State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1991 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,214 Kentucky births in 1991 across 1,014 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#82Billyoutside the national top 200
#92Bobbyoutside the national top 200
#82Tabitha#190 nationally
#97Johnathonoutside the national top 200
#100Clinton#191 nationally
#80Jeffery#151 nationally
#90Angel#159 nationally
#46Bethany#109 nationally
#85Brandy#148 nationally
#94Larry#157 nationally
#85Brent#146 nationally
#94Candace#153 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley755US #1
#2Brittany725US #3
#3Jessica667US #2
#4Kayla537US #12
#5Sarah439US #6
#6Amanda416US #4
#7Megan401US #11
#8Emily395US #10
#9Samantha389US #5
#10Amber383US #16
#11Courtney304US #19
#12Elizabeth300US #9
#13Rachel273US #14
#14Heather264US #23
#15Lauren263US #13
#16Tiffany252US #27
#17Whitney249US #68
#18Shelby240US #33
#19Hannah234US #29
#20Stephanie232US #7
#21Chelsea225US #18
#22Jennifer224US #8
#23Kelsey208US #26
#24Rebecca189US #21
#25Mary188US #38
#26Kimberly161US #34
#27Morgan157US #49
#28Taylor154US #32
#29Lindsey153US #52
#30Danielle151US #17
#31Katherine146US #25
#32Laura144US #35
#33Sara137US #37
#34Victoria125US #28
#35Kristen115US #48
#36Christina114US #31
#37Katie111US #53
#38Erica108US #40
#39Jordan108US #62
#40Amy107US #43
#41Andrea103US #39
#42Miranda102US #90
#43Olivia102US #61
#44Kelly100US #42
#45Erin96US #44
#46Bethany95US #109
#47April94US #88
#48Allison93US #50
#49Anna93US #46
#50Jasmine92US #24
#51Cassandra91US #54
#52Melissa89US #20
#53Brooke88US #65
#54Brittney87US #58
#55Michelle83US #22
#56Tara82US #104
#57Casey81US #111
#58Nicole80US #15
#59Alexandra79US #36
#60Haley79US #79
#61Kendra78US #118
#62Kara76US #106
#63Holly75US #105
#64Katelyn74US #75
#65Jamie73US #60
#66Kristin73US #86
#67Alexandria72US #78
#68Alyssa72US #30
#69Caitlin72US #55
#70Brandi69US #110
#71Crystal69US #41
#72Angela68US #59
#73Alicia67US #63
#74Paige67US #76
#75Kathryn66US #57
#76Alexis65US #47
#77Brianna64US #51
#78Natasha64US #113
#79Julia63US #67
#80Lindsay63US #77
#81Natalie63US #64
#82Tabitha61US #190
#83Jenna59US #80
#84Molly58US #74
#85Brandy56US #148
#86Mariah56US #69
#87Ariel55US #66
#88Leslie55US #124
#89Madison55US #128
#90Angel54US #159
#91Chelsey54US #129
#92Alisha53US #149
#93Margaret53US #108
#94Candace52US #153
#95Kristina52US #87
#96Shannon52US #71
#97Felicia51US #121
#98Kaitlyn51US #82
#99Leah51US #91
#100Sydney51US #134

Boys

#1Joshua799US #4
#2James712US #7
#3Michael698US #1
#4Christopher683US #2
#5Matthew612US #3
#6William579US #19
#7Justin514US #14
#8Brandon497US #15
#9Jacob488US #17
#10Cody463US #24
#11John447US #10
#12Tyler443US #16
#13Joseph431US #9
#14Robert415US #13
#15Andrew414US #5
#16David405US #8
#17Zachary383US #22
#18Jordan362US #29
#19Ryan340US #11
#20Nicholas335US #12
#21Daniel327US #6
#22Jonathan319US #20
#23Charles278US #38
#24Aaron273US #31
#25Anthony273US #18
#26Steven264US #27
#27Timothy261US #32
#28Dustin240US #56
#29Travis236US #44
#30Kyle231US #21
#31Benjamin230US #33
#32Thomas226US #28
#33Eric210US #25
#34Adam201US #36
#35Jeremy201US #43
#36Nathan201US #42
#37Brian179US #30
#38Austin176US #50
#39Stephen176US #41
#40Patrick172US #35
#41Kevin169US #23
#42Richard169US #34
#43Corey161US #58
#44Alexander150US #26
#45Samuel144US #39
#46Bradley139US #67
#47Ethan137US #65
#48Mark130US #47
#49Jeffrey128US #45
#50Jesse128US #51
#51Wesley128US #106
#52Derek121US #59
#53Shawn119US #71
#54Kenneth117US #54
#55Dylan115US #46
#56Gregory115US #55
#57Taylor106US #52
#58Cory104US #74
#59Jason104US #49
#60Sean103US #40
#61Cameron101US #62
#62Jared100US #64
#63Logan98US #94
#64Caleb97US #78
#65Paul95US #53
#66Evan94US #70
#67Christian90US #48
#68Phillip87US #98
#69Alex85US #63
#70Bryan85US #61
#71Donald85US #102
#72Dakota82US #121
#73Casey80US #90
#74Trevor78US #69
#75Seth76US #99
#76Chad75US #104
#77Lucas73US #107
#78Shane71US #75
#79Nathaniel69US #84
#80Jeffery66US #151
#81Jonathon66US #125
#82Billy63
#83Marcus63US #76
#84Blake60US #86
#85Brent57US #146
#86Gary57US #124
#87Scott57US #57
#88Brett56US #88
#89Ronald56US #101
#90Keith55US #89
#91Devin54US #83
#92Bobby53
#93Johnathan51US #110
#94Larry51US #157
#95Chase49US #108
#96Derrick49US #111
#97Johnathon49
#98Dillon48US #103
#99Douglas48US #109
#100Clinton47US #191

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑49Shelby#18
↑43Dylan#55
↑23Miranda#42
↑23Alexandria#67
↑20Julia#79
↑19Olivia#43
↑19Alexandra#59
↑19Katelyn#64

Falling

↓30Derrick#96
↓24Leah#99
↓23Alyssa#68
↓21Crystal#71
↓19Jamie#65
↓19Scott#87
↓17Nathaniel#79
↓16Kathryn#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.