State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1989 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,740 Kentucky births in 1989 across 965 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#73Billy#193 nationally
#81Mistyoutside the national top 200
#95Kaseyoutside the national top 200
#88Autumn#188 nationally
#80Bobby#172 nationally
#67Tabitha#156 nationally
#97Meredith#168 nationally
#82Terry#151 nationally
#100Ricky#159 nationally
#72Miranda#130 nationally
#96Clayton#154 nationally
#92Carrie#148 nationally

Girls

#1Brittany844US #3
#2Ashley836US #2
#3Jessica793US #1
#4Amanda609US #4
#5Sarah511US #5
#6Samantha427US #6
#7Kayla405US #20
#8Tiffany390US #16
#9Amber387US #14
#10Megan385US #11
#11Heather363US #15
#12Emily317US #13
#13Lauren309US #9
#14Whitney283US #57
#15Elizabeth278US #10
#16Stephanie272US #8
#17Jennifer265US #7
#18Rachel249US #18
#19Courtney228US #21
#20Rebecca212US #24
#21Mary211US #38
#22Laura185US #25
#23Katherine182US #26
#24Chelsea180US #27
#25Hannah173US #42
#26Sara170US #29
#27Kimberly157US #28
#28Andrea149US #39
#29Christina143US #23
#30Lindsey142US #48
#31Kelsey139US #31
#32Danielle138US #17
#33Amy136US #35
#34Jamie123US #52
#35Melissa123US #19
#36Kristen121US #36
#37Allison118US #46
#38Erica114US #34
#39Brittney111US #41
#40Nicole109US #12
#41Angela107US #47
#42April106US #66
#43Crystal106US #32
#44Katie101US #45
#45Kelly99US #37
#46Kristin99US #60
#47Cassandra97US #54
#48Erin97US #40
#49Tara95US #70
#50Victoria95US #44
#51Morgan92US #69
#52Holly91US #79
#53Caitlin90US #49
#54Jordan90US #72
#55Brandi87US #98
#56Lindsay87US #63
#57Michelle85US #22
#58Natasha85US #87
#59Alicia81US #53
#60Anna77US #51
#61Brooke77US #74
#62Kendra77US #99
#63Bethany74US #102
#64Jasmine73US #30
#65Kathryn72US #58
#66Natalie72US #62
#67Tabitha70US #156
#68Leah68US #83
#69Brandy67US #121
#70Lisa65US #55
#71Taylor64US #75
#72Miranda61US #130
#73Casey60US #103
#74Kristina60US #65
#75Leslie60US #108
#76Alyssa59US #33
#77Felicia59US #111
#78Kara57US #101
#79Alexandra54US #43
#80Shannon54US #61
#81Misty53
#82Patricia50US #89
#83Haley48US #125
#84Catherine47US #67
#85Julie47US #78
#86Rachael46US #109
#87Alexandria44US #104
#88Autumn43US #188
#89Jacqueline43US #64
#90Margaret43US #97
#91Vanessa43US #50
#92Carrie42US #148
#93Chelsey42US #140
#94Kaitlin42US #100
#95Kasey41
#96Alisha40US #123
#97Meredith40US #168
#98Stacey40US #146
#99Candace39US #133
#100Julia39US #96

Boys

#1Joshua945US #4
#2Christopher883US #2
#3James757US #9
#4Michael747US #1
#5Justin735US #8
#6Matthew676US #3
#7William572US #15
#8David487US #5
#9Robert451US #10
#10John450US #12
#11Brandon443US #18
#12Andrew439US #7
#13Joseph413US #11
#14Daniel381US #6
#15Jonathan359US #17
#16Nicholas344US #14
#17Aaron332US #31
#18Dustin319US #48
#19Jacob319US #26
#20Zachary300US #25
#21Adam297US #27
#22Ryan293US #13
#23Timothy287US #28
#24Steven279US #22
#25Anthony266US #16
#26Jeremy263US #34
#27Charles258US #36
#28Tyler257US #30
#29Jordan256US #44
#30Kyle252US #20
#31Eric248US #21
#32Benjamin246US #29
#33Thomas240US #23
#34Travis236US #41
#35Kevin214US #19
#36Brian209US #24
#37Cody208US #45
#38Nathan192US #43
#39Bradley184US #58
#40Corey177US #55
#41Patrick174US #38
#42Richard169US #33
#43Stephen153US #40
#44Derek152US #54
#45Jeffrey151US #37
#46Jason145US #35
#47Mark142US #42
#48Jesse134US #50
#49Cory131US #61
#50Kenneth123US #53
#51Alexander121US #32
#52Austin119US #59
#53Gregory112US #52
#54Samuel110US #47
#55Jared108US #57
#56Paul104US #49
#57Shawn101US #65
#58Ethan94US #87
#59Sean94US #39
#60Chad92US #74
#61Phillip92US #75
#62Bryan90US #56
#63Casey88US #90
#64Wesley86US #98
#65Donald85US #82
#66Evan82US #69
#67Gary77US #106
#68Seth77US #94
#69Nathaniel75US #84
#70Cameron72US #64
#71Derrick72US #99
#72Scott71US #51
#73Billy69US #193
#74Shane69US #71
#75Johnathan68US #112
#76Jeffery66US #129
#77Jonathon65US #128
#78Logan63US #104
#79Ronald63US #85
#80Bobby62US #172
#81Alex61US #60
#82Terry60US #151
#83Edward58US #62
#84Blake57US #97
#85Brent57US #118
#86Caleb57US #91
#87Marcus57US #67
#88Taylor54US #72
#89Mitchell53US #93
#90Keith52US #70
#91George51US #79
#92Brett50US #81
#93Chase50US #113
#94Larry50US #131
#95Philip45US #101
#96Clayton44US #154
#97Curtis44US #111
#98Jerry44US #142
#99Devin43US #96
#100Ricky43US #159

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑32Kelsey#31
↑25Jasmine#64
↑22Caitlin#53
↑19Alexandra#79
↑16Hannah#25
↑15Patricia#82
↑14Johnathan#75
↑13Cassandra#47

Falling

↓29Larry#94
↓21Stacey#98
↓20Kara#78
↓17Michelle#57
↓15Bethany#63
↓15Shannon#80
↓14Tabitha#67
↓14Carrie#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.