Popular baby names in Kentucky, 2009

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 2009 were Emma for girls (331 babies) and Jacob for boys (427). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 42,711 babies born in Kentucky in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 2009

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

Girls

Raylee: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Braylee: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dixie: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jaylen: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Maci: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shelby: 83 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Hadley: 38 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Briley: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ally: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Caylee: 52 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Braxton: 146 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Billy: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Waylon: 31 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dalton: 74 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Braydon: 46 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Harley: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dakota: 61 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Layton: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Trenton: 75 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jeffery: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Emma	331	↑1	2
2	Isabella	303	↑5	1
3	Madison	281	↓2	7
4	Olivia	280	↓1	3
5	Abigail	272	↓1	8
6	Alexis	262	↑5	13
7	Addison	258	↓2	12
8	Ava	255	–	5
9	Chloe	240	–	9
10	Emily	234	↓4	6
11	Kaylee	200	↑3	26
12	Elizabeth	181	↓2	11
13	Brooklyn	180	↑3	37
14	Lillian	166	↑4	27
15	Ella	163	↑2	15
16	Sophia	160	↑4	4
17	Hannah	145	↓5	23
18	Alyssa	143	↓5	19
19	Taylor	141	↓4	22
20	Peyton	130	↑19	42
21	Hailey	127	↑9	25
22	Savannah	123	↑2	39
23	Lily	120	↑4	18
24	Natalie	120	↑7	16
25	Nevaeh	117	↑4	34
26	Anna	116	↓3	28
27	Sarah	115	↓8	21
28	Kylie	109	↓7	62
29	Riley	107	↓1	38
30	Aubrey	103	↓8	41
31	Bailey	101	↑13	85
32	Madelyn	99	↑10	59
33	Trinity	99	↑10	74
34	Zoey	97	new	75
35	Avery	94	new	32
36	Kaitlyn	92	↑9	67
37	Autumn	91	↑1	81
38	Brianna	89	↓12	24
39	Layla	88	↑10	45
40	Leah	87	new	29
41	Gracie	86	↓16	>100
42	Samantha	85	↑6	14
43	Destiny	83	↓11	56
44	Shelby	83	↑2	>100
45	Allison	82	↓12	30
46	Lauren	82	↓11	46
47	Makayla	82	↓11	44
48	Mia	82	new	10
49	Sydney	81	↓9	48
50	Amelia	78	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Jacob	427	↑1	1
2	William	409	↓1	5
3	James	334	–	18
4	Ethan	313	–	2
5	Noah	300	↑5	9
6	Landon	289	↓1	36
7	Aiden	275	↑1	12
8	Brayden	271	↓2	48
9	Elijah	265	↑2	21
10	Jackson	251	↑2	27
11	Logan	247	↓4	17
12	Jayden	246	↑4	8
13	Michael	245	↓4	3
14	Joshua	240	↑6	6
15	Samuel	234	↑12	24
16	Hunter	229	↓1	56
17	Caleb	227	↑1	31
18	Matthew	227	↓4	13
19	Mason	221	↑2	34
20	Joseph	216	↑2	15
21	Gavin	211	↓2	33
22	John	211	↑1	26
23	Christopher	206	↓6	10
24	Andrew	193	↓11	16
25	Gabriel	191	↑7	22
26	Lucas	188	↑2	39
27	Benjamin	184	↓3	19
28	David	179	↑3	14
29	Tyler	168	↓4	28
30	Jordan	156	↑3	45
31	Charles	151	↑13	64
32	Cameron	149	↓6	58
33	Christian	149	↑8	23
34	Dylan	149	↓4	30
35	Wyatt	148	new	60
36	Hayden	147	↓1	91
37	Isaiah	147	↑3	41
38	Braxton	146	new	>100
39	Alexander	144	↓10	4
40	Carter	143	new	50
41	Evan	143	↑7	35
42	Carson	141	↑3	88
43	Connor	140	new	52
44	Ryan	140	↓8	20
45	Luke	139	↑4	47
46	Austin	138	↓8	63
47	Daniel	135	↓5	7
48	Zachary	132	↓11	53
49	Robert	131	↓2	55
50	Nathan	127	↓16	25

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