Popular Kentucky Boy Baby Names From 1978

The Most Popular Kentucky Boy Baby Names in 1978

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1978.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Kentucky was James. In total there were 27,286 boys born sharing 423 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1978 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

Rank	Name	How Unique?	Total births this year
1	James	1 in 23 (4.3%)	1,184
2	Michael	1 in 23 (4.3%)	1,184
3	Jason	1 in 23 (4.3%)	1,165
4	Christopher	1 in 24 (4.1%)	1,127
5	David	1 in 38 (2.7%)	724
6	Robert	1 in 39 (2.5%)	691
7	John	1 in 40 (2.5%)	681
8	William	1 in 41 (2.5%)	669
9	Jeremy	1 in 47 (2.1%)	584
10	Brian	1 in 50 (2%)	547
11	Joshua	1 in 51 (2%)	536
12	Matthew	1 in 53 (1.9%)	516
13	Joseph	1 in 53 (1.9%)	511
14	Charles	1 in 62 (1.6%)	443
15	Timothy	1 in 63 (1.6%)	436
16	Kevin	1 in 73 (1.4%)	373
17	Eric	1 in 77 (1.3%)	354
18	Daniel	1 in 80 (1.3%)	342
19	Jonathan	1 in 89 (1.1%)	308
20	Steven	1 in 89 (1.1%)	308
21	Anthony	1 in 90 (1.1%)	302
22	Thomas	1 in 95 (1.1%)	288
23	Mark	1 in 106 (0.9%)	257
24	Richard	1 in 109 (0.9%)	251
25	Nicholas	1 in 109 (0.9%)	250
26	Adam	1 in 110 (0.9%)	248
27	Jeffrey	1 in 110 (0.9%)	247
28	Shawn	1 in 118 (0.8%)	231
29	Aaron	1 in 124 (0.8%)	220
30	Kenneth	1 in 127 (0.8%)	215
31	Ryan	1 in 128 (0.8%)	214
32	Stephen	1 in 128 (0.8%)	213
33	Benjamin	1 in 130 (0.8%)	210
34	Brandon	1 in 132 (0.8%)	207
35	Chad	1 in 132 (0.8%)	206
36	Paul	1 in 136 (0.7%)	201
37	Andrew	1 in 138 (0.7%)	198
38	Bradley	1 in 141 (0.7%)	194
39	Nathan	1 in 142 (0.7%)	192
40	Gregory	1 in 152 (0.7%)	180
41	Larry	1 in 161 (0.6%)	170
42	Donald	1 in 161 (0.6%)	170
43	Gary	1 in 161 (0.6%)	169
44	Justin	1 in 171 (0.6%)	160
45	Billy	1 in 173 (0.6%)	158
46	Bryan	1 in 191 (0.5%)	143
47	Travis	1 in 198 (0.5%)	138
48	Shaun	1 in 199 (0.5%)	137
49	Ronald	1 in 199 (0.5%)	137
50	Phillip	1 in 205 (0.5%)	133
51	Patrick	1 in 207 (0.5%)	132
52	Scott	1 in 208 (0.5%)	131
53	Jamie	1 in 218 (0.5%)	125
54	Terry	1 in 226 (0.4%)	121
55	Jeffery	1 in 226 (0.4%)	121
56	Bobby	1 in 229 (0.4%)	119
57	Jerry	1 in 235 (0.4%)	116
58	Kyle	1 in 246 (0.4%)	111
59	Wesley	1 in 255 (0.4%)	107
60	Keith	1 in 262 (0.4%)	104
61	Edward	1 in 268 (0.4%)	102
62	George	1 in 273 (0.4%)	100
63	Douglas	1 in 278 (0.4%)	98
64	Derek	1 in 281 (0.4%)	97
65	Dennis	1 in 317 (0.3%)	86
66	Jesse	1 in 325 (0.3%)	84
67	Sean	1 in 333 (0.3%)	82
68	Danny	1 in 333 (0.3%)	82
69	Roger	1 in 337 (0.3%)	81
70	Samuel	1 in 341 (0.3%)	80
71	Rodney	1 in 345 (0.3%)	79
72	Dustin	1 in 354 (0.3%)	77
73	Shannon	1 in 359 (0.3%)	76
74	Ricky	1 in 359 (0.3%)	76
75	Ronnie	1 in 364 (0.3%)	75
76	Craig	1 in 369 (0.3%)	74
77	Troy	1 in 379 (0.3%)	72
78	Corey	1 in 390 (0.3%)	70
79	Brent	1 in 395 (0.3%)	69
80	Todd	1 in 401 (0.2%)	68
81	Jimmy	1 in 401 (0.2%)	68
82	Johnny	1 in 407 (0.2%)	67
83	Raymond	1 in 407 (0.2%)	67
84	Shane	1 in 407 (0.2%)	67
85	Derrick	1 in 413 (0.2%)	66
86	Tony	1 in 426 (0.2%)	64
87	Carl	1 in 433 (0.2%)	63
88	Barry	1 in 447 (0.2%)	61
89	Jeremiah	1 in 447 (0.2%)	61
90	Casey	1 in 455 (0.2%)	60
91	Randy	1 in 455 (0.2%)	60
92	Russell	1 in 462 (0.2%)	59
93	Randall	1 in 470 (0.2%)	58
94	Jacob	1 in 487 (0.2%)	56
95	Jared	1 in 525 (0.2%)	52
96	Curtis	1 in 535 (0.2%)	51
97	Darrell	1 in 546 (0.2%)	50
98	Harold	1 in 546 (0.2%)	50
99	Roy	1 in 557 (0.2%)	49
100	Tommy	1 in 568 (0.2%)	48