Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1975

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (1,006 babies) and Michael for boys (1,206). Social Security records list 49,400 babies born in Kentucky in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1975

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: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Della: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Janie: 30 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Chasity: 57 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Christal: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kristal: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Marsha: 56 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bridgett: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sondra: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Chastity: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Scottie: 35 babies, 6× the national rate
Scotty: 55 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Donnie: 49 babies, 4× the national rate
Jackie: 36 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Timmy: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Virgil: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ronnie: 87 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Mickey: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kenny: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rocky: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,006	–	1
2	Angela	766	–	5
3	Amy	730	↑1	2
4	Melissa	661	↓1	4
5	Kimberly	486	–	7
6	Heather	458	↑1	3
7	Stephanie	420	↓1	9
8	Lisa	366	↑3	8
9	Mary	339	↑1	19
10	Rebecca	329	↓2	11
11	Michelle	303	↓2	6
12	Amanda	292	↑17	14
13	Tonya	275	↓1	45
14	Shannon	258	↓1	21
15	Crystal	255	↑10	43
16	Tammy	251	↓2	31
17	Christina	246	↑10	12
18	Christy	232	↑1	53
19	April	227	↓4	25
20	Tina	224	↓4	35
21	Misty	208	↑9	47
22	Laura	207	–	20
23	Elizabeth	200	↓5	15
24	Julie	199	–	18
25	Tracy	199	↓8	24
26	Kelly	198	↓3	16
27	Sarah	180	↑4	17
28	Susan	174	↓8	32
29	Karen	171	↑10	27
30	Carrie	167	↑12	29
31	Jessica	166	↑7	13
32	Stacy	166	↓4	34
33	Robin	144	↑1	65
34	Lori	141	↓13	39
35	Dana	137	–	62
36	Patricia	134	↓10	36
37	Andrea	131	↑7	28
38	Wendy	127	↑2	33
39	Leslie	126	↓2	71
40	Nicole	123	new	10
41	Cynthia	121	↓5	40
42	Emily	120	new	48
43	Stacey	120	new	44
44	Holly	119	↑5	55
45	Rachel	117	↑5	26
46	Melanie	115	↑1	52
47	Rhonda	114	↓2	93
48	Sherry	112	↓2	95
49	Tara	112	↓6	41
50	Teresa	108	↓9	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	1,206	–	1
2	Christopher	1,160	↑1	3
3	Jason	1,125	↑1	2
4	James	1,105	↓2	4
5	David	731	↑2	5
6	William	721	–	10
7	John	704	↑1	7
8	Robert	679	↓3	6
9	Brian	567	–	8
10	Charles	502	–	25
11	Kevin	440	–	15
12	Joseph	429	–	12
13	Matthew	420	↑2	9
14	Jeremy	355	↑9	24
15	Steven	352	↓2	18
16	Timothy	339	–	22
17	Anthony	335	↑1	21
18	Eric	300	↑1	13
19	Mark	292	↓5	19
20	Jeffrey	282	↑1	14
21	Thomas	279	↓4	20
22	Daniel	272	–	11
23	Jonathan	267	↑6	30
24	Richard	264	↓4	16
25	Chad	263	↑3	27
26	Kenneth	244	↑8	35
27	Gregory	226	↓3	33
28	Shawn	226	↑5	31
29	Joshua	209	↑9	26
30	Stephen	204	↓4	34
31	Gary	197	↓1	50
32	Donald	193	↓5	42
33	Scott	193	↑2	17
34	Paul	187	↓9	29
35	Larry	185	↓3	56
36	Ronald	157	↓5	46
37	Bryan	156	↑3	47
38	Benjamin	150	new	36
39	Adam	147	new	38
40	Aaron	146	↑9	32
41	Bradley	145	↓2	52
42	Andrew	144	–	28
43	Phillip	143	↑1	72
44	Billy	140	↓7	84
45	Jerry	140	↓9	65
46	Terry	140	↑4	67
47	Brandon	138	new	44
48	Bobby	131	new	93
49	George	130	↓1	53
50	Jeffery	130	↓9	70

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