Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1969

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1969 were Lisa for girls (779 babies) and James for boys (1,511). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,225 babies born in Kentucky in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1969

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: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lee: 54 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Angelia: 44 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mitzi: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tamatha: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Greta: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jerri: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marcella: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tabatha: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ladonna: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Dewey: 24 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Timmy: 60 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Scotty: 41 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Stevie: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Donnie: 49 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jackie: 43 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Teddy: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Billy: 179 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bobby: 166 babies, 3× the national rate
Rickey: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	779	–	1
2	Melissa	741	–	5
3	Kimberly	731	–	4
4	Angela	598	–	7
5	Tammy	575	–	9
6	Jennifer	493	↑2	3
7	Mary	446	↓1	8
8	Michelle	433	↑2	2
9	Amy	386	↑5	6
10	Tina	343	↓1	22
11	Karen	311	↓4	13
12	Stephanie	295	↑7	19
13	Susan	290	↑2	11
14	Laura	288	↓1	10
15	Donna	287	↓3	26
16	Rebecca	281	↑2	28
17	Tracy	273	↑4	17
18	Teresa	269	↓7	32
19	Patricia	263	↓3	18
20	Rhonda	255	↑3	44
21	Julie	247	↑11	12
22	Pamela	245	↓5	24
23	Shannon	243	↑11	31
24	Elizabeth	240	↓2	16
25	Sandra	224	↓5	25
26	Kelly	218	↓1	15
27	Robin	213	↑2	46
28	Lori	211	–	20
29	Sherry	209	↓2	55
30	Cynthia	201	↓4	23
31	Dana	183	↑6	60
32	Linda	181	↓1	33
33	Deborah	180	↓3	27
34	Tonya	178	↑4	54
35	Paula	174	↓11	50
36	Sharon	165	↓3	36
37	Carol	142	↑6	56
38	Regina	141	↑8	86
39	Barbara	134	↓4	39
40	Dawn	130	–	21
41	Kathy	128	↑1	77
42	Brenda	126	↓6	38
43	Nancy	120	↑2	45
44	Denise	117	new	35
45	Stacy	117	new	53
46	Debra	116	↓5	43
47	Melinda	116	new	89
48	Christina	114	new	37
49	Connie	114	↓5	>100
50	Sheila	114	↓11	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	James	1,511	–	3
2	Michael	1,300	–	1
3	David	1,054	–	2
4	Robert	983	↑1	5
5	William	933	↑1	6
6	John	906	↓2	4
7	Mark	558	↑1	8
8	Christopher	552	↑5	7
9	Timothy	534	↓2	17
10	Charles	526	↓1	19
11	Brian	523	↑1	9
12	Jeffrey	500	↓2	11
13	Steven	439	↑2	14
14	Richard	424	↓3	10
15	Joseph	404	↑1	15
16	Thomas	387	↑1	13
17	Kevin	383	↓3	16
18	Anthony	368	↑3	20
19	Gregory	323	–	26
20	Paul	323	–	22
21	Kenneth	307	↓3	23
22	Stephen	286	↑1	27
23	Scott	278	↑8	12
24	Donald	277	↓2	30
25	Gary	273	↑2	35
26	Larry	268	↓1	40
27	Ronald	259	↓3	29
28	Eric	236	↑4	21
29	Daniel	230	–	18
30	Jerry	215	↓2	45
31	Todd	209	↑3	28
32	Jeffery	206	↓6	48
33	Troy	206	↑2	42
34	Terry	200	↓4	52
35	Jason	190	new	25
36	Matthew	185	↑13	24
37	Billy	179	↓4	77
38	Douglas	174	↓1	34
39	Keith	172	↑6	36
40	Bobby	166	↑7	82
41	Tony	166	↑3	54
42	George	164	↓1	38
43	Edward	162	↑3	32
44	Roger	154	↓1	59
45	Rodney	141	↓9	49
46	Bryan	140	new	51
47	Danny	140	↓8	73
48	Bradley	136	new	53
49	Johnny	131	new	67
50	Jonathan	125	new	46

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