Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1981

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1981 were Amanda for girls (1,059 babies) and Joshua for boys (1,064). Amanda ranked #3 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 50,910 babies born in Kentucky in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1981

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: 44 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tera: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tabatha: 35 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Whitney: 66 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lora: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tonya: 122 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ashlee: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Betty: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Marsha: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Penny: 21 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Scottie: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Elmer: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Scotty: 36 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Donnie: 35 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jackie: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Johnathon: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Chadwick: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Billy: 142 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cecil: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bobby: 128 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Amanda	1,059	–	3
2	Jessica	961	↑1	2
3	Jennifer	944	↓1	1
4	Amy	507	↑1	6
5	Sarah	500	↑1	4
6	Melissa	462	↓2	5
7	Stephanie	446	↑3	8
8	Rebecca	389	↑3	12
9	Crystal	380	↓1	16
10	Heather	375	↓1	10
11	Elizabeth	369	↑3	9
12	Angela	361	↓5	15
13	Tiffany	346	↑2	14
14	Kimberly	322	↓2	13
15	April	317	↑1	25
16	Ashley	305	↑2	34
17	Mary	302	↓4	27
18	Amber	264	↑7	20
19	Emily	236	↑12	29
20	Jamie	225	–	28
21	Christina	223	↓4	17
22	Laura	219	↑2	21
23	Andrea	211	↑5	24
24	Brandy	209	↑6	41
25	Erin	209	↑4	19
26	Kelly	199	↓3	23
27	Misty	197	↓8	61
28	Rachel	193	↓1	22
29	Sara	188	↑3	26
30	Michelle	185	↓8	11
31	Lisa	183	↓10	18
32	Leslie	181	↑1	56
33	Shannon	154	↓7	32
34	Nicole	150	↑2	7
35	Kristin	136	↑3	31
36	Brandi	131	new	50
37	Samantha	129	↑6	51
38	Lauren	123	new	35
39	Tonya	122	↑1	>100
40	Tara	117	↓1	45
41	Christy	116	↓6	99
42	Carrie	114	↓5	55
43	Julie	114	↓9	37
44	Stacy	108	↑1	65
45	Megan	106	↑4	33
46	Erica	105	↓2	36
47	Tina	100	new	80
48	Katherine	99	↓6	39
49	Courtney	94	new	43
50	Kristen	94	–	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Joshua	1,064	↑3	6
2	Michael	1,063	–	1
3	James	1,038	–	7
4	Christopher	920	↑1	2
5	Jason	854	↓4	4
6	William	689	↑1	15
7	Matthew	681	↑4	3
8	David	659	↓2	5
9	Robert	623	–	9
10	John	613	↓2	8
11	Brandon	565	↑9	19
12	Joseph	536	↓2	11
13	Jeremy	510	↓1	22
14	Brian	454	↓1	14
15	Jonathan	447	↓1	16
16	Justin	445	↓1	12
17	Adam	423	↑5	20
18	Daniel	395	–	10
19	Charles	391	↓3	31
20	Timothy	369	↓3	24
21	Eric	319	↓2	17
22	Steven	298	↑1	28
23	Nicholas	291	↑3	21
24	Anthony	288	↓3	23
25	Thomas	254	–	26
26	Ryan	248	↑8	13
27	Benjamin	247	↑11	32
28	Richard	246	↓1	27
29	Andrew	241	–	18
30	Kevin	235	↓6	25
31	Aaron	228	–	30
32	Travis	222	↓2	40
33	Jeffrey	218	↓5	29
34	Nathan	218	↑3	36
35	Mark	215	↓3	33
36	Bradley	202	–	50
37	Stephen	201	↓4	39
38	Kenneth	188	↑1	41
39	Dustin	185	↑6	42
40	Paul	183	↑1	35
41	Chad	170	↓6	47
42	Gregory	161	↓2	46
43	Jesse	161	new	37
44	Gary	148	↓1	62
45	Patrick	146	↑3	38
46	Larry	143	new	73
47	Billy	142	↓3	>100
48	Kyle	141	↑1	52
49	Scott	140	↓3	34
50	Donald	137	–	56

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