Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1993

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1993 were Ashley for girls (596 babies) and James for boys (639). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #14 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,880 babies born in Kentucky in 1993 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1993

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: 18 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Maranda: 30 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Keisha: 26 babies, 6× the national rate
Brooklyn: 35 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Chasity: 45 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Hollie: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Whitney: 206 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lyndsey: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Katlin: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Cassie: 39 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Shelby: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dillion: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Coty: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Billy: 60 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jarrod: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Terry: 53 babies, 3× the national rate
Jordon: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dustin: 213 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Clint: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Randall: 39 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1993

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Ashley	596	–	2
2	Brittany	519	–	6
3	Jessica	466	–	1
4	Sarah	413	↑1	3
5	Kayla	400	↓1	16
6	Emily	367	–	5
7	Samantha	355	–	4
8	Taylor	336	↑12	7
9	Amber	330	↑2	17
10	Megan	305	↓1	11
11	Amanda	283	↓3	8
12	Courtney	271	–	20
13	Hannah	271	↑1	21
14	Kelsey	271	↑2	24
15	Rachel	263	↑3	14
16	Elizabeth	254	↓3	9
17	Lauren	246	↓2	12
18	Chelsea	230	↓8	25
19	Whitney	206	↑6	82
20	Tiffany	204	↓3	33
21	Shelby	199	↓2	37
22	Mary	182	↑2	36
23	Morgan	180	↑3	34
24	Rebecca	173	↓1	22
25	Haley	164	↑11	42
26	Heather	163	↓5	38
27	Danielle	162	↑3	18
28	Katherine	156	↓1	29
29	Stephanie	154	↓7	10
30	Victoria	154	↑2	19
31	Allison	147	↑7	41
32	Lindsey	141	↑5	56
33	Sara	139	↓2	40
34	Kimberly	129	↓1	39
35	Kaitlyn	126	↑5	46
36	Jennifer	124	↓8	15
37	Laura	114	↑4	43
38	Olivia	112	new	50
39	Andrea	108	↓4	44
40	Alexis	106	new	27
41	Brooke	103	↑4	52
42	Katelyn	102	↑1	54
43	Bethany	98	new	>100
44	Alexandra	97	new	28
45	Alyssa	92	new	26
46	Jordan	92	↓4	58
47	Jasmine	90	↑1	23
48	Alexandria	89	new	69
49	Caitlin	89	new	64
50	Anna	88	–	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	James	639	↑1	14
2	Michael	623	↑2	1
3	Joshua	603	↓2	4
4	Jacob	598	↑2	9
5	Christopher	575	↓2	2
6	Zachary	562	↑6	15
7	Matthew	547	↓2	3
8	William	530	↑1	18
9	Brandon	516	↓2	6
10	Cody	516	↓2	24
11	Tyler	490	–	5
12	Austin	436	↑13	26
13	Joseph	397	↑3	12
14	John	389	↓1	16
15	Justin	383	↓5	20
16	David	380	↑1	11
17	Andrew	351	↓2	10
18	Robert	333	↓4	17
19	Nicholas	330	↑1	8
20	Jordan	327	↓2	28
21	Ryan	319	↓2	13
22	Aaron	277	–	30
23	Daniel	261	–	7
24	Charles	255	–	44
25	Jonathan	244	↓4	22
26	Dylan	229	↑5	33
27	Kyle	224	↑3	23
28	Anthony	222	↑1	19
29	Travis	217	↑3	50
30	Dustin	213	↓2	59
31	Steven	211	↓4	31
32	Timothy	199	↓6	38
33	Adam	190	↑2	39
34	Thomas	187	↓1	27
35	Benjamin	185	↓1	32
36	Alexander	182	–	21
37	Nathan	167	–	41
38	Jeremy	163	↑1	46
39	Jared	157	new	63
40	Kevin	152	↑2	25
41	Logan	152	↑8	76
42	Brian	150	↑3	34
43	Samuel	148	–	37
44	Corey	141	↓6	68
45	Patrick	141	↑5	43
46	Eric	137	↓6	29
47	Dakota	136	new	85
48	Stephen	136	↓7	47
49	Richard	129	↓3	40
50	Bradley	121	new	73

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