Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,237
2	Jason	1,144
3	James	1,119
4	Christopher	1,104
5	David	763
6	William	725
7	John	661
8	Robert	656
9	Brian	612
10	Jeremy	492
11	Joseph	471
12	Matthew	449
13	Charles	433
14	Kevin	416
15	Timothy	370
16	Eric	358
17	Steven	357
18	Anthony	348
19	Daniel	312
20	Joshua	279
21	Richard	276
22	Jonathan	274
23	Mark	272
24	Jeffrey	267
25	Thomas	256

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Chad	236
27	Stephen	232
28	Gregory	225
29	Kenneth	214
30	Paul	213
31	Shawn	210
32	Gary	205
33	Donald	196
34	Billy	191
35	Benjamin	190
36	Ronald	174
37	Aaron	173
37	Scott	173
39	Brandon	172
40	Larry	171
41	Bradley	166
42	Adam	165
43	Ryan	160
44	Phillip	153
45	Andrew	149
46	Jerry	147
47	Bryan	144
48	Travis	135
49	Bobby	129
49	George	129
51	Jamie	124
51	Nathan	124
53	Terry	123
54	Patrick	121
55	Danny	120
55	Todd	120
57	Douglas	105
58	Ricky	102
58	Shannon	102
60	Keith	99
61	Johnny	98
62	Jeffery	97
62	Troy	97
64	Dennis	94
65	Roger	93
66	Sean	91
67	Justin	87
68	Samuel	86
68	Shane	86
70	Ronnie	85
71	Jesse	82
72	Edward	79
73	Wesley	77
74	Jimmy	75
74	Tony	75
76	Randall	74
77	Rodney	73
78	Craig	67
79	Randy	66
79	Russell	66
81	Raymond	63
82	Roy	62
83	Brent	60
84	Cory	56
84	Marcus	56
86	Barry	55
86	Darrell	55
88	Kelly	54
89	Tommy	53
90	Philip	52
91	Curtis	49
91	Damon	49
93	Carl	48
93	Corey	48
93	Harold	48
96	Chris	46
97	Brad	44
97	Donnie	44
97	Joey	44
100	Jody	42