Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1974

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (1,104 babies) and Michael for boys (1,196). Social Security records list 48,629 babies born in Kentucky in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1974

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

Girls

Whitney: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Chastity: 48 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Selena: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Janie: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shelia: 31 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tabatha: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Edna: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sondra: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Chasity: 31 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shellie: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Scotty: 54 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Scottie: 32 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jackie: 45 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Donnie: 55 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ronnie: 107 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Robbie: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Billy: 166 babies, 3× the national rate
Timmy: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Virgil: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ricky: 92 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,104	–	1
2	Angela	697	–	5
3	Melissa	612	–	7
4	Amy	562	↑1	2
5	Kimberly	477	↓1	6
6	Stephanie	469	–	9
7	Heather	395	↑5	4
8	Rebecca	381	↑1	10
9	Michelle	371	↓2	3
10	Mary	343	↑1	13
11	Lisa	323	↓3	8
12	Tonya	308	↑1	37
13	Shannon	299	↑1	18
14	Tammy	293	↓4	24
15	April	250	↑6	28
16	Tina	244	↓1	25
17	Tracy	222	–	23
18	Elizabeth	213	–	12
19	Christy	202	↑13	57
20	Susan	198	↓4	27
21	Lori	193	↑1	30
22	Laura	189	↓2	21
23	Kelly	187	↑2	15
24	Julie	183	↓5	14
25	Crystal	176	↓2	49
26	Patricia	171	↓2	29
27	Christina	165	↓1	16
28	Stacy	164	–	38
29	Amanda	150	↑21	34
30	Misty	147	new	66
31	Sarah	144	new	20
32	Dawn	143	↑6	22
33	Donna	143	↓2	67
34	Robin	142	–	63
35	Dana	140	↑2	55
36	Cynthia	134	↓9	33
37	Leslie	132	↑4	65
38	Jessica	131	↑7	17
39	Karen	130	↓9	26
40	Wendy	128	↑6	32
41	Teresa	125	↓12	52
42	Carrie	124	new	42
43	Tara	121	↑5	39
44	Andrea	119	↓4	35
45	Rhonda	115	↓9	86
46	Sherry	114	↓13	89
47	Melanie	111	↓8	51
48	Pamela	111	↓13	54
49	Holly	106	↓6	56
50	Rachel	105	new	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	1,196	–	1
2	James	1,160	↑1	5
3	Christopher	1,157	↓1	3
4	Jason	1,063	–	2
5	Robert	768	–	7
6	William	733	–	10
7	David	728	–	4
8	John	709	↑1	6
9	Brian	657	↓1	8
10	Charles	456	–	23
11	Kevin	420	–	14
12	Joseph	400	↑1	12
13	Steven	366	↑4	19
14	Mark	348	↓2	16
15	Matthew	347	↑4	9
16	Timothy	345	↓2	22
17	Thomas	314	↑3	20
18	Anthony	310	↓3	21
19	Eric	303	↓1	13
20	Richard	292	↑1	17
21	Jeffrey	276	↓5	15
22	Daniel	272	–	11
23	Jeremy	267	↑13	24
24	Gregory	231	↓1	31
25	Paul	231	–	27
26	Stephen	231	–	35
27	Donald	229	↑5	41
28	Chad	217	–	26
29	Jonathan	209	↓5	33
30	Gary	200	↑1	48
31	Ronald	196	↑6	42
32	Larry	193	↓2	55
33	Shawn	190	↓4	30
34	Kenneth	189	↓7	34
35	Scott	182	↓2	18
36	Jerry	176	↓2	61
37	Billy	166	↓2	78
38	Joshua	166	new	29
39	Bradley	151	new	58
40	Bryan	148	↓1	45
41	Jeffery	143	↑8	66
42	Andrew	138	new	28
43	Jamie	133	↑1	68
44	Phillip	128	↓2	70
45	Troy	128	↓5	63
46	Todd	127	–	39
47	Patrick	125	↓2	38
48	George	124	–	49
49	Aaron	123	new	32
50	Terry	120	↓12	69

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