Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1979

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1979 were Amanda for girls (1,033 babies) and Jason for boys (1,164). Amanda ranked #3 nationally for girls. Jason ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,643 babies born in Kentucky in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1979

Names given at least 15 times in Kentucky that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Jerri: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Chasity: 66 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tabatha: 37 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Chastity: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Vickie: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kristie: 74 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lee: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tabitha: 94 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Janie: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lora: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Donnie: 49 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Scotty: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Virgil: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Scottie: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jackie: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Timmy: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Billy: 169 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Robbie: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Chadwick: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bobby: 125 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Amanda	1,033	↑2	3
2	Jennifer	1,024	↓1	1
3	Melissa	723	↓1	2
4	Amy	569	–	5
5	Angela	529	–	8
6	Jessica	495	↑1	4
7	Crystal	423	↓1	18
8	Heather	415	–	7
9	Rebecca	377	↑2	17
10	Stephanie	369	↓1	15
11	Sarah	344	↑3	6
12	Elizabeth	331	↑1	11
13	Kimberly	330	↓3	12
14	Mary	311	↑2	24
15	April	293	↑4	23
16	Christina	292	↓4	14
17	Kelly	276	↓2	16
18	Lisa	269	↓1	13
19	Misty	258	↓1	42
20	Michelle	250	↑2	10
21	Jamie	246	–	19
22	Shannon	223	↓2	25
23	Laura	218	–	20
24	Brandy	192	↑4	39
25	Amber	187	↑21	22
26	Andrea	173	↑1	26
27	Christy	172	↓3	72
28	Tiffany	169	↑3	28
29	Rachel	161	↑7	27
30	Carrie	156	↓4	41
31	Emily	155	↑1	34
32	Tonya	153	↓7	86
33	Julie	150	↓3	29
34	Stacy	150	↑1	43
35	Nicole	149	↑6	9
36	Erica	142	↑8	32
37	Ashley	138	↑8	67
38	Tracy	137	↑2	49
39	Erin	136	↓10	21
40	Tara	131	↑3	38
41	Kristy	130	↓4	56
42	Leslie	125	↓4	65
43	Sara	124	↓9	30
44	Tammy	113	↓2	79
45	Brandi	112	new	61
46	Katherine	112	new	36
47	Holly	110	↑3	48
48	Tina	110	↓15	58
49	Lori	109	new	69
50	Susan	109	↓11	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jason	1,164	↑2	3
2	Michael	1,153	↓1	1
3	James	1,119	↓1	5
4	Christopher	1,058	–	2
5	David	757	–	4
6	William	721	↑2	13
7	John	699	–	7
8	Joshua	698	↑3	9
9	Robert	660	↓3	8
10	Jeremy	606	↓1	16
11	Brian	565	↓1	10
12	Matthew	557	–	6
13	Joseph	555	–	11
14	Charles	434	–	28
15	Timothy	417	–	18
16	Daniel	384	↑2	12
17	Kevin	380	↓1	19
18	Jonathan	347	↑1	31
19	Nicholas	330	↑6	15
20	Eric	327	↓3	17
21	Steven	313	↓1	27
22	Adam	305	↑4	23
23	Anthony	304	↓2	21
24	Thomas	282	↓2	26
25	Brandon	277	↑9	35
26	Richard	270	↓2	25
27	Justin	263	↑17	22
28	Mark	248	↓5	30
29	Aaron	247	–	32
30	Jeffrey	243	↓3	24
31	Andrew	235	↑6	20
32	Chad	232	↑3	38
33	Ryan	224	↓2	14
34	Stephen	219	↓2	40
35	Benjamin	217	↓2	33
36	Travis	213	↑11	36
37	Bradley	195	↑1	47
38	Paul	195	↓2	34
39	Gregory	186	↑1	42
40	Nathan	182	↓1	37
41	Kenneth	171	↓11	41
42	Scott	171	new	29
43	Billy	169	↑2	97
44	Donald	169	↓3	51
45	Shawn	167	↓17	43
46	Larry	162	↓4	69
47	Kyle	157	new	56
48	Gary	148	↓5	59
49	Phillip	147	↑1	68
50	Patrick	139	new	39

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