Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1972

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (962 babies) and James for boys (1,270). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 50,289 babies born in Kentucky in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1972

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

Girls

Johnna: 19 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Brittany: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Chrystal: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ladonna: 33 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Buffy: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Billie: 60 babies, 3.6× the national rate
James: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Stella: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Betty: 68 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Vickie: 54 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Scottie: 45 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Stevie: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Scotty: 58 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Donnie: 62 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Elmer: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Timmy: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Chester: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Teddy: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jackie: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Joey: 47 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	962	–	1
2	Angela	739	↑1	6
3	Melissa	702	↓1	7
4	Kimberly	611	–	4
5	Lisa	485	–	3
6	Tammy	478	–	11
7	Stephanie	458	↑3	8
8	Amy	440	–	5
9	Michelle	418	↓2	2
10	Mary	369	↓1	13
11	Rebecca	353	↑1	14
12	Tina	277	↓1	18
13	Shannon	266	–	22
14	Tonya	247	↑9	37
15	Tracy	246	↓1	19
16	Heather	231	↑14	9
17	Julie	231	↑7	12
18	Laura	228	↓1	17
19	Susan	212	↑1	24
20	Karen	210	↓5	21
21	Elizabeth	206	↓3	15
22	Lori	199	↑6	28
23	Rhonda	195	↓1	60
24	Teresa	190	↓8	39
25	Stacy	176	↑8	33
26	Pamela	173	↓1	34
27	Cynthia	172	↓8	25
28	Sherry	172	↓2	70
29	Kelly	171	–	23
30	Dana	170	↑2	52
31	Donna	168	↓4	45
32	Sandra	165	↓1	31
33	Patricia	163	↓12	27
34	Robin	159	↑1	55
35	Crystal	155	↑11	59
36	Christy	151	↑9	74
37	Melinda	139	↑3	81
38	Christina	138	–	26
39	Tara	125	new	38
40	Paula	123	↑2	72
41	Stacey	123	↑2	41
42	Melanie	119	new	42
43	April	117	new	48
44	Dawn	117	↓8	20
45	Holly	112	new	71
46	Nicole	111	new	10
47	Deborah	110	↓10	43
48	Kathy	106	↓7	>100
49	Leslie	106	↓1	75
50	Linda	101	↓11	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	James	1,270	–	3
2	Michael	1,191	–	1
3	Christopher	1,157	↑1	2
4	David	814	↓1	4
5	Robert	808	↑1	6
6	John	793	↑1	5
7	William	781	↓2	9
8	Brian	721	–	8
9	Jason	573	↑4	7
10	Charles	519	↓1	23
11	Kevin	452	↑1	13
12	Timothy	421	↓2	21
13	Mark	416	↑1	18
14	Steven	389	↑1	19
15	Joseph	388	↑1	12
16	Jeffrey	381	↓5	17
17	Richard	351	–	14
18	Anthony	345	–	22
19	Eric	324	↑4	16
20	Gregory	322	–	26
21	Thomas	314	↓2	20
22	Matthew	268	↑7	10
23	Daniel	259	↑9	15
24	Scott	257	↓3	11
25	Stephen	249	–	29
26	Paul	248	↓2	24
27	Kenneth	244	↓5	27
28	Donald	242	↓2	36
29	Larry	234	↓1	47
30	Chad	211	↑8	25
31	Ronald	210	↓1	32
32	Jerry	202	↑1	53
33	Jonathan	196	↑1	37
34	Troy	192	↑1	49
35	Gary	189	↓8	41
36	Shawn	174	↑3	28
37	Billy	162	↓6	81
38	Terry	161	↓2	62
39	Jeffery	160	↓2	58
40	Todd	159	↑3	31
41	Bryan	157	new	45
42	Keith	153	↑2	38
43	Phillip	141	new	75
44	George	140	↓2	44
45	Jeremy	136	new	42
46	Patrick	130	↓5	35
47	Bradley	125	new	61
48	Danny	122	↓1	87
49	Jamie	119	new	72
50	Rodney	117	↓2	65

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