State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1990 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,040 Kentucky births in 1990 across 972 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#85Billyoutside the national top 200
#99Clintonoutside the national top 200
#87Bobby#185 nationally
#86Ricky#176 nationally
#83Terry#164 nationally
#91Tabitha#164 nationally
#36Bethany#107 nationally
#71Jeffery#136 nationally
#80Candace#142 nationally
#93Rebekah#149 nationally
#54Wesley#107 nationally
#85Brandy#137 nationally

Girls

#1Brittany843US #3
#2Jessica757US #1
#3Ashley729US #2
#4Amanda538US #4
#5Kayla471US #14
#6Sarah426US #6
#7Samantha417US #5
#8Megan396US #11
#9Amber366US #15
#10Lauren349US #10
#11Tiffany335US #23
#12Emily331US #12
#13Elizabeth325US #9
#14Courtney317US #17
#15Stephanie316US #7
#16Heather297US #19
#17Whitney274US #60
#18Jennifer257US #8
#19Rebecca220US #21
#20Rachel216US #16
#21Chelsea215US #24
#22Hannah208US #30
#23Mary188US #35
#24Katherine176US #26
#25Kimberly165US #31
#26Laura162US #29
#27Danielle153US #18
#28Morgan153US #58
#29Sara146US #34
#30Amy138US #38
#31Christina134US #25
#32Kristen134US #42
#33Lindsey134US #51
#34Kelsey130US #32
#35Taylor117US #46
#36Bethany115US #107
#37Erica112US #36
#38Allison110US #48
#39Jordan109US #59
#40Michelle107US #22
#41April105US #73
#42Victoria103US #33
#43Anna102US #45
#44Brittney102US #44
#45Alyssa99US #27
#46Jamie98US #55
#47Katie98US #53
#48Erin97US #43
#49Holly97US #89
#50Crystal95US #39
#51Andrea93US #40
#52Cassandra93US #49
#53Kelly90US #41
#54Melissa90US #20
#55Casey88US #106
#56Jasmine86US #28
#57Angela85US #52
#58Kristin85US #65
#59Kathryn82US #57
#60Caitlin80US #50
#61Brooke78US #70
#62Olivia78US #72
#63Natasha75US #105
#64Nicole75US #13
#65Miranda74US #112
#66Paige74US #79
#67Shelby68US #100
#68Brandi67US #103
#69Lindsay65US #69
#70Catherine64US #71
#71Haley64US #108
#72Kendra64US #117
#73Natalie64US #63
#74Tara64US #85
#75Leah63US #82
#76Leslie63US #115
#77Alicia61US #54
#78Alexandra60US #37
#79Kara60US #110
#80Candace58US #142
#81Chelsey58US #128
#82Meagan58US #126
#83Katelyn57US #75
#84Shannon57US #68
#85Brandy56US #137
#86Felicia56US #121
#87Kaitlyn56US #78
#88Rachael56US #111
#89Kristina55US #77
#90Alexandria50US #95
#91Tabitha50US #164
#92Erika48US #74
#93Rebekah48US #149
#94Jacqueline46US #67
#95Margaret46US #102
#96Brianna45US #61
#97Candice45US #147
#98Krista45US #145
#99Julia43US #83
#100Abigail42US #90

Boys

#1Joshua891US #4
#2Christopher790US #2
#3James779US #8
#4Michael727US #1
#5Matthew651US #3
#6Justin624US #9
#7William573US #16
#8John483US #12
#9Joseph438US #10
#10Robert435US #13
#11David414US #6
#12Brandon410US #19
#13Andrew396US #7
#14Jacob388US #20
#15Jordan380US #29
#16Jonathan373US #17
#17Zachary366US #22
#18Daniel358US #5
#19Nicholas351US #14
#20Cody348US #31
#21Tyler338US #21
#22Charles301US #38
#23Timothy292US #30
#24Ryan280US #11
#25Aaron279US #34
#26Dustin274US #50
#27Steven273US #25
#28Anthony269US #15
#29Adam263US #32
#30Kyle246US #18
#31Thomas243US #26
#32Travis234US #42
#33Benjamin231US #33
#34Eric229US #24
#35Kevin220US #23
#36Jeremy213US #40
#37Stephen205US #39
#38Brian191US #27
#39Nathan191US #44
#40Corey179US #56
#41Ethan174US #58
#42Richard171US #35
#43Bradley165US #65
#44Patrick155US #36
#45Austin153US #55
#46Mark142US #47
#47Derek141US #54
#48Samuel134US #45
#49Jeffrey133US #43
#50Kenneth131US #52
#51Jason128US #46
#52Jesse127US #48
#53Alexander126US #28
#54Wesley117US #107
#55Cory116US #67
#56Shawn113US #69
#57Paul110US #49
#58Gregory108US #51
#59Cameron107US #62
#60Sean105US #37
#61Phillip92US #81
#62Nathaniel90US #86
#63Bryan86US #57
#64Jared85US #63
#65Chad83US #85
#66Derrick80US #106
#67Donald80US #87
#68Scott79US #53
#69Shane75US #73
#70Caleb74US #88
#71Jeffery73US #136
#72Taylor73US #64
#73Alex72US #59
#74Logan70US #104
#75Evan69US #71
#76Blake68US #91
#77Jonathon66US #124
#78Ronald64US #97
#79Gary63US #114
#80Lucas63US #112
#81Casey61US #89
#82Chase61US #110
#83Terry61US #164
#84Trevor61US #76
#85Billy60
#86Ricky60US #176
#87Bobby58US #185
#88Johnathan58US #108
#89Keith58US #80
#90Seth58US #102
#91Devin56US #98
#92Brett54US #84
#93Douglas52US #103
#94Marcus52US #72
#95Brent50US #127
#96George49US #79
#97Jerry49US #146
#98Dylan47US #83
#99Clinton45
#100Edward45US #68

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑36Taylor#35
↑31Alyssa#45
↑27Bethany#36
↑23Morgan#28
↑19Candace#80
↑18Casey#55
↑17Michelle#40
↑17Anna#43

Falling

↓25Tara#74
↓24Nicole#64
↓24Tabitha#91
↓23Andrea#51
↓22Seth#90
↓19Melissa#54
↓18Alicia#77
↓18Casey#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.