Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1971

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (903 babies) and James for boys (1,477). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 55,112 babies born in Kentucky in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1971

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

Girls

Melissia: 16 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Malissa: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ladonna: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Chrystal: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tamela: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sondra: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lora: 50 babies, 3× the national rate
Angelia: 45 babies, 3× the national rate
Leigh: 65 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Vickie: 58 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Elmer: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Scottie: 46 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dewey: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jackie: 49 babies, 4× the national rate
Scotty: 72 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Donnie: 57 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Teddy: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Timmy: 38 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Stevie: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Johnathan: 34 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	903	↑4	1
2	Melissa	822	↓1	7
3	Angela	794	–	6
4	Kimberly	732	↓2	4
5	Lisa	595	↓1	3
6	Tammy	561	–	8
7	Michelle	516	↑2	2
8	Amy	462	–	5
9	Mary	461	↓2	9
10	Stephanie	353	–	11
11	Tina	326	–	20
12	Rebecca	323	↑1	23
13	Shannon	304	↑1	21
14	Tracy	302	↓2	13
15	Karen	291	–	15
16	Teresa	270	↑6	34
17	Laura	252	↓1	16
18	Elizabeth	238	↑6	19
19	Cynthia	236	↑9	24
20	Susan	235	↓1	17
21	Patricia	234	↑4	26
22	Rhonda	234	↓1	46
23	Tonya	223	↑3	45
24	Julie	219	↓4	10
25	Pamela	217	↓8	28
26	Sherry	214	↑3	60
27	Donna	205	↓9	38
28	Lori	200	↓5	25
29	Kelly	199	↑1	22
30	Heather	197	↑4	12
31	Sandra	187	↓4	31
32	Dana	185	–	44
33	Stacy	177	↑7	32
34	Sharon	160	↑3	40
35	Robin	159	↓4	51
36	Dawn	158	↓3	14
37	Deborah	157	↑1	33
38	Christina	148	↑8	30
39	Linda	139	↓4	42
40	Melinda	138	↑2	85
41	Kathy	136	↓5	91
42	Paula	136	↓3	63
43	Stacey	133	↑4	41
44	Andrea	126	new	35
45	Christy	120	new	89
46	Crystal	117	new	79
47	Barbara	114	↓3	47
48	Leslie	114	↓7	68
49	Sheila	114	↓1	81
50	Wendy	113	↓1	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	James	1,477	–	2
2	Michael	1,284	–	1
3	David	1,061	–	3
4	Christopher	1,002	↑3	6
5	William	940	↓1	7
6	Robert	934	–	5
7	John	923	↓2	4
8	Brian	661	↑1	9
9	Charles	567	↓1	22
10	Timothy	503	–	21
11	Jeffrey	482	–	12
12	Kevin	455	↑1	14
13	Jason	443	↑7	8
14	Mark	442	↓2	13
15	Steven	436	–	16
16	Joseph	433	–	15
17	Richard	377	↓3	11
18	Anthony	358	↓1	23
19	Thomas	355	↓1	17
20	Gregory	351	↑3	26
21	Scott	317	↑3	10
22	Kenneth	306	↓1	25
23	Eric	303	↑2	18
24	Paul	289	↓5	24
25	Stephen	283	↓3	27
26	Donald	280	↑1	34
27	Gary	265	↓1	38
28	Larry	261	–	44
29	Matthew	244	↑7	19
30	Ronald	234	↓1	31
31	Billy	217	↑4	75
32	Daniel	211	↓2	20
33	Jerry	210	↓2	50
34	Jonathan	210	new	40
35	Troy	203	↓1	46
36	Terry	202	↑1	56
37	Jeffery	191	↓5	53
38	Chad	189	new	29
39	Shawn	172	↑11	28
40	Bobby	170	↓1	79
41	Patrick	157	↑1	35
42	George	153	↓4	42
43	Todd	153	↓10	30
44	Keith	150	–	37
45	Douglas	147	↓5	39
46	Edward	147	↓3	32
47	Danny	137	↑1	82
48	Rodney	135	↑1	59
49	Johnny	134	↓2	74
50	Tony	133	↓9	62

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