Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1991

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1991 were Ashley for girls (755 babies) and Joshua for boys (799). Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 46,212 babies born in Kentucky in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1991

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

Girls

Whitley: 35 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Laken: 17 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Billie: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Brooklyn: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Bobbi: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Kala: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Maranda: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Whitney: 249 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Chasity: 36 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kristian: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Donnie: 22 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Lonnie: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Clifton: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Billy: 63 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Johnathon: 49 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Coty: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shelby: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Clay: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Wesley: 128 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jordon: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	755	↑2	1
2	Brittany	725	↓1	3
3	Jessica	667	↓1	2
4	Kayla	537	↑1	12
5	Sarah	439	↑1	6
6	Amanda	416	↓2	4
7	Megan	401	↑1	11
8	Emily	395	↑4	10
9	Samantha	389	↓2	5
10	Amber	383	↓1	16
11	Courtney	304	↑3	19
12	Elizabeth	300	↑1	9
13	Rachel	273	↑7	14
14	Heather	264	↑2	23
15	Lauren	263	↓5	13
16	Tiffany	252	↓5	27
17	Whitney	249	–	68
18	Shelby	240	new	33
19	Hannah	234	↑3	29
20	Stephanie	232	↓5	7
21	Chelsea	225	–	18
22	Jennifer	224	↓4	8
23	Kelsey	208	↑11	26
24	Rebecca	189	↓5	21
25	Mary	188	↓2	38
26	Kimberly	161	↓1	34
27	Morgan	157	↑1	49
28	Taylor	154	↑7	32
29	Lindsey	153	↑4	52
30	Danielle	151	↓3	17
31	Katherine	146	↓7	25
32	Laura	144	↓6	35
33	Sara	137	↓4	37
34	Victoria	125	↑8	28
35	Kristen	115	↓3	48
36	Christina	114	↓5	31
37	Katie	111	↑10	53
38	Erica	108	↓1	40
39	Jordan	108	–	62
40	Amy	107	↓10	43
41	Andrea	103	new	39
42	Miranda	102	new	90
43	Olivia	102	new	61
44	Kelly	100	new	42
45	Erin	96	↑3	44
46	Bethany	95	↓10	>100
47	April	94	↓6	88
48	Allison	93	↓10	50
49	Anna	93	↓6	46
50	Jasmine	92	new	24

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Joshua	799	–	4
2	James	712	↑1	7
3	Michael	698	↑1	1
4	Christopher	683	↓2	2
5	Matthew	612	–	3
6	William	579	↑1	19
7	Justin	514	↓1	14
8	Brandon	497	↑4	15
9	Jacob	488	↑5	17
10	Cody	463	↑10	24
11	John	447	↓3	10
12	Tyler	443	↑9	16
13	Joseph	431	↓4	9
14	Robert	415	↓4	13
15	Andrew	414	↓2	5
16	David	405	↓5	8
17	Zachary	383	–	22
18	Jordan	362	↓3	29
19	Ryan	340	↑5	11
20	Nicholas	335	↓1	12
21	Daniel	327	↓3	6
22	Jonathan	319	↓6	20
23	Charles	278	↓1	38
24	Aaron	273	↑1	31
25	Anthony	273	↑3	18
26	Steven	264	↑1	27
27	Timothy	261	↓4	32
28	Dustin	240	↓2	56
29	Travis	236	↑3	44
30	Kyle	231	–	21
31	Benjamin	230	↑2	33
32	Thomas	226	↓1	28
33	Eric	210	↑1	25
34	Adam	201	↓5	36
35	Jeremy	201	↑1	43
36	Nathan	201	↑3	42
37	Brian	179	↑1	30
38	Austin	176	↑7	50
39	Stephen	176	↓2	41
40	Patrick	172	↑4	35
41	Kevin	169	↓6	23
42	Richard	169	–	34
43	Corey	161	↓3	58
44	Alexander	150	new	26
45	Samuel	144	↑3	39
46	Bradley	139	↓3	67
47	Ethan	137	↓6	65
48	Mark	130	↓2	47
49	Jeffrey	128	–	45
50	Jesse	128	new	51

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