Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,178
2	Christopher	1,143
3	James	1,140
4	Jason	852
5	Robert	794
6	William	781
7	David	770
8	Brian	718
9	John	709
10	Charles	493
11	Kevin	470
12	Mark	412
13	Joseph	398
14	Timothy	378
15	Anthony	355
16	Jeffrey	322
17	Steven	321
18	Eric	301
19	Matthew	299
19	Thomas	299
21	Richard	292
22	Daniel	260
23	Gregory	256
24	Jonathan	250
25	Paul	225

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Stephen	225
27	Kenneth	224
28	Chad	217
29	Shawn	208
30	Larry	202
31	Gary	201
32	Donald	195
32	Scott	195
34	Jerry	184
35	Billy	178
35	Jeremy	178
37	Ronald	165
38	Terry	149
39	Bryan	138
40	Troy	137
41	Keith	131
42	Phillip	129
43	Douglas	127
44	Jamie	126
44	Patrick	126
44	Todd	126
47	Bobby	125
48	George	124
49	Jeffery	120
49	Rodney	120
51	Travis	118
52	Aaron	112
53	Andrew	111
53	Edward	111
55	Sean	110
56	Bradley	109
56	Danny	109
58	Shannon	108
59	Johnny	104
60	Craig	102
61	Adam	95
61	Dennis	95
63	Joshua	94
64	Roger	92
64	Ryan	92
66	Shane	91
67	Jimmy	89
68	Ronnie	83
69	Brandon	79
69	Samuel	79
71	Benjamin	75
72	Randy	73
73	Carl	72
74	Roy	71
75	Chris	70
76	Ricky	69
77	Scotty	68
77	Tony	68
79	Raymond	67
80	Brent	64
80	Darrell	64
80	Randall	64
83	Nathan	63
84	Barry	61
85	Donnie	60
86	Philip	59
87	Russell	56
88	Jesse	54
89	Frank	53
90	Kelly	52
90	Micheal	52
92	Curtis	51
92	Harold	51
92	Justin	51
92	Walter	51
96	Tracy	50
97	Eddie	47
98	Marcus	46
99	Allen	45
99	Derek	45
99	Tommy	45