State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,777 Kentucky births in 1996 across 1,032 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#74Brooklynoutside the national top 200
#93Katlynoutside the national top 200
#87Trenton#187 nationally
#41Whitney#140 nationally
#59Makayla#129 nationally
#97Mckenzie#158 nationally
#76Kendra#136 nationally
#80Wesley#137 nationally
#82Johnathan#138 nationally
#49Autumn#104 nationally
#95Phillip#150 nationally
#90Cory#144 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah437US #7
#2Ashley388US #3
#3Emily384US #1
#4Sarah362US #4
#5Kayla357US #11
#6Taylor351US #6
#7Brittany331US #14
#8Jessica326US #2
#9Courtney305US #21
#10Megan273US #12
#11Madison262US #15
#12Haley261US #30
#13Samantha261US #5
#14Morgan254US #25
#15Amber249US #27
#16Shelby243US #35
#17Alexis235US #8
#18Kelsey233US #36
#19Rachel224US #9
#20Elizabeth208US #10
#21Lauren188US #16
#22Savannah178US #43
#23Amanda175US #13
#24Rebecca172US #24
#25Kaitlyn171US #40
#26Allison157US #38
#27Mary152US #44
#28Victoria151US #18
#29Brianna148US #17
#30Sydney145US #39
#31Destiny141US #56
#32Olivia139US #34
#33Alyssa135US #23
#34Katherine129US #31
#35Chelsea128US #55
#36Abigail124US #32
#37Katelyn118US #64
#38Kristen117US #70
#39Tiffany116US #52
#40Heather115US #71
#41Whitney115US #140
#42Jordan111US #49
#43Cheyenne108US #68
#44Danielle108US #29
#45Sierra108US #62
#46Anna103US #33
#47Brooke99US #45
#48Alexandria98US #77
#49Autumn93US #104
#50Alexandra92US #26
#51Breanna92US #74
#52Sara92US #50
#53Miranda86US #76
#54Mackenzie85US #75
#55Lindsey82US #86
#56Erin81US #51
#57Katie81US #81
#58Jasmine80US #28
#59Makayla79US #129
#60Emma78US #53
#61Jennifer78US #19
#62Kimberly78US #41
#63Caitlin75US #84
#64Bethany74US #117
#65Laura74US #66
#66Bailey71US #85
#67Christina70US #57
#68Erica70US #79
#69Caroline69US #78
#70Natalie68US #46
#71Paige68US #65
#72Kathryn67US #87
#73Mariah67US #63
#74Brooklyn66
#75Gabrielle65US #54
#76Kendra65US #136
#77Sabrina64US #58
#78Holly62US #130
#79Madeline62US #67
#80Leah60US #98
#81Kaitlin58US #103
#82Stephanie58US #20
#83Andrea57US #61
#84Julia57US #48
#85Summer57US #137
#86Briana54US #72
#87Casey54US #121
#88Jamie54US #96
#89Jenna54US #83
#90Michaela54US #102
#91Amy53US #88
#92Cassidy53US #109
#93Katlyn53
#94Molly53US #99
#95Hayley52US #120
#96Margaret52US #105
#97Mckenzie52US #158
#98Kaylee51US #110
#99Rachael49US #128
#100Kristin48US #147

Boys

#1Austin727US #9
#2Jacob644US #3
#3James542US #17
#4William524US #18
#5Zachary496US #14
#6Christopher493US #4
#7Matthew493US #2
#8Joshua461US #5
#9Tyler459US #7
#10Michael450US #1
#11Brandon401US #8
#12Joseph377US #12
#13John354US #15
#14Andrew348US #10
#15Cody344US #31
#16Nicholas328US #6
#17Justin310US #20
#18Robert310US #23
#19Jordan303US #27
#20David264US #13
#21Dylan263US #33
#22Logan255US #42
#23Ryan247US #16
#24Aaron241US #34
#25Jonathan237US #21
#26Daniel223US #11
#27Benjamin207US #29
#28Samuel204US #30
#29Thomas197US #28
#30Kyle193US #25
#31Dakota192US #58
#32Dustin191US #79
#33Charles185US #43
#34Alexander177US #22
#35Nathan172US #37
#36Christian167US #24
#37Anthony160US #19
#38Caleb156US #48
#39Hunter151US #47
#40Timothy147US #40
#41Bradley146US #83
#42Trevor146US #63
#43Adam139US #39
#44Steven139US #38
#45Travis137US #73
#46Cameron130US #49
#47Dalton130US #99
#48Nathaniel128US #69
#49Jared127US #64
#50Tristan124US #68
#51Ethan123US #62
#52Noah121US #50
#53Brian118US #36
#54Corey115US #94
#55Eric115US #35
#56Stephen114US #59
#57Jason109US #41
#58Patrick107US #44
#59Chase106US #76
#60Kevin105US #26
#61Devin104US #60
#62Jesse97US #51
#63Blake96US #84
#64Mason93US #104
#65Evan89US #65
#66Jeremy88US #56
#67Richard88US #45
#68Mark87US #55
#69Jeffrey85US #72
#70Seth83US #103
#71Taylor82US #82
#72Alex78US #53
#73Kenneth77US #77
#74Tanner77US #90
#75Shawn76US #111
#76Derek75US #101
#77Sean75US #46
#78Lucas74US #93
#79Elijah72US #81
#80Wesley70US #137
#81Paul69US #78
#82Johnathan68US #138
#83Luke68US #75
#84Dillon67US #121
#85Connor66US #54
#86Isaac64US #86
#87Trenton63US #187
#88Bryan62US #66
#89Gregory61US #98
#90Cory60US #144
#91Garrett59US #85
#92Isaiah59US #71
#93Marcus56US #87
#94Collin55US #115
#95Phillip53US #150
#96Colton51US #105
#97Brett50US #110
#98Casey50US #142
#99Jackson50US #136
#100Shane50US #112

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑46Noah#52
↑40Tristan#50
↑21Savannah#22
↑21Kathryn#72
↑18Bailey#66
↑18Nathaniel#48
↑17Mackenzie#54
↑17Chase#59

Falling

↓32Stephanie#82
↓20Kristin#100
↓17Tiffany#39
↓17Kaitlin#81
↓15Jennifer#61
↓15Shawn#75
↓14Erica#68
↓13Amy#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.