Popular baby names in Kentucky, 2006

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 2006 were Madison for girls (419 babies) and Jacob for boys (500). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 44,290 babies born in Kentucky in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 2006

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: 25 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Jaylen: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jaycee: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Brylee: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Chelsey: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jacey: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jaylee: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Katlyn: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Mattie: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Hadley: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Braxton: 91 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dalton: 95 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Waylon: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dakota: 112 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bobby: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Skylar: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bailey: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Braydon: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Trenton: 83 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gunner: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Madison	419	–	3
2	Emma	355	↑1	2
3	Emily	347	↓1	1
4	Hannah	333	–	8
5	Abigail	292	–	6
6	Olivia	254	–	7
7	Alexis	250	–	14
8	Chloe	245	↑1	18
9	Ava	224	↑10	5
10	Isabella	212	↑5	4
11	Addison	209	new	28
12	Elizabeth	204	–	11
13	Kaylee	195	↑1	42
14	Brooklyn	187	↓1	66
15	Alyssa	180	↓4	19
16	Sarah	175	↓8	15
17	Savannah	171	–	30
18	Taylor	159	–	23
19	Hailey	155	↑5	25
20	Anna	152	↓4	22
21	Lillian	146	↑19	38
22	Destiny	138	↑11	36
23	Lauren	138	↓3	24
24	Ella	136	↓1	21
25	Kaitlyn	131	↓4	41
26	Haley	130	↓16	75
27	Makayla	126	↓2	45
28	Morgan	126	↓2	35
29	Ashley	125	↑10	12
30	Natalie	121	↑1	17
31	Grace	118	↓2	16
32	Jasmine	114	↓4	29
33	Brianna	113	↑2	20
34	Allison	112	↑7	47
35	Mackenzie	110	↑13	53
36	Nevaeh	110	new	43
37	Shelby	110	↓3	>100
38	Sydney	108	↓16	34
39	Gracie	107	↓12	>100
40	Sophia	107	↓4	9
41	Mary	106	↑2	80
42	Samantha	106	↓4	10
43	Riley	105	↑6	56
44	Trinity	98	↓12	64
45	Kylie	96	↑1	67
46	Lily	94	↑1	33
47	Caroline	91	new	89
48	Jenna	89	↓6	88
49	Aubrey	87	new	93
50	Audrey	87	new	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Jacob	500	–	1
2	William	463	↑1	10
3	Ethan	429	↓1	4
4	James	369	–	16
5	Landon	339	↑8	50
6	Logan	303	↑3	20
7	Christopher	289	↑5	8
8	Michael	285	↓1	2
9	Austin	282	↑1	41
10	Andrew	281	↓2	7
11	Noah	277	↑8	15
12	Matthew	272	↓6	5
13	Joshua	271	↓8	3
14	John	269	↑2	19
15	Joseph	252	–	11
16	Jackson	249	↑5	35
17	Caleb	243	↓3	34
18	Elijah	229	↑2	29
19	Tyler	227	↓8	18
20	Dylan	216	↑6	26
21	Hunter	214	↑2	54
22	Mason	211	–	40
23	Samuel	210	↓6	25
24	Cameron	208	–	52
25	Nicholas	207	↑3	17
26	Zachary	203	↓8	33
27	Alexander	201	↑9	12
28	David	197	↓3	13
29	Benjamin	188	↑4	24
30	Daniel	188	↑15	6
31	Aiden	185	↑17	32
32	Ryan	183	↓5	14
33	Christian	180	↓4	21
34	Robert	180	↑5	47
35	Brayden	176	↓4	79
36	Gavin	175	↓2	38
37	Charles	173	↓5	60
38	Jonathan	172	↑3	22
39	Nathan	170	↓9	23
40	Anthony	164	↓2	9
41	Gabriel	159	↑3	28
42	Brandon	157	↓5	27
43	Evan	156	↑3	42
44	Luke	150	↓1	43
45	Hayden	148	↑2	73
46	Jayden	145	new	49
47	Lucas	144	new	59
48	Connor	143	↓13	53
49	Jordan	142	↓9	46
50	Carson	138	new	87

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