Popular baby names in Kentucky, 2008

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 2008 were Madison for girls (360 babies) and William for boys (429). Madison ranked #6 nationally for girls. William ranked #8 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,849 babies born in Kentucky in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 2008

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

Girls

Aleigha: 15 babies, 8× the national rate
Briley: 22 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Mattie: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Mollie: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Karlie: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Maleah: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kaleigh: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shelby: 91 babies, 4× the national rate
Caylee: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Maci: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Clay: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Braxton: 116 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Dalton: 83 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Waylon: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Keaton: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Leland: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Randall: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Harley: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gunner: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Conner: 93 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Madison	360	–	6
2	Emma	353	–	1
3	Olivia	288	↑2	4
4	Abigail	285	↑2	8
5	Addison	269	↓1	12
6	Emily	264	↓3	3
7	Isabella	264	↑2	2
8	Ava	257	–	5
9	Chloe	230	↑3	10
10	Elizabeth	227	↑3	9
11	Alexis	215	↓1	15
12	Hannah	207	↓5	17
13	Alyssa	197	↓2	16
14	Kaylee	193	–	31
15	Taylor	190	↑7	22
16	Brooklyn	167	↓1	48
17	Ella	166	↓1	19
18	Lillian	158	↑5	29
19	Sarah	150	↑2	20
20	Sophia	142	↓3	7
21	Kylie	138	↑12	51
22	Aubrey	136	↑15	42
23	Anna	135	↓5	26
24	Savannah	128	↓5	33
25	Gracie	123	↓1	99
26	Brianna	122	↑2	23
27	Lily	121	↓1	24
28	Riley	120	↑21	39
29	Nevaeh	118	↑5	34
30	Hailey	112	↓10	25
31	Natalie	112	↓1	13
32	Destiny	111	↑15	47
33	Allison	104	↓1	32
34	Grace	101	↓7	21
35	Lauren	101	↓6	30
36	Makayla	100	↑5	37
37	Audrey	99	new	44
38	Autumn	99	↑2	87
39	Peyton	98	new	60
40	Sydney	96	↑8	49
41	Haley	95	↓16	>100
42	Madelyn	95	new	64
43	Trinity	95	↑3	70
44	Bailey	94	↑1	82
45	Kaitlyn	94	↓9	53
46	Shelby	91	↓15	>100
47	Jasmine	90	↓9	43
48	Samantha	88	↓6	11
49	Layla	87	new	55
50	Payton	83	new	91

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	William	429	↑1	8
2	Jacob	391	↓1	1
3	James	332	↑1	17
4	Ethan	324	↓1	3
5	Landon	298	↑5	45
6	Brayden	296	↑10	51
7	Logan	267	↓2	19
8	Aiden	266	↑17	16
9	Michael	259	↓1	2
10	Noah	258	↓4	15
11	Elijah	255	↑1	22
12	Jackson	244	↑2	32
13	Andrew	243	↑2	12
14	Matthew	242	↓3	10
15	Hunter	241	↑2	54
16	Jayden	240	↑7	11
17	Christopher	235	↓8	9
18	Caleb	234	↑2	34
19	Gavin	227	↑3	30
20	Joshua	226	↓13	4
21	Mason	221	↑5	35
22	Joseph	218	↓9	13
23	John	212	↓4	20
24	Benjamin	204	↑7	25
25	Tyler	193	↓4	28
26	Cameron	192	↑4	53
27	Samuel	189	↓9	27
28	Lucas	187	↑20	46
29	Alexander	184	↑3	6
30	Dylan	182	↓2	31
31	David	181	↑5	14
32	Gabriel	177	↑11	24
33	Jordan	172	↑8	48
34	Nathan	172	↓7	21
35	Hayden	170	↑2	76
36	Ryan	170	↑3	18
37	Zachary	169	↓4	47
38	Austin	168	↓14	55
39	Jonathan	167	↑3	26
40	Isaiah	165	↓6	42
41	Christian	161	↓6	23
42	Daniel	161	↓4	5
43	Nicholas	151	↓14	29
44	Charles	147	↑2	63
45	Carson	140	↑5	89
46	Anthony	139	↓6	7
47	Robert	139	↓3	49
48	Evan	138	new	38
49	Luke	132	↓2	43
50	Thomas	129	new	52

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