Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	1,164
2	Michael	1,153
3	James	1,119
4	Christopher	1,058
5	David	757
6	William	721
7	John	699
8	Joshua	698
9	Robert	660
10	Jeremy	606
11	Brian	565
12	Matthew	557
13	Joseph	555
14	Charles	434
15	Timothy	417
16	Daniel	384
17	Kevin	380
18	Jonathan	347
19	Nicholas	330
20	Eric	327
21	Steven	313
22	Adam	305
23	Anthony	304
24	Thomas	282
25	Brandon	277

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Richard	270
27	Justin	263
28	Mark	248
29	Aaron	247
30	Jeffrey	243
31	Andrew	235
32	Chad	232
33	Ryan	224
34	Stephen	219
35	Benjamin	217
36	Travis	213
37	Bradley	195
37	Paul	195
39	Gregory	186
40	Nathan	182
41	Kenneth	171
41	Scott	171
43	Billy	169
43	Donald	169
45	Shawn	167
46	Larry	162
47	Kyle	157
48	Gary	148
49	Phillip	147
50	Patrick	139
51	Bryan	127
51	Wesley	127
53	Jerry	126
54	Bobby	125
55	Ronald	121
56	Jesse	120
57	Jamie	106
57	Terry	106
59	Samuel	99
60	Danny	98
60	Dennis	98
62	Douglas	96
62	George	96
64	Jacob	93
64	Shaun	93
66	Ricky	91
67	Derek	90
67	Keith	90
69	Jeffery	89
70	Derrick	86
71	Edward	78
71	Troy	78
73	Dustin	73
73	Roger	73
75	Todd	72
76	Randy	71
77	Corey	69
78	Brent	68
78	Curtis	68
78	Randall	68
81	Carl	67
81	Johnny	67
83	Raymond	66
83	Shane	66
83	Tony	66
86	Jeremiah	65
87	Craig	63
87	Darrell	63
89	Jared	62
89	Marcus	62
91	Jimmy	61
91	Rodney	61
93	Ronnie	60
93	Russell	60
95	Shannon	57
96	Micheal	53
96	Philip	53
98	Brad	52
99	Roy	51
99	Sean	51