Popular baby names in Kentucky, 2015

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 2015 were Emma for girls (309 babies) and William for boys (338). William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,568 babies born in Kentucky in 2015 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 2015

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

Girls

Anniston: 18 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Aleigha: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Bryleigh: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Maci: 57 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kynlee: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maleah: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Paislee: 47 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bristol: 33 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Raelyn: 43 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ansley: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Kashton: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Brentley: 27 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Brantlee: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Clay: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Raylan: 36 babies, 5× the national rate
Bentlee: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Gunner: 79 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Branson: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Waylon: 84 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Keaton: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 2015

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Emma	309	–	1
2	Olivia	273	↑1	2
3	Ava	254	↓1	4
4	Harper	231	↑2	10
5	Isabella	214	–	5
6	Sophia	181	↓2	3
7	Addison	180	–	24
8	Abigail	175	↑1	7
9	Paisley	175	↑4	45
10	Ella	161	↑5	18
11	Lillian	153	↓1	26
12	Avery	152	↓4	16
13	Elizabeth	152	↑3	13
14	Amelia	145	–	12
15	Mia	138	↑10	6
16	Aubrey	136	↓5	21
17	Evelyn	131	↑17	15
18	Emily	130	↓1	8
19	Madison	124	↓7	11
20	Chloe	118	↓1	17
21	Charlotte	117	↑18	9
22	Lily	116	↑2	25
23	Zoey	114	↓2	23
24	Hannah	106	↑24	28
25	Anna	104	↑5	44
26	Layla	104	↓3	30
27	Scarlett	104	new	22
28	Audrey	100	↑5	37
29	Caroline	100	↓3	62
30	Brooklyn	98	↓12	31
31	Sadie	98	↓11	52
32	Peyton	97	↑3	72
33	Piper	96	↓1	67
34	Kennedy	92	↓5	58
35	Kylie	92	↑12	66
36	Natalie	92	–	27
37	Riley	92	↓10	35
38	Adalynn	88	↑4	>100
39	Ellie	88	new	48
40	Skylar	88	↓3	42
41	Hadley	84	↑4	>100
42	Nora	84	new	41
43	Serenity	83	–	71
44	Nevaeh	82	↓16	70
45	Aubree	81	↓23	79
46	Aria	80	new	29
47	Kaylee	79	↓7	61
48	Savannah	77	↓4	38
49	Grace	75	new	19
50	Lydia	74	↓4	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	William	338	–	5
2	Mason	286	↑2	3
3	Elijah	276	↓1	11
4	James	275	↓1	7
5	Noah	263	–	1
6	Jackson	240	↑2	17
7	Liam	238	↓1	2
8	Jaxon	217	↑9	44
9	Hunter	214	↓2	41
10	Levi	213	↑11	42
11	Aiden	201	↑3	13
12	John	194	↑6	26
13	Grayson	193	↑17	47
14	Carter	188	↑1	24
15	Colton	188	↓3	60
16	Lucas	187	↓5	16
17	Easton	182	↑8	78
18	Wyatt	180	↑5	34
19	Jacob	179	↓6	4
20	Bentley	175	↓4	92
21	Luke	172	↑1	28
22	Joseph	169	↑6	21
23	Michael	166	↓13	9
24	Gabriel	165	↓4	22
25	Landon	160	↓6	46
26	Logan	160	↓2	14
27	Samuel	160	↓18	23
28	Benjamin	154	↓2	10
29	Brayden	153	↓2	61
30	Henry	151	↑7	29
31	Oliver	148	↑19	19
32	Charles	143	↑16	50
33	Alexander	141	↓4	8
34	Lincoln	139	new	66
35	Owen	138	↓1	36
36	Eli	136	–	53
37	Ethan	129	↓5	6
38	Christopher	128	↑2	32
39	Matthew	124	↓1	15
40	Carson	122	new	89
41	Andrew	121	↓2	30
42	David	121	↓1	18
43	Brantley	118	↓8	>100
44	Jaxson	118	new	84
45	Joshua	118	↓14	33
46	Jayden	117	↓3	20
47	Braxton	115	↓14	>100
48	Daniel	114	new	12
49	Isaac	114	–	31
50	Caleb	113	↓8	37

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