Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	1,064
2	Michael	1,063
3	James	1,038
4	Christopher	920
5	Jason	854
6	William	689
7	Matthew	681
8	David	659
9	Robert	623
10	John	613
11	Brandon	565
12	Joseph	536
13	Jeremy	510
14	Brian	454
15	Jonathan	447
16	Justin	445
17	Adam	423
18	Daniel	395
19	Charles	391
20	Timothy	369
21	Eric	319
22	Steven	298
23	Nicholas	291
24	Anthony	288
25	Thomas	254

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ryan	248
27	Benjamin	247
28	Richard	246
29	Andrew	241
30	Kevin	235
31	Aaron	228
32	Travis	222
33	Jeffrey	218
33	Nathan	218
35	Mark	215
36	Bradley	202
37	Stephen	201
38	Kenneth	188
39	Dustin	185
40	Paul	183
41	Chad	170
42	Gregory	161
42	Jesse	161
44	Gary	148
45	Patrick	146
46	Larry	143
47	Billy	142
48	Kyle	141
49	Scott	140
50	Donald	137
51	Shawn	134
52	Jacob	129
53	Bobby	128
53	Bryan	128
55	Derek	119
56	Samuel	113
57	Wesley	110
58	Phillip	102
59	Terry	96
60	George	90
60	Jerry	90
62	Jeffery	85
62	Roger	85
64	Derrick	83
65	Sean	82
66	Ronald	80
67	Jamie	79
67	Ricky	79
69	Nathaniel	75
70	Jared	73
71	Douglas	72
71	Edward	72
73	Brent	68
73	Keith	68
75	Shane	67
76	Zachary	64
77	Jeremiah	63
78	Danny	62
78	Johnny	62
80	Marcus	60
81	Casey	59
82	Jimmy	58
83	Randall	57
84	Johnathan	55
85	Seth	54
86	Curtis	52
86	Russell	52
86	Todd	52
86	Troy	52
90	Ronnie	51
91	Carl	49
91	Randy	49
93	Jordan	48
93	Lucas	48
95	Cory	47
95	Raymond	47
97	Corey	46
97	Dennis	46
97	Jonathon	46
100	Philip	45
100	Shannon	45