State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1992 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,278 Kentucky births in 1992 across 1,020 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#77Tabitha#189 nationally
#94Carrieoutside the national top 200
#94Billyoutside the national top 200
#100Cotyoutside the national top 200
#98Jeffery#176 nationally
#93Brandy#168 nationally
#97Autumn#170 nationally
#57Kendra#125 nationally
#68Hillary#132 nationally
#25Whitney#85 nationally
#56Bethany#115 nationally
#92Mason#149 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley676US #1
#2Brittany600US #4
#3Jessica548US #2
#4Kayla468US #13
#5Sarah453US #5
#6Emily390US #7
#7Samantha379US #6
#8Amanda369US #3
#9Megan354US #10
#10Chelsea328US #15
#11Amber315US #19
#12Courtney301US #21
#13Elizabeth285US #9
#14Hannah258US #26
#15Lauren258US #12
#16Kelsey253US #23
#17Tiffany253US #32
#18Rachel249US #16
#19Shelby232US #34
#20Taylor231US #17
#21Heather228US #31
#22Stephanie209US #8
#23Rebecca191US #20
#24Mary185US #36
#25Whitney184US #85
#26Morgan176US #41
#27Katherine175US #27
#28Jennifer162US #11
#29Kristen140US #53
#30Danielle136US #18
#31Sara135US #37
#32Victoria135US #22
#33Kimberly131US #35
#34Katie125US #54
#35Andrea121US #39
#36Haley119US #56
#37Lindsey118US #57
#38Allison114US #48
#39Christina112US #33
#40Kaitlyn110US #42
#41Laura107US #38
#42Jordan100US #63
#43Katelyn99US #65
#44Amy97US #51
#45Brooke97US #59
#46Miranda96US #89
#47Erica95US #44
#48Jasmine95US #28
#49Michelle93US #25
#50Anna92US #49
#51Kathryn91US #60
#52Nicole89US #14
#53Casey83US #109
#54Holly82US #99
#55Olivia81US #58
#56Bethany79US #115
#57Kendra79US #125
#58Alexandria77US #73
#59Cassandra77US #52
#60April76US #103
#61Caitlin76US #62
#62Kelly75US #47
#63Paige75US #64
#64Alexandra74US #29
#65Brittney74US #68
#66Chelsey73US #117
#67Erin73US #46
#68Hillary73US #132
#69Kara73US #114
#70Alexis71US #40
#71Alyssa70US #30
#72Brandi70US #110
#73Natasha66US #120
#74Brianna65US #43
#75Kristin65US #90
#76Mariah64US #74
#77Tabitha63US #189
#78Lindsay62US #81
#79Tara62US #118
#80Julia61US #70
#81Madison60US #107
#82Alicia59US #71
#83Jamie59US #75
#84Molly59US #83
#85Destiny58US #130
#86Margaret58US #102
#87Angela57US #69
#88Ariel55US #87
#89Jenna55US #67
#90Catherine54US #78
#91Melissa54US #24
#92Sierra54US #129
#93Brandy53US #168
#94Carrie53
#95Crystal53US #50
#96Leslie53US #133
#97Autumn52US #170
#98Savannah52US #143
#99Abigail51US #86
#100Natalie50US #61

Boys

#1Joshua675US #4
#2James648US #9
#3Christopher645US #2
#4Michael613US #1
#5Matthew579US #3
#6Jacob539US #15
#7Brandon536US #6
#8Cody530US #24
#9William527US #20
#10Justin500US #18
#11Tyler497US #8
#12Zachary487US #16
#13John401US #14
#14Robert399US #17
#15Andrew391US #5
#16Joseph391US #11
#17David384US #10
#18Jordan326US #32
#19Ryan316US #13
#20Nicholas313US #12
#21Jonathan311US #21
#22Aaron298US #30
#23Daniel272US #7
#24Charles266US #43
#25Austin263US #38
#26Timothy250US #34
#27Steven244US #29
#28Dustin240US #58
#29Anthony234US #19
#30Kyle233US #22
#31Dylan221US #28
#32Travis217US #48
#33Thomas200US #27
#34Benjamin193US #33
#35Adam185US #36
#36Alexander182US #23
#37Nathan182US #44
#38Corey177US #65
#39Jeremy172US #47
#40Eric162US #26
#41Stephen161US #45
#42Kevin148US #25
#43Samuel138US #40
#44Jesse137US #50
#45Brian135US #31
#46Richard132US #41
#47Taylor124US #52
#48Christian123US #35
#49Logan123US #89
#50Patrick123US #39
#51Dakota122US #103
#52Bradley120US #72
#53Shawn119US #71
#54Gregory113US #60
#55Mark113US #49
#56Jason109US #46
#57Ethan108US #76
#58Jeffrey108US #51
#59Kenneth108US #59
#60Sean106US #42
#61Alex104US #54
#62Cory100US #83
#63Evan99US #66
#64Cameron96US #53
#65Jared95US #67
#66Caleb93US #74
#67Paul93US #55
#68Trevor92US #63
#69Derek85US #62
#70Devin84US #75
#71Nathaniel83US #79
#72Dillon81US #73
#73Phillip80US #107
#74Wesley79US #111
#75Bryan77US #57
#76Seth75US #94
#77Donald73US #110
#78Lucas71US #106
#79Blake70US #84
#80Tanner68US #101
#81Shane66US #77
#82Casey65US #105
#83Jonathon65US #136
#84Hunter64US #135
#85Johnathan62US #122
#86Dalton61US #121
#87Derrick60US #120
#88Chad58US #108
#89Chase58US #116
#90George57US #95
#91Marcus55US #82
#92Mason54US #149
#93Brett53US #97
#94Billy52
#95Garrett52US #88
#96Scott51US #61
#97Edward50US #70
#98Jeffery49US #176
#99Ronald49US #112
#100Coty48

On the move since 1991

Rising

↑58Kaitlyn#40
↑26Dillon#72
↑25Chelsey#66
↑24Haley#36
↑24Kathryn#51
↑24Dylan#31
↑21Katelyn#43
↑21Dakota#51

Falling

↓39Melissa#91
↓24Crystal#95
↓23Tara#79
↓23Wesley#74
↓22Erin#67
↓19Natalie#100
↓18Kelly#62
↓18Jamie#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1991 rankings.