State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,642 Kentucky births in 1979 across 995 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#78Chasityoutside the national top 200
#71Kristie#188 nationally
#61Rhonda#163 nationally
#55Tabitha#155 nationally
#90Sherry#175 nationally
#84Alisha#162 nationally
#98Miranda#174 nationally
#88Darrell#162 nationally
#60Donna#131 nationally
#93Ronnie#163 nationally
#95Shannon#159 nationally
#60Danny#121 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda1,033US #3
#2Jennifer1,024US #1
#3Melissa723US #2
#4Amy569US #5
#5Angela529US #8
#6Jessica495US #4
#7Crystal423US #18
#8Heather415US #7
#9Rebecca377US #17
#10Stephanie369US #15
#11Sarah344US #6
#12Elizabeth331US #11
#13Kimberly330US #12
#14Mary311US #24
#15April293US #23
#16Christina292US #14
#17Kelly276US #16
#18Lisa269US #13
#19Misty258US #42
#20Michelle250US #10
#21Jamie246US #19
#22Shannon223US #25
#23Laura218US #20
#24Brandy192US #39
#25Amber187US #22
#26Andrea173US #26
#27Christy172US #72
#28Tiffany169US #28
#29Rachel161US #27
#30Carrie156US #41
#31Emily155US #34
#32Tonya153US #86
#33Julie150US #29
#34Stacy150US #43
#35Nicole149US #9
#36Erica142US #32
#37Ashley138US #67
#38Tracy137US #49
#39Erin136US #21
#40Tara131US #38
#41Kristy130US #56
#42Leslie125US #65
#43Sara124US #30
#44Tammy113US #79
#45Brandi112US #61
#46Katherine112US #36
#47Holly110US #48
#48Tina110US #58
#49Lori109US #69
#50Susan109US #51
#51Megan108US #31
#52Dana103US #54
#53Patricia100US #44
#54Melanie94US #53
#55Tabitha94US #155
#56Melinda90US #82
#57Pamela90US #90
#58Robin87US #95
#59Stacey87US #60
#60Donna86US #131
#61Rhonda84US #163
#62Samantha84US #66
#63Alicia83US #47
#64Allison82US #70
#65Karen82US #46
#66Cynthia81US #55
#67Monica80US #40
#68Danielle78US #33
#69Natalie78US #68
#70Anna76US #59
#71Kristie74US #188
#72Kristina74US #74
#73Lauren74US #45
#74Wendy74US #64
#75Dawn73US #57
#76Mindy72US #81
#77Courtney68US #71
#78Chasity66
#79Valerie66US #89
#80Teresa65US #87
#81Jill62US #52
#82Sabrina62US #106
#83Jacqueline61US #80
#84Alisha60US #162
#85Jaime60US #97
#86Kathryn60US #50
#87Linda59US #114
#88Regina59US #134
#89Kara58US #125
#90Sherry58US #175
#91Cheryl56US #94
#92Sandra56US #77
#93Kelli55US #129
#94Margaret55US #108
#95Julia54US #122
#96Casey53US #144
#97Kristin52US #73
#98Miranda52US #174
#99Natasha52US #110
#100Catherine50US #78

Boys

#1Jason1,164US #3
#2Michael1,154US #1
#3James1,119US #5
#4Christopher1,058US #2
#5David757US #4
#6William721US #13
#7John699US #7
#8Joshua698US #9
#9Robert660US #8
#10Jeremy606US #16
#11Brian565US #10
#12Matthew557US #6
#13Joseph554US #11
#14Charles434US #28
#15Timothy417US #18
#16Daniel384US #12
#17Kevin380US #19
#18Jonathan347US #31
#19Nicholas329US #15
#20Eric327US #17
#21Steven313US #27
#22Adam305US #23
#23Anthony304US #21
#24Thomas282US #26
#25Brandon277US #35
#26Richard270US #25
#27Justin263US #22
#28Mark248US #30
#29Aaron247US #32
#30Jeffrey243US #24
#31Andrew235US #20
#32Chad232US #38
#33Ryan224US #14
#34Stephen219US #40
#35Benjamin217US #33
#36Travis213US #36
#37Bradley195US #47
#38Paul195US #34
#39Gregory186US #42
#40Nathan182US #37
#41Kenneth171US #41
#42Scott171US #29
#43Billy169US #97
#44Donald169US #51
#45Shawn167US #43
#46Larry162US #69
#47Kyle157US #56
#48Gary148US #59
#49Phillip147US #68
#50Patrick139US #39
#51Bryan127US #46
#52Wesley127US #89
#53Jerry126US #85
#54Bobby125US #106
#55Ronald121US #54
#56Jesse120US #50
#57Jamie106US #88
#58Terry106US #96
#59Samuel99US #55
#60Danny98US #121
#61Dennis98US #75
#62Douglas96US #58
#63George96US #57
#64Jacob93US #45
#65Shaun93US #64
#66Ricky91US #124
#67Derek90US #72
#68Keith90US #52
#69Jeffery89US #87
#70Derrick86US #80
#71Edward78US #48
#72Troy78US #99
#73Dustin73US #62
#74Roger73US #132
#75Todd72US #60
#76Randy71US #86
#77Corey69US #63
#78Brent68US #84
#79Curtis68US #91
#80Randall68US #135
#81Carl67US #100
#82Johnny67US #111
#83Raymond66US #70
#84Shane66US #67
#85Tony66US #104
#86Jeremiah65US #81
#87Craig63US #77
#88Darrell63US #162
#89Jared62US #65
#90Marcus62US #76
#91Jimmy61US #123
#92Rodney61US #117
#93Ronnie60US #163
#94Russell60US #92
#95Shannon57US #159
#96Micheal53US #127
#97Philip53US #83
#98Brad52US #115
#99Roy51US #150
#100Sean51US #49

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑31Pamela#57
↑30Jacob#64
↑25Monica#67
↑21Amber#25
↑17Justin#27
↑17Curtis#79
↑16Tabitha#55
↑15Randy#76

Falling

↓32Sean#100
↓26Wendy#74
↓21Catherine#100
↓21Rodney#92
↓20Shannon#95
↓19Ronnie#93
↓17Shawn#45
↓16Karen#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.