Popular Kentucky Boy Baby Names From 1979

The Most Popular Kentucky Boy Baby Names in 1979

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1979.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Kentucky was Jason. In total there were 28,147 boys born sharing 429 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1979 . 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	Jason	1 in 24 (4.1%)	1,163
2	Michael	1 in 24 (4.1%)	1,153
3	James	1 in 25 (4%)	1,119
4	Christopher	1 in 27 (3.8%)	1,056
5	David	1 in 37 (2.7%)	757
6	William	1 in 39 (2.6%)	722
7	Joshua	1 in 40 (2.5%)	699
8	John	1 in 40 (2.5%)	699
9	Robert	1 in 43 (2.3%)	659
10	Jeremy	1 in 46 (2.2%)	606
11	Brian	1 in 50 (2%)	566
12	Matthew	1 in 50 (2%)	558
13	Joseph	1 in 51 (2%)	554
14	Charles	1 in 65 (1.5%)	434
15	Timothy	1 in 67 (1.5%)	417
16	Daniel	1 in 73 (1.4%)	384
17	Kevin	1 in 74 (1.4%)	380
18	Jonathan	1 in 81 (1.2%)	347
19	Nicholas	1 in 86 (1.2%)	329
20	Eric	1 in 86 (1.2%)	326
21	Steven	1 in 90 (1.1%)	312
22	Adam	1 in 92 (1.1%)	305
23	Anthony	1 in 93 (1.1%)	304
24	Thomas	1 in 99 (1%)	283
25	Brandon	1 in 102 (1%)	277
26	Richard	1 in 104 (1%)	270
27	Justin	1 in 107 (0.9%)	263
28	Mark	1 in 113 (0.9%)	248
29	Aaron	1 in 114 (0.9%)	247
30	Jeffrey	1 in 116 (0.9%)	242
31	Andrew	1 in 120 (0.8%)	235
32	Chad	1 in 121 (0.8%)	232
33	Ryan	1 in 126 (0.8%)	224
34	Stephen	1 in 129 (0.8%)	219
35	Benjamin	1 in 130 (0.8%)	217
36	Travis	1 in 132 (0.8%)	213
37	Bradley	1 in 144 (0.7%)	196
38	Paul	1 in 144 (0.7%)	195
39	Gregory	1 in 151 (0.7%)	187
40	Nathan	1 in 154 (0.7%)	183
41	Scott	1 in 165 (0.6%)	171
42	Kenneth	1 in 165 (0.6%)	171
43	Billy	1 in 167 (0.6%)	169
44	Donald	1 in 167 (0.6%)	169
45	Shawn	1 in 169 (0.6%)	167
46	Larry	1 in 174 (0.6%)	162
47	Kyle	1 in 178 (0.6%)	158
48	Gary	1 in 190 (0.5%)	148
49	Phillip	1 in 191 (0.5%)	147
50	Patrick	1 in 202 (0.5%)	139
51	Bryan	1 in 222 (0.5%)	127
52	Wesley	1 in 222 (0.5%)	127
53	Jerry	1 in 223 (0.4%)	126
54	Bobby	1 in 225 (0.4%)	125
55	Ronald	1 in 233 (0.4%)	121
56	Jesse	1 in 235 (0.4%)	120
57	Jamie	1 in 266 (0.4%)	106
58	Terry	1 in 271 (0.4%)	104
59	Samuel	1 in 284 (0.4%)	99
60	Dennis	1 in 287 (0.3%)	98
61	Danny	1 in 287 (0.3%)	98
62	Douglas	1 in 293 (0.3%)	96
63	George	1 in 296 (0.3%)	95
64	Shaun	1 in 303 (0.3%)	93
65	Jacob	1 in 306 (0.3%)	92
66	Ricky	1 in 309 (0.3%)	91
67	Keith	1 in 313 (0.3%)	90
68	Derek	1 in 313 (0.3%)	90
69	Jeffery	1 in 316 (0.3%)	89
70	Derrick	1 in 327 (0.3%)	86
71	Edward	1 in 361 (0.3%)	78
72	Troy	1 in 361 (0.3%)	78
73	Dustin	1 in 386 (0.3%)	73
74	Roger	1 in 386 (0.3%)	73
75	Todd	1 in 391 (0.3%)	72
76	Randy	1 in 396 (0.3%)	71
77	Corey	1 in 408 (0.2%)	69
78	Randall	1 in 408 (0.2%)	69
79	Brent	1 in 414 (0.2%)	68
80	Curtis	1 in 414 (0.2%)	68
81	Johnny	1 in 420 (0.2%)	67
82	Carl	1 in 420 (0.2%)	67
83	Shane	1 in 426 (0.2%)	66
84	Tony	1 in 426 (0.2%)	66
85	Jeremiah	1 in 433 (0.2%)	65
86	Raymond	1 in 433 (0.2%)	65
87	Darrell	1 in 447 (0.2%)	63
88	Craig	1 in 447 (0.2%)	63
89	Jared	1 in 454 (0.2%)	62
90	Marcus	1 in 454 (0.2%)	62
91	Jimmy	1 in 461 (0.2%)	61
92	Rodney	1 in 461 (0.2%)	61
93	Ronnie	1 in 469 (0.2%)	60
94	Russell	1 in 469 (0.2%)	60
95	Shannon	1 in 494 (0.2%)	57
96	Micheal	1 in 531 (0.2%)	53
97	Philip	1 in 531 (0.2%)	53
98	Brad	1 in 541 (0.2%)	52
99	Roy	1 in 552 (0.2%)	51
100	Sean	1 in 552 (0.2%)	51