Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1988

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1988 were Ashley for girls (917 babies) and Joshua for boys (920). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,071 babies born in Kentucky in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1988

Names given at least 15 times in Kentucky that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Tosha: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Bobbie: 25 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Billie: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Chasity: 40 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tabatha: 35 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Keshia: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Whitley: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tabitha: 82 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kala: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Whitney: 311 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Donnie: 22 babies, 6× the national rate
Scotty: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Billy: 65 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bobby: 61 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jarrod: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shannon: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Wesley: 121 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tommy: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Clay: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dustin: 294 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Ashley	917	–	2
2	Jessica	827	–	1
3	Amanda	654	–	3
4	Brittany	605	–	6
5	Sarah	514	–	4
6	Kayla	409	↑3	20
7	Tiffany	389	↑6	13
8	Heather	380	–	14
9	Amber	379	↓2	15
10	Samantha	370	↑1	8
11	Megan	327	↓1	12
12	Whitney	311	↑3	39
13	Jennifer	291	↓7	5
14	Elizabeth	289	↓2	10
15	Lauren	277	↑4	11
16	Emily	267	↓2	18
17	Rachel	262	–	19
18	Stephanie	228	↓2	7
19	Courtney	218	↑12	24
20	Rebecca	195	↑2	26
21	Kimberly	183	↓3	25
22	Amy	182	↑1	29
23	Mary	174	↓2	34
24	Laura	173	↓4	23
25	Danielle	160	↑2	17
26	Christina	154	↑2	22
27	Katherine	154	↑5	27
28	Erica	152	↑5	31
29	Sara	145	↓4	30
30	Melissa	134	↓4	16
31	Chelsea	131	new	33
32	Lindsey	130	↓2	48
33	Angela	122	↑6	38
34	Crystal	120	↓10	28
35	Kristen	119	↑10	36
36	Erin	114	–	37
37	Jamie	113	–	45
38	Andrea	111	↓9	35
39	Allison	105	new	46
40	Michelle	105	↑2	21
41	Hannah	104	new	61
42	Kelly	98	↓8	32
43	Nicole	97	↓3	9
44	Lindsay	96	↑2	57
45	April	90	↓10	65
46	Brittney	90	new	52
47	Tara	90	↓9	67
48	Bethany	89	new	89
49	Katie	86	↓6	40
50	Victoria	83	new	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Joshua	920	–	4
2	Justin	784	↑3	7
3	Christopher	774	↓1	2
4	Michael	755	↓1	1
5	James	695	↓1	9
6	Matthew	663	–	3
7	William	527	↑1	16
8	Brandon	520	↓1	17
9	Andrew	474	↑2	5
10	David	455	↓1	6
11	Joseph	443	↑2	12
12	John	442	–	11
13	Robert	440	↓3	10
14	Jonathan	400	–	15
15	Daniel	363	–	8
16	Nicholas	302	↑7	14
17	Timothy	302	↓1	25
18	Dustin	294	↑8	48
19	Charles	283	↑2	37
20	Aaron	279	↑8	31
21	Ryan	278	↓2	13
22	Jeremy	277	↓5	35
23	Adam	272	↓5	26
24	Jacob	272	↑9	28
25	Eric	270	↓5	19
26	Steven	264	↑3	24
27	Thomas	260	–	23
28	Zachary	259	↑6	29
29	Anthony	249	↓7	18
30	Kyle	249	↑1	21
31	Brian	241	↓7	22
32	Kevin	229	↑3	20
33	Benjamin	226	↓8	30
34	Travis	215	↓2	41
35	Jordan	209	↑1	52
36	Jason	205	↓6	27
37	Tyler	204	↑1	33
38	Cody	185	↑10	43
39	Richard	177	–	32
40	Bradley	172	↑1	57
41	Nathan	171	↓4	44
42	Stephen	160	↑1	40
43	Mark	157	↑2	39
44	Derek	154	↓4	53
45	Patrick	143	↓1	42
46	Kenneth	141	↑1	51
47	Jeffrey	136	↓5	36
48	Paul	128	new	46
49	Corey	127	↑1	56
50	Cory	125	new	59

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