Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1968

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1968 were Lisa for girls (926 babies) and James for boys (1,349). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 51,075 babies born in Kentucky in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1968

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

Girls

Mitzi: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tamatha: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Shelia: 68 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Patsy: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Billie: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lesa: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sondra: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Stella: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Greta: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lois: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Timmy: 72 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Donnie: 62 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Scotty: 37 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jackie: 43 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Scottie: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Stevie: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Chester: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Elmer: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Billy: 187 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ronnie: 124 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	926	–	1
2	Melissa	745	↑1	5
3	Kimberly	687	↓1	3
4	Angela	589	↑2	7
5	Tammy	569	–	8
6	Mary	511	↓2	6
7	Karen	407	↑1	9
8	Jennifer	392	↑4	4
9	Tina	364	↑7	18
10	Michelle	363	↑3	2
11	Teresa	355	↓1	30
12	Donna	324	↓5	24
13	Laura	299	↑6	11
14	Amy	284	↑11	13
15	Susan	284	↓6	10
16	Patricia	280	↓1	15
17	Pamela	271	↓6	20
18	Rebecca	270	–	33
19	Stephanie	259	↑1	23
20	Sandra	241	↓6	26
21	Tracy	240	↑13	25
22	Elizabeth	238	–	17
23	Rhonda	235	↓6	42
24	Paula	227	–	45
25	Kelly	212	↑14	12
26	Cynthia	210	↓5	19
27	Sherry	204	↓4	52
28	Lori	201	↑5	22
29	Robin	201	↑1	43
30	Deborah	200	↓3	27
31	Linda	195	↓5	28
32	Julie	190	↓3	16
33	Sharon	173	↓5	32
34	Shannon	168	new	53
35	Barbara	156	↓4	36
36	Brenda	152	↓4	34
37	Dana	151	↑4	70
38	Tonya	148	↑2	60
39	Sheila	139	↓3	59
40	Dawn	138	↑7	21
41	Debra	134	↑1	38
42	Kathy	132	↓4	76
43	Carol	128	↑2	49
44	Connie	123	↓7	87
45	Nancy	120	↓2	39
46	Regina	115	–	81
47	Leslie	113	new	66
48	Cheryl	108	↓13	37
49	Theresa	106	new	47
50	Janet	103	↓1	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	James	1,349	–	4
2	Michael	1,288	–	1
3	David	1,021	–	2
4	John	979	–	3
5	Robert	904	↑1	5
6	William	829	↓1	6
7	Timothy	654	–	13
8	Mark	612	–	7
9	Charles	569	–	20
10	Jeffrey	532	–	11
11	Richard	499	–	8
12	Brian	456	↑5	10
13	Christopher	451	↑1	9
14	Kevin	433	↑1	17
15	Steven	406	↑1	15
16	Joseph	396	↓4	16
17	Thomas	396	↓4	12
18	Kenneth	352	↑4	23
19	Gregory	351	↑1	26
20	Paul	347	↓1	19
21	Anthony	342	↓3	21
22	Donald	308	↓1	29
23	Stephen	308	↑2	27
24	Ronald	276	–	25
25	Larry	266	↑1	38
26	Jeffery	264	↑2	46
27	Gary	262	↓4	32
28	Jerry	239	↑3	44
29	Daniel	229	–	18
30	Terry	229	↓3	48
31	Scott	212	↓1	14
32	Eric	194	↑7	22
33	Billy	187	↓1	76
34	Todd	185	↑11	28
35	Troy	180	–	40
36	Rodney	179	↑1	42
37	Douglas	164	↓1	33
38	Patrick	164	↑2	30
39	Danny	162	↑3	72
40	Ricky	161	↑4	70
41	George	157	↑2	36
42	Jimmy	154	new	77
43	Roger	153	↓5	55
44	Tony	148	↓10	52
45	Keith	146	↓12	35
46	Edward	143	–	31
47	Bobby	134	↓6	81
48	Dennis	134	–	45
49	Matthew	124	new	24
50	Ronnie	124	new	>100

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