State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 2007 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,633 Kentucky births in 2007 across 1,385 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#62Daltonoutside the national top 200
#67Braxtonoutside the national top 200
#75Dakotaoutside the national top 200
#68Brooklynn#193 nationally
#82Allieoutside the national top 200
#31Shelby#149 nationally
#70Bryson#179 nationally
#74Makenzie#180 nationally
#97Addysonoutside the national top 200
#100Hayleeoutside the national top 200
#83Trenton#178 nationally
#72Mckenzie#160 nationally

Girls

#1Madison407US #5
#2Emma350US #3
#3Emily328US #1
#4Addison300US #11
#5Olivia297US #7
#6Abigail292US #8
#7Hannah284US #9
#8Ava264US #4
#9Isabella238US #2
#10Alexis214US #19
#11Alyssa208US #14
#12Chloe206US #16
#13Elizabeth205US #10
#14Kaylee189US #35
#15Brooklyn183US #57
#16Ella156US #21
#17Sophia156US #6
#18Anna149US #25
#19Savannah148US #30
#20Hailey147US #23
#21Sarah147US #18
#22Taylor146US #24
#23Lillian145US #33
#24Gracie141US #96
#25Haley136US #76
#26Lily128US #27
#27Grace121US #20
#28Brianna117US #22
#29Lauren111US #28
#30Natalie111US #17
#31Shelby109US #149
#32Allison108US #46
#33Kylie108US #63
#34Nevaeh108US #31
#35Avery104US #48
#36Kaitlyn104US #44
#37Aubrey102US #69
#38Jasmine102US #32
#39Morgan102US #43
#40Autumn101US #90
#41Makayla101US #47
#42Samantha99US #12
#43Mackenzie98US #65
#44Ashley97US #13
#45Bailey97US #84
#46Trinity97US #72
#47Destiny95US #41
#48Sydney94US #37
#49Riley93US #52
#50Kennedy90US #110
#51Audrey87US #51
#52Mary86US #93
#53Layla85US #85
#54Katherine81US #39
#55Sara79US #80
#56Katelyn78US #75
#57Victoria75US #29
#58Mia74US #15
#59Katie73US #114
#60Madelyn72US #104
#61Gabrielle71US #68
#62Kayla71US #26
#63Madeline71US #61
#64Rachel71US #59
#65Peyton70US #123
#66Cheyenne69US #147
#67Leah69US #67
#68Brooklynn68US #193
#69Claire67US #66
#70Lydia67US #124
#71Caroline66US #99
#72Mckenzie65US #160
#73Lilly63US #146
#74Makenzie63US #180
#75Molly63US #97
#76Zoey63US #112
#77Kylee62US #158
#78Serenity62US #126
#79Amelia61US #77
#80Payton61US #153
#81Zoe61US #56
#82Allie59
#83Brooke59US #45
#84Jessica58US #42
#85Rebecca58US #105
#86Reagan57US #156
#87Sadie57US #107
#88Faith56US #74
#89Jayden56US #172
#90Summer56US #159
#91Isabelle53US #79
#92Megan53US #78
#93Angel52US #152
#94Jenna52US #103
#95Jordan52US #100
#96Maggie52US #181
#97Addyson51
#98Breanna50US #138
#99Evelyn50US #55
#100Haylee50

Boys

#1Jacob480US #1
#2William442US #8
#3Ethan415US #3
#4James365US #15
#5Logan315US #17
#6Noah297US #14
#7Joshua288US #4
#8Michael282US #2
#9Christopher271US #6
#10Landon268US #49
#11Matthew256US #9
#12Elijah255US #30
#13Joseph255US #13
#14Jackson251US #33
#15Andrew249US #10
#16Brayden249US #64
#17Hunter240US #57
#18Samuel225US #25
#19John222US #19
#20Caleb221US #36
#21Tyler217US #21
#22Gavin213US #32
#23Jayden212US #18
#24Austin211US #48
#25Aiden206US #27
#26Mason201US #37
#27Nathan198US #24
#28Dylan194US #29
#29Nicholas194US #20
#30Cameron193US #50
#31Benjamin192US #26
#32Alexander184US #11
#33Zachary182US #42
#34Isaiah181US #43
#35Christian176US #22
#36David176US #12
#37Hayden172US #71
#38Daniel170US #5
#39Ryan169US #16
#40Anthony168US #7
#41Jordan168US #44
#42Jonathan167US #23
#43Gabriel166US #28
#44Robert164US #47
#45Connor151US #55
#46Charles150US #62
#47Luke149US #46
#48Lucas147US #53
#49Brandon144US #31
#50Carson137US #91
#51Isaac135US #41
#52Jack126US #38
#53Aaron123US #51
#54Evan123US #40
#55Caden121US #92
#56Wyatt121US #69
#57Thomas120US #52
#58Kaden118US #98
#59Chase113US #79
#60Peyton113US #125
#61Justin112US #45
#62Dalton110
#63Adam106US #65
#64Aidan106US #54
#65Jason106US #59
#66Carter105US #80
#67Braxton104
#68Owen101US #56
#69Preston94US #114
#70Bryson93US #179
#71Timothy93US #99
#72Blake91US #88
#73Brady91US #93
#74Colton91US #118
#75Dakota91
#76Ashton90US #124
#77Parker90US #108
#78Cole89US #84
#79Cooper87US #96
#80Ian87US #75
#81Nathaniel86US #82
#82Jeremiah84US #67
#83Trenton83US #178
#84Brody82US #106
#85Kaleb81US #113
#86Ayden79US #102
#87Kevin79US #39
#88Sean78US #76
#89Seth78US #115
#90Jaden77US #74
#91Steven77US #97
#92Tanner75US #150
#93Braden74US #156
#94Alex73US #72
#95Levi73US #131
#96Trevor71US #136
#97Eli69US #129
#98Riley68US #109
#99Micah64US #126
#100Tristan63US #87

On the move since 2006

Rising

↑40Layla#53
↑34Madelyn#60
↑29Avery#35
↑25Peyton#65
↑24Kennedy#50
↑23Sophia#17
↑23Jayden#23
↑23Owen#68

Falling

↓46Jenna#94
↓44Breanna#98
↓43Tristan#100
↓28Jessica#84
↓26Megan#92
↓25Destiny#47
↓25Faith#88
↓25Nathaniel#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2006 rankings.