State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 2002 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,424 Kentucky births in 2002 across 1,179 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#67Dustin#189 nationally
#80Makenzie#198 nationally
#85Whitneyoutside the national top 200
#40Brooklyn#152 nationally
#84Maggie#190 nationally
#74Clayton#178 nationally
#99Macyoutside the national top 200
#95Dawson#193 nationally
#81Bethany#178 nationally
#59Gracie#153 nationally
#88Trenton#180 nationally
#79Brittany#170 nationally

Girls

#1Madison550US #2
#2Hannah456US #3
#3Emily426US #1
#4Alexis327US #5
#5Emma273US #4
#6Abigail270US #7
#7Haley270US #35
#8Olivia239US #10
#9Sarah237US #8
#10Elizabeth220US #11
#11Taylor192US #18
#12Shelby186US #75
#13Lauren185US #13
#14Alyssa184US #12
#15Savannah180US #39
#16Brianna179US #17
#17Morgan173US #29
#18Kaitlyn167US #32
#19Anna166US #20
#20Ashley162US #6
#21Destiny158US #34
#22Sydney155US #23
#23Megan154US #22
#24Chloe152US #25
#25Hailey150US #31
#26Samantha150US #9
#27Makayla137US #50
#28Mackenzie134US #42
#29Kayla133US #19
#30Kaylee131US #57
#31Autumn129US #73
#32Jasmine129US #26
#33Katelyn129US #53
#34Grace127US #15
#35Allison126US #44
#36Isabella125US #14
#37Victoria120US #21
#38Mary119US #49
#39Jessica118US #16
#40Brooklyn117US #152
#41Amber110US #65
#42Kelsey104US #118
#43Rachel103US #24
#44Jenna102US #47
#45Katherine100US #36
#46Courtney99US #88
#47Madeline97US #56
#48Sierra96US #62
#49Natalie91US #30
#50Faith89US #48
#51Bailey82US #84
#52Sophia82US #27
#53Caroline81US #67
#54Mckenzie79US #143
#55Rebecca76US #54
#56Julia74US #33
#57Sara74US #59
#58Lillian72US #96
#59Gracie70US #153
#60Kylie70US #61
#61Lindsey70US #122
#62Gabrielle69US #66
#63Jordan69US #45
#64Angel66US #109
#65Breanna66US #104
#66Trinity66US #70
#67Alexandra64US #38
#68Katie64US #103
#69Kennedy63US #136
#70Summer63US #151
#71Brooke61US #52
#72Cheyenne61US #127
#73Paige61US #51
#74Leah60US #87
#75Aaliyah59US #64
#76Maria59US #40
#77Audrey57US #100
#78Skylar57US #141
#79Brittany55US #170
#80Makenzie55US #198
#81Bethany54US #178
#82Kimberly54US #63
#83Cassidy53US #131
#84Maggie53US #190
#85Whitney53
#86Alexandria52US #106
#87Ella52US #89
#88Molly52US #107
#89Caitlyn51US #148
#90Kathryn51US #108
#91Madelyn51US #120
#92Heather50US #159
#93Danielle49US #71
#94Lily49US #79
#95Erin48US #72
#96Riley48US #77
#97Andrea47US #55
#98Erica47US #144
#99Macy47
#100Zoe46US #60

Boys

#1Jacob627US #1
#2Ethan498US #5
#3William487US #11
#4James421US #18
#5Joshua387US #3
#6Austin385US #26
#7Zachary343US #19
#8Michael342US #2
#9Christopher337US #8
#10Matthew326US #4
#11Andrew318US #6
#12Dylan309US #23
#13Tyler304US #14
#14John301US #17
#15Logan301US #29
#16Nicholas298US #9
#17Joseph285US #7
#18Caleb282US #35
#19Cameron272US #39
#20Hunter262US #38
#21Jordan229US #37
#22David228US #13
#23Samuel221US #25
#24Brandon211US #20
#25Noah208US #31
#26Justin207US #22
#27Jonathan201US #21
#28Nathan195US #28
#29Ryan194US #16
#30Benjamin191US #27
#31Jackson190US #50
#32Christian188US #24
#33Elijah186US #41
#34Robert184US #34
#35Mason179US #53
#36Dalton177US #117
#37Alexander176US #15
#38Thomas170US #36
#39Daniel159US #10
#40Cody155US #71
#41Gabriel154US #32
#42Charles151US #58
#43Dakota145US #107
#44Gavin144US #61
#45Luke139US #46
#46Timothy138US #70
#47Aaron137US #43
#48Anthony135US #12
#49Trevor123US #81
#50Isaiah122US #45
#51Isaac119US #48
#52Blake115US #76
#53Nathaniel115US #62
#54Kyle114US #40
#55Evan113US #56
#56Jason113US #42
#57Chase112US #82
#58Devin112US #74
#59Seth110US #72
#60Steven105US #68
#61Adam101US #55
#62Connor97US #47
#63Lucas95US #75
#64Kevin94US #33
#65Brian85US #51
#66Tanner85US #112
#67Dustin84US #189
#68Landon84US #142
#69Alex82US #63
#70Hayden82US #96
#71Tristan81US #103
#72Eric80US #52
#73Garrett79US #91
#74Clayton74US #178
#75Ian74US #67
#76Jack74US #44
#77Richard74US #77
#78Brayden73US #138
#79Jayden73US #101
#80Jeremy72US #95
#81Jeremiah71US #86
#82Jesse71US #90
#83Brady70US #147
#84Sean70US #59
#85Shawn70US #152
#86Bradley68US #149
#87Jared68US #84
#88Trenton68US #180
#89Bryce66US #97
#90Stephen64US #114
#91Kaleb62US #111
#92Kenneth62US #104
#93Patrick62US #79
#94Cole61US #69
#95Dawson60US #193
#96Jaden60US #87
#97Grant59US #127
#98Travis59US #144
#99Preston58US #155
#100Colton56US #128

On the move since 2001

Rising

↑31Lillian#58
↑29Gracie#59
↑25Gavin#44
↑21Chloe#24
↑20Sophia#52
↑17Julia#56
↑17Summer#70
↑14Maggie#84

Falling

↓40Zoe#100
↓35Jared#87
↓34Erin#95
↓31Brittany#79
↓23Danielle#93
↓23Travis#98
↓21Bradley#86
↓21Colton#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2001 rankings.