State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1995 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,826 Kentucky births in 1995 across 1,015 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#89Trenton#199 nationally
#91Tabithaoutside the national top 200
#95Chelseyoutside the national top 200
#60Makayla#164 nationally
#30Whitney#115 nationally
#45Autumn#110 nationally
#78Johnathan#143 nationally
#52Bethany#116 nationally
#96Derrick#159 nationally
#92Natasha#154 nationally
#85Chad#144 nationally
#72Wesley#129 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley435US #2
#2Brittany402US #8
#3Emily396US #3
#4Sarah377US #5
#5Taylor363US #6
#6Hannah356US #7
#7Kayla343US #11
#8Jessica333US #1
#9Samantha320US #4
#10Courtney305US #17
#11Megan294US #13
#12Amber281US #22
#13Rachel261US #12
#14Morgan260US #23
#15Elizabeth246US #10
#16Shelby224US #38
#17Kelsey215US #33
#18Haley205US #32
#19Amanda203US #9
#20Lauren197US #15
#21Madison176US #29
#22Tiffany173US #46
#23Alexis169US #14
#24Mary162US #40
#25Chelsea161US #47
#26Kaitlyn157US #42
#27Victoria152US #20
#28Allison148US #34
#29Olivia144US #39
#30Whitney143US #115
#31Heather139US #54
#32Katelyn137US #59
#33Rebecca136US #28
#34Kristen133US #65
#35Destiny132US #66
#36Abigail130US #36
#37Sydney130US #43
#38Jordan129US #50
#39Brianna121US #21
#40Katherine120US #30
#41Miranda118US #57
#42Anna113US #31
#43Savannah112US #68
#44Danielle110US #24
#45Autumn107US #110
#46Jennifer107US #18
#47Sara106US #48
#48Sierra106US #60
#49Alyssa105US #27
#50Stephanie100US #16
#51Alexandria99US #72
#52Bethany99US #116
#53Lindsey95US #82
#54Erica94US #69
#55Jasmine93US #25
#56Laura90US #56
#57Cheyenne88US #86
#58Katie88US #77
#59Kimberly85US #37
#60Makayla85US #164
#61Alexandra84US #26
#62Christina84US #45
#63Brooke79US #52
#64Kaitlin76US #94
#65Paige76US #58
#66Natalie75US #51
#67Breanna70US #76
#68Erin65US #49
#69Brandi64US #124
#70Caitlin64US #81
#71Mackenzie64US #88
#72Mariah64US #71
#73Andrea63US #55
#74Emma63US #67
#75Nicole63US #19
#76Kendra62US #133
#77Jamie61US #93
#78Amy60US #75
#79Cassandra59US #78
#80Kristin59US #131
#81Caroline58US #92
#82Kelly58US #64
#83Madeline58US #79
#84Bailey57US #96
#85Gabrielle57US #61
#86Briana55US #74
#87Cassidy55US #108
#88Jenna54US #84
#89Michaela54US #107
#90Michelle54US #41
#91Tabitha54
#92Natasha53US #154
#93Kathryn52US #83
#94Marissa52US #53
#95Chelsey51
#96Kara50US #152
#97Caitlyn49US #138
#98Hayley48US #135
#99Casey47US #118
#100Julia47US #62

Boys

#1Austin732US #10
#2Jacob665US #4
#3James559US #17
#4William521US #20
#5Christopher508US #3
#6Zachary502US #14
#7Michael499US #1
#8Tyler492US #6
#9Brandon473US #8
#10Joshua469US #5
#11Matthew461US #2
#12Cody433US #26
#13Justin386US #18
#14Nicholas359US #7
#15Andrew356US #11
#16Joseph356US #12
#17John347US #13
#18Robert302US #22
#19Jordan295US #29
#20Aaron264US #30
#21David259US #16
#22Dylan250US #34
#23Ryan248US #15
#24Jonathan247US #23
#25Daniel246US #9
#26Dakota233US #56
#27Thomas217US #27
#28Timothy211US #40
#29Charles206US #44
#30Kyle194US #24
#31Dustin192US #62
#32Alexander181US #21
#33Logan180US #51
#34Benjamin177US #31
#35Steven176US #37
#36Samuel175US #33
#37Nathan164US #39
#38Christian160US #28
#39Anthony158US #19
#40Travis158US #66
#41Adam149US #38
#42Jared146US #63
#43Hunter142US #53
#44Corey135US #74
#45Trevor130US #61
#46Cameron129US #49
#47Dalton124US #87
#48Bradley123US #78
#49Caleb121US #54
#50Kevin120US #25
#51Brian116US #36
#52Eric115US #32
#53Ethan115US #75
#54Jesse113US #46
#55Jeremy112US #48
#56Stephen111US #57
#57Devin110US #58
#58Richard109US #42
#59Patrick105US #43
#60Shawn103US #100
#61Blake102US #77
#62Mark99US #52
#63Evan98US #60
#64Mason98US #102
#65Jeffrey92US #64
#66Nathaniel92US #73
#67Taylor90US #69
#68Kenneth89US #72
#69Jason86US #41
#70Lucas82US #91
#71Tanner80US #86
#72Wesley80US #129
#73Sean78US #45
#74Derek76US #83
#75Seth76US #97
#76Chase71US #95
#77Alex70US #47
#78Johnathan69US #143
#79Bryan68US #70
#80Cory67US #123
#81Gregory66US #84
#82Dillon63US #122
#83Connor59US #55
#84Paul59US #71
#85Chad57US #144
#86Casey56US #135
#87Colton56US #105
#88Luke56US #82
#89Trenton53US #199
#90Tristan53US #121
#91Devon52US #119
#92Elijah52US #93
#93Ian52US #67
#94Marcus52US #81
#95Spencer51US #104
#96Derrick50US #159
#97Mitchell50US #79
#98Noah50US #99
#99Donald49US #155
#100Phillip49US #137

On the move since 1994

Rising

↑33Destiny#35
↑32Natalie#66
↑30Brandi#69
↑28Mariah#72
↑26Jordan#38
↑19Hunter#43
↑18Mason#64
↑16Katelyn#32

Falling

↓30Casey#99
↓23Erin#68
↓23Nicole#75
↓22Kathryn#93
↓22Chelsey#95
↓19Stephanie#50
↓17Kimberly#59
↓16Lindsey#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1994 rankings.