Popular baby names in Kentucky, 2012

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 2012 were Emma for girls (358 babies) and William for boys (353). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,326 babies born in Kentucky in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 2012

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

Girls

Kinlee: 16 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Anniston: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Raylee: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Addilyn: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Mollie: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kynlee: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kyndall: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Gracie: 90 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Carlee: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Hallie: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Kenton: 19 babies, 10× the national rate
Leeland: 17 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Raylan: 35 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Waylon: 62 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Brantley: 138 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Layne: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dakota: 48 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dalton: 57 babies, 4× the national rate
Bentlee: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Kamden: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	358	–	2
2	Isabella	283	–	3
3	Sophia	267	–	1
4	Ava	258	↑2	5
5	Abigail	225	↑4	7
6	Olivia	212	↓2	4
7	Addison	208	↓2	14
8	Chloe	196	–	11
9	Aubrey	185	↑4	15
10	Madison	183	↓3	9
11	Ella	172	↑6	12
12	Brooklyn	157	↓2	29
13	Harper	157	↑14	24
14	Emily	151	↓3	6
15	Kaylee	148	↑1	35
16	Zoey	141	↑7	20
17	Avery	135	↑2	13
18	Aubree	134	↑14	60
19	Lillian	129	↓7	25
20	Lily	122	↑1	16
21	Elizabeth	121	↓6	10
22	Amelia	120	↑8	23
23	Layla	120	↑8	31
24	Anna	119	↑1	34
25	Hannah	116	↓7	22
26	Alexis	110	↓12	40
27	Natalie	105	↑2	17
28	Nevaeh	105	↓8	39
29	Kylie	97	↑15	59
30	Alyssa	96	↓6	44
31	Khloe	92	↓5	55
32	Peyton	92	↑1	53
33	Caroline	90	↑13	80
34	Gracie	90	↑8	>100
35	Charlotte	88	new	19
36	Serenity	86	new	58
37	Hadley	85	new	>100
38	Trinity	85	↓1	91
39	Bailey	82	↓3	81
40	Mia	80	↓5	8
41	Savannah	80	↓13	43
42	Riley	78	↑3	47
43	Sophie	78	↓3	52
44	Bella	77	new	54
45	Payton	77	new	>100
46	Audrey	76	↓12	41
47	Leah	76	↓4	33
48	Piper	75	↑2	98
49	Taylor	75	↓27	46
50	Hailey	74	new	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	William	353	–	5
2	Mason	337	–	2
3	James	307	↑7	14
4	Jacob	275	–	1
5	Noah	269	↑1	4
6	Elijah	252	↓3	13
7	Liam	249	↑19	6
8	Ethan	244	↑5	3
9	Jackson	244	–	21
10	Aiden	236	↓3	10
11	Bentley	230	↑1	75
12	Landon	224	↓4	35
13	Brayden	218	↓8	39
14	Hunter	217	↑5	45
15	Logan	214	↓4	22
16	Jayden	191	↑2	8
17	Samuel	191	–	25
18	Gabriel	189	↑2	24
19	Jaxon	189	↑14	66
20	Christopher	187	↓6	23
21	John	184	–	28
22	Joshua	180	↓6	17
23	Colton	177	↑12	65
24	Michael	174	↓9	7
25	Eli	173	↑9	43
26	Matthew	168	↑2	12
27	Carter	167	↑5	36
28	Andrew	165	↑2	18
29	Levi	165	↑2	55
30	Joseph	161	↓6	19
31	Lucas	159	↑5	27
32	Benjamin	156	↓10	16
33	Caleb	154	↓10	32
34	Wyatt	147	↑3	41
35	Alexander	144	↓8	9
36	Charles	142	↑2	62
37	Brantley	138	new	>100
38	Cameron	137	↑7	54
39	Isaiah	136	↑3	42
40	Carson	135	↑1	87
41	Luke	133	new	37
42	Braxton	129	↓3	>100
43	Gavin	129	↓18	40
44	Anthony	128	↑6	15
45	Easton	128	new	96
46	David	127	↓17	20
47	Bryson	120	–	94
48	Austin	116	↑1	58
49	Grayson	115	new	86
50	Parker	115	new	81

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