Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1973

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (1,020 babies) and Michael for boys (1,178). Social Security records list 48,967 babies born in Kentucky in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1973

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: 16 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Lora: 44 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Whitney: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Chastity: 30 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ladonna: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Selena: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Vickie: 48 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Betty: 63 babies, 3× the national rate
Leigh: 51 babies, 3× the national rate
Chasity: 19 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Scotty: 68 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Donnie: 60 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jackie: 44 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Scottie: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Delbert: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Robbie: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Everett: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Timmy: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Billy: 178 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jamey: 19 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,020	–	1
2	Angela	731	–	7
3	Melissa	642	–	6
4	Kimberly	580	–	4
5	Amy	517	↑3	2
6	Stephanie	472	↑1	9
7	Michelle	423	↑2	3
8	Lisa	400	↓3	5
9	Rebecca	358	↑2	10
10	Tammy	355	↓4	15
11	Mary	338	↓1	14
12	Heather	304	↑4	8
13	Tonya	286	↑1	36
14	Shannon	276	↓1	22
15	Tina	246	↓3	24
16	Susan	221	↑3	25
17	Tracy	217	↓2	20
18	Elizabeth	216	↑3	13
19	Julie	213	↓2	12
20	Laura	199	↓2	19
21	April	195	↑22	33
22	Lori	190	–	28
23	Crystal	189	↑12	48
24	Patricia	188	↑9	27
25	Kelly	187	↑4	18
26	Christina	184	↑12	16
27	Cynthia	179	–	26
28	Stacy	177	↓3	32
29	Teresa	159	↓5	45
30	Karen	158	↓10	23
31	Donna	157	–	55
32	Christy	149	↑4	73
33	Sherry	142	↓5	76
34	Robin	139	–	60
35	Pamela	138	↓9	47
36	Rhonda	138	↓13	70
37	Dana	136	↓7	59
38	Dawn	134	↑6	21
39	Melanie	129	↑3	43
40	Andrea	126	new	30
41	Leslie	116	↑8	75
42	Nicole	116	↑4	11
43	Holly	113	↑2	54
44	Melinda	112	↓7	72
45	Jessica	110	new	34
46	Wendy	109	new	29
47	Stacey	106	↓6	41
48	Tara	104	↓9	37
49	Sandra	103	↓17	39
50	Amanda	101	new	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	1,178	↑1	1
2	Christopher	1,143	↑1	2
3	James	1,140	↓2	4
4	Jason	852	↑5	3
5	Robert	794	–	7
6	William	781	↑1	9
7	David	770	↓3	5
8	Brian	718	–	8
9	John	709	↓3	6
10	Charles	493	–	23
11	Kevin	470	–	14
12	Mark	412	↑1	15
13	Joseph	398	↑2	12
14	Timothy	378	↓2	22
15	Anthony	355	↑3	21
16	Jeffrey	322	–	17
17	Steven	321	↓3	20
18	Eric	301	↑1	13
19	Matthew	299	↑3	10
20	Thomas	299	↑1	19
21	Richard	292	↓4	16
22	Daniel	260	↑1	11
23	Gregory	256	↓3	26
24	Jonathan	250	↑9	31
25	Paul	225	↑1	24
26	Stephen	225	↓1	32
27	Kenneth	224	–	28
28	Chad	217	↑2	25
29	Shawn	208	↑7	27
30	Larry	202	↓1	50
31	Gary	201	↑4	44
32	Donald	195	↓4	38
33	Scott	195	↓9	18
34	Jerry	184	↓2	57
35	Billy	178	↑2	76
36	Jeremy	178	↑9	33
37	Ronald	165	↓6	40
38	Terry	149	–	65
39	Bryan	138	↑2	43
40	Troy	137	↓6	59
41	Keith	131	↑1	41
42	Phillip	129	↑1	71
43	Douglas	127	new	47
44	Jamie	126	↑5	70
45	Patrick	126	↑1	37
46	Todd	126	↓6	35
47	Bobby	125	new	93
48	George	124	↓4	46
49	Jeffery	120	↓10	64
50	Rodney	120	–	68

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