Popular baby names in Kentucky, 2011

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 2011 were Emma for girls (335 babies) and William for boys (397). Emma ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,553 babies born in Kentucky in 2011 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 2011

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: 22 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Briley: 31 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Bryleigh: 20 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Aleigha: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Addilyn: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Hallie: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bristol: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Emilee: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Kenley: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Carlee: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Raylan: 28 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Bentlee: 24 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Billy: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Braxton: 140 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dalton: 63 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Branson: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bobby: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Jeffery: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dakota: 44 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brantley: 43 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 2011

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Emma	335	↑1	3
2	Isabella	308	↓1	2
3	Sophia	260	↑4	1
4	Olivia	245	↑2	4
5	Addison	239	↓2	13
6	Ava	235	↑3	5
7	Madison	220	↓2	8
8	Chloe	206	–	10
9	Abigail	205	↓5	7
10	Brooklyn	174	↑4	21
11	Emily	173	↑1	6
12	Lillian	170	↑1	22
13	Aubrey	164	↑8	20
14	Alexis	160	↓4	26
15	Elizabeth	160	↑1	11
16	Kaylee	144	↓5	36
17	Ella	141	↓2	12
18	Hannah	130	↓1	25
19	Avery	121	↑12	18
20	Nevaeh	117	↑7	33
21	Lily	115	↑4	15
22	Taylor	115	↑6	44
23	Zoey	114	↑3	28
24	Alyssa	111	↓6	37
25	Anna	104	↓3	38
26	Khloe	103	↓6	49
27	Harper	100	new	54
28	Savannah	97	↑12	41
29	Natalie	96	↑4	14
30	Amelia	93	↑8	30
31	Layla	92	↓1	35
32	Aubree	90	new	99
33	Peyton	90	↓14	53
34	Audrey	88	↑2	43
35	Mia	84	new	9
36	Bailey	83	↓2	88
37	Trinity	83	↑8	77
38	Allison	82	↓6	40
39	Sarah	80	–	39
40	Sophie	79	↑7	51
41	Grace	78	new	16
42	Gracie	78	↓5	>100
43	Leah	78	↓2	29
44	Kylie	75	↓20	57
45	Riley	75	↓16	47
46	Caroline	74	–	87
47	Kennedy	74	new	91
48	Molly	74	new	78
49	Autumn	72	↓14	69
50	Piper	72	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	William	397	–	3
2	Mason	328	↑4	2
3	Elijah	324	↑8	13
4	Jacob	300	↓2	1
5	Brayden	281	↓2	36
6	Noah	271	↓2	5
7	Aiden	260	↑3	9
8	Landon	248	–	34
9	Jackson	247	↓2	23
10	James	232	↓5	17
11	Logan	221	↑1	21
12	Bentley	213	↑21	75
13	Ethan	212	↓4	7
14	Christopher	195	↑10	20
15	Michael	193	↓2	6
16	Joshua	191	↓2	14
17	Samuel	189	↓2	26
18	Jayden	187	–	4
19	Hunter	186	↓3	55
20	Gabriel	182	↑1	24
21	John	182	↓2	27
22	Benjamin	179	↑6	19
23	Caleb	179	↓6	32
24	Joseph	179	↓1	22
25	Gavin	170	–	37
26	Liam	168	↑10	15
27	Alexander	164	↓5	8
28	Matthew	163	↓1	12
29	David	162	–	18
30	Andrew	161	↓10	16
31	Levi	157	↑13	66
32	Carter	156	↑7	41
33	Jaxon	156	↑14	86
34	Eli	154	↑7	58
35	Colton	152	↓5	74
36	Lucas	149	↓10	29
37	Wyatt	149	new	48
38	Charles	148	↓4	61
39	Braxton	140	↑7	>100
40	Daniel	140	↓5	10
41	Carson	137	↓10	85
42	Isaiah	135	↑8	43
43	Hayden	134	new	90
44	Robert	132	↑5	62
45	Cameron	130	↓13	53
46	Jordan	130	↓6	46
47	Bryson	128	↓9	97
48	Ryan	125	–	25
49	Austin	124	↓6	60
50	Anthony	123	new	11

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