State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1993 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,880 Kentucky births in 1993 across 1,012 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
#89Terryoutside the national top 200
#95Tabithaoutside the national top 200
#43Bethany#115 nationally
#57Kendra#128 nationally
#75Chelsey#145 nationally
#92Clayton#159 nationally
#85Autumn#149 nationally
#19Whitney#82 nationally
#81Jonathon#144 nationally
#64Brandi#124 nationally
#98Gary#156 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley596US #2
#2Brittany519US #6
#3Jessica466US #1
#4Sarah413US #3
#5Kayla400US #16
#6Emily367US #5
#7Samantha355US #4
#8Taylor336US #7
#9Amber330US #17
#10Megan305US #11
#11Amanda283US #8
#12Courtney271US #20
#13Hannah271US #21
#14Kelsey271US #24
#15Rachel263US #14
#16Elizabeth254US #9
#17Lauren246US #12
#18Chelsea230US #25
#19Whitney206US #82
#20Tiffany204US #33
#21Shelby199US #37
#22Mary182US #36
#23Morgan180US #34
#24Rebecca173US #22
#25Haley164US #42
#26Heather163US #38
#27Danielle162US #18
#28Katherine156US #29
#29Stephanie154US #10
#30Victoria154US #19
#31Allison147US #41
#32Lindsey141US #56
#33Sara139US #40
#34Kimberly129US #39
#35Kaitlyn126US #46
#36Jennifer124US #15
#37Laura114US #43
#38Olivia112US #50
#39Andrea108US #44
#40Alexis106US #27
#41Brooke103US #52
#42Katelyn102US #54
#43Bethany98US #115
#44Alexandra97US #28
#45Alyssa92US #26
#46Jordan92US #58
#47Jasmine90US #23
#48Alexandria89US #69
#49Caitlin89US #64
#50Anna88US #47
#51Kristen88US #61
#52Paige87US #60
#53Amy86US #65
#54Katie86US #63
#55Erica84US #49
#56Christina83US #35
#57Kendra82US #128
#58Erin81US #48
#59Miranda81US #89
#60Michelle79US #31
#61Nicole77US #13
#62Brittney75US #77
#63Madison75US #78
#64Brandi74US #124
#65Savannah73US #96
#66Brianna71US #32
#67Holly68US #108
#68Abigail66US #67
#69Kelly66US #51
#70Lindsay66US #88
#71Cassandra65US #66
#72Kathryn65US #68
#73Kristin63US #109
#74Casey62US #129
#75Chelsey62US #145
#76Jenna62US #70
#77Breanna61US #83
#78Destiny61US #111
#79Natalie61US #62
#80Sydney61US #106
#81Melissa60US #30
#82Sierra60US #91
#83Shannon59US #53
#84Crystal58US #57
#85Autumn56US #149
#86Kaitlin55US #99
#87Angela53US #73
#88Jamie53US #79
#89Julia53US #72
#90April52US #112
#91Mackenzie52US #113
#92Sabrina52US #97
#93Briana51US #71
#94Kara51US #131
#95Tabitha51
#96Marissa49US #59
#97Tara49US #132
#98Alicia48US #76
#99Hayley48US #126
#100Leah47US #92

Boys

#1James639US #14
#2Michael623US #1
#3Joshua603US #4
#4Jacob598US #9
#5Christopher575US #2
#6Zachary562US #15
#7Matthew547US #3
#8William530US #18
#9Brandon516US #6
#10Cody516US #24
#11Tyler490US #5
#12Austin436US #26
#13Joseph397US #12
#14John389US #16
#15Justin383US #20
#16David380US #11
#17Andrew351US #10
#18Robert333US #17
#19Nicholas330US #8
#20Jordan327US #28
#21Ryan319US #13
#22Aaron277US #30
#23Daniel261US #7
#24Charles255US #44
#25Jonathan244US #22
#26Dylan229US #33
#27Kyle224US #23
#28Anthony222US #19
#29Travis218US #50
#30Dustin213US #59
#31Steven211US #31
#32Timothy199US #38
#33Adam190US #39
#34Thomas187US #27
#35Benjamin185US #32
#36Alexander182US #21
#37Nathan167US #41
#38Jeremy163US #46
#39Jared157US #63
#40Kevin152US #25
#41Logan152US #76
#42Brian150US #34
#43Samuel148US #37
#44Corey141US #68
#45Patrick141US #43
#46Eric137US #29
#47Dakota136US #85
#48Stephen136US #47
#49Richard129US #40
#50Bradley121US #73
#51Christian121US #35
#52Shawn119US #77
#53Taylor116US #51
#54Cory115US #94
#55Caleb113US #66
#56Cameron109US #54
#57Jesse109US #48
#58Trevor109US #64
#59Derek101US #67
#60Ethan100US #92
#61Hunter96US #97
#62Mark94US #49
#63Wesley94US #113
#64Kenneth93US #60
#65Nathaniel92US #75
#66Bryan91US #61
#67Evan90US #62
#68Devin89US #71
#69Sean89US #42
#70Blake87US #83
#71Jeffrey87US #53
#72Jason86US #45
#73Gregory84US #65
#74Lucas84US #95
#75Paul81US #56
#76Alex80US #52
#77Seth80US #93
#78Dalton76US #106
#79Shane74US #84
#80Chase70US #116
#81Jonathon69US #144
#82Dillon67US #90
#83Luke65US #87
#84Mitchell62US #81
#85Billy60
#86Casey60US #112
#87Johnathan59US #128
#88Phillip59US #117
#89Terry53
#90Mason51US #137
#91Chad50US #114
#92Clayton50US #159
#93George50US #104
#94Marcus50US #74
#95Tanner50US #98
#96Brett49US #102
#97Donald49US #118
#98Gary49US #156
#99Connor48US #57
#100Derrick48US #129

On the move since 1992

Rising

↑33Savannah#65
↑31Abigail#68
↑30Alexis#40
↑26Alyssa#45
↑26Jared#39
↑23Hunter#61
↑21Natalie#79
↑20Alexandra#44

Falling

↓30April#90
↓25Kara#94
↓22Kristen#51
↓21Kathryn#72
↓21Casey#74
↓20Katie#54
↓20Donald#97
↓19Gregory#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1992 rankings.