Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1976

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (1,051 babies) and Michael for boys (1,237). Social Security records list 50,054 babies born in Kentucky in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1976

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

Girls

Christal: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tabatha: 40 babies, 4× the national rate
Chasity: 59 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Penny: 51 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Angelia: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jeri: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Whitney: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Chastity: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Chrystal: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Billie: 49 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Denver: 15 babies, 8× the national rate
Scottie: 29 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Scotty: 39 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Elmer: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Timmy: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Leslie: 35 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mickey: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Donnie: 44 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Billy: 191 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jackie: 34 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,051	–	1
2	Amy	746	↑1	2
3	Angela	625	↓1	5
4	Melissa	607	–	3
5	Heather	499	↑1	4
6	Kimberly	423	↓1	7
7	Stephanie	421	–	11
8	Amanda	415	↑4	10
9	Rebecca	382	↑1	12
10	Shannon	352	↑4	17
11	Lisa	315	↓3	9
12	Mary	309	↓3	22
13	Michelle	287	↓2	6
14	Crystal	272	↑1	36
15	Jessica	270	↑16	8
16	Jamie	269	new	18
17	Misty	267	↑4	46
18	April	246	↑1	30
19	Christina	241	↓2	14
20	Elizabeth	240	↑3	16
21	Tonya	222	↓8	58
22	Christy	217	↓4	60
23	Tammy	212	↓7	41
24	Julie	206	–	21
25	Sarah	206	↑2	15
26	Kelly	193	–	19
27	Laura	188	↓5	20
28	Tina	186	↓8	48
29	Carrie	173	↑1	28
30	Tracy	173	↓5	37
31	Stacy	170	↑1	38
32	Rachel	149	↑13	23
33	Tiffany	145	new	32
34	Karen	144	↓5	31
35	Emily	136	↑7	50
36	Leslie	135	↑3	65
37	Susan	135	↓9	40
38	Brandy	132	new	55
39	Lori	131	↓5	47
40	Jaime	129	new	29
41	Andrea	126	↓4	25
42	Patricia	121	↓6	43
43	Melanie	119	↑3	53
44	Tara	118	↑5	42
45	Nicole	115	↓5	13
46	Dana	114	↓11	64
47	Holly	114	↓3	56
48	Wendy	112	↓10	39
49	Stacey	110	↓6	51
50	Donna	109	new	93

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	1,237	–	1
2	Jason	1,144	↑1	2
3	James	1,119	↑1	5
4	Christopher	1,104	↓2	3
5	David	763	–	4
6	William	725	–	11
7	John	661	–	6
8	Robert	656	–	7
9	Brian	612	–	8
10	Jeremy	492	↑4	14
11	Joseph	471	↑1	12
12	Matthew	449	↑1	9
13	Charles	433	↓3	26
14	Kevin	416	↓3	15
15	Timothy	370	↑1	21
16	Eric	358	↑2	13
17	Steven	357	↓2	20
18	Anthony	348	↓1	22
19	Daniel	312	↑3	10
20	Joshua	279	↑9	18
21	Richard	276	↑3	19
22	Jonathan	274	↑1	31
23	Mark	272	↓4	25
24	Jeffrey	267	↓4	17
25	Thomas	256	↓4	23
26	Chad	236	↓1	29
27	Stephen	232	↑3	37
28	Gregory	225	↓1	35
29	Kenneth	214	↓3	38
30	Paul	213	↑4	28
31	Shawn	210	↓3	34
32	Gary	205	↓1	52
33	Donald	196	↓1	47
34	Billy	191	↑10	85
35	Benjamin	190	↑3	32
36	Ronald	174	–	49
37	Aaron	173	↑3	30
38	Scott	173	↓5	24
39	Brandon	172	↑8	40
40	Larry	171	↓5	60
41	Bradley	166	–	51
42	Adam	165	↓3	36
43	Ryan	160	new	16
44	Phillip	153	↓1	69
45	Andrew	149	↓3	27
46	Jerry	147	↓1	67
47	Bryan	144	↓10	43
48	Travis	135	new	46
49	Bobby	129	↓1	96
50	George	129	↓1	53

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