Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1982

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,147
2	Joshua	1,029
3	Michael	1,023
4	James	933
5	Jason	797
6	Matthew	700
7	William	664
8	John	650
9	David	627
10	Robert	564
11	Brandon	518
12	Joseph	510
13	Justin	470
14	Jonathan	453
15	Daniel	445
16	Jeremy	430
17	Brian	399
18	Charles	368
19	Adam	363
20	Timothy	356
21	Anthony	315
22	Eric	306
23	Steven	287
24	Ryan	279
25	Andrew	265

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Nicholas	262
27	Aaron	260
27	Thomas	260
29	Richard	250
30	Kevin	248
31	Benjamin	243
32	Jeffrey	232
33	Stephen	228
34	Travis	225
35	Dustin	224
36	Bradley	211
37	Mark	201
38	Nathan	181
39	Gregory	177
40	Paul	175
41	Chad	167
42	Derek	162
43	Patrick	161
44	Kenneth	154
45	Gary	144
45	Jacob	144
47	Bryan	137
48	Larry	134
49	Shawn	131
50	Jesse	128
51	Donald	123
51	Kyle	123
53	Scott	121
54	Billy	117
55	George	107
56	Phillip	100
57	Samuel	97
58	Bobby	93
58	Jared	93
58	Ronald	93
58	Terry	93
62	Sean	89
63	Zachary	88
64	Wesley	87
65	Jeffery	85
66	Jerry	83
66	Nathaniel	83
68	Keith	81
69	Derrick	80
70	Brent	77
71	Jamie	72
72	Randall	69
73	Edward	68
74	Ricky	67
74	Roger	67
76	Tyler	65
77	Russell	62
78	Carl	61
78	Jimmy	61
80	Jordan	60
80	Raymond	60
82	Casey	58
82	Jonathon	58
84	Craig	57
84	Troy	57
86	Johnny	56
87	Dennis	54
87	Todd	54
89	Marcus	53
90	Corey	52
90	Danny	52
92	Douglas	51
92	Jeremiah	51
92	Randy	51
95	Johnathan	50
95	Ronnie	50
97	Clinton	48
97	Rodney	48
99	Shaun	47
100	Curtis	46