State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 50,541 Kentucky births in 1982 across 964 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#96Ronnie#196 nationally
#56Tabitha#152 nationally
#100Whitney#185 nationally
#47Tonya#126 nationally
#83Jonathon#153 nationally
#51Miranda#117 nationally
#99Virginia#164 nationally
#54Billy#116 nationally
#71Jamie#131 nationally
#72Randall#130 nationally
#95Johnathan#152 nationally
#58Bobby#113 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda1,000US #3
#2Jessica1,000US #2
#3Jennifer921US #1
#4Sarah515US #4
#5Ashley502US #17
#6Crystal441US #9
#7Amy413US #10
#8Rebecca376US #15
#9Stephanie376US #7
#10Heather373US #12
#11Melissa373US #5
#12Tiffany370US #13
#13Elizabeth331US #8
#14Angela320US #16
#15Kimberly279US #14
#16Amber277US #18
#17April271US #32
#18Mary256US #30
#19Emily255US #24
#20Christina232US #19
#21Jamie220US #29
#22Laura219US #22
#23Rachel214US #21
#24Michelle212US #11
#25Erin208US #20
#26Shannon196US #38
#27Brandy195US #50
#28Sara188US #28
#29Kelly185US #25
#30Andrea180US #27
#31Samantha178US #44
#32Misty177US #74
#33Brandi162US #55
#34Lauren160US #26
#35Lisa153US #23
#36Katherine147US #36
#37Nicole144US #6
#38Leslie141US #60
#39Tara140US #47
#40Lindsey133US #40
#41Erica123US #35
#42Kristen121US #33
#43Brittany115US #94
#44Courtney113US #43
#45Natasha105US #71
#46Megan103US #34
#47Tonya103US #126
#48Carrie99US #57
#49Holly97US #61
#50Natalie97US #51
#51Miranda95US #117
#52Julie93US #41
#53Kristin93US #37
#54Lindsay91US #39
#55Susan91US #76
#56Tabitha91US #152
#57Dana90US #67
#58Danielle90US #31
#59Patricia90US #59
#60Cassandra87US #62
#61Christy86US #115
#62Anna84US #56
#63Stacy83US #72
#64Alicia80US #53
#65Lori77US #98
#66Pamela77US #82
#67Candice76US #78
#68Cynthia76US #64
#69Kristy75US #104
#70Kathryn74US #48
#71Allison73US #58
#72Bethany71US #112
#73Krystal70US #83
#74Jacqueline69US #54
#75Robin69US #108
#76Tina68US #90
#77Casey67US #119
#78Brooke65US #92
#79Kristina64US #70
#80Stacey64US #85
#81Leah63US #79
#82Tracy63US #88
#83Katie62US #45
#84Tammy62US #134
#85Cassie61US #137
#86Kelli61US #127
#87Melinda61US #123
#88Sabrina60US #128
#89Victoria58US #66
#90Julia57US #84
#91Karen57US #68
#92Melanie56US #65
#93Candace55US #103
#94Bridget53US #147
#95Teresa53US #102
#96Alisha51US #145
#97Katrina51US #87
#98Monica51US #52
#99Virginia51US #164
#100Whitney50US #185

Boys

#1Christopher1,147US #2
#2Joshua1,029US #7
#3Michael1,023US #1
#4James933US #6
#5Jason797US #4
#6Matthew700US #3
#7William665US #15
#8John650US #8
#9David627US #5
#10Robert565US #9
#11Brandon518US #18
#12Joseph510US #11
#13Justin470US #12
#14Jonathan453US #16
#15Daniel445US #10
#16Jeremy430US #28
#17Brian399US #14
#18Charles368US #31
#19Adam363US #19
#20Timothy356US #24
#21Anthony315US #21
#22Eric306US #20
#23Steven287US #26
#24Ryan279US #13
#25Andrew265US #17
#26Nicholas262US #22
#27Aaron260US #30
#28Thomas260US #23
#29Richard250US #27
#30Kevin248US #25
#31Benjamin243US #33
#32Jeffrey232US #29
#33Stephen228US #38
#34Travis225US #39
#35Dustin224US #42
#36Bradley211US #51
#37Mark201US #32
#38Nathan181US #36
#39Gregory177US #40
#40Paul175US #35
#41Chad167US #48
#42Derek162US #50
#43Patrick161US #37
#44Kenneth154US #45
#45Gary144US #64
#46Jacob144US #41
#47Bryan137US #49
#48Larry134US #77
#49Shawn131US #52
#50Jesse128US #43
#51Donald123US #58
#52Kyle123US #47
#53Scott120US #34
#54Billy117US #116
#55George107US #62
#56Phillip100US #67
#57Samuel97US #56
#58Bobby93US #113
#59Jared93US #54
#60Ronald93US #60
#61Terry93US #105
#62Sean89US #44
#63Zachary88US #55
#64Wesley87US #98
#65Jeffery85US #92
#66Jerry83US #100
#67Nathaniel83US #75
#68Keith81US #59
#69Derrick80US #78
#70Brent77US #91
#71Jamie72US #131
#72Randall69US #130
#73Edward68US #53
#74Ricky67US #129
#75Roger67US #127
#76Tyler65US #66
#77Russell62US #97
#78Carl61US #104
#79Jimmy61US #132
#80Jordan60US #85
#81Raymond60US #70
#82Casey58US #86
#83Jonathon58US #153
#84Craig57US #73
#85Troy57US #115
#86Johnny56US #118
#87Dennis54US #87
#88Todd54US #82
#89Marcus53US #63
#90Corey52US #74
#91Danny52US #137
#92Douglas51US #68
#93Jeremiah51US #89
#94Randy51US #94
#95Johnathan50US #152
#96Ronnie50US #196
#97Clinton48US #133
#98Rodney48US #145
#99Shaun47US #96
#100Curtis46US #101

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑31Brittany#43
↑26Lindsey#40
↑20Miranda#51
↑20Jacqueline#74
↑19Cynthia#68
↑16Jonathon#83
↑15Lindsay#54
↑15Raymond#81

Falling

↓29Tina#76
↓27Melanie#92
↓23Whitney#100
↓21Brooke#78
↓21Douglas#92
↓20Christy#61
↓19Stacy#63
↓18Kristin#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.