Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1985

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1985 were Ashley for girls (1,004 babies) and Joshua for boys (1,036). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 46,085 babies born in Kentucky in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1985

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, 6.1× the national rate
Ladonna: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lora: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Bridgette: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tonya: 77 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Leanna: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tosha: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Misty: 100 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bobbie: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Miranda: 87 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Donnie: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jackie: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Scotty: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Billy: 94 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bobby: 74 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Roger: 59 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jarrod: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Wesley: 97 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jonathon: 66 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rodney: 53 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	1,004	–	2
2	Jessica	861	–	1
3	Amanda	811	–	4
4	Jennifer	588	–	3
5	Brittany	485	↑13	17
6	Sarah	480	↓1	5
7	Heather	450	↓1	8
8	Megan	343	↑9	10
9	Amber	316	↑1	16
10	Stephanie	309	↓3	6
11	Elizabeth	305	↓2	9
12	Amy	290	↓4	20
13	Kimberly	280	↑11	19
14	Tiffany	268	↓3	23
15	Emily	255	↑5	24
16	Melissa	245	↓2	11
17	Rachel	242	↓1	13
18	Laura	239	↑1	14
19	Crystal	235	↓7	21
20	Lauren	230	↑2	15
21	Mary	221	↓6	35
22	Rebecca	215	↓9	25
23	Samantha	199	↑2	29
24	Christina	197	↑2	12
25	Sara	191	↑8	30
26	Kelly	184	↑8	28
27	Andrea	169	↑4	33
28	Angela	169	↓5	31
29	Danielle	169	↑3	18
30	Jamie	165	↓1	27
31	Lindsey	164	↓1	37
32	Erin	154	↓5	26
33	Michelle	143	↑5	22
34	Erica	137	↑5	34
35	April	134	↓14	47
36	Brandy	134	–	70
37	Nicole	133	↓9	7
38	Katherine	128	↓1	32
39	Holly	127	↑4	56
40	Whitney	115	new	73
41	Brandi	114	↓1	69
42	Lindsay	110	↑5	40
43	Tara	106	↓8	51
44	Misty	100	new	>100
45	Alicia	98	–	45
46	Katie	96	new	39
47	Brittney	95	new	84
48	Courtney	95	↓6	43
49	Leslie	95	↓3	76
50	Allison	94	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Joshua	1,036	↑1	4
2	Christopher	996	↓1	2
3	James	843	–	7
4	Michael	759	–	1
5	Brandon	755	↑1	13
6	Matthew	727	↓1	3
7	William	590	–	16
8	David	579	–	6
9	John	539	–	9
10	Justin	514	–	15
11	Robert	476	↑2	8
12	Joseph	453	–	10
13	Jonathan	451	↑1	17
14	Daniel	442	↑1	5
15	Jason	401	↓4	14
16	Andrew	383	↑7	11
17	Adam	372	↓1	22
18	Charles	337	–	34
19	Jeremy	333	–	30
20	Brian	326	↓3	18
21	Ryan	318	↑5	12
22	Timothy	304	↓2	26
23	Nicholas	288	↓1	19
24	Eric	286	↓3	21
25	Steven	284	↑2	24
26	Anthony	275	↓2	20
27	Kevin	274	↑1	23
28	Aaron	265	↑4	33
29	Dustin	245	↑1	41
30	Thomas	233	↓5	25
31	Richard	218	↓2	28
32	Stephen	209	↑2	36
33	Benjamin	208	↓2	31
34	Mark	202	↑3	32
35	Nathan	202	↓2	40
36	Jeffrey	194	↓1	29
37	Zachary	193	↑13	39
38	Kyle	190	–	27
39	Jacob	183	↑3	35
40	Travis	179	↑1	46
41	Bradley	177	↓5	53
42	Gregory	154	↑4	45
43	Patrick	140	↑1	37
44	Tyler	139	↑5	43
45	Kenneth	135	↓5	47
46	Paul	132	↓3	42
47	Derek	130	–	56
48	Chad	129	↓3	57
49	Bryan	126	↓10	48
50	Shawn	126	↓2	55

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