State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,563 Kentucky births in 1984 across 917 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#85Chasityoutside the national top 200
#60Tonya#153 nationally
#87Brittney#176 nationally
#52Billy#140 nationally
#56Tabitha#141 nationally
#69Christy#145 nationally
#78Jamie#154 nationally
#96Ashlee#171 nationally
#91Tasha#164 nationally
#57Whitney#125 nationally
#62Bobby#129 nationally
#92Roger#157 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley934US #3
#2Jessica898US #2
#3Amanda855US #4
#4Jennifer763US #1
#5Sarah463US #5
#6Heather435US #9
#7Stephanie351US #6
#8Amy335US #13
#9Elizabeth330US #10
#10Amber327US #18
#11Tiffany315US #14
#12Crystal312US #12
#13Rebecca295US #23
#14Melissa276US #8
#15Mary261US #33
#16Rachel254US #15
#17Megan245US #11
#18Brittany238US #41
#19Laura234US #19
#20Emily219US #24
#21April209US #42
#22Lauren206US #21
#23Angela196US #26
#24Kimberly192US #22
#25Samantha188US #39
#26Christina187US #20
#27Erin176US #25
#28Nicole167US #7
#29Jamie164US #31
#30Lindsey160US #35
#31Andrea159US #28
#32Danielle157US #16
#33Sara157US #32
#34Kelly155US #27
#35Tara150US #49
#36Brandy149US #64
#37Katherine149US #30
#38Michelle138US #17
#39Erica132US #34
#40Brandi122US #61
#41Lisa118US #29
#42Courtney115US #46
#43Holly112US #53
#44Shannon111US #37
#45Alicia109US #40
#46Leslie105US #75
#47Lindsay100US #36
#48Stacy100US #67
#49Kristen97US #38
#50Kristin93US #47
#51Carrie91US #78
#52Misty91US #98
#53Allison86US #51
#54Miranda86US #114
#55Anna84US #57
#56Tabitha83US #141
#57Whitney76US #125
#58Tracy73US #91
#59Stacey72US #79
#60Tonya72US #153
#61Pamela71US #104
#62Julie70US #52
#63Katie70US #44
#64Bethany69US #93
#65Natasha69US #77
#66Kayla68US #100
#67Natalie68US #55
#68Patricia68US #66
#69Christy67US #145
#70Kathryn67US #48
#71Kristina67US #68
#72Sheena66US #80
#73Cassandra64US #63
#74Susan64US #90
#75Candice62US #86
#76Jenna60US #54
#77Casey59US #107
#78Dana59US #73
#79Leah59US #83
#80Victoria58US #59
#81Alisha57US #123
#82Kristy57US #135
#83Lori55US #143
#84Candace54US #102
#85Chasity53
#86Kara51US #95
#87Brittney50US #176
#88Christine50US #43
#89Julia50US #87
#90Robin50US #139
#91Tasha49US #164
#92Rachael47US #103
#93Sabrina47US #122
#94Cynthia46US #62
#95Hannah46US #126
#96Ashlee45US #171
#97Kelli45US #147
#98Brooke44US #99
#99Catherine44US #69
#100Kendra44US #150

Boys

#1Christopher1,056US #2
#2Joshua989US #4
#3James883US #7
#4Michael880US #1
#5Matthew800US #3
#6Brandon620US #15
#7William611US #16
#8David560US #5
#9John560US #8
#10Justin534US #13
#11Jason511US #11
#12Joseph505US #10
#13Robert496US #9
#14Jonathan447US #19
#15Daniel438US #6
#16Adam422US #18
#17Brian362US #17
#18Charles322US #33
#19Jeremy318US #31
#20Timothy306US #26
#21Eric295US #22
#22Nicholas292US #20
#23Andrew288US #14
#24Anthony288US #21
#25Thomas266US #25
#26Ryan263US #12
#27Steven256US #23
#28Kevin248US #24
#29Richard229US #27
#30Dustin226US #41
#31Benjamin224US #30
#32Aaron221US #29
#33Nathan197US #38
#34Stephen190US #35
#35Jeffrey186US #28
#36Bradley174US #53
#37Mark172US #32
#38Kyle171US #34
#39Bryan167US #48
#40Kenneth166US #46
#41Travis161US #42
#42Jacob157US #37
#43Paul154US #40
#44Patrick149US #36
#45Chad146US #51
#46Gregory143US #44
#47Derek130US #52
#48Shawn117US #56
#49Tyler116US #47
#50Zachary111US #45
#51Samuel101US #55
#52Billy100US #140
#53Gary100US #76
#54Phillip100US #70
#55Jesse99US #50
#56Derrick95US #79
#57Sean91US #43
#58Jordan90US #65
#59Jared88US #59
#60Donald86US #63
#61Ronald86US #67
#62Bobby84US #129
#63Scott83US #39
#64Casey81US #82
#65Larry81US #91
#66Wesley79US #101
#67Brent74US #89
#68Marcus70US #57
#69Terry70US #118
#70Edward68US #58
#71George68US #68
#72Jeffery66US #94
#73Jerry65US #111
#74Nathaniel62US #80
#75Douglas61US #71
#76Brett60US #72
#77Keith59US #61
#78Jamie55US #154
#79Jonathon55US #142
#80Johnathan54US #132
#81Ricky54US #138
#82Danny53US #136
#83Corey51US #69
#84Alex50US #93
#85Johnny50US #120
#86Craig49US #75
#87Randall49US #148
#88Todd49US #92
#89Cory48US #83
#90Philip46US #81
#91Tony46US #112
#92Roger45US #157
#93Cody44US #62
#94Curtis44US #96
#95Jimmy44US #134
#96Raymond44US #73
#97Shane43US #85
#98Jeremiah42US #102
#99Randy42US #100
#100Seth42US #99

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑25Pamela#61
↑21Danielle#32
↑21Tracy#58
↑20Tyler#49
↑17Alisha#81
↑16Edward#70
↑14Brittany#18
↑14Jamie#78

Falling

↓18Catherine#99
↓17Natasha#65
↓17Ricky#81
↓16Brooke#98
↓15Kayla#66
↓14Scott#63
↓14Shane#97
↓13Leslie#46

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.