State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 2004 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,413 Kentucky births in 2004 across 1,090 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#17Jacoboutside the national top 200
#38Ethanoutside the national top 200
#40Williamoutside the national top 200
#47Madisonoutside the national top 200
#51Loganoutside the national top 200
#56Matthewoutside the national top 200
#61Jamesoutside the national top 200
#62Andrewoutside the national top 200
#63Josephoutside the national top 200
#64Emilyoutside the national top 200
#65Michaeloutside the national top 200
#66Joshuaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Madison381US #3
#2Emily357US #1
#3Hannah313US #5
#4Emma288US #2
#5Abigail235US #6
#6Alexis217US #11
#7Olivia216US #4
#8Haley185US #44
#9Elizabeth184US #10
#10Sarah169US #12
#11Taylor165US #22
#12Kaylee145US #50
#13Alyssa142US #14
#14Chloe136US #23
#15Brianna134US #17
#16Lauren131US #16
#17Jacob130
#18Anna123US #20
#19Sydney121US #27
#20Morgan119US #31
#21Hailey117US #24
#22Kaitlyn116US #33
#23Brooklyn115US #101
#24Isabella115US #7
#25Autumn113US #82
#26Makayla112US #47
#27Destiny110US #38
#28Mackenzie107US #45
#29Natalie107US #19
#30Grace106US #13
#31Savannah105US #41
#32Ashley104US #8
#33Ella101US #29
#34Samantha101US #9
#35Shelby98US #112
#36Riley97US #58
#37Kayla95US #18
#38Ethan94
#39Katelyn92US #59
#40William92
#41Allison85US #40
#42Jasmine84US #26
#43Bailey83US #100
#44Gracie81US #114
#45Jenna81US #56
#46Mary80US #62
#47Rachel80US #34
#48Trinity80US #48
#49Megan79US #36
#50Sophia79US #15
#51Logan78
#52Jordan77US #71
#53Ava76US #25
#54Jessica76US #21
#55Kylie75US #49
#56Matthew74
#57Katherine73US #35
#58Lillian73US #65
#59Victoria71US #28
#60Amber70US #87
#61James70
#62Andrew69
#63Joseph69
#64Katie66US #102
#65Michael66
#66Joshua65
#67Sara65US #68
#68Audrey63US #80
#69Caroline63US #74
#70Christopher63
#71Leah62US #64
#72Sierra62US #92
#73Zoe61US #54
#74Madeline60US #63
#75Breanna59US #115
#76Dylan59
#77Avery57US #77
#78Alexandria56US #125
#79Cheyenne56US #149
#80Faith56US #52
#81Lily56US #53
#82Molly56US #97
#83Austin55
#84Mckenzie55US #151
#85Reagan55US #145
#86Ryan55
#87Courtney54US #121
#88Kelsey54US #148
#89Paige54US #51
#90Peyton54US #134
#91Amelia53US #96
#92Julia53US #32
#93Tyler53
#94Hunter52
#95Kendall52US #137
#96Rebecca52US #70
#97Zachary52
#98Cameron51
#99Skylar51US #154
#100Christian50

Boys

#1Jacob485US #1
#2Ethan391US #5
#3William370US #8
#4James340US #18
#5Logan279US #27
#6Joshua269US #3
#7Matthew268US #4
#8Andrew259US #6
#9Michael254US #2
#10Austin244US #35
#11Joseph234US #9
#12Tyler234US #16
#13Zachary227US #26
#14Christopher226US #10
#15Hunter217US #49
#16John216US #17
#17Caleb214US #33
#18Dylan206US #19
#19Samuel189US #23
#20Nicholas185US #13
#21Nathan178US #20
#22Benjamin173US #25
#23Ryan167US #12
#24David162US #14
#25Noah162US #29
#26Elijah161US #31
#27Jackson159US #48
#28Alexander158US #15
#29Robert157US #36
#30Jonathan152US #21
#31Christian150US #24
#32Evan150US #39
#33Daniel147US #7
#34Landon145US #86
#35Cameron142US #50
#36Mason141US #51
#37Jordan140US #43
#38Charles138US #56
#39Connor133US #38
#40Brandon130US #22
#41Thomas118US #37
#42Justin117US #30
#43Lucas116US #66
#44Gabriel115US #32
#45Hayden115US #87
#46Luke113US #41
#47Madison110
#48Gavin108US #52
#49Dalton106US #167
#50Isaiah106US #45
#51Aaron105US #53
#52Anthony105US #11
#53Jayden105US #62
#54Blake103US #95
#55Cody101US #84
#56Timothy100US #79
#57Ashton97US #76
#58Nathaniel94US #68
#59Trevor94US #110
#60Adam91US #58
#61Brayden91US #107
#62Isaac90US #46
#63Dakota89US #137
#64Emily88
#65Carson87US #101
#66Alexis86US #103
#67Hannah86
#68Jason86US #47
#69Seth86US #80
#70Chase85US #82
#71Aidan83US #40
#72Devin77US #81
#73Steven76US #78
#74Emma74
#75Aiden73US #60
#76Jack73US #42
#77Peyton73US #163
#78Taylor73
#79Jeremiah72US #77
#80Kaden70US #105
#81Preston69US #152
#82Abigail68
#83Conner68US #134
#84Brady67US #122
#85Jesse67US #94
#86Kyle67US #55
#87Caden66US #104
#88Riley66US #106
#89Trenton65US #188
#90Carter64US #89
#91Alex63US #63
#92Bryce63US #108
#93Ian63US #69
#94Jaden63US #83
#95Kevin63US #34
#96Wyatt63US #90
#97Brian61US #59
#98Kaleb60US #120
#99Colton59US #135
#100Tanner59US #125

On the move since 2003

Rising

↑34Riley#36
↑21Katie#64
↑21Lucas#43
↑19Ava#53
↑18Mackenzie#28
↑16Preston#81
↑15Ella#33
↑15Trinity#48

Falling

↓40Courtney#87
↓32Brian#97
↓31Kelsey#88
↓31Tanner#100
↓30Rebecca#96
↓27Kyle#86
↓26Colton#99
↓24Victoria#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2003 rankings.