Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1996

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Austin	727
2	Jacob	644
3	James	542
4	William	525
5	Zachary	496
6	Christopher	493
6	Matthew	493
8	Joshua	461
9	Tyler	459
10	Michael	450
11	Brandon	401
12	Joseph	377
13	John	354
14	Andrew	348
15	Cody	344
16	Nicholas	328
17	Justin	310
17	Robert	310
19	Jordan	303
20	David	264
21	Dylan	263
22	Logan	255
23	Ryan	247
24	Aaron	241
25	Jonathan	237

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	223
27	Benjamin	207
28	Samuel	204
29	Thomas	197
30	Kyle	193
31	Dakota	192
32	Dustin	191
33	Charles	185
34	Alexander	177
35	Nathan	172
36	Christian	167
37	Anthony	160
38	Caleb	157
39	Hunter	151
40	Timothy	147
41	Bradley	146
41	Trevor	146
43	Adam	139
43	Steven	139
45	Travis	137
46	Cameron	130
46	Dalton	130
48	Nathaniel	128
49	Jared	127
50	Tristan	124
51	Ethan	123
52	Noah	121
53	Brian	118
54	Corey	115
54	Eric	115
56	Stephen	114
57	Jason	109
58	Patrick	107
59	Chase	106
60	Kevin	105
61	Devin	104
62	Jesse	97
63	Blake	96
64	Mason	93
65	Evan	89
66	Jeremy	88
66	Richard	88
68	Mark	87
69	Jeffrey	85
70	Seth	83
71	Taylor	82
72	Alex	78
73	Kenneth	77
73	Tanner	77
75	Shawn	76
76	Derek	75
76	Sean	75
78	Lucas	74
79	Elijah	72
80	Wesley	70
81	Paul	69
82	Johnathan	68
82	Luke	68
84	Dillon	67
85	Connor	66
86	Isaac	64
87	Trenton	63
88	Bryan	62
89	Gregory	61
90	Cory	60
91	Garrett	59
91	Isaiah	59
93	Marcus	56
94	Collin	55
95	Phillip	53
96	Colton	51
97	Brett	50
97	Casey	50
97	Jackson	50
97	Shane	50