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Most Popular Names in Kentucky

The most common baby names registered in Kentucky across all years of SSA records, ranked by total birth count. The sparkline for each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to present, giving context for when that name was at its peak.

The top 100 names in Kentucky account for 2,405,180 total birth registrations. Click any name for a full national profile with gender data, decade breakdowns, and distribution across all 50 states.

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# Name Births Trend
1 James 146,400
2 William 106,483
3 Mary 103,992
4 John 83,875
5 Robert 81,183
6 Charles 69,972
7 Michael 63,479
8 David 61,411
9 Joseph 40,321
10 Thomas 36,974
11 Christopher 35,254
12 Betty 33,903
13 Richard 30,887
14 Linda 30,845
15 Donald 30,013
16 Elizabeth 29,820
17 Paul 28,364
18 Kenneth 27,649
19 George 27,591
20 Patricia 27,422
21 Barbara 26,624
22 Anna 25,030
23 Larry 24,934
24 Dorothy 24,143
25 Joshua 23,048
26 Jennifer 22,598
27 Timothy 22,547
28 Margaret 22,510
29 Matthew 22,477
30 Gary 21,371
31 Sarah 21,083
32 Daniel 21,016
33 Billy 20,859
34 Mark 20,369
35 Brenda 19,925
36 Jerry 19,821
37 Ronald 19,081
38 Steven 19,019
39 Donna 18,798
40 Edward 18,310
41 Martha 18,306
42 Anthony 18,130
43 Helen 18,092
44 Jason 17,913
45 Virginia 17,819
46 Nancy 17,734
47 Rebecca 17,517
48 Ruth 17,235
49 Shirley 17,188
50 Jacob 17,169
51 Bobby 17,168
52 Lisa 17,071
53 Kimberly 16,954
54 Jessica 16,894
55 Amanda 16,317
56 Andrew 16,174
57 Brian 15,766
58 Angela 15,408
59 Ashley 15,390
60 Sandra 15,325
61 Kevin 15,304
62 Harold 15,268
63 Carolyn 15,252
64 Jeffrey 15,203
65 Melissa 15,011
66 Stephen 14,955
67 Joyce 14,679
68 Ruby 14,651
69 Emma 14,619
70 Karen 14,595
71 Deborah 14,546
72 Emily 14,537
73 Sharon 14,358
74 Wanda 14,275
75 Terry 14,237
76 Brandon 14,011
77 Roy 13,995
78 Samuel 13,973
79 Raymond 13,885
80 Carl 13,796
81 Laura 13,667
82 Jonathan 13,525
83 Susan 13,153
84 Gregory 13,119
85 Justin 13,008
86 Henry 12,960
87 Pamela 12,830
88 Roger 12,657
89 Amy 12,605
90 Jack 12,281
91 Danny 12,172
92 Judy 12,163
93 Mildred 12,064
94 Benjamin 11,890
95 Joe 11,469
96 Stephanie 11,381
97 Frances 11,290
98 Teresa 11,200
99 Walter 10,817
100 Carol 10,808