Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1984

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1984 were Ashley for girls (934 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,056). Ashley ranked #3 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 46,564 babies born in Kentucky in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1984

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: 53 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Billie: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lora: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Britney: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ginger: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Elisha: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marsha: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tabatha: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tabitha: 83 babies, 3× the national rate
Tonya: 72 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Donnie: 31 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Scotty: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Billy: 100 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Chadwick: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bobby: 84 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Clay: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ronnie: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Shannon: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jarrod: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kerry: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Ashley	934	↑1	3
2	Jessica	898	↑1	2
3	Amanda	855	↓2	4
4	Jennifer	763	–	1
5	Sarah	463	–	5
6	Heather	435	–	9
7	Stephanie	351	–	6
8	Amy	335	–	13
9	Elizabeth	330	↑3	10
10	Amber	327	↑3	18
11	Tiffany	315	↓2	14
12	Crystal	312	↓2	12
13	Rebecca	295	↓2	23
14	Melissa	276	–	8
15	Mary	260	↑3	33
16	Rachel	254	↑1	15
17	Megan	245	↑5	11
18	Brittany	238	↑14	41
19	Laura	234	↑2	19
20	Emily	219	↓4	24
21	April	209	↑3	42
22	Lauren	206	↑7	21
23	Angela	196	↓8	26
24	Kimberly	192	↓5	22
25	Samantha	188	–	39
26	Christina	187	↓6	20
27	Erin	176	↓4	25
28	Nicole	167	↑6	7
29	Jamie	164	↑1	31
30	Lindsey	160	↑7	35
31	Andrea	159	↓4	28
32	Danielle	157	new	16
33	Sara	157	↓7	32
34	Kelly	155	↓6	27
35	Tara	150	↑5	49
36	Brandy	149	↓1	64
37	Katherine	149	↑5	30
38	Michelle	138	↓7	17
39	Erica	132	↑6	34
40	Brandi	122	↑1	61
41	Lisa	118	↑5	29
42	Courtney	115	↑8	46
43	Holly	112	↓5	53
44	Shannon	111	↓8	37
45	Alicia	109	↓1	40
46	Leslie	105	↓13	75
47	Lindsay	100	↓4	36
48	Stacy	100	new	67
49	Kristen	97	–	38
50	Kristin	93	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Christopher	1,056	–	2
2	Joshua	989	–	4
3	James	883	↑1	7
4	Michael	880	↓1	1
5	Matthew	800	–	3
6	Brandon	620	↑1	15
7	William	611	↓1	16
8	David	560	↑1	5
9	John	560	↑1	8
10	Justin	534	↑3	13
11	Jason	511	↓3	11
12	Joseph	505	–	10
13	Robert	496	↓2	9
14	Jonathan	447	–	19
15	Daniel	439	–	6
16	Adam	422	↑1	18
17	Brian	362	↓1	17
18	Charles	322	↑1	33
19	Jeremy	318	↓1	31
20	Timothy	306	↑2	26
21	Eric	295	–	22
22	Nicholas	292	↑7	20
23	Andrew	288	↓3	14
24	Anthony	288	↑2	21
25	Thomas	266	↑3	25
26	Ryan	263	↓3	12
27	Steven	256	↓3	23
28	Kevin	248	↑3	24
29	Richard	229	↑6	27
30	Dustin	226	↑3	41
31	Benjamin	224	↓6	30
32	Aaron	221	↓5	29
33	Nathan	197	↑5	38
34	Stephen	190	↑3	35
35	Jeffrey	186	↓3	28
36	Bradley	174	↓6	53
37	Mark	172	↓3	32
38	Kyle	171	↑3	34
39	Bryan	167	↑9	48
40	Kenneth	166	↓1	46
41	Travis	161	↓5	42
42	Jacob	157	↑1	37
43	Paul	154	↑1	40
44	Patrick	149	↓4	36
45	Chad	146	–	51
46	Gregory	143	↓4	44
47	Derek	130	↓1	52
48	Shawn	117	new	56
49	Tyler	116	new	47
50	Zachary	111	new	45

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