Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1997

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Austin	729
2	Jacob	720
3	James	539
4	William	515
5	Matthew	485
6	Michael	461
7	Joshua	455
8	Brandon	447
9	Zachary	429
10	Christopher	422
11	Tyler	393
12	John	384
13	Andrew	361
14	Nicholas	334
15	Joseph	310
16	Dylan	295
17	Jordan	293
18	David	287
18	Justin	287
20	Robert	285
21	Cody	278
22	Jonathan	274
23	Logan	254
24	Ryan	243
25	Benjamin	222

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	215
27	Daniel	214
28	Samuel	205
29	Dakota	193
30	Kyle	189
31	Christian	186
32	Charles	185
33	Anthony	183
33	Thomas	183
35	Dustin	181
36	Cameron	180
37	Nathan	179
37	Timothy	179
39	Hunter	178
40	Alexander	177
41	Noah	168
42	Dalton	155
42	Ethan	155
44	Caleb	154
45	Steven	147
46	Trevor	136
47	Bradley	130
48	Jared	126
49	Adam	120
50	Devin	118
51	Nathaniel	117
52	Chase	114
53	Brian	111
53	Mason	111
55	Jason	109
56	Blake	105
57	Jesse	101
57	Kevin	101
59	Travis	100
60	Eric	97
61	Tanner	96
62	Seth	95
63	Lucas	91
64	Evan	87
64	Jeremy	87
64	Taylor	87
67	Stephen	86
68	Patrick	85
69	Sean	84
70	Kenneth	82
71	Richard	80
72	Alex	79
72	Connor	79
74	Corey	78
75	Shawn	74
76	Elijah	73
76	Tristan	73
78	Mark	72
79	Paul	71
80	Luke	70
81	Isaac	65
81	Jeffrey	65
83	Bryan	64
84	Jackson	63
84	Shane	63
84	Trenton	63
87	Gregory	62
87	Isaiah	62
87	Marcus	62
90	Colton	61
90	Garrett	61
92	Cory	60
92	Johnathan	60
94	Clayton	59
94	Wesley	59
96	Collin	52
96	Grant	52
98	Devon	51
98	Spencer	51
100	Derek	50