Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1983

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1983 were Amanda for girls (932 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,107). Amanda ranked #3 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 48,127 babies born in Kentucky in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1983

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: 43 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Savannah: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tabatha: 44 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Brittney: 47 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Billie: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tonya: 87 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Joni: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Misty: 136 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Whitney: 73 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tabitha: 86 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Donnie: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Garry: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Robbie: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jackie: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Scotty: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Billy: 111 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Joey: 34 babies, 3× the national rate
Jarrod: 40 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bobby: 92 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ricky: 79 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Amanda	932	–	3
2	Ashley	901	↑3	4
3	Jessica	893	↓1	2
4	Jennifer	769	↓1	1
5	Sarah	519	↓1	5
6	Heather	399	↑4	9
7	Stephanie	373	↑2	8
8	Amy	368	↓1	12
9	Tiffany	344	↑3	14
10	Crystal	337	↓4	11
11	Rebecca	316	↓3	19
12	Elizabeth	303	↑1	10
13	Amber	288	↑3	17
14	Melissa	273	↓3	6
15	Angela	256	↓1	22
16	Emily	252	↑3	25
17	Rachel	249	↑6	20
18	Mary	248	–	32
19	Kimberly	246	↓4	15
20	Christina	236	–	16
21	Laura	228	↑1	23
22	Megan	220	↑24	21
23	Erin	214	↑2	18
24	April	203	↓7	39
25	Samantha	184	↑6	40
26	Sara	183	↑2	31
27	Andrea	181	↑3	30
28	Kelly	177	↑1	26
29	Lauren	176	↑5	24
30	Jamie	172	↓9	28
31	Michelle	170	↓7	13
32	Brittany	160	↑11	64
33	Leslie	160	↑5	67
34	Nicole	153	↑3	7
35	Brandy	146	↓8	57
36	Shannon	145	↓10	38
37	Lindsey	144	↑3	35
38	Holly	137	↑11	48
39	Misty	136	↓7	87
40	Tara	136	↓1	51
41	Brandi	135	↓8	56
42	Katherine	135	↓6	34
43	Lindsay	126	new	36
44	Alicia	120	new	41
45	Erica	118	↓4	33
46	Lisa	113	↓11	27
47	Carrie	110	↑1	65
48	Natasha	110	↓3	71
49	Kristen	108	↓7	37
50	Courtney	100	↓6	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Christopher	1,107	–	2
2	Joshua	1,032	–	5
3	Michael	875	–	1
4	James	864	–	6
5	Matthew	838	↑1	3
6	William	643	↑1	16
7	Brandon	622	↑4	17
8	Jason	612	↓3	7
9	David	606	–	4
10	John	569	↓2	9
11	Robert	526	↓1	10
12	Joseph	517	–	11
13	Justin	495	–	12
14	Jonathan	438	–	19
15	Daniel	418	–	8
16	Brian	393	↑1	14
17	Adam	384	↑2	18
18	Jeremy	379	↓2	30
19	Charles	337	↓1	33
20	Andrew	317	↑5	15
21	Eric	316	↑1	20
22	Timothy	311	↓2	26
23	Ryan	285	↑1	13
24	Steven	279	↓1	23
25	Benjamin	274	↑6	32
26	Anthony	273	↓5	22
27	Aaron	266	–	29
28	Thomas	266	–	24
29	Nicholas	258	↓3	21
30	Bradley	241	↑6	52
31	Kevin	238	↓1	25
32	Jeffrey	232	–	28
33	Dustin	223	↑2	43
34	Mark	219	↑3	31
35	Richard	203	↓6	27
36	Travis	199	↓2	41
37	Stephen	198	↓4	35
38	Nathan	194	–	40
39	Kenneth	175	↑5	45
40	Patrick	167	↑3	37
41	Kyle	163	new	34
42	Gregory	153	↓3	42
43	Jacob	152	↑3	36
44	Paul	151	↓4	39
45	Chad	148	↓4	49
46	Derek	140	↓4	51
47	Gary	134	↓2	68
48	Bryan	128	↓1	47
49	Scott	120	new	38
50	Donald	119	new	60

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