Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1982

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1982 were Amanda for girls (1,000 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,147). Amanda ranked #3 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 50,541 babies born in Kentucky in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1982

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: 48 babies, 4.7× the national rate
James: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lora: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bridgett: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lee: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Billie: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Britney: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Chastity: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tabatha: 42 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tabitha: 91 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Stevie: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Scottie: 20 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Scotty: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Donnie: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Dewayne: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Wendell: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Billy: 117 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Chadwick: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Leslie: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Frankie: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Amanda	1,000	–	3
2	Jessica	1,000	–	2
3	Jennifer	921	–	1
4	Sarah	515	↑1	4
5	Ashley	502	↑11	17
6	Crystal	441	↑3	9
7	Amy	413	↓3	10
8	Rebecca	376	–	15
9	Stephanie	376	↓2	7
10	Heather	373	–	12
11	Melissa	373	↓5	5
12	Tiffany	370	↑1	13
13	Elizabeth	331	↓2	8
14	Angela	320	↓2	16
15	Kimberly	279	↓1	14
16	Amber	277	↑2	18
17	April	271	↓2	32
18	Mary	256	↓1	30
19	Emily	255	–	24
20	Christina	232	↑1	19
21	Jamie	220	↓1	29
22	Laura	219	–	22
23	Rachel	214	↑5	21
24	Michelle	212	↑6	11
25	Erin	208	–	20
26	Shannon	196	↑7	38
27	Brandy	195	↓3	50
28	Sara	188	↑1	28
29	Kelly	184	↓3	25
30	Andrea	180	↓7	27
31	Samantha	178	↑6	44
32	Misty	177	↓5	74
33	Brandi	162	↑3	55
34	Lauren	160	↑4	26
35	Lisa	153	↓4	23
36	Katherine	147	↑12	36
37	Nicole	144	↓3	6
38	Leslie	141	↓6	60
39	Tara	140	↑1	47
40	Lindsey	133	new	40
41	Erica	123	↑5	35
42	Kristen	121	↑8	33
43	Brittany	115	new	94
44	Courtney	113	↑5	43
45	Natasha	105	new	71
46	Megan	103	↓1	34
47	Tonya	103	↓8	>100
48	Carrie	99	↓6	57
49	Holly	97	new	61
50	Natalie	97	new	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Christopher	1,147	↑3	2
2	Joshua	1,029	↓1	7
3	Michael	1,023	↓1	1
4	James	933	↓1	6
5	Jason	797	–	4
6	Matthew	700	↑1	3
7	William	664	↓1	15
8	John	650	↑2	8
9	David	627	↓1	5
10	Robert	564	↓1	9
11	Brandon	518	–	18
12	Joseph	510	–	11
13	Justin	470	↑3	12
14	Jonathan	453	↑1	16
15	Daniel	445	↑3	10
16	Jeremy	430	↓3	28
17	Brian	399	↓3	14
18	Charles	368	↑1	31
19	Adam	363	↓2	19
20	Timothy	356	–	24
21	Anthony	315	↑3	21
22	Eric	306	↓1	20
23	Steven	287	↓1	26
24	Ryan	279	↑2	13
25	Andrew	265	↑4	17
26	Nicholas	262	↓3	22
27	Aaron	260	↑4	30
28	Thomas	260	↓3	23
29	Richard	250	↓1	27
30	Kevin	248	–	25
31	Benjamin	243	↓4	33
32	Jeffrey	232	↑1	29
33	Stephen	228	↑4	38
34	Travis	225	↓2	39
35	Dustin	224	↑4	42
36	Bradley	211	–	51
37	Mark	201	↓2	32
38	Nathan	181	↓4	36
39	Gregory	177	↑3	40
40	Paul	175	–	35
41	Chad	167	–	48
42	Derek	162	new	50
43	Patrick	161	↑2	37
44	Kenneth	154	↓6	45
45	Gary	144	↓1	64
46	Jacob	144	new	41
47	Bryan	137	new	49
48	Larry	134	↓2	77
49	Shawn	131	new	52
50	Jesse	128	↓7	43

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