Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1988

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	920
2	Justin	784
3	Christopher	774
4	Michael	755
5	James	695
6	Matthew	663
7	William	527
8	Brandon	520
9	Andrew	474
10	David	455
11	Joseph	443
12	John	442
13	Robert	440
14	Jonathan	400
15	Daniel	363
16	Nicholas	302
16	Timothy	302
18	Dustin	294
19	Charles	283
20	Aaron	279
21	Ryan	278
22	Jeremy	277
23	Adam	272
23	Jacob	272
25	Eric	270

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	264
27	Thomas	260
28	Zachary	259
29	Anthony	249
29	Kyle	249
31	Brian	241
32	Kevin	229
33	Benjamin	226
34	Travis	215
35	Jordan	209
36	Jason	205
37	Tyler	204
38	Cody	185
39	Richard	177
40	Bradley	172
41	Nathan	171
42	Stephen	160
43	Mark	157
44	Derek	154
45	Patrick	143
46	Kenneth	141
47	Jeffrey	136
48	Paul	128
49	Corey	127
50	Cory	125
51	Samuel	123
52	Jesse	121
52	Wesley	121
54	Gregory	116
55	Alexander	109
55	Shawn	109
57	Bryan	104
58	Sean	103
59	Phillip	101
60	Austin	97
60	Jared	97
62	Scott	88
63	Donald	84
64	Chad	83
65	Larry	80
65	Logan	80
67	Derrick	79
67	Evan	79
69	Alex	77
70	Gary	76
71	Casey	72
71	Seth	72
73	Shane	69
74	Nathaniel	66
75	Billy	65
76	Cameron	64
77	Keith	63
78	Jeffery	62
79	Bobby	61
79	Ronald	61
81	Jonathon	60
82	Brent	56
82	Terry	56
84	Edward	52
85	George	51
85	Ricky	51
87	Marcus	50
88	Douglas	49
88	Johnathan	49
90	Craig	48
91	Chase	45
91	Clayton	45
93	Brett	43
93	Lucas	43
93	Mitchell	43
96	Rodney	41
97	Jerry	40
97	Micheal	40
97	Randall	40
100	Devin	38
100	Randy	38