State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,129 Kentucky births in 1983 across 913 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#94Brittneyoutside the national top 200
#66Whitney#164 nationally
#56Tonya#147 nationally
#62Christy#146 nationally
#59Tabitha#137 nationally
#83Tammy#159 nationally
#52Billy#124 nationally
#64Ricky#128 nationally
#93Tasha#156 nationally
#92Jamie#153 nationally
#59Bobby#118 nationally
#85Roger#144 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda932US #3
#2Ashley901US #4
#3Jessica893US #2
#4Jennifer769US #1
#5Sarah519US #5
#6Heather399US #9
#7Stephanie373US #8
#8Amy368US #12
#9Tiffany344US #14
#10Crystal337US #11
#11Rebecca316US #19
#12Elizabeth303US #10
#13Amber288US #17
#14Melissa273US #6
#15Angela256US #22
#16Emily252US #25
#17Rachel249US #20
#18Mary247US #32
#19Kimberly246US #15
#20Christina236US #16
#21Laura228US #23
#22Megan220US #21
#23Erin214US #18
#24April203US #39
#25Samantha184US #40
#26Sara183US #31
#27Andrea181US #30
#28Kelly177US #26
#29Lauren176US #24
#30Jamie172US #28
#31Michelle170US #13
#32Brittany160US #64
#33Leslie160US #67
#34Nicole153US #7
#35Brandy146US #57
#36Shannon145US #38
#37Lindsey144US #35
#38Holly137US #48
#39Misty136US #87
#40Tara136US #51
#41Brandi135US #56
#42Katherine135US #34
#43Lindsay126US #36
#44Alicia120US #41
#45Erica118US #33
#46Lisa113US #27
#47Carrie110US #65
#48Natasha110US #71
#49Kristen108US #37
#50Courtney100US #44
#51Kayla99US #81
#52Stacy95US #61
#53Danielle89US #29
#54Julie89US #46
#55Kristin88US #42
#56Tonya87US #147
#57Allison86US #59
#58Natalie86US #52
#59Tabitha86US #137
#60Anna83US #55
#61Patricia82US #60
#62Christy78US #146
#63Miranda75US #118
#64Kathryn74US #50
#65Katie73US #45
#66Whitney73US #164
#67Dana72US #72
#68Stacey72US #76
#69Bethany71US #99
#70Casey70US #110
#71Jacqueline70US #53
#72Leah70US #82
#73Kristina67US #63
#74Tina67US #100
#75Victoria67US #58
#76Karen66US #77
#77Cassandra62US #70
#78Susan61US #86
#79Tracy61US #89
#80Sheena60US #107
#81Catherine56US #66
#82Brooke55US #96
#83Tammy55US #159
#84Candace54US #104
#85Krystal54US #78
#86Pamela54US #91
#87Kristy53US #133
#88Lori53US #113
#89Cynthia50US #62
#90Julia50US #85
#91Margaret50US #92
#92Hannah49US #124
#93Tasha49US #156
#94Brittney47
#95Kelli47US #136
#96Melinda47US #138
#97Teresa46US #103
#98Alisha45US #141
#99Katrina45US #108
#100Krista44US #142

Boys

#1Christopher1,107US #2
#2Joshua1,032US #5
#3Michael875US #1
#4James865US #6
#5Matthew838US #3
#6William643US #16
#7Brandon622US #17
#8Jason612US #7
#9David606US #4
#10John569US #9
#11Robert526US #10
#12Joseph517US #11
#13Justin495US #12
#14Jonathan438US #19
#15Daniel418US #8
#16Brian393US #14
#17Adam384US #18
#18Jeremy379US #30
#19Charles337US #33
#20Andrew317US #15
#21Eric316US #20
#22Timothy311US #26
#23Ryan285US #13
#24Steven279US #23
#25Benjamin274US #32
#26Anthony273US #22
#27Aaron266US #29
#28Thomas266US #24
#29Nicholas258US #21
#30Bradley241US #52
#31Kevin238US #25
#32Jeffrey232US #28
#33Dustin223US #43
#34Mark219US #31
#35Richard203US #27
#36Travis199US #41
#37Stephen198US #35
#38Nathan194US #40
#39Kenneth175US #45
#40Patrick167US #37
#41Kyle164US #34
#42Gregory153US #42
#43Jacob152US #36
#44Paul151US #39
#45Chad148US #49
#46Derek140US #51
#47Gary134US #68
#48Bryan128US #47
#49Scott120US #38
#50Donald119US #60
#51Shawn112US #53
#52Billy111US #124
#53Larry111US #85
#54Samuel109US #54
#55Zachary108US #50
#56Phillip98US #66
#57Sean96US #44
#58Ronald94US #64
#59Bobby92US #118
#60Jesse92US #46
#61Derrick85US #78
#62Terry83US #110
#63Wesley83US #101
#64Ricky79US #128
#65Jordan78US #72
#66Jeffery76US #91
#67Jared75US #56
#68Jerry74US #103
#69Tyler69US #57
#70Douglas68US #69
#71Dennis66US #92
#72Marcus65US #58
#73Brent63US #94
#74Craig61US #70
#75Todd61US #87
#76Casey60US #90
#77Randall59US #129
#78Danny58US #133
#79George58US #65
#80Johnny58US #116
#81Brett57US #73
#82Nathaniel57US #79
#83Shane57US #84
#84Jimmy56US #127
#85Roger56US #144
#86Edward53US #55
#87Seth53US #98
#88Randy52US #96
#89Keith51US #61
#90Johnathan50US #137
#91Corey49US #74
#92Jamie49US #153
#93Philip49US #82
#94Jeremiah47US #99
#95Clinton45US #141
#96Russell44US #104
#97Troy44US #113
#98Carl43US #106
#99Curtis43US #100
#100Mitchell43US #143

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑34Whitney#66
↑24Megan#22
↑22Douglas#70
↑20Alicia#44
↑18Katie#65
↑17Marcus#72
↑16Dennis#71
↑15Karen#76

Falling

↓24George#79
↓23Susan#78
↓23Lori#88
↓21Cynthia#89
↓21Keith#89
↓21Jamie#92
↓20Pamela#86
↓20Carl#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.