Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1990

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1990 were Brittany for girls (843 babies) and Joshua for boys (891). Brittany ranked #3 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 46,047 babies born in Kentucky in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1990

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

Girls

Laken: 16 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Chasity: 40 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Whitley: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Jerrica: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Elisha: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Keisha: 32 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Whitney: 274 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Keshia: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bethany: 115 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kala: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Donnie: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Coty: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Billy: 60 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shannon: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lonnie: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jarred: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jordon: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Wesley: 117 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bobby: 58 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ronnie: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Brittany	843	–	3
2	Jessica	757	↑1	1
3	Ashley	729	↓1	2
4	Amanda	538	–	4
5	Kayla	471	↑2	14
6	Sarah	426	↓1	6
7	Samantha	417	↓1	5
8	Megan	396	↑2	11
9	Amber	366	–	15
10	Lauren	349	↑3	10
11	Tiffany	335	↓3	23
12	Emily	331	–	12
13	Elizabeth	325	↑2	9
14	Courtney	317	↑5	17
15	Stephanie	316	↑1	7
16	Heather	297	↓5	19
17	Whitney	274	↓3	60
18	Jennifer	257	↓1	8
19	Rebecca	220	↑1	21
20	Rachel	216	↓2	16
21	Chelsea	215	↑3	24
22	Hannah	208	↑3	30
23	Mary	188	↓2	35
24	Katherine	176	↓1	26
25	Kimberly	165	↑2	31
26	Laura	162	↓4	29
27	Danielle	153	↑5	18
28	Morgan	153	new	58
29	Sara	146	↓3	34
30	Amy	138	↑3	38
31	Christina	134	↓2	25
32	Kristen	134	↑4	42
33	Lindsey	134	↓3	51
34	Kelsey	130	↓3	32
35	Taylor	117	new	46
36	Bethany	115	new	>100
37	Erica	112	↑1	36
38	Allison	110	↓1	48
39	Jordan	109	new	59
40	Michelle	107	new	22
41	April	105	↑1	73
42	Victoria	103	↑8	33
43	Anna	102	new	45
44	Brittney	102	↓5	44
45	Alyssa	99	new	27
46	Jamie	98	↓12	55
47	Katie	98	↓3	53
48	Erin	97	–	43
49	Holly	97	new	89
50	Crystal	95	↓7	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Joshua	891	–	4
2	Christopher	790	–	2
3	James	779	–	8
4	Michael	728	–	1
5	Matthew	651	↑1	3
6	Justin	624	↓1	9
7	William	573	–	16
8	John	483	↑2	12
9	Joseph	438	↑4	10
10	Robert	435	↓1	13
11	David	414	↓3	6
12	Brandon	410	↓1	19
13	Andrew	396	↓1	7
14	Jacob	388	↑5	20
15	Jordan	380	↑14	29
16	Jonathan	373	↓1	17
17	Zachary	366	↑3	22
18	Daniel	358	↓4	5
19	Nicholas	351	↓3	14
20	Cody	348	↑17	31
21	Tyler	338	↑7	21
22	Charles	301	↑5	38
23	Timothy	292	–	30
24	Ryan	280	↓2	11
25	Aaron	279	↓8	34
26	Dustin	274	↓8	50
27	Steven	273	↓3	25
28	Anthony	269	↓3	15
29	Adam	263	↓8	32
30	Kyle	246	–	18
31	Thomas	243	↑2	26
32	Travis	234	↑2	42
33	Benjamin	231	↓1	33
34	Eric	229	↓3	24
35	Kevin	220	–	23
36	Jeremy	212	↓10	40
37	Stephen	205	↑6	39
38	Brian	191	↓2	27
39	Nathan	191	↓1	44
40	Corey	179	–	56
41	Ethan	174	new	58
42	Richard	171	–	35
43	Bradley	165	↓4	65
44	Patrick	155	↓3	36
45	Austin	153	new	55
46	Mark	142	↑1	47
47	Derek	141	↓3	54
48	Samuel	134	new	45
49	Jeffrey	133	↓4	43
50	Kenneth	131	–	52

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