State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1994 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,441 Kentucky births in 1994 across 1,026 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#95Brandyoutside the national top 200
#73Chelsey#178 nationally
#44Autumn#117 nationally
#85Jonathon#154 nationally
#23Whitney#91 nationally
#83Clayton#149 nationally
#90Douglas#156 nationally
#51Bethany#116 nationally
#76Johnathan#134 nationally
#85Summer#141 nationally
#93Tara#148 nationally
#69Casey#118 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley504US #2
#2Brittany484US #7
#3Jessica462US #1
#4Sarah420US #5
#5Emily409US #3
#6Kayla388US #12
#7Megan347US #10
#8Taylor325US #6
#9Samantha294US #4
#10Hannah289US #16
#11Amber284US #21
#12Courtney279US #22
#13Amanda256US #8
#14Kelsey252US #29
#15Rachel248US #13
#16Lauren244US #14
#17Morgan237US #25
#18Elizabeth232US #9
#19Shelby222US #40
#20Tiffany189US #35
#21Mary179US #37
#22Haley178US #36
#23Whitney177US #91
#24Victoria174US #19
#25Chelsea173US #38
#26Rebecca164US #24
#27Alexis155US #18
#28Heather154US #44
#29Allison138US #34
#30Danielle128US #20
#31Stephanie127US #15
#32Katherine126US #30
#33Kaitlyn125US #48
#34Kristen124US #55
#35Madison123US #51
#36Brianna120US #27
#37Lindsey120US #69
#38Miranda119US #61
#39Olivia119US #50
#40Jennifer115US #17
#41Sara110US #43
#42Kimberly109US #32
#43Sydney105US #76
#44Autumn103US #117
#45Erin103US #45
#46Anna101US #41
#47Jasmine101US #23
#48Katelyn99US #58
#49Abigail94US #42
#50Alyssa94US #26
#51Bethany94US #116
#52Nicole93US #11
#53Savannah91US #82
#54Alexandria90US #73
#55Katie90US #70
#56Erica88US #57
#57Brooke86US #54
#58Sierra85US #71
#59Christina84US #39
#60Alexandra83US #28
#61Andrea83US #49
#62Laura83US #46
#63Breanna81US #85
#64Jordan81US #52
#65Paige80US #63
#66Caitlin75US #78
#67Kristin68US #114
#68Destiny66US #86
#69Casey65US #118
#70Amy64US #77
#71Kathryn64US #79
#72Kelly64US #62
#73Chelsey63US #178
#74Kaitlin63US #93
#75Gabrielle62US #67
#76Holly62US #112
#77Emma61US #74
#78Marissa61US #53
#79Catherine60US #84
#80Kendra60US #126
#81Mackenzie58US #102
#82Michaela58US #109
#83Michelle58US #33
#84Natasha58US #133
#85Summer58US #141
#86Jamie57US #87
#87April56US #127
#88Cassandra56US #66
#89Briana55US #68
#90Hayley55US #136
#91Angela54US #81
#92Brittney54US #89
#93Tara54US #148
#94Melissa52US #31
#95Brandy51
#96Kara51US #134
#97Rachael51US #124
#98Natalie50US #56
#99Brandi49US #122
#100Mariah49US #75

Boys

#1Austin638US #17
#2James586US #14
#3Christopher550US #2
#4Michael550US #1
#5Jacob549US #7
#6Cody534US #25
#7Joshua532US #4
#8William522US #19
#9Zachary515US #12
#10Brandon506US #6
#11Tyler504US #5
#12Matthew477US #3
#13John385US #15
#14Robert378US #21
#15Justin374US #20
#16Joseph355US #11
#17Nicholas345US #9
#18David337US #13
#19Andrew321US #10
#20Jordan310US #29
#21Aaron286US #28
#22Jonathan281US #23
#23Ryan277US #16
#24Daniel241US #8
#25Dylan236US #32
#26Anthony220US #18
#27Timothy216US #39
#28Dustin214US #56
#29Travis212US #53
#30Charles208US #43
#31Alexander201US #22
#32Kyle201US #24
#33Benjamin192US #31
#34Thomas189US #27
#35Dakota178US #69
#36Adam177US #38
#37Steven175US #34
#38Nathan158US #40
#39Samuel158US #33
#40Logan145US #70
#41Jesse141US #45
#42Jared138US #63
#43Stephen136US #49
#44Corey134US #73
#45Christian131US #35
#46Trevor130US #58
#47Bradley128US #83
#48Dalton128US #85
#49Kevin126US #26
#50Caleb122US #60
#51Jeremy121US #47
#52Patrick120US #42
#53Richard116US #41
#54Brian114US #37
#55Eric113US #30
#56Cameron112US #52
#57Taylor109US #54
#58Devin105US #61
#59Jason103US #46
#60Jeffrey100US #55
#61Mark96US #48
#62Hunter95US #67
#63Evan93US #62
#64Lucas93US #95
#65Shawn91US #86
#66Nathaniel89US #78
#67Kenneth87US #65
#68Ethan86US #89
#69Seth84US #90
#70Paul83US #64
#71Alex82US #50
#72Wesley82US #118
#73Blake79US #81
#74Sean79US #44
#75Cory75US #102
#76Johnathan74US #134
#77Gregory73US #76
#78Chase71US #114
#79Derek67US #77
#80Bryan66US #66
#81Casey66US #116
#82Mason65US #125
#83Clayton61US #149
#84Dillon59US #101
#85Jonathon59US #154
#86Tanner59US #96
#87Marcus58US #75
#88Phillip57US #131
#89Donald56US #132
#90Douglas55US #156
#91Spencer54US #98
#92Shane52US #92
#93Mitchell51US #71
#94George49US #110
#95Derrick48US #136
#96Connor47US #59
#97Luke46US #91
#98Brett45US #107
#99Chad45US #130
#100Garrett45US #82

On the move since 1993

Rising

↑41Autumn#44
↑37Sydney#43
↑30Brianna#36
↑30Dalton#48
↑28Madison#35
↑24Sierra#58
↑21Miranda#38
↑19Abigail#49

Falling

↓35Brandi#99
↓30Brittney#92
↓25Laura#62
↓23Kendra#80
↓23Michelle#83
↓22Andrea#61
↓21Cory#75
↓20Derek#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1993 rankings.