Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1967

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1967 were Lisa for girls (951 babies) and James for boys (1,411). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 51,645 babies born in Kentucky in 1967 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1967

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

Girls

Wilma: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Tena: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Greta: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lesa: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shelia: 66 babies, 3× the national rate
Margie: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Mitzi: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Vickie: 100 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marsha: 54 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Angelia: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Randell: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rickie: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Scottie: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jackie: 51 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Timmy: 60 babies, 4× the national rate
Stevie: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Donnie: 50 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Virgil: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lowell: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Scotty: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1967

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Lisa	951	–	1
2	Kimberly	740	–	2
3	Melissa	687	↑1	9
4	Mary	587	↓1	4
5	Tammy	563	–	8
6	Angela	535	–	7
7	Donna	378	↑1	19
8	Karen	371	↓1	6
9	Susan	347	↑8	5
10	Teresa	346	↓1	28
11	Pamela	344	–	17
12	Jennifer	332	↓2	10
13	Michelle	324	↑2	3
14	Sandra	310	↓1	20
15	Patricia	306	↓3	11
16	Tina	296	↓2	21
17	Rhonda	293	↑2	41
18	Rebecca	285	↑2	39
19	Laura	271	↑4	15
20	Stephanie	258	↑15	25
21	Cynthia	247	↓3	18
22	Elizabeth	243	–	13
23	Sherry	241	↑1	51
24	Paula	227	↑6	46
25	Amy	221	↑8	12
26	Linda	220	↓10	26
27	Deborah	215	↓6	22
28	Sharon	206	↓3	30
29	Julie	197	–	16
30	Robin	189	↓3	45
31	Barbara	183	–	33
32	Brenda	183	↓6	31
33	Lori	175	↑1	24
34	Tracy	167	↓2	29
35	Cheryl	164	↑2	35
36	Sheila	158	↑2	56
37	Connie	154	↑3	75
38	Kathy	149	↓10	64
39	Kelly	149	↑2	23
40	Tonya	146	↑10	68
41	Dana	145	↓2	71
42	Debra	137	↑1	38
43	Nancy	129	↓7	37
44	Carolyn	124	↑1	60
45	Carol	120	↓1	47
46	Regina	118	–	80
47	Dawn	117	↑1	27
48	Denise	112	↓6	34
49	Janet	111	new	61
50	Anita	110	new	98

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	James	1,411	–	3
2	Michael	1,166	–	1
3	David	1,109	–	2
4	John	953	↑1	4
5	William	896	↑1	6
6	Robert	892	↓2	5
7	Timothy	690	–	11
8	Mark	605	–	7
9	Charles	569	↑1	20
10	Jeffrey	539	↓1	13
11	Richard	463	↑1	8
12	Joseph	442	↑2	15
13	Thomas	419	↑3	12
14	Christopher	413	↓1	9
15	Kevin	389	↓4	17
16	Steven	386	↓1	14
17	Brian	380	↑5	10
18	Anthony	360	↓1	21
19	Paul	360	↑2	18
20	Gregory	330	↓2	25
21	Donald	322	↑2	27
22	Kenneth	314	↓3	22
23	Gary	311	↓3	32
24	Ronald	277	–	24
25	Stephen	264	↑2	26
26	Larry	254	↑3	38
27	Terry	254	↓1	42
28	Jeffery	230	↓3	47
29	Daniel	224	↓1	19
30	Scott	213	↑1	16
31	Jerry	202	↓1	41
32	Billy	195	–	76
33	Keith	194	↑3	34
34	Tony	192	–	50
35	Troy	183	↑9	40
36	Douglas	175	↑5	33
37	Rodney	172	↓2	37
38	Roger	172	↓1	53
39	Eric	171	↑3	23
40	Patrick	167	↑3	30
41	Bobby	164	↓1	83
42	Danny	164	↓4	68
43	George	164	↓4	36
44	Ricky	156	↓11	75
45	Todd	148	↑1	29
46	Edward	146	↑4	31
47	Randy	139	↓2	49
48	Dennis	125	new	43
49	Barry	119	–	96
50	Bryan	119	new	52

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