Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1975

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,206
2	Christopher	1,160
3	Jason	1,125
4	James	1,105
5	David	731
6	William	721
7	John	704
8	Robert	679
9	Brian	567
10	Charles	502
11	Kevin	440
12	Joseph	429
13	Matthew	420
14	Jeremy	355
15	Steven	352
16	Timothy	339
17	Anthony	335
18	Eric	300
19	Mark	292
20	Jeffrey	282
21	Thomas	279
22	Daniel	272
23	Jonathan	267
24	Richard	264
25	Chad	263

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	244
27	Gregory	226
27	Shawn	226
29	Joshua	209
30	Stephen	204
31	Gary	197
32	Donald	193
32	Scott	193
34	Paul	187
35	Larry	185
36	Ronald	157
37	Bryan	156
38	Benjamin	150
39	Adam	147
40	Aaron	146
41	Bradley	145
42	Andrew	144
43	Phillip	143
44	Billy	140
44	Jerry	140
44	Terry	140
47	Brandon	138
48	Bobby	131
49	George	130
49	Jeffery	130
51	Jamie	129
52	Danny	123
53	Ryan	121
54	Edward	115
55	Rodney	112
56	Johnny	111
56	Nathan	111
56	Patrick	111
59	Douglas	107
60	Travis	102
61	Shannon	98
62	Roger	97
63	Keith	96
63	Todd	96
65	Dennis	93
66	Samuel	89
67	Ronnie	87
68	Sean	85
68	Shane	85
68	Tony	85
71	Ricky	83
71	Troy	83
73	Carl	79
74	Roy	78
75	Randall	73
76	Russell	72
77	Jimmy	70
77	Justin	70
79	Craig	69
80	Randy	67
81	Brent	63
82	Jesse	62
83	Raymond	61
84	Darrell	59
85	Micheal	55
85	Scotty	55
87	Philip	54
87	Walter	54
89	Tommy	53
90	Brad	52
91	Wesley	51
92	Barry	50
93	Donnie	49
94	Damon	48
94	Derek	48
94	Kelly	48
97	Joe	46
98	Chris	45
98	Marcus	45
100	Gerald	44