Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1980

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1980 were Amanda for girls (1,275 babies) and Jason for boys (1,167). Amanda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Jason ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,976 babies born in Kentucky in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1980

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

Girls

Chasity: 80 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Sue: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Whitney: 62 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lora: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Candi: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bridgett: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marsha: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tabatha: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rhonda: 71 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Devin: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Scottie: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Scotty: 33 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jackie: 33 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Timmy: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Donnie: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Robbie: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Billy: 157 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dewayne: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Leslie: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bobby: 121 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Amanda	1,275	–	2
2	Jennifer	1,009	–	1
3	Jessica	752	↑3	3
4	Melissa	562	↓1	4
5	Amy	490	↓1	8
6	Sarah	448	↑5	5
7	Angela	420	↓2	12
8	Crystal	415	↓1	18
9	Heather	392	↓1	6
10	Stephanie	388	–	13
11	Rebecca	387	↓2	17
12	Kimberly	361	↑1	11
13	Mary	352	↑1	25
14	Elizabeth	348	↓2	9
15	Tiffany	348	↑13	14
16	April	329	↓1	26
17	Christina	288	↓1	15
18	Ashley	266	↑19	40
19	Misty	247	–	49
20	Jamie	228	↑1	24
21	Lisa	224	↓3	16
22	Michelle	220	↓2	10
23	Kelly	218	↓6	19
24	Laura	217	↓1	21
25	Amber	209	–	22
26	Shannon	209	↓4	29
27	Rachel	203	↑2	23
28	Andrea	198	↓2	28
29	Erin	193	↑10	20
30	Brandy	182	↓6	42
31	Emily	173	–	31
32	Sara	173	↑11	27
33	Leslie	158	↑9	61
34	Julie	149	↓1	32
35	Christy	146	↓8	83
36	Nicole	145	↓1	7
37	Carrie	135	↓7	46
38	Kristin	133	new	37
39	Tara	131	↑1	43
40	Tonya	128	↓8	97
41	Tracy	127	↓3	56
42	Katherine	126	↑4	35
43	Samantha	124	new	58
44	Erica	120	↓8	34
45	Stacy	119	↓11	53
46	Kristy	113	↓5	78
47	Lori	110	↑2	76
48	Patricia	108	new	51
49	Megan	106	new	30
50	Kristen	105	new	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jason	1,167	–	3
2	Michael	1,145	–	1
3	James	1,087	–	5
4	Joshua	914	↑4	7
5	Christopher	906	↓1	2
6	David	743	↓1	4
7	William	732	↓1	14
8	John	704	↓1	8
9	Robert	628	–	9
10	Joseph	568	↑3	10
11	Matthew	539	↑1	6
12	Jeremy	504	↓2	18
13	Brian	486	↓2	12
14	Jonathan	452	↑4	21
15	Justin	436	↑12	13
16	Charles	434	↓2	29
17	Timothy	430	↓2	20
18	Daniel	415	↓2	11
19	Eric	394	↑1	16
20	Brandon	338	↑5	31
21	Anthony	328	↑2	24
22	Adam	322	–	22
23	Steven	316	↓2	28
24	Kevin	300	↓7	23
25	Thomas	282	↓1	25
26	Nicholas	281	↓7	17
27	Richard	247	↓1	26
28	Jeffrey	242	↑2	27
29	Andrew	232	↑2	19
30	Travis	228	↑6	37
31	Aaron	227	↓2	34
32	Mark	216	↓4	30
33	Stephen	216	↑1	40
34	Ryan	215	↓1	15
35	Chad	213	↓3	39
36	Bradley	206	↑1	51
37	Nathan	204	↑3	36
38	Benjamin	198	↓3	32
39	Kenneth	189	↑2	41
40	Gregory	182	↓1	42
41	Paul	168	↓3	35
42	Derek	160	new	50
43	Gary	159	↑5	63
44	Billy	157	↓1	100
45	Dustin	155	new	44
46	Scott	152	↓4	33
47	Shawn	152	↓2	47
48	Patrick	148	↑2	38
49	Kyle	147	↓2	57
50	Donald	143	↓6	53

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