Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1983

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,107
2	Joshua	1,032
3	Michael	875
4	James	864
5	Matthew	838
6	William	643
7	Brandon	622
8	Jason	612
9	David	606
10	John	569
11	Robert	526
12	Joseph	517
13	Justin	495
14	Jonathan	438
15	Daniel	418
16	Brian	393
17	Adam	384
18	Jeremy	379
19	Charles	337
20	Andrew	317
21	Eric	316
22	Timothy	311
23	Ryan	285
24	Steven	279
25	Benjamin	274

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	273
27	Aaron	266
27	Thomas	266
29	Nicholas	258
30	Bradley	241
31	Kevin	238
32	Jeffrey	232
33	Dustin	223
34	Mark	219
35	Richard	203
36	Travis	199
37	Stephen	198
38	Nathan	194
39	Kenneth	175
40	Patrick	167
41	Kyle	163
42	Gregory	153
43	Jacob	152
44	Paul	151
45	Chad	148
46	Derek	140
47	Gary	134
48	Bryan	128
49	Scott	120
50	Donald	119
51	Shawn	112
52	Billy	111
52	Larry	111
54	Samuel	109
55	Zachary	108
56	Phillip	98
57	Sean	96
58	Ronald	94
59	Bobby	92
59	Jesse	92
61	Derrick	85
62	Terry	83
62	Wesley	83
64	Ricky	79
65	Jordan	78
66	Jeffery	76
67	Jared	75
68	Jerry	74
69	Tyler	69
70	Douglas	68
71	Dennis	66
72	Marcus	65
73	Brent	63
74	Craig	61
74	Todd	61
76	Casey	60
77	Randall	59
78	Danny	58
78	George	58
78	Johnny	58
81	Brett	57
81	Nathaniel	57
81	Shane	57
84	Jimmy	56
84	Roger	56
86	Edward	53
86	Seth	53
88	Randy	52
89	Keith	51
90	Johnathan	50
91	Corey	49
91	Jamie	49
91	Philip	49
94	Jeremiah	47
95	Clinton	45
96	Russell	44
96	Troy	44
98	Carl	43
98	Curtis	43
98	Mitchell	43
98	Tony	43