Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1994

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1994 were Ashley for girls (504 babies) and Austin for boys (638). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Austin ranked #17 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,444 babies born in Kentucky in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1994

Names given at least 15 times in Kentucky that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Laken: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Brooklyn: 35 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Destiney: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Chasity: 35 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Whitney: 177 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kennedy: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Keisha: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mollie: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Chelsie: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Peyton: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Shelby: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jordon: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jarrod: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Billy: 43 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Barry: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Braxton: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dallas: 44 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bobby: 39 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ronnie: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dustin: 214 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Ashley	504	–	2
2	Brittany	484	–	7
3	Jessica	462	–	1
4	Sarah	420	–	5
5	Emily	409	↑1	3
6	Kayla	388	↓1	12
7	Megan	347	↑3	10
8	Taylor	325	–	6
9	Samantha	294	↓2	4
10	Hannah	289	↑3	16
11	Amber	284	↓2	21
12	Courtney	279	–	22
13	Amanda	256	↓2	8
14	Kelsey	252	–	29
15	Rachel	248	–	13
16	Lauren	244	↑1	14
17	Morgan	237	↑6	25
18	Elizabeth	232	↓2	9
19	Shelby	222	↑2	40
20	Tiffany	189	–	35
21	Mary	179	↑1	37
22	Haley	178	↑3	36
23	Whitney	177	↓4	91
24	Victoria	174	↑6	19
25	Chelsea	173	↓7	38
26	Rebecca	164	↓2	24
27	Alexis	155	↑13	18
28	Heather	154	↓2	44
29	Allison	138	↑2	34
30	Danielle	128	↓3	20
31	Stephanie	127	↓2	15
32	Katherine	126	↓4	30
33	Kaitlyn	125	↑2	48
34	Kristen	124	new	55
35	Madison	123	new	51
36	Brianna	120	new	27
37	Lindsey	120	↓5	69
38	Miranda	119	new	61
39	Olivia	119	↓1	50
40	Jennifer	115	↓4	17
41	Sara	110	↓8	43
42	Kimberly	109	↓8	32
43	Sydney	105	new	76
44	Autumn	103	new	>100
45	Erin	103	new	45
46	Anna	101	↑4	41
47	Jasmine	101	–	23
48	Katelyn	99	↓6	58
49	Abigail	94	new	42
50	Alyssa	94	↓5	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Austin	638	↑11	17
2	James	586	↓1	14
3	Christopher	550	↑2	2
4	Michael	550	↓2	1
5	Jacob	549	↓1	7
6	Cody	534	↑4	25
7	Joshua	532	↓4	4
8	William	522	–	19
9	Zachary	515	↓3	12
10	Brandon	506	↓1	6
11	Tyler	504	–	5
12	Matthew	477	↓5	3
13	John	385	↑1	15
14	Robert	378	↑4	21
15	Justin	374	–	20
16	Joseph	355	↓3	11
17	Nicholas	345	↑2	9
18	David	338	↓2	13
19	Andrew	322	↓2	10
20	Jordan	310	–	29
21	Aaron	286	↑1	28
22	Jonathan	281	↑3	23
23	Ryan	277	↓2	16
24	Daniel	241	↓1	8
25	Dylan	236	↑1	32
26	Anthony	220	↑2	18
27	Timothy	216	↑5	39
28	Dustin	214	↑2	56
29	Travis	212	–	53
30	Charles	208	↓6	43
31	Alexander	201	↑5	22
32	Kyle	201	↓5	24
33	Benjamin	192	↑2	31
34	Thomas	189	–	27
35	Adam	178	↓2	38
36	Dakota	178	↑11	69
37	Steven	175	↓6	34
38	Nathan	158	↓1	40
39	Samuel	158	↑4	33
40	Logan	145	↑1	70
41	Jesse	141	new	45
42	Jared	138	↓3	63
43	Stephen	136	↑5	49
44	Corey	134	–	73
45	Christian	131	new	35
46	Trevor	130	new	58
47	Bradley	128	↑3	83
48	Dalton	128	new	85
49	Kevin	126	↓9	26
50	Caleb	122	new	60

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