Popular baby names in Kentucky, 2003

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 2003 were Emily for girls (473 babies) and Jacob for boys (627). Social Security records list 42,744 babies born in Kentucky in 2003 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 2003

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

Girls

Whitney: 39 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Haleigh: 44 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Montana: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Brooklyn: 140 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Harley: 47 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Mattie: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Raegan: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Chelsey: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Brooklynn: 32 babies, 4× the national rate
Shelby: 147 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Kenton: 15 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Braxton: 54 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dalton: 146 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Billy: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Randall: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lincoln: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dakota: 136 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Trenton: 85 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Harley: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dawson: 66 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 2003

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Emily	473	↑2	1
2	Madison	448	↓1	3
3	Hannah	445	↓1	4
4	Emma	386	↑1	2
5	Abigail	308	↑1	6
6	Alexis	308	↓2	7
7	Haley	292	–	34
8	Sarah	267	↑1	11
9	Olivia	249	↓1	5
10	Elizabeth	218	–	9
11	Alyssa	192	↑3	14
12	Taylor	188	↓1	19
13	Morgan	180	↑4	29
14	Lauren	177	↓1	15
15	Chloe	168	↑9	24
16	Brianna	166	–	17
17	Hailey	166	↑8	26
18	Sydney	165	↑4	25
19	Savannah	160	↓4	41
20	Kaylee	155	↑10	53
21	Kaitlyn	153	↓3	32
22	Grace	149	↑12	13
23	Isabella	148	↑13	12
24	Shelby	147	↓12	94
25	Ashley	140	↓5	8
26	Brooklyn	140	↑14	>100
27	Makayla	138	–	51
28	Kayla	137	↑1	16
29	Anna	133	↓10	21
30	Destiny	133	↓9	37
31	Autumn	126	–	75
32	Allison	123	↑3	46
33	Jessica	121	↑6	18
34	Rachel	118	↑9	28
35	Victoria	117	↑2	22
36	Jasmine	112	↓4	27
37	Megan	111	↓14	30
38	Natalie	111	↑11	23
39	Jenna	109	↑5	55
40	Katelyn	109	↓7	58
41	Katherine	106	↑4	35
42	Samantha	106	↓16	10
43	Mary	102	↓5	59
44	Amber	101	↓3	74
45	Kylie	101	new	52
46	Mackenzie	96	↓18	45
47	Courtney	91	↓1	>100
48	Ella	89	new	44
49	Gracie	88	new	>100
50	Sierra	87	↓2	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Jacob	627	–	1
2	James	456	↑2	18
3	Ethan	435	↓1	7
4	William	429	↓1	11
5	Joshua	368	–	3
6	Matthew	361	↑4	4
7	Andrew	332	↑4	5
8	Zachary	332	↓1	20
9	Michael	327	↓1	2
10	Austin	312	↓4	33
11	Dylan	300	↑1	19
12	John	300	↑2	17
13	Logan	299	↑2	28
14	Tyler	288	↓1	15
15	Christopher	285	↓6	9
16	Joseph	279	↑1	6
17	Caleb	255	↑1	34
18	Nicholas	250	↓2	12
19	Samuel	248	↑4	23
20	Cameron	239	↓1	40
21	Hunter	235	↓1	41
22	David	227	–	14
23	Noah	215	↑2	31
24	Daniel	204	↑15	8
25	Benjamin	202	↑5	24
26	Robert	200	↑8	35
27	Elijah	197	↑6	37
28	Jordan	195	↓7	38
29	Nathan	192	↓1	26
30	Brandon	190	↓6	21
31	Justin	186	↓5	27
32	Ryan	185	↓3	13
33	Jackson	184	↓2	52
34	Jonathan	172	↓7	22
35	Alexander	170	↑2	16
36	Christian	168	↓4	25
37	Charles	164	↑5	57
38	Luke	151	↑7	46
39	Thomas	150	↓1	36
40	Evan	147	new	44
41	Dalton	146	↓5	>100
42	Landon	146	new	97
43	Aaron	145	↑4	50
44	Mason	144	↓9	54
45	Anthony	143	↑3	10
46	Gavin	140	↓2	51
47	Dakota	136	↓4	>100
48	Isaiah	134	↑2	49
49	Gabriel	133	↓8	29
50	Isaac	126	new	48

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