Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1971

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,477
2	Michael	1,284
3	David	1,061
4	Christopher	1,002
5	William	940
6	Robert	934
7	John	923
8	Brian	661
9	Charles	567
10	Timothy	503
11	Jeffrey	482
12	Kevin	455
13	Jason	443
14	Mark	442
15	Steven	436
16	Joseph	433
17	Richard	377
18	Anthony	358
19	Thomas	355
20	Gregory	351
21	Scott	317
22	Kenneth	306
23	Eric	303
24	Paul	289
25	Stephen	283

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donald	280
27	Gary	265
28	Larry	261
29	Matthew	244
30	Ronald	234
31	Billy	217
32	Daniel	211
33	Jerry	210
33	Jonathan	210
35	Troy	203
36	Terry	202
37	Jeffery	191
38	Chad	189
39	Shawn	172
40	Bobby	170
41	Patrick	157
42	George	153
42	Todd	153
44	Keith	150
45	Douglas	147
45	Edward	147
47	Danny	137
48	Rodney	135
49	Johnny	134
50	Tony	133
51	Roger	129
52	Bradley	126
53	Sean	123
54	Bryan	122
55	Jeremy	117
56	Dennis	112
57	Jimmy	111
58	Randall	108
59	Phillip	107
59	Randy	107
61	Jamie	106
61	Ricky	106
63	Carl	100
64	Russell	95
65	Darrell	91
65	Roy	91
67	Gerald	90
68	Aaron	88
68	Shannon	88
70	Raymond	87
71	Andrew	85
72	Adam	84
73	Barry	83
74	Ronnie	81
75	Chris	78
75	Craig	78
77	Harold	76
77	Tracy	76
79	Brent	72
79	Scotty	72
81	Tommy	71
82	Curtis	70
83	Bruce	68
83	Samuel	68
85	Micheal	66
86	Darren	63
86	Jon	63
88	Frank	62
88	Travis	62
90	Benjamin	57
90	Donnie	57
90	Marcus	57
90	Ryan	57
94	Wesley	56
95	Derek	55
95	Kelly	55
95	Shane	55
98	Jody	54
99	Lawrence	53
100	Allen	52