Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1999

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1999 were Hannah for girls (510 babies) and Jacob for boys (732). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 43,529 babies born in Kentucky in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1999

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: 16 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Katlin: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Brooklyn: 86 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Whitney: 68 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ashton: 42 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Chelsey: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Haley: 329 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shelby: 200 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Carrie: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Macey: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Jamison: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Shannon: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Dalton: 205 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Clay: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dakota: 195 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Billy: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Harley: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Dustin: 100 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Braxton: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Keaton: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Hannah	510	–	2
2	Emily	428	–	1
3	Madison	408	–	7
4	Sarah	365	–	4
5	Haley	329	↑8	31
6	Alexis	328	–	3
7	Taylor	316	↓2	8
8	Ashley	263	↓1	6
9	Elizabeth	239	–	10
10	Lauren	229	↑8	12
11	Megan	220	↑4	15
12	Kayla	214	↓1	13
13	Kaitlyn	208	↑7	33
14	Morgan	204	↓2	24
15	Shelby	200	↓7	62
16	Olivia	199	↑7	20
17	Brittany	194	↓7	35
18	Rachel	192	↑8	19
19	Sydney	191	–	23
20	Abigail	189	↑2	18
21	Samantha	188	↓7	5
22	Jessica	182	↓5	9
23	Brianna	181	↑1	14
24	Courtney	181	↓8	44
25	Destiny	178	↑5	28
26	Savannah	178	↑3	42
27	Victoria	167	↑11	16
28	Emma	165	↑4	17
29	Amber	161	↓8	41
30	Alyssa	156	↓5	11
31	Makayla	144	–	66
32	Allison	137	↓4	40
33	Mary	133	–	45
34	Katelyn	131	↑2	55
35	Sierra	130	↑6	49
36	Anna	123	↑4	29
37	Autumn	121	↓3	77
38	Rebecca	121	↓3	38
39	Katherine	117	↓2	36
40	Jasmine	112	new	26
41	Grace	110	new	27
42	Kelsey	108	↓15	72
43	Breanna	105	↑5	74
44	Cheyenne	105	↑1	84
45	Amanda	104	↓6	22
46	Brooke	99	–	47
47	Kaylee	97	new	69
48	Jordan	96	↓1	48
49	Natalie	96	new	34
50	Hailey	93	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Jacob	732	–	1
2	Austin	605	–	13
3	William	548	–	14
4	James	461	–	19
5	Matthew	448	–	3
6	Michael	425	–	2
7	Zachary	419	↑1	17
8	Christopher	414	↓1	6
9	Tyler	406	↑3	10
10	Joshua	392	↓1	4
11	Andrew	341	↑3	7
12	Brandon	341	↓2	11
13	Cameron	340	↑2	33
14	Nicholas	328	↓1	5
15	John	326	↓4	15
16	Dylan	322	–	23
17	Joseph	318	–	8
18	Justin	283	↑3	20
19	David	278	↑1	16
20	Noah	275	↑4	24
21	Robert	262	↓2	26
22	Ethan	245	↑5	37
23	Logan	245	↓1	42
24	Hunter	244	↑5	36
25	Caleb	238	↑10	41
26	Jonathan	238	↓1	22
27	Christian	226	↑13	25
28	Ryan	226	–	12
29	Nathan	213	↑9	32
30	Jordan	209	↓12	30
31	Dalton	205	↑6	86
32	Cody	204	↓9	45
33	Aaron	197	↓2	38
34	Dakota	195	–	77
35	Samuel	194	↓5	27
36	Daniel	191	↓10	9
37	Benjamin	190	↓4	29
38	Thomas	183	↑1	31
39	Charles	167	↓7	50
40	Kyle	166	↓4	28
41	Alexander	161	↑2	21
42	Anthony	150	–	18
43	Seth	148	new	65
44	Trevor	148	–	66
45	Timothy	142	↓4	49
46	Nathaniel	125	↓1	62
47	Steven	123	new	47
48	Evan	119	↓2	57
49	Adam	115	new	44
50	Jared	113	↓1	54

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