Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	957
2	Joshua	912
3	Michael	819
4	James	771
5	Matthew	669
6	Brandon	611
7	William	568
8	Justin	567
9	John	516
10	Robert	509
11	David	489
12	Andrew	424
13	Jonathan	415
14	Joseph	407
15	Daniel	405
16	Jeremy	344
17	Jason	313
18	Timothy	306
19	Ryan	298
20	Brian	297
21	Charles	284
22	Dustin	281
23	Eric	277
23	Kevin	277
25	Nicholas	275

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Adam	272
27	Steven	271
28	Anthony	260
29	Kyle	235
30	Aaron	229
31	Thomas	223
32	Benjamin	213
33	Jacob	197
34	Zachary	193
35	Stephen	188
36	Richard	184
37	Nathan	183
38	Jeffrey	181
39	Bradley	180
40	Mark	179
41	Tyler	170
42	Jordan	164
43	Travis	161
44	Kenneth	153
45	Derek	137
45	Patrick	137
47	Shawn	136
48	Bryan	135
49	Gregory	130
50	Samuel	118
51	Corey	117
52	Paul	116
53	Chad	113
54	Jesse	110
54	Sean	110
56	Gary	106
57	Shane	102
58	Wesley	93
59	Cody	89
59	Scott	89
61	Donald	86
62	Phillip	85
63	Derrick	84
64	Bobby	80
65	Jeffery	79
66	Alexander	78
66	George	78
68	Jared	77
68	Nathaniel	77
70	Cory	76
70	Larry	76
72	Johnathan	65
73	Alex	63
73	Austin	63
75	Ronald	62
76	Evan	61
76	Jimmy	61
76	Marcus	61
79	Craig	58
79	Douglas	58
81	Ricky	57
82	Curtis	55
83	Casey	54
83	Keith	54
85	Brent	53
86	Brett	51
86	Jonathon	51
88	Roger	49
88	Terry	49
90	Billy	48
90	Blake	48
90	Seth	48
93	Carl	47
93	Jerry	47
93	Johnny	47
96	Russell	44
97	Edward	43
98	Mitchell	42
98	Raymond	42
100	Jamie	41
100	Randall	41
100	Randy	41