Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1987

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1987 were Ashley for girls (1,037 babies) and Joshua for boys (947). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,770 babies born in Kentucky in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1987

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: 61 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Tabatha: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kala: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tabitha: 69 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Misty: 64 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Keshia: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sonya: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Savannah: 52 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Hope: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Whitney: 296 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Jackie: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Billy: 80 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Coty: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Clay: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dakota: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jarrod: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bobby: 73 babies, 3× the national rate
Shannon: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Wesley: 111 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Stuart: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	1,037	–	2
2	Jessica	939	–	1
3	Amanda	737	–	3
4	Brittany	562	–	7
5	Sarah	492	–	5
6	Jennifer	427	–	4
7	Amber	402	↑2	15
8	Heather	387	↓1	9
9	Kayla	322	↑30	27
10	Megan	315	–	12
11	Samantha	306	↑1	11
12	Elizabeth	304	↓1	10
13	Tiffany	301	↓5	18
14	Emily	296	↑1	19
15	Whitney	296	↓1	32
16	Stephanie	260	↓3	6
17	Rachel	240	↑1	17
18	Kimberly	222	↓1	23
19	Lauren	209	↓3	16
20	Laura	206	↑1	22
21	Mary	202	↓1	37
22	Rebecca	201	–	25
23	Amy	193	↓4	24
24	Crystal	178	↓1	26
25	Sara	175	↑1	29
26	Melissa	174	↓2	13
27	Danielle	164	↑6	14
28	Christina	158	↓3	20
29	Andrea	150	↑9	36
30	Lindsey	150	↓1	41
31	Courtney	149	↑3	33
32	Katherine	145	↓5	28
33	Erica	130	↓2	31
34	Kelly	127	↓6	30
35	April	122	↑1	58
36	Erin	121	↓4	34
37	Jamie	117	↓2	39
38	Tara	117	↑10	69
39	Angela	116	↓9	35
40	Nicole	107	↑1	8
41	Casey	106	new	81
42	Michelle	106	↓5	21
43	Katie	104	↓3	38
44	Natasha	101	↓1	73
45	Kristen	98	↑4	42
46	Lindsay	97	↑1	49
47	Kendra	95	new	77
48	Alicia	93	new	46
49	Lisa	93	new	40
50	Holly	91	↓6	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Joshua	947	↑1	4
2	Christopher	922	↓1	2
3	Michael	777	–	1
4	James	771	–	8
5	Justin	688	↑3	9
6	Matthew	681	↓1	3
7	Brandon	578	↓1	14
8	William	539	↓1	15
9	David	480	↑2	5
10	Robert	462	–	10
11	Andrew	461	↑1	6
12	John	450	↓3	11
13	Joseph	425	↑1	12
14	Jonathan	380	↓1	18
15	Daniel	360	–	7
16	Timothy	306	↑2	26
17	Jeremy	301	↓1	29
18	Adam	295	↑8	27
19	Ryan	295	–	13
20	Eric	290	↑3	21
21	Charles	287	–	35
22	Anthony	284	↑6	17
23	Nicholas	274	↑2	16
24	Brian	265	↓4	20
25	Benjamin	258	↑7	28
26	Dustin	257	↓4	44
27	Thomas	248	↑4	24
28	Aaron	245	↑2	34
29	Steven	239	↓2	25
30	Jason	236	↓13	23
31	Kyle	221	↓2	22
32	Travis	214	↑11	42
33	Jacob	212	–	31
34	Zachary	209	–	33
35	Kevin	208	↓11	19
36	Jordan	202	↑6	52
37	Nathan	189	–	45
38	Tyler	177	↑3	39
39	Richard	173	↓3	30
40	Derek	172	↑5	54
41	Bradley	170	↓2	56
42	Jeffrey	166	↓4	32
43	Stephen	164	↓8	38
44	Patrick	159	↑2	41
45	Mark	156	↓5	36
46	Shawn	132	↑1	59
47	Kenneth	130	↓3	53
48	Cody	128	new	49
49	Bryan	126	↓1	51
50	Corey	124	new	57

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