Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1997

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1997 were Hannah for girls (502 babies) and Austin for boys (729). Hannah ranked #5 nationally for girls. Austin ranked #9 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,977 babies born in Kentucky in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1997

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

Girls

Shelbi: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Brooklynn: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Whitney: 105 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Brooklyn: 71 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ashton: 52 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Maranda: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Katlin: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Hallie: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Destiney: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Misty: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Trace: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dustin: 181 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Harley: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dalton: 155 babies, 3× the national rate
Dallas: 44 babies, 3× the national rate
Billy: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Clinton: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dakota: 193 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Trenton: 63 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bobby: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Hannah	502	–	5
2	Emily	393	↑1	1
3	Taylor	366	↑3	7
4	Sarah	347	–	4
5	Ashley	345	↓3	3
6	Madison	331	↑5	10
7	Brittany	297	–	20
8	Kayla	279	↓3	12
9	Samantha	265	↑4	6
10	Alexis	258	↑7	8
11	Morgan	252	↑3	22
12	Jessica	246	↓4	2
13	Megan	246	↓3	11
14	Haley	243	↓2	31
15	Courtney	241	↓6	28
16	Elizabeth	237	↑4	9
17	Lauren	233	↑4	14
18	Shelby	228	↓2	43
19	Amber	225	↓4	29
20	Rachel	206	↓1	13
21	Savannah	182	↑1	47
22	Sydney	168	↑8	35
23	Kelsey	165	↓5	57
24	Brianna	164	↑5	17
25	Mary	160	↑2	46
26	Kaitlyn	157	↓1	41
27	Rebecca	155	↓3	25
28	Abigail	154	↑8	26
29	Alyssa	146	↑4	15
30	Olivia	146	↑2	27
31	Destiny	142	–	42
32	Victoria	139	↓4	19
33	Allison	130	↓7	39
34	Amanda	120	↓11	16
35	Katherine	120	↓1	32
36	Sierra	118	↑9	56
37	Autumn	115	↑12	91
38	Danielle	114	↑6	34
39	Katelyn	113	↓2	63
40	Tiffany	111	↓1	61
41	Cheyenne	109	↑2	68
42	Anna	107	↑4	33
43	Chelsea	107	↓8	73
44	Whitney	105	↓3	>100
45	Makayla	103	new	>100
46	Breanna	100	new	74
47	Jordan	98	↓5	40
48	Bailey	93	new	65
49	Jasmine	92	new	24
50	Bethany	91	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Austin	729	–	9
2	Jacob	720	–	2
3	James	539	–	17
4	William	515	–	19
5	Matthew	485	↑2	3
6	Michael	461	↑4	1
7	Joshua	455	↑1	5
8	Brandon	447	↑3	8
9	Zachary	429	↓4	13
10	Christopher	422	↓4	4
11	Tyler	393	↓2	10
12	John	384	↑1	15
13	Andrew	361	↑1	7
14	Nicholas	334	↑2	6
15	Joseph	310	↓3	12
16	Dylan	295	↑5	30
17	Jordan	293	↑2	26
18	David	287	↑2	14
19	Justin	287	↓2	20
20	Robert	285	↓2	23
21	Cody	278	↓6	36
22	Jonathan	274	↑3	21
23	Logan	254	↓1	42
24	Ryan	243	↓1	16
25	Benjamin	222	↑2	29
26	Aaron	215	↓2	33
27	Daniel	214	↓1	11
28	Samuel	205	–	27
29	Dakota	193	↑2	66
30	Kyle	189	–	24
31	Christian	186	↑5	25
32	Charles	185	↑1	49
33	Anthony	183	↑4	18
34	Thomas	183	↓5	31
35	Dustin	181	↓3	88
36	Cameron	180	↑10	45
37	Nathan	179	↓2	34
38	Timothy	179	↑2	43
39	Hunter	178	–	44
40	Alexander	177	↓6	22
41	Noah	168	new	38
42	Dalton	155	↑5	90
43	Ethan	155	new	46
44	Caleb	154	↓6	47
45	Steven	147	↓1	40
46	Trevor	136	↓4	62
47	Bradley	130	↓6	94
48	Jared	126	↑1	56
49	Adam	120	↓6	39
50	Devin	118	new	59

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