kristie#167 nationally
#98Harold#190 nationally
#70Rhonda#160 nationally
#74Ronnie#163 nationally
#88Barry#162 nationally
#75Shannon#143 nationally
#97Darrell#165 nationally
#86Sherry#151 nationally
#85Shanna#149 nationally
#60Donna#120 nationally
#73Ricky#130 nationally
#76Carla#132 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,019US #1
#2Melissa622US #2
#3Amanda590US #6
#4Amy567US #4
#5Angela565US #7
#6Crystal517US #18
#7Jessica465US #3
#8Heather423US #5
#9Stephanie398US #16
#10Kimberly373US #13
#11Rebecca354US #17
#12Christina325US #15
#13Elizabeth321US #14
#14Sarah319US #8
#15Kelly312US #12
#16Mary303US #24
#17Lisa279US #11
#18Misty275US #43
#19April264US #27
#20Shannon251US #22
#21Jamie248US #20
#22Michelle242US #9
#23Laura203US #19
#24Christy197US #59
#25Tonya187US #77
#26Carrie178US #35
#27Andrea168US #23
#28Brandy165US #37
#29Erin160US #21
#30Julie160US #26
#31Tiffany156US #32
#32Emily150US #33
#33Tina150US #45
#34Sara146US #28
#35Stacy146US #44
#36Rachel144US #25
#37Kristy140US #51
#38Leslie135US #63
#39Susan132US #49
#40Tracy131US #47
#41Nicole130US #10
#42Tammy130US #67
#43Tara128US #40
#44Erica121US #34
#45Ashley114US #87
#46Amber112US #30
#47Melinda110US #84
#48Wendy110US #56
#49Karen108US #39
#50Holly107US #55
#51Lori106US #60
#52Stacey106US #53
#53Cynthia102US #50
#54Katherine98US #38
#55Patricia98US #48
#56Brandi97US #61
#57Samantha97US #74
#58Dana94US #71
#59Melanie94US #54
#60Donna90US #120
#61Robin90US #89
#62Anna85US #65
#63Danielle79US #31
#64Megan79US #41
#65Allison76US #75
#66Kristie76US #167
#67Alicia75US #58
#68Dawn75US #52
#69Jill74US #46
#70Rhonda73US #160
#71Tabitha73US #126
#72Kristi72US #98
#73Teresa71US #88
#74Barbara69US #113
#75Kristina68US #64
#76Carla67US #132
#77Courtney67US #68
#78Jaime66US #70
#79Catherine65US #72
#80Beth62US #107
#81Christine61US #29
#82Deanna61US #136
#83Jenny59US #111
#84Sabrina59US #91
#85Shanna59US #149
#86Sherry59US #151
#87Kristen57US #62
#88Pamela57US #109
#89Nancy56US #97
#90Valerie56US #92
#91Angel54US #141
#92Monica54US #42
#93Linda53US #100
#94Mandy53US #96
#95Margaret53US #110
#96Sharon53US #106
#97Tanya53US #82
#98Paula52US #150
#99Regina52US #129
#100Denise51US #85

Boys

#1Michael1,185US #1
#2James1,183US #5
#3Jason1,163US #2
#4Christopher1,126US #3
#5David725US #4
#6Robert692US #8
#7John681US #7
#8William671US #13
#9Jeremy584US #18
#10Brian549US #9
#11Joshua537US #12
#12Matthew517US #6
#13Joseph511US #10
#14Charles443US #27
#15Timothy436US #17
#16Kevin374US #15
#17Eric353US #16
#18Daniel342US #11
#19Jonathan308US #31
#20Steven308US #24
#21Anthony301US #20
#22Thomas289US #23
#23Mark257US #26
#24Richard251US #21
#25Nicholas250US #25
#26Adam248US #29
#27Jeffrey247US #19
#28Shawn231US #39
#29Aaron220US #32
#30Kenneth215US #41
#31Ryan214US #14
#32Stephen213US #37
#33Benjamin210US #34
#34Brandon207US #40
#35Chad206US #35
#36Paul201US #33
#37Andrew198US #22
#38Bradley195US #53
#39Nathan194US #36
#40Gregory180US #38
#41Donald170US #48
#42Larry170US #64
#43Gary169US #60
#44Justin160US #28
#45Billy158US #99
#46Bryan143US #43
#47Travis138US #46
#48Ronald137US #55
#49Shaun137US #52
#50Phillip133US #67
#51Patrick132US #42
#52Scott131US #30
#53Jamie125US #95
#54Jeffery121US #80
#55Terry121US #91
#56Bobby119US #109
#57Jerry116US #82
#58Kyle111US #63
#59Wesley107US #83
#60Keith104US #49
#61Edward102US #47
#62George100US #58
#63Douglas98US #59
#64Derek97US #75
#65Dennis86US #71
#66Jesse84US #51
#67Danny82US #115
#68Sean82US #45
#69Roger81US #120
#70Samuel80US #57
#71Rodney79US #102
#72Dustin77US #68
#73Ricky76US #130
#74Ronnie75US #163
#75Shannon75US #143
#76Craig74US #66
#77Troy72US #88
#78Corey70US #61
#79Brent69US #87
#80Jimmy68US #118
#81Shane68US #65
#82Todd68US #56
#83Johnny67US #101
#84Derrick66US #76
#85Raymond66US #69
#86Carl64US #100
#87Tony64US #97
#88Barry61US #162
#89Jeremiah61US #81
#90Casey60US #92
#91Randy60US #86
#92Randall59US #135
#93Russell59US #93
#94Jacob56US #50
#95Jared52US #72
#96Curtis51US #96
#97Darrell50US #165
#98Harold50US #190
#99Roy49US #147
#100Marcus48US #70

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑51Nicholas#25
↑24Kristina#75
↑23Danielle#63
↑22Kristie#66
↑22Dustin#72
↑21Ashley#45
↑19Samantha#57
↑19Anna#62

Falling

↓31Jaime#78
↓31Regina#99
↓25Tanya#97
↓22Monica#92
↓22Jeremiah#89
↓21Sabrina#84
↓20Rhonda#70
↓20Jacob#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.