Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 1998

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	849
2	Austin	742
3	William	523
4	James	502
5	Matthew	474
6	Michael	468
7	Christopher	444
8	Zachary	432
9	Joshua	407
10	Brandon	382
11	John	373
12	Tyler	361
13	Nicholas	341
14	Andrew	336
15	Cameron	318
16	Dylan	307
16	Joseph	307
18	Jordan	298
19	Robert	272
20	David	261
21	Justin	257
22	Logan	256
23	Cody	249
23	Noah	249
25	Jonathan	239

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	233
27	Ethan	231
28	Ryan	224
29	Hunter	220
30	Samuel	211
31	Aaron	210
32	Charles	200
33	Benjamin	187
34	Dakota	180
35	Caleb	178
36	Kyle	176
37	Dalton	174
38	Nathan	172
38	Thomas	172
40	Christian	167
41	Timothy	162
42	Anthony	161
43	Alexander	156
44	Trevor	151
45	Nathaniel	137
46	Evan	136
47	Dustin	132
48	Chase	127
49	Jared	120
50	Devin	117
51	Adam	114
52	Steven	109
53	Mason	108
54	Bradley	105
54	Connor	105
54	Tanner	105
57	Tristan	100
58	Richard	99
59	Corey	95
60	Jason	93
60	Kenneth	93
60	Patrick	93
60	Seth	93
64	Eric	92
65	Brian	91
65	Kevin	91
67	Blake	86
67	Jeremy	86
69	Stephen	85
70	Travis	84
71	Alex	83
71	Taylor	83
73	Lucas	82
74	Isaiah	81
75	Jackson	77
76	Elijah	74
77	Jesse	73
77	Luke	73
77	Sean	73
80	Isaac	71
81	Garrett	69
81	Shawn	69
81	Spencer	69
84	Wesley	68
85	Johnathan	67
86	Mark	65
87	Bryce	63
87	Colton	63
87	Gregory	63
90	Clayton	62
90	Jeffrey	62
92	Shane	60
93	Derek	59
93	Dillon	59
95	Paul	58
96	Cory	56
96	Devon	56
98	Peyton	52
99	Brett	51
99	Bryan	51
99	Jack	51
99	Kaleb	51