State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 2001 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,185 Kentucky births in 2001 across 1,173 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#44Brooklyn#172 nationally
#81Whitneyoutside the national top 200
#92Makenzie#196 nationally
#83Dawson#183 nationally
#84Trenton#181 nationally
#68Dustin#158 nationally
#89Peyton#177 nationally
#51Mckenzie#135 nationally
#98Maggie#181 nationally
#88Gracie#170 nationally
#77Bethany#158 nationally
#65Bradley#145 nationally

Girls

#1Madison517US #2
#2Hannah507US #3
#3Emily425US #1
#4Taylor293US #12
#5Alexis279US #5
#6Abigail275US #8
#7Haley273US #34
#8Olivia261US #10
#9Sarah261US #6
#10Ashley232US #4
#11Destiny232US #22
#12Elizabeth211US #9
#13Emma206US #13
#14Savannah204US #42
#15Lauren200US #15
#16Brianna198US #18
#17Kaitlyn187US #31
#18Shelby184US #68
#19Sydney180US #23
#20Alyssa174US #14
#21Hailey170US #33
#22Morgan163US #29
#23Anna161US #19
#24Rachel159US #24
#25Jessica158US #11
#26Samantha158US #7
#27Makayla156US #54
#28Grace151US #16
#29Kayla149US #17
#30Megan147US #20
#31Victoria136US #21
#32Kaylee134US #66
#33Mackenzie133US #40
#34Autumn132US #72
#35Allison129US #44
#36Amber128US #51
#37Katelyn126US #52
#38Courtney125US #73
#39Katherine125US #35
#40Jasmine124US #25
#41Mary121US #48
#42Sierra121US #55
#43Bailey117US #69
#44Brooklyn101US #172
#45Chloe100US #30
#46Breanna99US #94
#47Jenna98US #45
#48Brittany97US #115
#49Isabella95US #28
#50Natalie93US #32
#51Mckenzie88US #135
#52Rebecca86US #46
#53Kelsey81US #100
#54Madeline80US #56
#55Sara80US #58
#56Faith76US #53
#57Jordan75US #47
#58Katie74US #99
#59Caroline73US #62
#60Zoe73US #65
#61Erin72US #60
#62Angel71US #104
#63Lindsey70US #105
#64Amanda68US #39
#65Brooke68US #57
#66Alexandra66US #38
#67Gabrielle66US #50
#68Jennifer66US #26
#69Cheyenne65US #119
#70Danielle65US #63
#71Leah65US #87
#72Sophia63US #37
#73Julia62US #27
#74Trinity62US #67
#75Caitlin60US #89
#76Alexandria59US #91
#77Bethany59US #158
#78Heather59US #146
#79Kennedy59US #138
#80Maria58US #41
#81Whitney58
#82Skylar57US #141
#83Jada56US #75
#84Caitlyn55US #133
#85Andrea54US #49
#86Erica53US #129
#87Summer53US #142
#88Gracie52US #170
#89Lillian52US #111
#90Molly52US #90
#91Lydia51US #140
#92Makenzie51US #196
#93Cassidy50US #107
#94Tiffany50US #127
#95Lily49US #103
#96Marissa49US #79
#97Peyton49US #173
#98Maggie48US #181
#99Chelsea47US #153
#100Miranda47US #128

Boys

#1Jacob714US #1
#2William505US #10
#3Austin419US #25
#4James401US #19
#5Ethan384US #17
#6Michael375US #2
#7Zachary373US #16
#8Matthew372US #3
#9Joshua353US #4
#10Christopher348US #5
#11Tyler339US #13
#12Dylan334US #21
#13Andrew333US #7
#14John310US #14
#15Joseph310US #8
#16Nicholas295US #6
#17Hunter288US #36
#18Cameron285US #35
#19Noah279US #28
#20Logan276US #29
#21Brandon272US #18
#22Caleb272US #37
#23David252US #12
#24Dalton224US #98
#25Justin223US #22
#26Jonathan207US #23
#27Nathan202US #31
#28Robert197US #30
#29Christian196US #24
#30Benjamin195US #27
#31Samuel193US #26
#32Jordan191US #39
#33Alexander190US #20
#34Daniel179US #9
#35Jackson178US #60
#36Ryan177US #15
#37Cody176US #64
#38Aaron170US #42
#39Mason167US #54
#40Charles163US #55
#41Dakota158US #93
#42Thomas154US #33
#43Elijah151US #45
#44Anthony142US #11
#45Nathaniel141US #61
#46Seth141US #68
#47Timothy134US #67
#48Luke129US #50
#49Chase123US #79
#50Gabriel122US #38
#51Isaac120US #47
#52Jared120US #65
#53Kyle119US #40
#54Blake117US #77
#55Evan117US #56
#56Isaiah117US #43
#57Jason114US #41
#58Devin111US #71
#59Kevin109US #32
#60Lucas106US #83
#61Trevor103US #76
#62Adam102US #51
#63Garrett102US #80
#64Steven95US #63
#65Bradley94US #145
#66Connor94US #49
#67Alex93US #62
#68Dustin91US #158
#69Gavin88US #78
#70Tanner87US #101
#71Brian84US #46
#72Eric83US #44
#73Sean81US #57
#74Patrick80US #72
#75Travis80US #134
#76Tristan77US #108
#77Jack75US #48
#78Shawn74US #151
#79Colton73US #118
#80Kaleb71US #116
#81Richard70US #73
#82Bryce68US #92
#83Dawson68US #183
#84Trenton68US #181
#85Ian65US #70
#86Clayton63US #162
#87Jeremiah63US #90
#88Kenneth63US #97
#89Peyton61US #177
#90Preston61US #152
#91Parker60US #123
#92Corey59US #168
#93Jesse59US #91
#94Mark59US #84
#95Colby58US #99
#96Carson57US #95
#97Marcus57US #104
#98Stephen57US #102
#99Paul56US #109
#100Spencer55US #103

On the move since 2000

Rising

↑24Alexandra#66
↑24Gabrielle#67
↑23Gabriel#50
↑19Angel#62
↑18Kaylee#32
↑18Trinity#74
↑18Skylar#82
↑16Tristan#76

Falling

↓29Cassidy#93
↓23Stephen#98
↓19Bryce#82
↓18Megan#30
↓17Brooke#65
↓17Caitlyn#84
↓15Cheyenne#69
↓15Whitney#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2000 rankings.