State roster

Top names in Kentucky

The names most likely to appear on 2008 Kentucky birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,846 Kentucky births in 2008 across 1,435 distinct names.

Distinctively Kentucky

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

#56Braxtonoutside the national top 200
#81Daltonoutside the national top 200
#46Shelby#158 nationally
#71Brooklynn#183 nationally
#91Allieoutside the national top 200
#94Macyoutside the national top 200
#97Abbyoutside the national top 200
#94Wesley#194 nationally
#61Cheyenne#160 nationally
#70Makenzie#162 nationally
#88Bryson#178 nationally
#73Conner#162 nationally

Girls

#1Madison360US #6
#2Emma353US #1
#3Olivia288US #4
#4Abigail285US #8
#5Addison269US #12
#6Emily264US #3
#7Isabella264US #2
#8Ava257US #5
#9Chloe230US #10
#10Elizabeth227US #9
#11Alexis215US #15
#12Hannah207US #17
#13Alyssa197US #16
#14Kaylee193US #31
#15Taylor190US #22
#16Brooklyn166US #48
#17Ella166US #19
#18Lillian158US #29
#19Sarah150US #20
#20Sophia142US #7
#21Kylie138US #51
#22Aubrey136US #42
#23Anna135US #26
#24Savannah128US #33
#25Gracie123US #99
#26Brianna122US #23
#27Lily121US #24
#28Riley120US #39
#29Nevaeh118US #34
#30Hailey112US #25
#31Natalie112US #13
#32Destiny111US #47
#33Allison104US #32
#34Grace101US #21
#35Lauren101US #30
#36Makayla100US #37
#37Audrey99US #44
#38Autumn99US #87
#39Peyton98US #60
#40Sydney96US #49
#41Haley95US #102
#42Madelyn95US #64
#43Trinity95US #70
#44Bailey94US #82
#45Kaitlyn94US #53
#46Shelby91US #158
#47Jasmine90US #43
#48Samantha88US #11
#49Layla87US #55
#50Payton83US #91
#51Katherine82US #45
#52Morgan81US #46
#53Mackenzie78US #65
#54Caroline74US #94
#55Claire73US #62
#56Katelyn73US #80
#57Kylee73US #142
#58Mary72US #96
#59Miley72US #129
#60Avery71US #38
#61Cheyenne69US #160
#62Kennedy69US #115
#63Mckenzie69US #151
#64Molly69US #104
#65Leah67US #40
#66Amelia66US #68
#67Jenna66US #108
#68Rylee66US #116
#69Gabrielle65US #79
#70Makenzie65US #162
#71Brooklynn64US #183
#72Gabriella64US #35
#73Mia64US #14
#74Victoria64US #27
#75Ashley63US #18
#76Katie63US #126
#77Megan63US #100
#78Kayla59US #28
#79Kendall59US #149
#80Lilly59US #125
#81Lydia59US #120
#82Summer59US #169
#83Zoey59US #98
#84Madeline56US #56
#85Sara56US #92
#86Reagan55US #143
#87Sophie55US #75
#88Rachel53US #74
#89Breanna52US #168
#90Zoe52US #58
#91Allie49
#92Jayden49US #176
#93Jessica49US #59
#94Macy49
#95Aaliyah48US #76
#96Lucy48US #112
#97Abby47
#98Julia47US #41
#99Evelyn46US #54
#100Piper46US #172

Boys

#1William429US #8
#2Jacob392US #1
#3James332US #17
#4Ethan324US #3
#5Landon298US #45
#6Brayden296US #51
#7Logan267US #19
#8Aiden266US #16
#9Michael259US #2
#10Noah258US #15
#11Elijah255US #22
#12Jackson244US #32
#13Andrew243US #12
#14Matthew242US #10
#15Hunter241US #54
#16Jayden240US #11
#17Christopher235US #9
#18Caleb234US #34
#19Gavin227US #30
#20Joshua226US #4
#21Mason221US #35
#22Joseph218US #13
#23John212US #20
#24Benjamin204US #25
#25Tyler193US #28
#26Cameron192US #53
#27Samuel189US #27
#28Lucas187US #46
#29Alexander184US #6
#30Dylan182US #31
#31David181US #14
#32Gabriel177US #24
#33Jordan172US #48
#34Nathan172US #21
#35Hayden170US #76
#36Ryan170US #18
#37Zachary169US #47
#38Austin168US #55
#39Jonathan167US #26
#40Isaiah165US #42
#41Christian161US #23
#42Daniel161US #5
#43Nicholas151US #29
#44Charles147US #63
#45Carson140US #89
#46Robert139US #49
#47Anthony138US #7
#48Evan138US #38
#49Luke132US #43
#50Thomas129US #52
#51Brandon125US #33
#52Brody125US #70
#53Isaac125US #37
#54Carter118US #65
#55Kaden117US #100
#56Braxton116
#57Eli115US #99
#58Blake110US #90
#59Wyatt110US #62
#60Colton107US #98
#61Connor107US #57
#62Aaron105US #50
#63Kaleb105US #115
#64Jack104US #39
#65Brady100US #94
#66Chase99US #67
#67Aidan98US #59
#68Justin98US #44
#69Jason97US #60
#70Nathaniel95US #77
#71Timothy95US #107
#72Caden94US #96
#73Conner93US #162
#74Owen93US #58
#75Peyton93US #130
#76Parker92US #103
#77Cooper90US #92
#78Jeremiah88US #68
#79Adam85US #72
#80Ashton83US #122
#81Dalton83
#82Tristan81US #81
#83Braden80US #156
#84Ian79US #80
#85Preston79US #124
#86Alex78US #84
#87Ayden77US #91
#88Bryson77US #178
#89Jaden77US #88
#90Levi76US #116
#91Seth69US #128
#92Henry68US #78
#93Jaxon68US #153
#94Wesley68US #194
#95Cole67US #85
#96Jesse67US #110
#97Tanner67US #163
#98Kenneth64US #137
#99Eric63US #86
#100Kevin63US #41

On the move since 2007

Rising

↑40Eli#57
↑32Brody#52
↑30Payton#50
↑27Jenna#67
↑26Peyton#39
↑22Kaleb#63
↑21Riley#28
↑20Kylee#57

Falling

↓31Ashley#75
↓30Sara#85
↓25Avery#60
↓24Rachel#88
↓21Madeline#84
↓19Dalton#81
↓18Bryson#88
↓17Victoria#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2007 rankings.