State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,876 Kentucky births in 1986 across 904 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
#94Tonyaoutside the national top 200
#96Kaseyoutside the national top 200
#66Savannah#155 nationally
#84Angel#171 nationally
#88Christy#174 nationally
#100Jamie#182 nationally
#59Tabitha#140 nationally
#88Roger#167 nationally
#70Misty#145 nationally
#81Cassie#156 nationally
#77Jimmy#150 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,024US #2
#2Jessica944US #1
#3Amanda752US #3
#4Brittany580US #8
#5Sarah528US #5
#6Jennifer462US #4
#7Heather383US #9
#8Tiffany351US #17
#9Amber347US #13
#10Megan334US #11
#11Elizabeth315US #10
#12Samantha301US #21
#13Stephanie291US #6
#14Whitney280US #32
#15Emily250US #24
#16Lauren250US #14
#17Kimberly249US #18
#18Rachel245US #15
#19Amy229US #22
#20Mary212US #37
#21Laura197US #20
#22Rebecca194US #26
#23Crystal192US #25
#24Melissa192US #12
#25Christina169US #19
#26Sara164US #27
#27Katherine159US #28
#28Kelly156US #29
#29Lindsey151US #39
#30Angela150US #33
#31Erica145US #31
#32Erin143US #30
#33Danielle142US #16
#34Courtney137US #35
#35Jamie137US #34
#36April135US #53
#37Michelle129US #23
#38Andrea122US #36
#39Kayla112US #64
#40Katie109US #38
#41Nicole106US #7
#42Brittney103US #65
#43Natasha102US #70
#44Holly101US #63
#45Allison98US #42
#46Brandy98US #84
#47Lindsay96US #46
#48Tara96US #56
#49Kristen93US #41
#50Brandi92US #79
#51Shannon92US #44
#52Alicia90US #45
#53Casey90US #80
#54Leslie86US #86
#55Kathryn83US #48
#56Bethany80US #91
#57Natalie78US #52
#58Lisa76US #40
#59Tabitha74US #140
#60Anna72US #51
#61Cassandra72US #60
#62Jenna68US #55
#63Julie68US #58
#64Kristin68US #50
#65Krystal67US #61
#66Savannah67US #155
#67Felicia65US #89
#68Hannah61US #82
#69Carrie59US #109
#70Misty59US #145
#71Victoria59US #54
#72Catherine58US #67
#73Robin57US #122
#74Mallory55US #83
#75Stacy54US #87
#76Krista53US #93
#77Kristina52US #62
#78Patricia52US #66
#79Vanessa52US #43
#80Candace51US #114
#81Cassie50US #156
#82Monica50US #59
#83Stacey50US #94
#84Angel49US #171
#85Chasity49
#86Kelli49US #142
#87Melanie49US #97
#88Christy48US #174
#89Leah48US #78
#90Dana47US #92
#91Kara47US #102
#92Meagan47US #123
#93Susan47US #118
#94Tonya47
#95Chelsea46US #73
#96Kasey46
#97Kathleen46US #68
#98Lacey46US #121
#99Morgan46US #113
#100Candice45US #108

Boys

#1Christopher957US #2
#2Joshua912US #4
#3Michael819US #1
#4James771US #7
#5Matthew669US #3
#6Brandon611US #13
#7William568US #15
#8Justin567US #14
#9John516US #10
#10Robert509US #9
#11David489US #5
#12Andrew424US #8
#13Jonathan415US #16
#14Joseph407US #12
#15Daniel405US #6
#16Jeremy344US #28
#17Jason313US #18
#18Timothy306US #27
#19Ryan298US #11
#20Brian297US #20
#21Charles284US #34
#22Dustin281US #42
#23Eric277US #22
#24Kevin277US #21
#25Nicholas275US #17
#26Adam272US #24
#27Steven271US #25
#28Anthony260US #19
#29Kyle235US #23
#30Aaron229US #33
#31Thomas223US #26
#32Benjamin213US #30
#33Jacob197US #31
#34Zachary193US #38
#35Stephen188US #36
#36Richard184US #29
#37Nathan183US #43
#38Jeffrey181US #32
#39Bradley179US #54
#40Mark179US #35
#41Tyler170US #40
#42Jordan164US #53
#43Travis161US #49
#44Kenneth153US #50
#45Derek137US #57
#46Patrick137US #39
#47Shawn136US #55
#48Bryan135US #47
#49Gregory130US #46
#50Samuel118US #52
#51Corey117US #62
#52Paul116US #45
#53Chad113US #59
#54Jesse110US #48
#55Sean110US #37
#56Gary106US #84
#57Shane102US #67
#58Wesley93US #96
#59Cody89US #56
#60Scott89US #44
#61Donald86US #71
#62Phillip85US #70
#63Derrick84US #87
#64Bobby80US #130
#65Jeffery79US #102
#66Alexander78US #41
#67George78US #74
#68Jared77US #58
#69Nathaniel77US #78
#70Cory76US #68
#71Larry76US #108
#72Johnathan65US #115
#73Alex63US #64
#74Austin63US #90
#75Ronald62US #75
#76Evan61US #81
#77Jimmy61US #150
#78Marcus61US #63
#79Craig58US #80
#80Douglas58US #82
#81Ricky57US #144
#82Curtis55US #100
#83Casey54US #83
#84Keith54US #66
#85Brent53US #94
#86Brett51US #69
#87Jonathon51US #129
#88Roger49US #167
#89Terry49US #122
#90Billy48US #159
#91Blake48US #101
#92Seth48US #97
#93Carl47US #114
#94Jerry47US #121
#95Johnny47US #125
#96Russell44US #116
#97Edward43US #61
#98Mitchell42US #105
#99Raymond42US #77
#100Jamie41US #182

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑34Casey#53
↑31Kayla#39
↑26Whitney#14
↑24Victoria#71
↑23Savannah#66
↑20Catherine#72
↑20Robin#73
↑19Jimmy#77

Falling

↓32Billy#90
↓30Tonya#94
↓26Misty#70
↓26Candice#100
↓17Stacy#75
↓16Leah#89
↓16Jerry#94
↓15Terry#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.