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Baby names in Kentucky, 1960s

1960–1969 · 588,596 recorded births

James was the most common name given in Kentucky across the 1960s, with 15,738 births in the decade. The state recorded 588,596 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Kentucky in the 1960s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Estill4219×
Rondall4110×
Rondal53
Johnda16
Nannie39
Denver105
Hobert37
Glenna173

Top 25 in the 1960s

RankNameBirths
#1James15,738
#2David12,564
#3Michael12,110
#4John10,467
#5Robert9,956
#6Lisa9,736
#7William9,682
#8Mark7,555
#9Mary7,514
#10Timothy7,082
#11Charles6,613
#12Kimberly6,413
#13Jeffrey5,950
#14Tammy5,297
#15Karen5,228
#16Donna5,111
#17Richard5,001
#18Teresa4,752
#19Thomas4,415
#20Joseph4,398
#21Steven4,245
#22Gregory4,185
#23Angela4,175
#24Kevin4,155
#24Pamela4,155

Other decades in Kentucky

All Kentucky names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org