State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,816 Kentucky births in 1998 across 1,099 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Kentucky more than they say America.

#56Brooklyn#200 nationally
#58Whitney#193 nationally
#98Peytonoutside the national top 200
#97Abby#194 nationally
#81Kendra#154 nationally
#60Bethany#132 nationally
#91Holly#163 nationally
#84Wesley#153 nationally
#96Cory#164 nationally
#86Hayley#151 nationally
#78Mckenzie#142 nationally
#88Casey#150 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah512US #2
#2Emily448US #1
#3Madison397US #9
#4Sarah395US #4
#5Taylor321US #7
#6Alexis313US #6
#7Ashley308US #5
#8Shelby259US #49
#9Elizabeth258US #10
#10Brittany251US #25
#11Kayla251US #12
#12Morgan251US #23
#13Haley246US #36
#14Samantha234US #3
#15Megan233US #13
#16Courtney216US #39
#17Jessica214US #8
#18Lauren214US #14
#19Sydney214US #28
#20Kaitlyn209US #35
#21Amber205US #37
#22Abigail204US #18
#23Olivia193US #21
#24Brianna184US #17
#25Alyssa180US #11
#26Rachel175US #15
#27Kelsey163US #56
#28Allison156US #38
#29Savannah156US #45
#30Destiny154US #34
#31Makayla152US #71
#32Emma149US #22
#33Mary149US #44
#34Autumn143US #77
#35Rebecca137US #30
#36Katelyn130US #58
#37Katherine130US #33
#38Victoria130US #16
#39Amanda120US #19
#40Anna120US #31
#41Sierra119US #51
#42Mackenzie108US #64
#43Bailey106US #60
#44Danielle104US #41
#45Cheyenne100US #72
#46Brooke99US #46
#47Jordan98US #42
#48Breanna93US #76
#49Madeline92US #50
#50Alexandra90US #27
#51Jasmine87US #26
#52Kaylee86US #86
#53Sara84US #48
#54Chelsea82US #94
#55Tiffany81US #67
#56Brooklyn80US #200
#57Hailey80US #70
#58Whitney79US #193
#59Gabrielle77US #47
#60Bethany76US #132
#61Kimberly76US #54
#62Miranda76US #80
#63Kristen75US #102
#64Caitlin74US #78
#65Natalie73US #40
#66Caroline72US #75
#67Lindsey72US #97
#68Heather71US #99
#69Stephanie70US #29
#70Summer70US #131
#71Erin69US #57
#72Michaela69US #103
#73Jennifer68US #20
#74Caitlyn67US #115
#75Alexandria66US #81
#76Kaitlin66US #120
#77Cassidy65US #113
#78Mckenzie65US #142
#79Andrea64US #61
#80Julia63US #32
#81Kendra63US #154
#82Katie62US #88
#83Grace60US #53
#84Laura59US #74
#85Mariah58US #62
#86Hayley57US #151
#87Mikayla57US #82
#88Casey54US #150
#89Christina52US #69
#90Chloe51US #87
#91Holly51US #163
#92Leah51US #106
#93Kathryn50US #89
#94Nicole50US #24
#95Paige50US #63
#96Sabrina49US #68
#97Abby48US #194
#98Erica48US #92
#99Molly48US #108
#100Rebekah48US #155

Boys

#1Jacob849US #2
#2Austin742US #10
#3William523US #14
#4James502US #18
#5Matthew474US #3
#6Michael468US #1
#7Christopher444US #5
#8Zachary432US #16
#9Joshua407US #4
#10Brandon382US #7
#11John373US #15
#12Tyler361US #8
#13Nicholas341US #6
#14Andrew336US #9
#15Cameron318US #35
#16Dylan307US #25
#17Joseph307US #11
#18Jordan298US #27
#19Robert272US #23
#20David261US #13
#21Justin257US #20
#22Logan256US #44
#23Cody249US #43
#24Noah249US #29
#25Jonathan239US #21
#26Daniel233US #12
#27Ethan231US #38
#28Ryan224US #17
#29Hunter220US #36
#30Samuel211US #28
#31Aaron210US #37
#32Charles200US #48
#33Benjamin187US #30
#34Dakota180US #72
#35Caleb178US #42
#36Kyle176US #24
#37Dalton174US #88
#38Nathan172US #34
#39Thomas172US #31
#40Christian167US #26
#41Timothy162US #49
#42Anthony161US #19
#43Alexander156US #22
#44Trevor151US #58
#45Nathaniel137US #60
#46Evan136US #63
#47Dustin132US #108
#48Chase127US #67
#49Jared120US #51
#50Devin117US #62
#51Adam114US #45
#52Steven109US #46
#53Mason108US #83
#54Bradley105US #101
#55Connor105US #47
#56Tanner105US #82
#57Tristan100US #92
#58Richard99US #56
#59Corey95US #115
#60Jason93US #40
#61Kenneth93US #87
#62Patrick93US #57
#63Seth93US #86
#64Eric92US #39
#65Brian91US #41
#66Kevin91US #32
#67Blake86US #85
#68Jeremy86US #68
#69Stephen85US #78
#70Travis84US #98
#71Alex83US #55
#72Taylor83US #104
#73Lucas82US #93
#74Isaiah81US #59
#75Jackson77US #100
#76Elijah74US #66
#77Jesse73US #70
#78Luke73US #75
#79Sean73US #50
#80Isaac71US #65
#81Garrett69US #80
#82Shawn69US #113
#83Spencer69US #84
#84Wesley68US #153
#85Johnathan67US #143
#86Mark65US #64
#87Bryce63US #94
#88Colton63US #106
#89Gregory63US #109
#90Clayton62US #150
#91Jeffrey62US #91
#92Shane60US #118
#93Derek59US #110
#94Dillon59US #134
#95Paul58US #89
#96Cory56US #164
#97Devon56US #119
#98Peyton52
#99Brett51US #133
#100Bryan51US #74

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑33Hailey#57
↑28Kaylee#52
↑23Caitlyn#74
↑21Cameron#15
↑20Tristan#57
↑19Emma#32
↑19Gabrielle#59
↑18Evan#46

Falling

↓24Christina#89
↓23Alexandria#75
↓21Sabrina#96
↓20Jennifer#73
↓20Jesse#77
↓19Hayley#86
↓17Bryan#100
↓16Erin#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.