Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1987

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	947
2	Christopher	922
3	Michael	777
4	James	771
5	Justin	688
6	Matthew	681
7	Brandon	578
8	William	539
9	David	480
10	Robert	462
11	Andrew	461
12	John	450
13	Joseph	425
14	Jonathan	380
15	Daniel	360
16	Timothy	306
17	Jeremy	301
18	Adam	295
18	Ryan	295
20	Eric	290
21	Charles	287
22	Anthony	284
23	Nicholas	274
24	Brian	265
25	Benjamin	258

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dustin	257
27	Thomas	248
28	Aaron	245
29	Steven	239
30	Jason	236
31	Kyle	221
32	Travis	214
33	Jacob	212
34	Zachary	209
35	Kevin	208
36	Jordan	202
37	Nathan	189
38	Tyler	177
39	Richard	173
40	Derek	172
41	Bradley	170
42	Jeffrey	166
43	Stephen	164
44	Patrick	159
45	Mark	156
46	Shawn	132
47	Kenneth	130
48	Cody	128
49	Bryan	126
50	Corey	124
50	Sean	124
52	Jesse	122
53	Gregory	121
54	Paul	114
55	Wesley	111
56	Samuel	103
57	Gary	102
58	Jared	100
59	Cory	97
60	Alexander	96
61	Derrick	93
61	Scott	93
63	Chad	90
64	Phillip	89
65	Larry	82
66	Billy	80
66	Donald	80
68	Seth	77
68	Shane	77
70	Bobby	73
70	Johnathan	73
72	Austin	72
73	Jeffery	71
74	Ronald	70
75	Nathaniel	65
76	Alex	63
76	Casey	63
78	Marcus	61
79	Douglas	57
80	Jerry	55
81	Ricky	54
82	Blake	52
83	Craig	51
83	George	51
83	Terry	51
86	Logan	50
87	Brett	48
88	Brent	47
88	Carl	47
88	Roger	47
91	Randall	45
91	Randy	45
93	Devin	44
93	Lucas	44
93	Raymond	44
96	Edward	43
96	Evan	43
98	Mitchell	42
99	Curtis	41
99	Philip	41