Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1996

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1996 were Hannah for girls (437 babies) and Austin for boys (727). Hannah ranked #7 nationally for girls. Austin ranked #9 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,779 babies born in Kentucky in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1996

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: 19 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Brooklyn: 66 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Chasity: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Whitney: 115 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Katlyn: 53 babies, 4× the national rate
Heaven: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shawna: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tristan: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Hallie: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maranda: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Shelby: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Holden: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jarrod: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Jeffery: 48 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Billy: 41 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Johnathon: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Devan: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dustin: 191 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Clay: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Trenton: 63 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Hannah	437	↑5	7
2	Ashley	388	↓1	3
3	Emily	384	–	1
4	Sarah	362	–	4
5	Kayla	357	↑2	11
6	Taylor	351	↓1	6
7	Brittany	331	↓5	14
8	Jessica	326	–	2
9	Courtney	305	↑1	21
10	Megan	273	↑1	12
11	Madison	262	↑10	15
12	Haley	261	↑6	30
13	Samantha	261	↓4	5
14	Morgan	254	–	25
15	Amber	249	↓3	27
16	Shelby	243	–	35
17	Alexis	235	↑6	8
18	Kelsey	233	↓1	36
19	Rachel	224	↓6	9
20	Elizabeth	208	↓5	10
21	Lauren	188	↓1	16
22	Savannah	178	↑21	43
23	Amanda	175	↓4	13
24	Rebecca	172	↑9	24
25	Kaitlyn	171	↑1	40
26	Allison	157	↑2	38
27	Mary	152	↓3	44
28	Victoria	151	↓1	18
29	Brianna	148	↑10	17
30	Sydney	145	↑7	39
31	Destiny	141	↑4	56
32	Olivia	139	↓3	34
33	Alyssa	135	↑16	23
34	Katherine	129	↑6	31
35	Chelsea	128	↓10	55
36	Abigail	124	–	32
37	Katelyn	118	↓5	64
38	Kristen	117	↓4	70
39	Tiffany	116	↓17	52
40	Heather	115	↓9	71
41	Whitney	115	↓11	>100
42	Jordan	111	↓4	49
43	Cheyenne	108	new	68
44	Danielle	108	–	29
45	Sierra	108	↑3	62
46	Anna	103	↓4	33
47	Brooke	99	new	45
48	Alexandria	98	new	77
49	Autumn	93	↓4	>100
50	Alexandra	92	new	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Austin	727	–	9
2	Jacob	644	–	3
3	James	542	–	17
4	William	525	–	18
5	Zachary	496	↑1	14
6	Christopher	493	↓1	4
7	Matthew	493	↑4	2
8	Joshua	461	↑2	5
9	Tyler	459	↓1	7
10	Michael	450	↓3	1
11	Brandon	401	↓2	8
12	Joseph	377	↑4	12
13	John	354	↑4	15
14	Andrew	348	↑1	10
15	Cody	344	↓3	31
16	Nicholas	328	↓2	6
17	Justin	310	↓4	20
18	Robert	310	–	23
19	Jordan	303	–	27
20	David	264	↑1	13
21	Dylan	263	↑1	33
22	Logan	255	↑11	42
23	Ryan	247	–	16
24	Aaron	241	↓4	34
25	Jonathan	237	↓1	21
26	Daniel	223	↓1	11
27	Benjamin	207	↑7	29
28	Samuel	204	↑8	30
29	Thomas	197	↓2	28
30	Kyle	193	–	25
31	Dakota	192	↓5	58
32	Dustin	191	↓1	79
33	Charles	185	↓4	43
34	Alexander	177	↓2	22
35	Nathan	172	↑2	37
36	Christian	167	↑2	24
37	Anthony	160	↑2	19
38	Caleb	157	↑11	48
39	Hunter	151	↑4	47
40	Timothy	147	↓12	40
41	Bradley	146	↑7	83
42	Trevor	146	↑3	63
43	Adam	139	↓2	39
44	Steven	139	↓9	38
45	Travis	137	↓5	73
46	Cameron	130	–	49
47	Dalton	130	–	99
48	Nathaniel	128	new	69
49	Jared	127	↓7	64
50	Tristan	124	new	68

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