Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	1,036
2	Christopher	996
3	James	843
4	Michael	759
5	Brandon	755
6	Matthew	727
7	William	590
8	David	579
9	John	539
10	Justin	514
11	Robert	476
12	Joseph	453
13	Jonathan	451
14	Daniel	442
15	Jason	401
16	Andrew	383
17	Adam	372
18	Charles	337
19	Jeremy	333
20	Brian	326
21	Ryan	318
22	Timothy	304
23	Nicholas	288
24	Eric	286
25	Steven	284

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	275
27	Kevin	274
28	Aaron	265
29	Dustin	245
30	Thomas	233
31	Richard	218
32	Stephen	209
33	Benjamin	208
34	Mark	202
34	Nathan	202
36	Jeffrey	194
37	Zachary	193
38	Kyle	190
39	Jacob	183
40	Travis	179
41	Bradley	177
42	Gregory	154
43	Patrick	140
44	Tyler	139
45	Kenneth	135
46	Paul	132
47	Derek	130
48	Chad	129
49	Bryan	126
49	Shawn	126
51	Sean	112
52	Jordan	110
53	Samuel	109
54	Jesse	108
55	Phillip	101
56	Scott	98
57	Wesley	97
58	Billy	94
58	Gary	94
60	Donald	93
61	Larry	90
62	Corey	88
63	Shane	86
64	Cody	85
64	Derrick	85
66	Jared	81
67	Bobby	74
68	George	72
69	Jeffery	71
70	Ronald	68
71	Johnathan	67
71	Nathaniel	67
73	Jonathon	66
74	Terry	62
75	Brent	60
76	Ricky	59
76	Roger	59
78	Jerry	58
79	Alexander	56
79	Cory	56
81	Brett	55
81	Casey	55
81	Edward	55
84	Marcus	54
85	Rodney	53
85	Seth	53
87	Curtis	52
88	Alex	50
88	Dennis	50
88	Russell	50
91	Craig	49
91	Tony	49
93	Todd	48
94	Evan	47
95	Douglas	46
95	Jimmy	46
95	Keith	46
98	Philip	44
98	Randall	44
100	Raymond	43