Popular baby names in Kentucky, 2014

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 2014 were Emma for girls (320 babies) and William for boys (367). William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,757 babies born in Kentucky in 2014 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 2014

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

Girls

Mollie: 26 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Kynlee: 32 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Carlee: 22 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Hadleigh: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Anniston: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Paislee: 48 babies, 5× the national rate
Dixie: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Raelyn: 39 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Abbigail: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Briley: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Raylan: 48 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Bentlee: 28 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Brantlee: 20 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Brentley: 27 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Waylon: 81 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dalton: 54 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Keaton: 32 babies, 4× the national rate
Oakley: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Branson: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Braxton: 148 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 2014

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	Emma	320	–	1
2	Ava	266	↑1	5
3	Olivia	262	↑2	2
4	Sophia	239	↓2	3
5	Isabella	219	↓1	4
6	Harper	202	↑5	11
7	Addison	170	↓1	24
8	Avery	168	↑1	14
9	Abigail	167	↓1	8
10	Lillian	163	↑2	25
11	Aubrey	158	↑4	21
12	Madison	156	↓5	9
13	Paisley	155	↑8	53
14	Amelia	150	↑9	15
15	Ella	148	↑3	17
16	Elizabeth	146	↑3	13
17	Emily	134	–	7
18	Brooklyn	132	↓5	26
19	Chloe	129	↓9	18
20	Sadie	128	↑2	46
21	Zoey	122	↓7	22
22	Aubree	116	↓6	62
23	Layla	114	↑1	29
24	Lily	114	↓4	27
25	Mia	112	↑5	6
26	Caroline	109	↑1	59
27	Riley	104	↑22	47
28	Nevaeh	103	↓2	63
29	Kennedy	102	↑8	54
30	Anna	98	↑1	34
31	Alexis	94	↑8	65
32	Piper	94	new	75
33	Audrey	93	↓4	36
34	Evelyn	93	↑4	16
35	Peyton	92	↓1	56
36	Natalie	91	–	23
37	Skylar	90	new	48
38	Madelyn	89	new	60
39	Charlotte	86	↓6	10
40	Kaylee	86	↓15	52
41	Rylee	86	↑3	>100
42	Adalynn	85	new	>100
43	Serenity	82	↓3	58
44	Savannah	81	↑2	38
45	Hadley	80	↓13	100
46	Lydia	79	new	84
47	Kylie	78	↓12	73
48	Hannah	77	↓20	28
49	Kinsley	77	new	>100
50	Lilly	77	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	William	367	–	5
2	Elijah	289	↑3	11
3	James	286	↑1	9
4	Mason	282	↓1	3
5	Noah	265	↓3	1
6	Liam	245	↑2	2
7	Hunter	212	–	40
8	Jackson	211	↑2	18
9	Samuel	209	↑13	23
10	Michael	204	↑15	7
11	Lucas	193	↑9	19
12	Colton	191	↑4	65
13	Jacob	191	↓7	4
14	Aiden	189	↑3	14
15	Carter	186	↓3	27
16	Bentley	184	↓7	89
17	Jaxon	182	↓4	46
18	John	176	↑1	26
19	Landon	176	↓8	43
20	Gabriel	173	↓6	24
21	Levi	171	↑2	45
22	Luke	170	↑2	28
23	Wyatt	170	↑3	39
24	Logan	169	↑3	13
25	Easton	166	↑3	83
26	Benjamin	164	↑6	12
27	Brayden	162	↓12	62
28	Joseph	161	↑2	20
29	Alexander	157	↑2	8
30	Grayson	156	new	63
31	Joshua	154	↑3	25
32	Ethan	150	↓11	6
33	Braxton	148	↑9	>100
34	Owen	148	↑13	36
35	Brantley	143	↑3	>100
36	Eli	143	↓18	49
37	Henry	139	↑9	33
38	Matthew	135	↓3	16
39	Andrew	132	↓2	22
40	Christopher	131	↓4	30
41	David	130	↓2	17
42	Caleb	126	↓9	35
43	Jayden	126	↓3	15
44	Connor	123	↑1	52
45	Robert	121	new	60
46	Jace	119	↓5	68
47	Bryson	117	↑1	>100
48	Charles	117	new	51
49	Isaac	116	↓5	31
50	Oliver	114	new	32

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