Popular baby names in Kentucky, 2005

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 2005 were Madison for girls (453 babies) and Jacob for boys (554). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 43,152 babies born in Kentucky in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 2005

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

Girls

Briley: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Katlyn: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Haleigh: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lacey: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Whitney: 30 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Addyson: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ashton: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Raegan: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mollie: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mattie: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Braxton: 73 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Braydon: 41 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dalton: 119 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Alexzander: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Waylon: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dakota: 107 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Camron: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Harley: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Johnathon: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Trenton: 77 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Madison	453	–	3
2	Emily	434	–	1
3	Emma	390	↑1	2
4	Hannah	335	↓1	7
5	Abigail	315	–	4
6	Olivia	286	↑1	5
7	Alexis	263	↓1	13
8	Sarah	216	↑2	15
9	Chloe	199	↑5	19
10	Haley	183	↓2	53
11	Alyssa	182	↑2	16
12	Elizabeth	182	↓3	11
13	Brooklyn	172	↑10	78
14	Kaylee	165	↓2	40
15	Isabella	159	↑9	6
16	Anna	158	↑2	22
17	Savannah	153	↑14	35
18	Taylor	152	↓7	24
19	Ava	150	new	9
20	Lauren	144	↓4	21
21	Kaitlyn	143	↑1	34
22	Sydney	137	↓3	30
23	Ella	134	↑10	23
24	Hailey	134	↓3	26
25	Makayla	134	↑1	44
26	Morgan	127	↓6	33
27	Gracie	123	↑17	94
28	Jasmine	123	↑14	29
29	Grace	121	↑1	14
30	Autumn	120	↓5	90
31	Natalie	120	↓2	18
32	Trinity	120	↑16	48
33	Destiny	119	↓6	32
34	Shelby	118	↑1	>100
35	Brianna	116	↓20	20
36	Sophia	115	↑14	12
37	Katherine	114	new	36
38	Samantha	113	↓4	8
39	Ashley	110	↓7	10
40	Lillian	107	new	50
41	Allison	105	–	45
42	Jenna	103	↑3	62
43	Mary	98	↑3	72
44	Katelyn	97	↓5	59
45	Megan	97	↑4	41
46	Kylie	92	new	57
47	Lily	92	new	39
48	Mackenzie	90	↓20	51
49	Riley	90	↓13	54
50	Rachel	88	↓3	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Jacob	554	–	1
2	Ethan	466	–	5
3	William	405	–	11
4	James	400	–	17
5	Joshua	353	↑1	3
6	Matthew	336	↑1	4
7	Michael	302	↑2	2
8	Andrew	299	–	6
9	Logan	282	↓4	26
10	Austin	280	–	38
11	Tyler	266	↑1	16
12	Christopher	262	↑2	10
13	Landon	252	↑21	61
14	Caleb	249	↑3	35
15	Joseph	248	↓4	9
16	John	245	–	18
17	Samuel	234	↑2	21
18	Zachary	234	↓5	29
19	Noah	232	↑6	23
20	Elijah	226	↑6	31
21	Jackson	223	↑6	44
22	Mason	223	↑14	42
23	Hunter	214	↓8	53
24	Cameron	207	↑11	52
25	David	206	↓1	12
26	Dylan	204	↓8	24
27	Ryan	200	↓4	14
28	Nicholas	193	↓8	15
29	Christian	192	↑2	22
30	Nathan	191	↓9	20
31	Brayden	190	new	80
32	Charles	190	↑6	56
33	Benjamin	185	↓11	25
34	Gavin	181	↑14	47
35	Connor	172	↑4	48
36	Alexander	169	↓8	13
37	Brandon	166	↑3	27
38	Anthony	164	new	8
39	Robert	163	↓10	37
40	Jordan	160	↓3	46
41	Jonathan	158	↓11	19
42	Thomas	155	↓1	40
43	Luke	154	↑3	41
44	Gabriel	148	–	28
45	Daniel	145	↓12	7
46	Evan	142	↓14	39
47	Hayden	142	↓2	76
48	Aiden	140	new	50
49	Isaiah	139	↑1	45
50	Isaac	137	new	49

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