Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1989

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1989 were Brittany for girls (844 babies) and Joshua for boys (945). Brittany ranked #3 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 45,739 babies born in Kentucky in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1989

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

Girls

Latosha: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Whitley: 32 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lora: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Chasity: 38 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Bobbie: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Whitney: 283 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Misty: 53 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tabitha: 70 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Keshia: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Betty: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Donnie: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Billy: 69 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bobby: 62 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jarrod: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dustin: 319 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Terry: 60 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Chaz: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Derick: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bradley: 184 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jeffery: 66 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Brittany	844	↑3	3
2	Ashley	836	↓1	2
3	Jessica	793	↓1	1
4	Amanda	609	↓1	4
5	Sarah	511	–	5
6	Samantha	427	↑4	6
7	Kayla	405	↓1	20
8	Tiffany	390	↓1	16
9	Amber	387	–	14
10	Megan	385	↑1	11
11	Heather	363	↓3	15
12	Emily	317	↑4	13
13	Lauren	309	↑2	9
14	Whitney	283	↓2	57
15	Elizabeth	278	↓1	10
16	Stephanie	272	↑2	8
17	Jennifer	265	↓4	7
18	Rachel	249	↓1	18
19	Courtney	228	–	21
20	Rebecca	212	–	24
21	Mary	211	↑2	38
22	Laura	185	↑2	25
23	Katherine	182	↑4	26
24	Chelsea	180	↑7	27
25	Hannah	173	↑16	42
26	Sara	170	↑3	29
27	Kimberly	157	↓6	28
28	Andrea	149	↑10	39
29	Christina	143	↓3	23
30	Lindsey	142	↑2	48
31	Kelsey	139	new	31
32	Danielle	138	↓7	17
33	Amy	136	↓11	35
34	Jamie	123	↑3	52
35	Melissa	123	↓5	19
36	Kristen	121	↓1	36
37	Allison	118	↑2	46
38	Erica	114	↓10	34
39	Brittney	111	↑7	41
40	Nicole	109	↑3	12
41	Angela	107	↓8	47
42	April	106	↑3	66
43	Crystal	106	↓9	32
44	Katie	101	↑5	45
45	Kelly	99	↓3	37
46	Kristin	99	new	60
47	Cassandra	97	new	54
48	Erin	97	↓12	40
49	Tara	95	↓2	70
50	Victoria	95	–	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Joshua	945	–	4
2	Christopher	883	↑1	2
3	James	757	↑2	9
4	Michael	747	–	1
5	Justin	735	↓3	8
6	Matthew	676	–	3
7	William	572	–	15
8	David	487	↑2	5
9	Robert	451	↑4	10
10	John	450	↑2	12
11	Brandon	444	↓3	18
12	Andrew	439	↓3	7
13	Joseph	413	↓2	11
14	Daniel	381	↑1	6
15	Jonathan	359	↓1	17
16	Nicholas	344	–	14
17	Aaron	332	↑3	31
18	Dustin	319	–	48
19	Jacob	319	↑5	26
20	Zachary	300	↑8	25
21	Adam	297	↑2	27
22	Ryan	293	↓1	13
23	Timothy	287	↓6	28
24	Steven	279	↑2	22
25	Anthony	266	↑4	16
26	Jeremy	263	↓4	34
27	Charles	258	↓8	36
28	Tyler	257	↑9	30
29	Jordan	256	↑6	44
30	Kyle	252	–	20
31	Eric	248	↓6	21
32	Benjamin	246	↑1	29
33	Thomas	240	↓6	23
34	Travis	236	–	41
35	Kevin	214	↓3	19
36	Brian	209	↓5	24
37	Cody	208	↑1	45
38	Nathan	192	↑3	43
39	Bradley	184	↑1	58
40	Corey	177	↑9	55
41	Patrick	174	↑4	38
42	Richard	169	↓3	33
43	Stephen	153	↓1	40
44	Derek	152	–	54
45	Jeffrey	151	↑2	37
46	Jason	145	↓10	35
47	Mark	142	↓4	42
48	Jesse	134	new	50
49	Cory	131	↑1	61
50	Kenneth	123	↓4	53

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