Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	1,280
2	Michael	1,272
3	James	1,209
4	Christopher	1,200
5	William	784
6	David	750
7	Robert	696
8	John	684
9	Brian	661
10	Jeremy	572
11	Joseph	533
12	Matthew	466
13	Charles	462
14	Kevin	461
15	Joshua	424
16	Timothy	399
17	Steven	384
18	Eric	349
19	Daniel	337
20	Anthony	328
21	Jonathan	305
22	Richard	275
23	Jeffrey	262
24	Thomas	256
25	Mark	238

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	226
27	Paul	221
28	Benjamin	220
29	Bradley	214
30	Kenneth	209
31	Shawn	206
32	Stephen	204
33	Andrew	203
33	Ryan	203
35	Chad	201
36	Adam	195
37	Brandon	194
38	Aaron	185
39	Donald	184
39	Larry	184
41	Bryan	183
42	Gary	178
43	Billy	171
44	Nathan	170
45	Scott	166
46	Wesley	158
47	Travis	144
48	Phillip	137
49	Jamie	134
50	Jerry	132
51	Justin	129
52	Patrick	124
53	Jeffery	119
54	George	111
54	Terry	111
56	Ronald	109
57	Bobby	108
58	Danny	103
59	Samuel	102
60	Keith	101
61	Dennis	95
61	Jimmy	95
61	Sean	95
64	Douglas	93
64	Edward	93
64	Rodney	93
67	Jeremiah	91
67	Johnny	91
69	Roger	85
69	Tony	85
71	Shannon	84
72	Corey	83
73	Ricky	81
74	Jacob	80
74	Troy	80
76	Nicholas	79
77	Shane	77
78	Ronnie	75
78	Todd	75
80	Derek	74
80	Randy	74
82	Jesse	72
83	Brent	71
84	Raymond	68
85	Roy	67
86	Craig	64
87	Carl	62
87	Damon	62
87	Jared	62
90	Darrell	61
90	Joey	61
92	Randall	56
93	Barry	55
94	Dustin	53
94	Russell	53
96	Cory	52
96	Marcus	52
98	Brad	51
99	Donnie	50
99	Philip	50