Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,196
2	James	1,160
3	Christopher	1,157
4	Jason	1,063
5	Robert	768
6	William	733
7	David	728
8	John	709
9	Brian	657
10	Charles	456
11	Kevin	420
12	Joseph	400
13	Steven	366
14	Mark	348
15	Matthew	347
16	Timothy	345
17	Thomas	314
18	Anthony	310
19	Eric	303
20	Richard	292
21	Jeffrey	276
22	Daniel	272
23	Jeremy	267
24	Gregory	231
24	Paul	231

Rank	Name	Babies
24	Stephen	231
27	Donald	229
28	Chad	217
29	Jonathan	209
30	Gary	200
31	Ronald	196
32	Larry	193
33	Shawn	190
34	Kenneth	189
35	Scott	182
36	Jerry	176
37	Billy	166
37	Joshua	166
39	Bradley	151
40	Bryan	148
41	Jeffery	143
42	Andrew	138
43	Jamie	133
44	Phillip	128
44	Troy	128
46	Todd	127
47	Patrick	125
48	George	124
49	Aaron	123
50	Terry	120
51	Ryan	118
52	Adam	117
53	Bobby	113
54	Brandon	110
55	Benjamin	107
55	Ronnie	107
57	Danny	105
58	Sean	99
59	Keith	95
60	Edward	94
60	Rodney	94
62	Roger	93
63	Douglas	92
63	Ricky	92
65	Nathan	91
66	Dennis	89
67	Shannon	88
68	Jimmy	85
68	Travis	85
70	Roy	84
71	Johnny	81
72	Tony	77
73	Craig	75
74	Micheal	73
74	Shane	73
76	Samuel	72
77	Brent	68
77	Russell	68
79	Carl	66
80	Jesse	65
81	Barry	63
82	Raymond	61
83	Justin	60
83	Randy	60
85	Marcus	59
86	Darrell	58
86	Harold	58
88	Chris	57
89	Tommy	56
90	Donnie	55
90	Randall	55
92	Scotty	54
93	Damon	53
94	Jon	50
95	Joe	49
96	Philip	47
96	Ralph	47
98	Curtis	46
98	Derek	46
100	Jackie	45
100	Wesley	45