Most popular boys’ names in Kentucky, 2000

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	806
2	William	509
3	Austin	500
4	James	475
5	Michael	468
6	Matthew	437
7	Zachary	428
8	Joshua	422
9	Christopher	396
10	Tyler	383
11	John	340
12	Nicholas	337
13	Ethan	336
14	Cameron	333
15	Andrew	322
15	Dylan	322
17	Brandon	319
18	Hunter	287
18	Joseph	287
20	David	268
21	Noah	267
22	Justin	260
23	Logan	258
24	Caleb	233
24	Ryan	233

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Christian	231
27	Jordan	229
28	Robert	217
29	Benjamin	214
30	Dalton	213
31	Nathan	210
31	Samuel	210
33	Jonathan	196
34	Daniel	193
35	Dakota	186
36	Thomas	185
37	Alexander	184
38	Charles	180
39	Anthony	176
40	Cody	175
41	Seth	174
42	Aaron	165
43	Elijah	148
44	Timothy	147
45	Jackson	140
45	Trevor	140
47	Nathaniel	138
48	Kyle	134
49	Chase	130
50	Jared	129
50	Mason	129
52	Jason	126
53	Evan	121
53	Luke	121
55	Steven	120
56	Devin	116
56	Isaac	116
58	Adam	113
59	Blake	110
59	Garrett	110
61	Isaiah	107
62	Tanner	105
63	Bryce	97
64	Dustin	94
65	Lucas	92
66	Kevin	88
67	Shawn	87
68	Eric	86
69	Alex	85
70	Connor	84
71	Bradley	82
72	Brian	81
72	Gabriel	81
74	Gavin	79
75	Stephen	78
76	Clayton	77
76	Kenneth	77
76	Sean	77
79	Colton	74
80	Richard	73
81	Jesse	72
82	Travis	71
83	Cole	70
83	Jeffrey	70
83	Jeremy	70
83	Patrick	70
83	Trenton	70
88	Corey	69
89	Wesley	66
90	Dawson	63
91	Johnathan	60
91	Tristan	60
93	Jack	58
94	Parker	57
95	Chandler	55
95	Kaleb	55
95	Preston	55
98	Paul	54
98	Taylor	54
100	Ian	53