State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,772 Kentucky births in 1987 across 933 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#71Chasityoutside the national top 200
#82Savannah#187 nationally
#66Billy#168 nationally
#68Misty#162 nationally
#64Tabitha#151 nationally
#90Roger#176 nationally
#99Kristy#181 nationally
#70Bobby#147 nationally
#83Cassie#155 nationally
#81Ricky#148 nationally
#91Randall#150 nationally
#86Logan#144 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,037US #2
#2Jessica939US #1
#3Amanda737US #3
#4Brittany562US #7
#5Sarah492US #5
#6Jennifer427US #4
#7Amber402US #15
#8Heather387US #9
#9Kayla322US #27
#10Megan315US #12
#11Samantha306US #11
#12Elizabeth304US #10
#13Tiffany301US #18
#14Emily296US #19
#15Whitney296US #32
#16Stephanie260US #6
#17Rachel240US #17
#18Kimberly222US #23
#19Lauren209US #16
#20Laura206US #22
#21Mary202US #37
#22Rebecca201US #25
#23Amy193US #24
#24Crystal178US #26
#25Sara175US #29
#26Melissa174US #13
#27Danielle164US #14
#28Christina158US #20
#29Andrea150US #36
#30Lindsey150US #41
#31Courtney149US #33
#32Katherine145US #28
#33Erica130US #31
#34Kelly127US #30
#35April122US #58
#36Erin121US #34
#37Jamie117US #39
#38Tara117US #69
#39Angela116US #35
#40Nicole107US #8
#41Casey106US #81
#42Michelle106US #21
#43Katie104US #38
#44Natasha101US #73
#45Kristen98US #42
#46Lindsay97US #49
#47Kendra95US #77
#48Alicia93US #46
#49Lisa93US #40
#50Holly91US #71
#51Anna90US #52
#52Allison88US #44
#53Bethany87US #87
#54Brandi87US #88
#55Brandy86US #92
#56Brittney85US #61
#57Hannah85US #66
#58Chelsea82US #47
#59Leslie80US #89
#60Victoria71US #50
#61Felicia70US #96
#62Kathryn69US #51
#63Natalie69US #56
#64Tabitha69US #151
#65Shannon68US #45
#66Krystal67US #70
#67Morgan67US #95
#68Misty64US #162
#69Cassandra63US #68
#70Carrie61US #119
#71Chasity61
#72Kara61US #104
#73Stacy60US #101
#74Margaret58US #90
#75Krista55US #108
#76Kristina55US #62
#77Lacey54US #117
#78Kelsey53US #67
#79Leah53US #82
#80Catherine52US #74
#81Julie52US #65
#82Savannah52US #187
#83Cassie51US #155
#84Kristin51US #55
#85Patricia51US #76
#86Jenna50US #57
#87Vanessa50US #43
#88Kathleen49US #72
#89Miranda47US #140
#90Caitlin46US #63
#91Susan46US #125
#92Candace45US #120
#93Mallory45US #91
#94Alexandra44US #59
#95Jacqueline44US #54
#96Robin43US #145
#97Meagan42US #136
#98Rachael42US #98
#99Kristy40US #181
#100Sasha40US #152

Boys

#1Joshua947US #4
#2Christopher922US #2
#3Michael777US #1
#4James771US #8
#5Justin688US #9
#6Matthew681US #3
#7Brandon578US #14
#8William539US #15
#9David480US #5
#10Robert462US #10
#11Andrew461US #6
#12John450US #11
#13Joseph425US #12
#14Jonathan380US #18
#15Daniel360US #7
#16Timothy306US #26
#17Jeremy301US #29
#18Adam295US #27
#19Ryan295US #13
#20Eric290US #21
#21Charles287US #35
#22Anthony284US #17
#23Nicholas274US #16
#24Brian265US #20
#25Benjamin258US #28
#26Dustin257US #44
#27Thomas248US #24
#28Aaron245US #34
#29Steven239US #25
#30Jason236US #23
#31Kyle221US #22
#32Travis214US #42
#33Jacob212US #31
#34Zachary209US #33
#35Kevin208US #19
#36Jordan202US #52
#37Nathan189US #45
#38Tyler177US #39
#39Richard173US #30
#40Derek172US #54
#41Bradley170US #56
#42Jeffrey166US #32
#43Stephen164US #38
#44Patrick159US #41
#45Mark156US #36
#46Shawn132US #59
#47Kenneth130US #53
#48Cody128US #49
#49Bryan126US #51
#50Corey124US #57
#51Sean124US #40
#52Jesse122US #55
#53Gregory121US #47
#54Paul114US #46
#55Wesley111US #92
#56Samuel103US #50
#57Gary102US #87
#58Jared100US #58
#59Cory97US #62
#60Alexander96US #37
#61Derrick93US #86
#62Scott93US #43
#63Chad90US #63
#64Phillip89US #68
#65Larry82US #114
#66Billy80US #168
#67Donald80US #70
#68Seth77US #89
#69Shane77US #65
#70Bobby73US #147
#71Johnathan73US #116
#72Austin72US #76
#73Jeffery71US #109
#74Ronald70US #73
#75Nathaniel65US #78
#76Alex63US #60
#77Casey63US #80
#78Marcus61US #67
#79Douglas57US #85
#80Jerry55US #125
#81Ricky54US #148
#82Blake52US #106
#83Craig51US #88
#84George51US #77
#85Terry51US #133
#86Logan50US #144
#87Brett48US #71
#88Brent47US #103
#89Carl47US #126
#90Roger47US #176
#91Randall45US #150
#92Randy45US #105
#93Devin44US #99
#94Lucas44US #121
#95Raymond44US #79
#96Edward43US #61
#97Evan43US #83
#98Mitchell42US #101
#99Curtis41US #100
#100Philip41US #84

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑37Chelsea#58
↑32Morgan#67
↑30Kayla#9
↑24Billy#66
↑24Seth#68
↑21Lacey#77
↑19Kara#72
↑14Chasity#71

Falling

↓24Jenna#86
↓23Robin#96
↓21Evan#97
↓20Kristin#84
↓19Mallory#93
↓18Julie#81
↓17George#84
↓17Curtis#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.