Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,185
2	James	1,183
3	Jason	1,163
4	Christopher	1,126
5	David	725
6	Robert	692
7	John	681
8	William	671
9	Jeremy	584
10	Brian	549
11	Joshua	537
12	Matthew	517
13	Joseph	511
14	Charles	443
15	Timothy	436
16	Kevin	374
17	Eric	353
18	Daniel	342
19	Jonathan	308
19	Steven	308
21	Anthony	301
22	Thomas	290
23	Mark	257
24	Richard	251
25	Nicholas	250

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Adam	248
27	Jeffrey	247
28	Shawn	231
29	Aaron	220
30	Kenneth	215
31	Ryan	214
32	Stephen	213
33	Benjamin	210
34	Brandon	207
35	Chad	206
36	Paul	201
37	Andrew	198
38	Bradley	195
39	Nathan	194
40	Gregory	180
41	Donald	170
41	Larry	170
43	Gary	169
44	Justin	160
45	Billy	158
46	Bryan	143
47	Travis	138
48	Ronald	137
48	Shaun	137
50	Phillip	133
51	Patrick	132
52	Scott	131
53	Jamie	125
54	Jeffery	121
54	Terry	121
56	Bobby	119
57	Jerry	116
58	Kyle	111
59	Wesley	107
60	Keith	104
61	Edward	101
62	George	100
63	Douglas	98
64	Derek	97
65	Dennis	86
66	Jesse	84
67	Danny	82
67	Sean	82
69	Roger	81
70	Samuel	80
71	Rodney	79
72	Dustin	77
73	Ricky	76
74	Ronnie	75
74	Shannon	75
76	Craig	74
77	Troy	72
78	Corey	70
79	Brent	69
80	Jimmy	68
80	Shane	68
80	Todd	68
83	Johnny	67
84	Derrick	66
84	Raymond	66
86	Carl	64
86	Tony	64
88	Barry	61
88	Jeremiah	61
90	Casey	60
90	Randy	60
92	Randall	59
92	Russell	59
94	Jacob	56
95	Jared	52
96	Curtis	51
97	Darrell	50
97	Harold	50
99	Roy	49
100	Marcus	48
100	Tommy	48