Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1966

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1966 were Lisa for girls (1,079 babies) and James for boys (1,451). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,743 babies born in Kentucky in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1966

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

Girls

Freda: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lesia: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Wilma: 25 babies, 5× the national rate
Vonda: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Hazel: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tamela: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Vickie: 110 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lana: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Loretta: 80 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Edna: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Dewey: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Timmy: 74 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Doyle: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Randell: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jackie: 53 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Donnie: 55 babies, 4× the national rate
Chester: 31 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Hubert: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Teddy: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Willard: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	1,079	–	1
2	Kimberly	758	↑1	2
3	Mary	595	↓1	3
4	Melissa	577	↑7	22
5	Tammy	554	–	8
6	Angela	497	↑1	9
7	Karen	454	↓3	5
8	Donna	402	↓2	12
9	Teresa	391	↓1	29
10	Jennifer	382	↑5	10
11	Pamela	347	↓1	15
12	Patricia	334	↓3	7
13	Sandra	322	↓1	17
14	Tina	283	↑6	23
15	Michelle	277	↑22	4
16	Linda	273	↑2	18
17	Susan	272	↓3	6
18	Cynthia	263	↓1	11
19	Rhonda	263	↓6	39
20	Rebecca	259	↓4	40
21	Deborah	240	↑1	14
22	Elizabeth	240	↑6	16
23	Laura	239	↑4	19
24	Sherry	239	↓3	53
25	Sharon	226	↓1	28
26	Brenda	224	↓3	25
27	Robin	216	↓8	42
28	Kathy	208	↓3	59
29	Julie	207	↑4	13
30	Paula	201	–	50
31	Barbara	186	↓5	27
32	Tracy	186	↑4	31
33	Amy	184	↑8	30
34	Lori	181	↓2	21
35	Stephanie	181	↑3	38
36	Nancy	172	↓1	33
37	Cheryl	162	↑2	34
38	Sheila	158	↓7	51
39	Dana	153	↑8	68
40	Connie	151	↓11	70
41	Kelly	151	↓1	26
42	Denise	134	new	32
43	Debra	124	↓9	35
44	Carol	121	–	48
45	Carolyn	121	–	60
46	Regina	119	–	82
47	Cindy	117	new	56
48	Dawn	117	new	24
49	Carla	114	new	77
50	Tonya	114	new	96

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	James	1,451	–	3
2	Michael	1,163	↑1	1
3	David	1,080	↓1	2
4	Robert	923	↑1	5
5	John	903	↓1	4
6	William	883	–	6
7	Timothy	724	–	11
8	Mark	609	↑1	7
9	Jeffrey	584	↑1	9
10	Charles	571	↓2	20
11	Kevin	445	↑2	17
12	Richard	416	↓1	8
13	Christopher	398	↑9	12
14	Joseph	390	–	15
15	Steven	388	–	13
16	Thomas	378	↓4	10
17	Anthony	375	↑1	22
18	Gregory	356	↓2	23
19	Kenneth	353	↓2	21
20	Gary	350	–	28
21	Paul	348	↓2	18
22	Brian	336	↑3	14
23	Donald	297	↓2	27
24	Ronald	296	↓1	24
25	Jeffery	285	↑2	42
26	Terry	282	↓2	40
27	Stephen	256	↓1	26
28	Daniel	241	↑2	19
29	Larry	237	–	38
30	Jerry	236	↓2	41
31	Scott	232	↑12	16
32	Billy	215	↑1	80
33	Ricky	213	↓2	64
34	Tony	212	–	49
35	Rodney	210	↑1	35
36	Keith	207	↑4	32
37	Roger	201	↑4	51
38	Danny	194	↓6	62
39	George	184	↓1	37
40	Bobby	169	↓3	82
41	Douglas	169	↓6	33
42	Eric	167	↑2	25
43	Patrick	167	↑6	31
44	Troy	163	↑4	48
45	Randy	153	↓6	45
46	Todd	150	↑4	29
47	Jimmy	141	–	77
48	Johnny	138	new	73
49	Barry	137	↓4	87
50	Edward	133	↓4	30

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