State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,084 Kentucky births in 1985 across 910 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
#89Savannahoutside the national top 200
#64Tonya#172 nationally
#58Billy#150 nationally
#90Tasha#181 nationally
#84Cassie#170 nationally
#77Roger#160 nationally
#85Rodney#168 nationally
#44Misty#121 nationally
#53Miranda#128 nationally
#79Christy#151 nationally
#65Tabitha#135 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,004US #2
#2Jessica861US #1
#3Amanda811US #4
#4Jennifer588US #3
#5Brittany485US #17
#6Sarah480US #5
#7Heather450US #8
#8Megan343US #10
#9Amber316US #16
#10Stephanie309US #6
#11Elizabeth305US #9
#12Amy290US #20
#13Kimberly280US #19
#14Tiffany268US #23
#15Emily255US #24
#16Melissa245US #11
#17Rachel242US #13
#18Laura239US #14
#19Crystal235US #21
#20Lauren230US #15
#21Mary221US #35
#22Rebecca215US #25
#23Samantha199US #29
#24Christina197US #12
#25Sara191US #30
#26Kelly184US #28
#27Andrea169US #33
#28Angela169US #31
#29Danielle169US #18
#30Jamie165US #27
#31Lindsey164US #37
#32Erin154US #26
#33Michelle143US #22
#34Erica137US #34
#35April134US #47
#36Brandy134US #70
#37Nicole133US #7
#38Katherine128US #32
#39Holly127US #56
#40Whitney115US #73
#41Brandi114US #69
#42Lindsay110US #40
#43Tara106US #51
#44Misty100US #121
#45Alicia98US #45
#46Katie96US #39
#47Brittney95US #84
#48Courtney95US #43
#49Leslie95US #76
#50Allison94US #46
#51Krystal90US #53
#52Lisa88US #36
#53Miranda87US #128
#54Shannon86US #41
#55Julie85US #55
#56Kristen84US #38
#57Bethany83US #94
#58Stacy82US #67
#59Kathryn80US #48
#60Kristin80US #49
#61Natasha78US #79
#62Anna77US #54
#63Natalie77US #58
#64Tonya77US #172
#65Tabitha74US #135
#66Sheena73US #91
#67Kristina65US #57
#68Patricia63US #64
#69Jenna60US #50
#70Kayla60US #109
#71Carrie59US #96
#72Cassandra59US #62
#73Leah58US #78
#74Candice57US #86
#75Brooke55US #102
#76Stacey54US #89
#77Tina54US #110
#78Chasity53
#79Christy53US #151
#80Hannah52US #117
#81Jacqueline52US #60
#82Pamela52US #116
#83Susan52US #106
#84Cassie51US #170
#85Dana51US #82
#86Kristy51US #145
#87Casey50US #114
#88Kara50US #98
#89Savannah50
#90Tasha50US #181
#91Tracy50US #107
#92Catherine49US #65
#93Robin49US #147
#94Kelli48US #142
#95Victoria47US #59
#96Alisha44US #131
#97Katrina44US #93
#98Lori44US #158
#99Margaret43US #90
#100Ashlee42US #141

Boys

#1Joshua1,035US #4
#2Christopher996US #2
#3James843US #7
#4Michael759US #1
#5Brandon755US #13
#6Matthew727US #3
#7William590US #16
#8David579US #6
#9John539US #9
#10Justin514US #15
#11Robert476US #8
#12Joseph453US #10
#13Jonathan451US #17
#14Daniel442US #5
#15Jason401US #14
#16Andrew383US #11
#17Adam372US #22
#18Charles337US #34
#19Jeremy333US #30
#20Brian326US #18
#21Ryan318US #12
#22Timothy304US #26
#23Nicholas288US #19
#24Eric286US #21
#25Steven284US #24
#26Anthony275US #20
#27Kevin274US #23
#28Aaron265US #33
#29Dustin245US #41
#30Thomas233US #25
#31Richard218US #28
#32Stephen209US #36
#33Benjamin208US #31
#34Mark202US #32
#35Nathan202US #40
#36Jeffrey194US #29
#37Zachary193US #39
#38Kyle190US #27
#39Jacob183US #35
#40Travis179US #46
#41Bradley177US #53
#42Gregory154US #45
#43Patrick140US #37
#44Tyler139US #43
#45Kenneth135US #47
#46Paul132US #42
#47Derek130US #56
#48Chad129US #57
#49Bryan126US #48
#50Shawn126US #55
#51Sean112US #38
#52Jordan110US #62
#53Samuel109US #54
#54Jesse108US #51
#55Phillip101US #69
#56Scott98US #44
#57Wesley97US #94
#58Billy94US #150
#59Gary94US #82
#60Donald93US #66
#61Larry90US #97
#62Corey88US #63
#63Shane86US #68
#64Cody85US #52
#65Derrick85US #83
#66Jared81US #58
#67Bobby74US #135
#68George72US #72
#69Jeffery71US #96
#70Ronald68US #71
#71Johnathan67US #118
#72Nathaniel67US #77
#73Jonathon66US #139
#74Terry62US #119
#75Brent60US #89
#76Ricky59US #145
#77Roger59US #160
#78Jerry58US #116
#79Alexander56US #50
#80Brett56US #70
#81Cory56US #81
#82Casey55US #86
#83Edward55US #59
#84Marcus54US #61
#85Rodney53US #168
#86Seth53US #104
#87Curtis52US #98
#88Alex50US #80
#89Dennis50US #103
#90Russell50US #110
#91Craig49US #79
#92Tony49US #114
#93Todd48US #99
#94Evan47US #91
#95Douglas46US #76
#96Jimmy46US #149
#97Keith46US #64
#98Philip44US #84
#99Randall44US #146
#100Raymond43US #75

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑40Brittney#47
↑34Shane#63
↑29Cody#64
↑23Brooke#75
↑21Corey#62
↑17Whitney#40
↑17Katie#46
↑15Hannah#80

Falling

↓33Tracy#91
↓21Pamela#82
↓20Carrie#71
↓20Douglas#95
↓20Keith#97
↓18Casey#82
↓17Stacey#76
↓16Marcus#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.