Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	1,167
2	Michael	1,145
3	James	1,087
4	Joshua	914
5	Christopher	906
6	David	743
7	William	732
8	John	704
9	Robert	628
10	Joseph	568
11	Matthew	539
12	Jeremy	504
13	Brian	486
14	Jonathan	452
15	Justin	436
16	Charles	434
17	Timothy	430
18	Daniel	415
19	Eric	394
20	Brandon	338
21	Anthony	328
22	Adam	322
23	Steven	316
24	Kevin	300
25	Thomas	282

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Nicholas	281
27	Richard	247
28	Jeffrey	242
29	Andrew	232
30	Travis	228
31	Aaron	227
32	Mark	216
32	Stephen	216
34	Ryan	215
35	Chad	213
36	Bradley	206
37	Nathan	204
38	Benjamin	198
39	Kenneth	189
40	Gregory	182
41	Paul	168
42	Derek	160
43	Gary	159
44	Billy	157
45	Dustin	155
46	Scott	152
46	Shawn	152
48	Patrick	148
49	Kyle	147
50	Donald	143
51	Larry	135
52	Bryan	128
53	Phillip	123
53	Terry	123
55	Bobby	121
56	Jacob	119
57	Wesley	117
58	Ronald	113
59	George	109
60	Jerry	107
61	Jesse	104
61	Samuel	104
63	Derrick	100
64	Jeffery	98
65	Danny	90
66	Jamie	86
66	Keith	86
68	Ricky	85
69	Edward	84
70	Douglas	78
70	Sean	78
72	Marcus	77
73	Jared	76
74	Dennis	73
75	Shaun	72
76	Rodney	71
77	Jeremiah	68
78	Craig	67
78	Jimmy	67
80	Brent	66
81	Tony	65
82	Corey	64
82	Roger	64
84	Carl	62
85	Nathaniel	61
85	Shane	61
87	Johnny	60
87	Randall	60
87	Russell	60
90	Roy	59
91	Randy	58
92	Curtis	55
92	Raymond	55
92	Todd	55
95	Shannon	54
95	Troy	54
97	Lucas	53
98	Zachary	51
99	Darrell	50
100	Joey	48
100	Johnathan	48