Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1970

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,571
2	Michael	1,319
3	David	1,150
4	William	983
5	John	955
6	Robert	914
7	Christopher	818
8	Charles	615
9	Brian	544
9	Timothy	544
11	Jeffrey	507
12	Mark	502
13	Kevin	491
14	Richard	448
15	Steven	444
16	Joseph	417
17	Anthony	412
18	Thomas	404
19	Paul	352
20	Jason	328
21	Kenneth	311
22	Stephen	304
23	Gregory	300
23	Scott	300
25	Eric	281

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gary	272
27	Donald	271
28	Larry	268
29	Ronald	262
30	Daniel	254
31	Jerry	238
32	Jeffery	206
33	Todd	203
34	Troy	199
35	Billy	194
36	Matthew	188
37	Terry	185
38	George	169
39	Bobby	165
40	Douglas	157
41	Tony	156
42	Patrick	152
43	Edward	146
44	Keith	143
45	Roger	140
46	Bryan	134
46	Johnny	134
48	Danny	132
49	Rodney	131
50	Shawn	130
51	Bradley	129
52	Jonathan	127
53	Phillip	126
54	Ricky	122
55	Dennis	121
56	Jimmy	116
57	Randall	111
58	Ronnie	109
59	Andrew	103
60	Barry	101
60	Darrell	101
62	Russell	98
63	Harold	95
64	Chris	94
65	Craig	93
66	Randy	92
66	Roy	92
68	Sean	91
69	Raymond	90
70	Chad	78
70	Tommy	78
72	Brent	72
73	Carl	71
74	Samuel	70
75	Aaron	68
76	Darren	64
76	Frank	64
78	Jeremy	63
78	Travis	63
78	Walter	63
81	Jamie	62
82	Gerald	61
82	Joe	61
84	Shannon	60
85	Jon	59
85	Kelly	59
87	Benjamin	58
87	Shane	58
87	Wesley	58
90	Allen	57
90	Lonnie	57
90	Marcus	57
90	Philip	57
94	Glenn	56
95	Bruce	53
95	Curtis	53
95	Lawrence	53
98	Dale	51
98	Jackie	51
98	Lee	51
98	Marvin	51
98	Micheal	51