Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1986

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1986 were Ashley for girls (1,024 babies) and Christopher for boys (957). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,877 babies born in Kentucky in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1986

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: 49 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lora: 25 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Maranda: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Tosha: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Billie: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Betty: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Lesley: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bobbie: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Keshia: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kasey: 46 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Donnie: 23 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jackie: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jody: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bobby: 80 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jarrod: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Clay: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jimmy: 61 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Mason: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jarred: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Wesley: 93 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Ashley	1,024	–	2
2	Jessica	944	–	1
3	Amanda	752	–	3
4	Brittany	580	↑1	8
5	Sarah	528	↑1	5
6	Jennifer	462	↓2	4
7	Heather	383	–	9
8	Tiffany	351	↑6	17
9	Amber	347	–	13
10	Megan	334	↓2	11
11	Elizabeth	315	–	10
12	Samantha	301	↑11	21
13	Stephanie	291	↓3	6
14	Whitney	280	↑26	32
15	Emily	250	–	24
16	Lauren	250	↑4	14
17	Kimberly	249	↓4	18
18	Rachel	245	↓1	15
19	Amy	229	↓7	22
20	Mary	212	↑1	37
21	Laura	197	↓3	20
22	Rebecca	194	–	26
23	Crystal	192	↓4	25
24	Melissa	192	↓8	12
25	Christina	169	↓1	19
26	Sara	164	↓1	27
27	Katherine	159	↑11	28
28	Kelly	156	↓2	29
29	Lindsey	151	↑2	39
30	Angela	150	↓2	33
31	Erica	145	↑3	31
32	Erin	143	–	30
33	Danielle	142	↓4	16
34	Courtney	137	↑14	35
35	Jamie	137	↓5	34
36	April	135	↓1	53
37	Michelle	129	↓4	23
38	Andrea	122	↓11	36
39	Kayla	112	new	64
40	Katie	109	↑6	38
41	Nicole	106	↓4	7
42	Brittney	103	↑5	65
43	Natasha	102	new	70
44	Holly	101	↓5	63
45	Allison	98	↑5	42
46	Brandy	98	↓10	84
47	Lindsay	96	↓5	46
48	Tara	96	↓5	56
49	Kristen	93	new	41
50	Brandi	92	↓9	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Christopher	957	↑1	2
2	Joshua	912	↓1	4
3	Michael	819	↑1	1
4	James	771	↓1	7
5	Matthew	669	↑1	3
6	Brandon	611	↓1	13
7	William	568	–	15
8	Justin	567	↑2	14
9	John	516	–	10
10	Robert	509	↑1	9
11	David	489	↓3	5
12	Andrew	424	↑4	8
13	Jonathan	415	–	16
14	Joseph	407	↓2	12
15	Daniel	405	↓1	6
16	Jeremy	344	↑3	28
17	Jason	313	↓2	18
18	Timothy	306	↑4	27
19	Ryan	298	↑2	11
20	Brian	297	–	20
21	Charles	284	↓3	34
22	Dustin	281	↑7	42
23	Eric	277	↑1	22
24	Kevin	277	↑3	21
25	Nicholas	275	↓2	17
26	Adam	272	↓9	24
27	Steven	271	↓2	25
28	Anthony	260	↓2	19
29	Kyle	235	↑9	23
30	Aaron	229	↓2	33
31	Thomas	223	↓1	26
32	Benjamin	213	↑1	30
33	Jacob	197	↑6	31
34	Zachary	193	↑3	38
35	Stephen	188	↓3	36
36	Richard	184	↓5	29
37	Nathan	183	↓2	43
38	Jeffrey	181	↓2	32
39	Bradley	180	↑2	54
40	Mark	179	↓6	35
41	Tyler	170	↑3	40
42	Jordan	164	new	53
43	Travis	161	↓3	49
44	Kenneth	153	↑1	50
45	Derek	137	↑2	57
46	Patrick	137	↓3	39
47	Shawn	136	↑3	55
48	Bryan	135	↑1	47
49	Gregory	130	↓7	46
50	Samuel	118	new	52

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