Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1989

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	945
2	Christopher	883
3	James	757
4	Michael	747
5	Justin	735
6	Matthew	676
7	William	572
8	David	487
9	Robert	451
10	John	450
11	Brandon	444
12	Andrew	439
13	Joseph	413
14	Daniel	381
15	Jonathan	359
16	Nicholas	344
17	Aaron	332
18	Dustin	319
18	Jacob	319
20	Zachary	300
21	Adam	297
22	Ryan	293
23	Timothy	287
24	Steven	279
25	Anthony	266

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeremy	263
27	Charles	258
28	Tyler	257
29	Jordan	256
30	Kyle	252
31	Eric	248
32	Benjamin	246
33	Thomas	240
34	Travis	236
35	Kevin	214
36	Brian	209
37	Cody	208
38	Nathan	192
39	Bradley	184
40	Corey	177
41	Patrick	174
42	Richard	169
43	Stephen	153
44	Derek	152
45	Jeffrey	151
46	Jason	145
47	Mark	142
48	Jesse	134
49	Cory	131
50	Kenneth	123
51	Alexander	121
52	Austin	119
53	Gregory	112
54	Samuel	110
55	Jared	108
56	Paul	104
57	Shawn	101
58	Ethan	94
58	Sean	94
60	Chad	92
60	Phillip	92
62	Bryan	90
63	Casey	88
64	Wesley	86
65	Donald	85
66	Evan	82
67	Gary	77
67	Seth	77
69	Nathaniel	75
70	Cameron	72
70	Derrick	72
72	Scott	71
73	Billy	69
73	Shane	69
75	Johnathan	68
76	Jeffery	66
77	Jonathon	65
78	Logan	63
78	Ronald	63
80	Bobby	62
81	Alex	61
82	Terry	60
83	Edward	58
84	Blake	57
84	Brent	57
84	Caleb	57
84	Marcus	57
88	Taylor	54
89	Mitchell	53
90	Keith	52
91	George	51
92	Brett	50
92	Chase	50
92	Larry	50
95	Philip	45
96	Clayton	44
96	Curtis	44
96	Jerry	44
99	Devin	43
99	Ricky	43