Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1965

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1965 were Lisa for girls (1,186 babies) and James for boys (1,585). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 56,301 babies born in Kentucky in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1965

Names given at least 15 times in Kentucky that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Glenna: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Wilma: 32 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Geneva: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Ladonna: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lesia: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Thelma: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Billie: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tamela: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shelia: 95 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lesa: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Deron: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jackie: 73 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Stevie: 32 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Timmy: 75 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ernie: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Scottie: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Chester: 37 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Teddy: 31 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rickie: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Scotty: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	1,186	–	1
2	Mary	744	–	2
3	Kimberly	722	–	4
4	Karen	717	↑2	3
5	Tammy	559	↓1	11
6	Donna	482	↑1	7
7	Angela	459	↑4	10
8	Teresa	432	↓3	24
9	Patricia	422	↓1	6
10	Pamela	395	↓1	12
11	Melissa	365	↑11	38
12	Sandra	334	↓2	15
13	Rhonda	333	↑8	37
14	Susan	314	↓1	5
15	Jennifer	300	↑12	20
16	Rebecca	300	↑13	41
17	Cynthia	296	↑8	9
18	Linda	294	↓4	8
19	Robin	292	↑4	33
20	Tina	290	↓1	29
21	Sherry	280	↓1	56
22	Deborah	269	↓10	13
23	Brenda	266	↓6	23
24	Sharon	256	↓8	22
25	Kathy	244	↓10	54
26	Barbara	236	↑2	25
27	Laura	233	↓9	17
28	Elizabeth	219	↓4	16
29	Connie	217	↑1	61
30	Paula	216	↓4	49
31	Sheila	201	↑1	50
32	Lori	197	↑10	19
33	Julie	196	–	14
34	Debra	181	↓3	27
35	Nancy	176	↓1	32
36	Tracy	175	new	36
37	Michelle	169	↑11	18
38	Stephanie	168	new	44
39	Cheryl	163	↑2	31
40	Kelly	161	↑7	30
41	Amy	156	new	35
42	Theresa	153	↓5	45
43	Janet	149	↓7	55
44	Carol	145	↓9	42
45	Carolyn	138	↓7	58
46	Regina	135	new	82
47	Dana	134	↑2	78
48	Beverly	130	new	>100
49	Debbie	130	↓9	62
50	Betty	128	↓5	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	James	1,585	–	4
2	David	1,179	–	3
3	Michael	1,117	↑1	1
4	John	1,020	↓1	2
5	Robert	887	–	5
6	William	886	–	6
7	Timothy	764	↑1	12
8	Charles	650	↑1	20
9	Mark	641	↓2	7
10	Jeffrey	633	–	10
11	Richard	489	–	8
12	Thomas	441	↑2	9
13	Kevin	435	↑4	13
14	Joseph	427	↓2	11
15	Steven	419	↓2	14
16	Gregory	398	↓1	23
17	Kenneth	397	↑1	21
18	Anthony	390	↑2	22
19	Paul	369	↓3	16
20	Gary	348	↓1	27
21	Donald	346	–	26
22	Christopher	321	↑7	18
23	Ronald	311	↑1	24
24	Terry	296	↓2	40
25	Brian	289	↑10	19
26	Stephen	285	↑2	28
27	Jeffery	272	↓2	47
28	Jerry	270	↑2	41
29	Larry	268	↓2	38
30	Daniel	262	↑1	17
31	Ricky	258	↓8	57
32	Danny	215	↑2	56
33	Billy	211	↓7	77
34	Tony	207	↑4	48
35	Douglas	204	↓3	32
36	Rodney	198	new	33
37	Bobby	191	↑2	80
38	George	190	↑3	34
39	Randy	184	↑1	42
40	Keith	183	↓3	35
41	Roger	181	↑1	49
42	Phillip	176	↑2	70
43	Scott	175	↓7	15
44	Eric	168	new	25
45	Barry	165	↓12	86
46	Edward	163	↓3	29
47	Jimmy	159	↓1	81
48	Troy	154	new	53
49	Patrick	153	–	31
50	Todd	150	↓5	30

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