Popular baby names in Kentucky, 2002

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 2002 were Madison for girls (550 babies) and Jacob for boys (627). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 42,424 babies born in Kentucky in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 2002

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

Girls

Carrie: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Whitney: 53 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Ashton: 43 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Chelsey: 23 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Brooklyn: 117 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Mattie: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Shelby: 186 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Macey: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Callie: 39 babies, 4× the national rate
Katlyn: 30 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Jamison: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Braxton: 50 babies, 5× the national rate
Dalton: 177 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Clay: 30 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dustin: 84 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dakota: 145 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jaxson: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Darrell: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gary: 40 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Billy: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Madison	550	–	2
2	Hannah	456	–	3
3	Emily	426	–	1
4	Alexis	327	↑1	5
5	Emma	273	↑8	4
6	Abigail	270	–	7
7	Haley	270	–	35
8	Olivia	239	–	10
9	Sarah	237	–	8
10	Elizabeth	220	↑2	11
11	Taylor	192	↓7	18
12	Shelby	186	↑6	75
13	Lauren	185	↑2	13
14	Alyssa	184	↑6	12
15	Savannah	180	↓1	39
16	Brianna	179	–	17
17	Morgan	173	↑5	29
18	Kaitlyn	167	↓1	32
19	Anna	166	↑4	20
20	Ashley	162	↓10	6
21	Destiny	158	↓10	34
22	Sydney	155	↓3	23
23	Megan	154	↑7	22
24	Chloe	152	↑21	25
25	Hailey	150	↓4	31
26	Samantha	150	–	9
27	Makayla	137	–	50
28	Mackenzie	134	↑5	42
29	Kayla	133	–	19
30	Kaylee	131	↑2	57
31	Autumn	129	↑3	73
32	Jasmine	129	↑8	26
33	Katelyn	129	↑4	53
34	Grace	127	↓6	15
35	Allison	126	–	44
36	Isabella	125	↑13	14
37	Victoria	120	↓6	21
38	Mary	119	↑3	49
39	Jessica	118	↓14	16
40	Brooklyn	117	↑4	>100
41	Amber	110	↓5	65
42	Kelsey	104	new	>100
43	Rachel	103	↓19	24
44	Jenna	102	↑3	47
45	Katherine	100	↓6	36
46	Courtney	99	↓8	88
47	Madeline	97	new	56
48	Sierra	96	↓6	62
49	Natalie	91	↑1	30
50	Faith	89	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Jacob	627	–	1
2	Ethan	498	↑3	5
3	William	487	↓1	11
4	James	421	–	18
5	Joshua	387	↑4	3
6	Austin	385	↓3	26
7	Zachary	343	–	19
8	Michael	342	↓2	2
9	Christopher	337	↑1	8
10	Matthew	326	↓2	4
11	Andrew	318	↑2	6
12	Dylan	309	–	23
13	Tyler	304	↓2	14
14	John	301	–	17
15	Logan	301	↑5	29
16	Nicholas	298	–	9
17	Joseph	285	↓2	7
18	Caleb	282	↑4	35
19	Cameron	272	↓1	39
20	Hunter	262	↓3	38
21	Jordan	229	↑11	37
22	David	228	↑1	13
23	Samuel	221	↑8	25
24	Brandon	211	↓3	20
25	Noah	208	↓6	31
26	Justin	207	↓1	22
27	Jonathan	201	↓1	21
28	Nathan	195	↓1	28
29	Ryan	194	↑7	16
30	Benjamin	191	–	27
31	Jackson	190	↑4	50
32	Christian	188	↓3	24
33	Elijah	186	↑10	41
34	Robert	184	↓6	34
35	Mason	179	↑4	53
36	Dalton	177	↓12	>100
37	Alexander	176	↓4	15
38	Thomas	170	↑4	36
39	Daniel	159	↓5	10
40	Cody	155	↓3	71
41	Gabriel	154	↑9	32
42	Charles	151	↓2	58
43	Dakota	145	↓2	>100
44	Gavin	144	new	61
45	Luke	139	↑3	46
46	Timothy	138	↑1	70
47	Aaron	137	↓9	43
48	Anthony	135	↓4	12
49	Trevor	123	new	81
50	Isaiah	122	new	45

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