Popular baby names in Kentucky, 2000

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 2000 were Hannah for girls (563 babies) and Jacob for boys (806). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 44,652 babies born in Kentucky in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 2000

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

Girls

Brooklyn: 108 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Whitney: 69 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Chelsey: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Hallie: 47 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Katlyn: 40 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ashton: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Halie: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gracie: 52 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Brooklynn: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Raegan: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Dalton: 213 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Clay: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Trace: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dakota: 186 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Braxton: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Billy: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jeffery: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dustin: 94 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Trenton: 70 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bryson: 41 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Hannah	563	–	2
2	Madison	466	↑1	3
3	Emily	420	↓1	1
4	Sarah	326	–	5
5	Alexis	319	↑1	6
6	Haley	317	↓1	28
7	Taylor	281	–	10
8	Ashley	269	–	4
9	Elizabeth	245	–	9
10	Lauren	234	–	11
11	Destiny	221	↑14	24
12	Megan	220	↓1	18
13	Olivia	214	↑3	16
14	Kaitlyn	208	↓1	30
15	Savannah	205	↑11	37
16	Morgan	203	↓2	25
17	Kayla	194	↓5	13
18	Abigail	192	↑2	14
19	Sydney	188	–	23
20	Alyssa	187	↑10	12
21	Brianna	187	↑2	15
22	Emma	182	↑6	17
23	Samantha	178	↓2	7
24	Jessica	175	↓2	8
25	Anna	165	↑11	22
26	Hailey	164	↑24	35
27	Rachel	163	↓9	21
28	Courtney	161	↓4	59
29	Shelby	159	↓14	70
30	Amber	153	↓1	47
31	Victoria	147	↓4	20
32	Mary	145	↑1	46
33	Makayla	143	↓2	67
34	Grace	138	↑7	19
35	Katelyn	136	↓1	54
36	Allison	134	↓4	44
37	Jasmine	129	↑3	27
38	Mackenzie	129	new	43
39	Brittany	123	↓22	60
40	Breanna	116	↑3	80
41	Autumn	114	↓4	77
42	Sierra	114	↓7	53
43	Kelsey	111	↓1	88
44	Rebecca	109	↓6	39
45	Brooklyn	108	new	>100
46	Katherine	107	↓7	33
47	Natalie	99	↑2	34
48	Brooke	95	↓2	51
49	Chloe	95	new	38
50	Kaylee	95	↓3	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Jacob	806	–	1
2	William	509	↑1	11
3	Austin	500	↓1	23
4	James	475	–	18
5	Michael	468	↑1	2
6	Matthew	437	↓1	3
7	Zachary	428	–	15
8	Joshua	422	↑2	4
9	Christopher	396	↓1	5
10	Tyler	383	↓1	10
11	John	340	↑4	14
12	Nicholas	337	↑2	6
13	Ethan	336	↑9	25
14	Cameron	333	↓1	31
15	Andrew	322	↓4	7
16	Dylan	322	–	24
17	Brandon	319	↓5	12
18	Hunter	287	↑6	35
19	Joseph	287	↓2	8
20	David	268	↓1	16
21	Noah	267	↓1	27
22	Justin	260	↓4	19
23	Logan	258	–	40
24	Caleb	233	↑1	38
25	Ryan	233	↑3	13
26	Christian	231	↑1	22
27	Jordan	229	↑3	36
28	Robert	217	↓7	29
29	Benjamin	214	↑8	26
30	Dalton	213	↑1	91
31	Nathan	210	↓2	30
32	Samuel	210	↑3	28
33	Jonathan	196	↓7	21
34	Daniel	193	↑2	9
35	Dakota	186	↓1	88
36	Thomas	185	↑2	33
37	Alexander	184	↑4	20
38	Charles	180	↑1	51
39	Anthony	176	↑3	17
40	Cody	175	↓8	60
41	Seth	174	↑2	63
42	Aaron	165	↓9	41
43	Elijah	148	new	52
44	Timothy	147	↑1	58
45	Jackson	140	new	72
46	Trevor	140	↓2	75
47	Nathaniel	138	↓1	61
48	Kyle	134	↓8	37
49	Chase	130	new	77
50	Jared	129	–	56

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