Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1992

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1992 were Ashley for girls (676 babies) and Joshua for boys (675). Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 45,279 babies born in Kentucky in 1992 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1992

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

Girls

Brooklyn: 31 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Lora: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Chasity: 39 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sheena: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Whitney: 184 babies, 4× the national rate
Keisha: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Tabatha: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Maranda: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shelbie: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Carrie: 53 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Coty: 48 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jackie: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Shelby: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Johnathon: 43 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shannon: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Billy: 52 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jarrod: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dustin: 240 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jordon: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dakota: 122 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1992

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Ashley	676	–	1
2	Brittany	600	–	4
3	Jessica	548	–	2
4	Kayla	468	–	13
5	Sarah	453	–	5
6	Emily	390	↑2	7
7	Samantha	379	↑2	6
8	Amanda	369	↓2	3
9	Megan	354	↓2	10
10	Chelsea	328	↑11	15
11	Amber	315	↓1	19
12	Courtney	301	↓1	21
13	Elizabeth	285	↓1	9
14	Hannah	258	↑5	26
15	Lauren	258	–	12
16	Kelsey	253	↑7	23
17	Tiffany	253	↓1	32
18	Rachel	249	↓5	16
19	Shelby	232	↓1	34
20	Taylor	231	↑8	17
21	Heather	228	↓7	31
22	Stephanie	209	↓2	8
23	Rebecca	191	↑1	20
24	Mary	185	↑1	36
25	Whitney	184	↓8	85
26	Morgan	176	↑1	41
27	Katherine	175	↑4	27
28	Jennifer	162	↓6	11
29	Kristen	140	↑6	53
30	Danielle	136	–	18
31	Sara	135	↑2	37
32	Victoria	135	↑2	22
33	Kimberly	131	↓7	35
34	Katie	125	↑3	54
35	Andrea	121	↑6	39
36	Haley	119	new	56
37	Lindsey	118	↓8	57
38	Allison	114	↑10	48
39	Christina	112	↓3	33
40	Kaitlyn	110	new	42
41	Laura	107	↓9	38
42	Jordan	100	↓3	63
43	Katelyn	99	new	65
44	Amy	97	↓4	51
45	Brooke	97	new	59
46	Miranda	96	↓4	89
47	Erica	95	↓9	44
48	Jasmine	95	↑2	28
49	Michelle	93	new	25
50	Anna	92	↓1	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Joshua	675	–	4
2	James	648	–	9
3	Christopher	645	↑1	2
4	Michael	613	↓1	1
5	Matthew	579	–	3
6	Jacob	539	↑3	15
7	Brandon	536	↑1	6
8	Cody	530	↑2	24
9	William	527	↓3	20
10	Justin	500	↓3	18
11	Tyler	497	↑1	8
12	Zachary	487	↑5	16
13	John	401	↓2	14
14	Robert	399	–	17
15	Andrew	391	–	5
16	Joseph	391	↓3	11
17	David	384	↓1	10
18	Jordan	326	–	32
19	Ryan	316	–	13
20	Nicholas	313	–	12
21	Jonathan	311	↑1	21
22	Aaron	298	↑2	30
23	Daniel	272	↓2	7
24	Charles	266	↓1	43
25	Austin	263	↑13	38
26	Timothy	250	↑1	34
27	Steven	244	↓1	29
28	Dustin	240	–	58
29	Anthony	234	↓4	19
30	Kyle	233	–	22
31	Dylan	221	new	28
32	Travis	217	↓3	48
33	Thomas	200	↓1	27
34	Benjamin	193	↓3	33
35	Adam	186	↓1	36
36	Alexander	182	↑8	23
37	Nathan	182	↓1	44
38	Corey	177	↑5	65
39	Jeremy	172	↓4	47
40	Eric	162	↓7	26
41	Stephen	161	↓2	45
42	Kevin	148	↓1	25
43	Samuel	138	↑2	40
44	Jesse	137	↑6	50
45	Brian	135	↓8	31
46	Richard	132	↓4	41
47	Taylor	124	new	52
48	Christian	123	new	35
49	Logan	123	new	89
50	Patrick	123	↓10	39

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