Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1977

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (1,090 babies) and Jason for boys (1,280). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,782 babies born in Kentucky in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1977

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

Girls

Jeanie: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Shonda: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Chasity: 48 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Vickie: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Chastity: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kristal: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Crystal: 478 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rhonda: 108 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kathy: 71 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Whitney: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Scottie: 29 babies, 7× the national rate
Stevie: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Donnie: 50 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Cecil: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Timmy: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jackie: 31 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Billy: 171 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Leslie: 35 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Robbie: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lonnie: 47 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,090	–	1
2	Amy	669	–	3
3	Melissa	650	↑1	2
4	Angela	626	↓1	6
5	Amanda	499	↑3	9
6	Crystal	478	↑8	25
7	Heather	456	↓2	5
8	Kimberly	444	↓2	8
9	Jessica	423	↑6	4
10	Stephanie	405	↓3	14
11	Rebecca	375	↓2	17
12	Kelly	371	↑14	10
13	Mary	318	↓1	21
14	Shannon	303	↓4	19
15	Sarah	295	↑10	11
16	Jamie	291	–	18
17	Christina	287	↑2	16
18	Elizabeth	282	↑2	13
19	Michelle	277	↓6	7
20	Lisa	256	↓9	12
21	Misty	250	↓4	40
22	April	235	↓4	29
23	Laura	221	↑4	20
24	Christy	209	↓2	59
25	Tonya	192	↓4	64
26	Carrie	191	↑3	28
27	Tammy	177	↓4	55
28	Julie	176	↓4	22
29	Andrea	172	↑12	24
30	Tina	168	↓2	58
31	Erin	156	new	23
32	Brandy	152	↑6	51
33	Karen	151	↑1	32
34	Tracy	150	↓4	50
35	Emily	145	–	37
36	Stacy	143	↓5	42
37	Susan	141	–	45
38	Rachel	140	↓6	26
39	Tara	140	↑5	35
40	Lori	138	↓1	57
41	Tiffany	134	↓8	34
42	Leslie	125	↓6	65
43	Holly	122	↑4	52
44	Sara	122	new	27
45	Melanie	118	↓2	53
46	Dana	117	–	62
47	Jaime	116	↓7	46
48	Patricia	113	↓6	47
49	Katherine	108	new	44
50	Rhonda	108	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jason	1,280	↑1	2
2	Michael	1,272	↓1	1
3	James	1,209	–	5
4	Christopher	1,200	–	3
5	William	784	↑1	12
6	David	750	↓1	4
7	Robert	696	↑1	6
8	John	684	↓1	7
9	Brian	661	–	8
10	Jeremy	572	–	15
11	Joseph	533	–	10
12	Matthew	466	–	9
13	Charles	462	–	26
14	Kevin	461	–	13
15	Joshua	424	↑5	14
16	Timothy	399	↓1	18
17	Steven	384	–	23
18	Eric	349	↓2	17
19	Daniel	337	–	11
20	Anthony	328	↓2	21
21	Jonathan	305	↑1	28
22	Richard	275	↓1	20
23	Jeffrey	262	↑1	19
24	Thomas	256	↑1	22
25	Mark	238	↓2	25
26	Gregory	226	↑2	35
27	Paul	221	↑3	31
28	Benjamin	220	↑7	29
29	Bradley	214	↑12	49
30	Kenneth	209	↓1	39
31	Shawn	206	–	37
32	Stephen	204	↓5	38
33	Andrew	203	↑12	24
34	Ryan	203	↑9	16
35	Chad	201	↓9	34
36	Adam	195	↑6	33
37	Brandon	194	↑2	41
38	Aaron	185	↓1	32
39	Donald	184	↓6	46
40	Larry	184	–	62
41	Bryan	183	↑6	42
42	Gary	178	↓10	58
43	Billy	171	↓9	91
44	Nathan	170	new	36
45	Scott	166	↓7	27
46	Wesley	158	new	66
47	Travis	144	↑1	44
48	Phillip	137	↓4	70
49	Jamie	134	new	82
50	Jerry	132	↓4	75

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