Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1984

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,056
2	Joshua	989
3	James	883
4	Michael	880
5	Matthew	800
6	Brandon	620
7	William	611
8	David	560
8	John	560
10	Justin	534
11	Jason	511
12	Joseph	505
13	Robert	496
14	Jonathan	447
15	Daniel	439
16	Adam	422
17	Brian	362
18	Charles	322
19	Jeremy	318
20	Timothy	306
21	Eric	295
22	Nicholas	292
23	Andrew	288
23	Anthony	288
25	Thomas	266

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ryan	263
27	Steven	256
28	Kevin	248
29	Richard	229
30	Dustin	226
31	Benjamin	224
32	Aaron	221
33	Nathan	197
34	Stephen	190
35	Jeffrey	186
36	Bradley	174
37	Mark	172
38	Kyle	171
39	Bryan	167
40	Kenneth	166
41	Travis	161
42	Jacob	157
43	Paul	154
44	Patrick	149
45	Chad	146
46	Gregory	143
47	Derek	130
48	Shawn	117
49	Tyler	116
50	Zachary	111
51	Samuel	101
52	Billy	100
52	Gary	100
52	Phillip	100
55	Jesse	99
56	Derrick	95
57	Sean	91
58	Jordan	90
59	Jared	88
60	Donald	86
60	Ronald	86
62	Bobby	84
63	Scott	83
64	Casey	81
64	Larry	81
66	Wesley	79
67	Brent	74
68	Marcus	70
68	Terry	70
70	Edward	68
70	George	68
72	Jeffery	66
73	Jerry	65
74	Nathaniel	62
75	Douglas	61
76	Brett	60
77	Keith	59
78	Jamie	55
78	Jonathon	55
80	Johnathan	54
80	Ricky	54
82	Danny	53
83	Corey	51
84	Alex	50
84	Johnny	50
86	Craig	49
86	Randall	49
86	Todd	49
89	Cory	48
90	Philip	46
90	Tony	46
92	Roger	45
93	Cody	44
93	Curtis	44
93	Jimmy	44
93	Raymond	44
97	Shane	43
98	Jeremiah	42
98	Randy	42
98	Seth	42