State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,070 Kentucky births in 1988 across 931 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#73Misty#194 nationally
#83Kaseyoutside the national top 200
#75Billy#185 nationally
#53Tabitha#154 nationally
#100Chasityoutside the national top 200
#81Cassie#176 nationally
#79Bobby#163 nationally
#95Autumn#169 nationally
#96Rodney#162 nationally
#80Miranda#144 nationally
#86Ricky#148 nationally
#86Sasha#147 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley917US #2
#2Jessica827US #1
#3Amanda654US #3
#4Brittany605US #6
#5Sarah514US #4
#6Kayla409US #20
#7Tiffany389US #13
#8Heather380US #14
#9Amber379US #15
#10Samantha370US #8
#11Megan327US #12
#12Whitney311US #39
#13Jennifer291US #5
#14Elizabeth289US #10
#15Lauren277US #11
#16Emily267US #18
#17Rachel262US #19
#18Stephanie228US #7
#19Courtney218US #24
#20Rebecca195US #26
#21Kimberly183US #25
#22Amy182US #29
#23Mary174US #34
#24Laura173US #23
#25Danielle160US #17
#26Christina154US #22
#27Katherine154US #27
#28Erica152US #31
#29Sara145US #30
#30Melissa134US #16
#31Chelsea131US #33
#32Lindsey130US #48
#33Angela122US #38
#34Crystal120US #28
#35Kristen119US #36
#36Erin114US #37
#37Jamie113US #45
#38Andrea111US #35
#39Allison105US #46
#40Michelle105US #21
#41Hannah104US #61
#42Kelly98US #32
#43Nicole97US #9
#44Lindsay96US #57
#45April90US #65
#46Brittney90US #52
#47Tara90US #67
#48Bethany89US #89
#49Katie86US #40
#50Victoria83US #42
#51Holly82US #72
#52Natasha82US #73
#53Tabitha82US #154
#54Alicia79US #50
#55Kristin77US #58
#56Morgan77US #78
#57Lisa76US #43
#58Kara75US #95
#59Kathryn74US #55
#60Cassandra73US #59
#61Anna71US #54
#62Brandy71US #107
#63Kelsey70US #64
#64Kendra67US #80
#65Shannon66US #56
#66Natalie65US #63
#67Brandi62US #91
#68Leslie60US #94
#69Alyssa59US #47
#70Casey59US #92
#71Felicia58US #105
#72Kristina57US #68
#73Misty53US #194
#74Brooke51US #87
#75Caitlin51US #44
#76Leah51US #82
#77Stacey50US #119
#78Carrie49US #132
#79Krystal49US #74
#80Miranda49US #144
#81Cassie48US #176
#82Jenna47US #66
#83Kasey47
#84Catherine46US #69
#85Margaret46US #93
#86Sasha46US #147
#87Susan46US #140
#88Haley45US #143
#89Jasmine45US #53
#90Julie45US #71
#91Vanessa45US #41
#92Candace44US #117
#93Candice44US #130
#94Katelyn44US #84
#95Autumn43US #169
#96Jacqueline43US #62
#97Patricia41US #77
#98Alexandra40US #49
#99Alisha40US #126
#100Chasity40

Boys

#1Joshua920US #4
#2Justin784US #7
#3Christopher774US #2
#4Michael755US #1
#5James695US #9
#6Matthew663US #3
#7William527US #16
#8Brandon520US #17
#9Andrew474US #5
#10David455US #6
#11Joseph443US #12
#12John442US #11
#13Robert440US #10
#14Jonathan400US #15
#15Daniel363US #8
#16Nicholas302US #14
#17Timothy302US #25
#18Dustin294US #48
#19Charles283US #37
#20Aaron279US #31
#21Ryan278US #13
#22Jeremy277US #35
#23Adam272US #26
#24Jacob272US #28
#25Eric270US #19
#26Steven264US #24
#27Thomas260US #23
#28Zachary259US #29
#29Anthony249US #18
#30Kyle249US #21
#31Brian241US #22
#32Kevin229US #20
#33Benjamin226US #30
#34Travis215US #41
#35Jordan209US #52
#36Jason205US #27
#37Tyler204US #33
#38Cody185US #43
#39Richard177US #32
#40Bradley172US #57
#41Nathan171US #44
#42Stephen160US #40
#43Mark157US #39
#44Derek154US #53
#45Patrick143US #42
#46Kenneth141US #51
#47Jeffrey135US #36
#48Paul128US #46
#49Corey127US #56
#50Cory125US #59
#51Samuel123US #45
#52Jesse121US #55
#53Wesley121US #93
#54Gregory116US #50
#55Alexander109US #34
#56Shawn109US #61
#57Bryan104US #54
#58Sean103US #38
#59Phillip101US #71
#60Austin97US #63
#61Jared97US #60
#62Scott88US #47
#63Donald84US #76
#64Chad83US #65
#65Larry80US #123
#66Logan80US #109
#67Derrick79US #97
#68Evan79US #74
#69Alex77US #58
#70Gary76US #100
#71Casey72US #83
#72Seth72US #90
#73Shane69US #67
#74Nathaniel66US #81
#75Billy65US #185
#76Cameron64US #69
#77Keith63US #70
#78Jeffery62US #120
#79Bobby61US #163
#80Ronald61US #79
#81Jonathon60US #125
#82Brent56US #107
#83Terry56US #141
#84Edward52US #62
#85George51US #78
#86Ricky51US #148
#87Marcus50US #66
#88Douglas49US #88
#89Johnathan49US #115
#90Craig48US #96
#91Chase45US #127
#92Clayton45US #147
#93Brett43US #73
#94Lucas43US #112
#95Mitchell43US #95
#96Rodney41US #162
#97Jerry40US #130
#98Micheal40US #157
#99Randall40US #154
#100Devin38US #98

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑29Kristin#55
↑29Evan#68
↑27Chelsea#31
↑20Logan#66
↑16Hannah#41
↑15Kelsey#63
↑15Caitlin#75
↑14Kara#58

Falling

↓29Casey#70
↓29Chasity#100
↓18Johnathan#89
↓17Kendra#64
↓17Jerry#97
↓13Brandi#67
↓13Krystal#79
↓13Gary#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.