Popular baby names in Kentucky, 2016

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 2016 were Emma for girls (313 babies) and William for boys (317). William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,068 babies born in Kentucky in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 2016

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: 20 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Raylynn: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Raylee: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Kynlee: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Bryleigh: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Brylee: 33 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Madalynn: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kimber: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Addilynn: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jessa: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Bentlee: 21 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Boone: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Brentley: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Waylon: 101 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Memphis: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Layne: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Case: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Brantley: 114 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Conner: 50 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Keaton: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Emma	313	–	1
2	Ava	272	↑1	3
3	Olivia	246	↓1	2
4	Harper	222	–	11
5	Sophia	184	↑1	4
6	Isabella	182	↓1	5
7	Amelia	178	↑7	10
8	Abigail	173	–	8
9	Elizabeth	153	↑4	13
10	Charlotte	152	↑11	7
11	Addison	151	↓4	29
12	Mia	151	↑3	6
13	Evelyn	148	↑4	12
14	Avery	142	↓2	16
15	Ella	131	↓5	17
16	Emily	129	↑2	9
17	Paisley	129	↓8	46
18	Lillian	128	↓7	28
19	Madison	123	–	15
20	Chloe	117	–	20
21	Zoey	114	↑2	26
22	Aubrey	109	↓6	25
23	Caroline	109	↑6	56
24	Riley	106	↑13	22
25	Layla	104	↑1	30
26	Aubree	103	↑19	84
27	Sadie	103	↑4	60
28	Lily	102	↓6	24
29	Ellie	100	↑10	43
30	Scarlett	100	↓3	18
31	Brooklyn	99	↓1	34
32	Hadley	98	↑9	>100
33	Piper	96	–	67
34	Kennedy	93	–	59
35	Hannah	92	↓11	33
36	Willow	90	new	96
37	Anna	89	↓12	49
38	Nora	88	↑4	36
39	Serenity	85	↑4	70
40	Eleanor	83	new	41
41	Kaylee	83	↑6	72
42	Audrey	82	↓14	39
43	Natalie	79	↓7	31
44	Reagan	79	new	98
45	Kinsley	78	new	86
46	Savannah	78	↑2	38
47	Adalynn	77	↓9	>100
48	Claire	77	new	40
49	Nevaeh	73	↓5	73
50	Penelope	73	new	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	William	317	–	3
2	Elijah	262	↑1	9
3	Liam	261	↑4	2
4	James	260	–	5
5	Noah	260	–	1
6	Grayson	219	↑7	37
7	Wyatt	217	↑11	33
8	Mason	214	↓6	4
9	Jackson	201	↓3	17
10	Oliver	200	↑21	12
11	John	195	↑1	28
12	Jaxon	194	↓4	41
13	Benjamin	192	↑15	6
14	Levi	187	↓4	42
15	Lucas	186	↑1	14
16	Carter	179	↓2	26
17	Hunter	179	↓8	45
18	Jacob	169	↑1	7
19	Gabriel	167	↑5	25
20	Colton	166	↓5	68
21	Easton	161	↓4	66
22	Samuel	161	↑5	21
23	Landon	156	↑2	53
24	Michael	155	↓1	8
25	Lincoln	153	↑9	51
26	Aiden	152	↓15	16
27	Owen	152	↑8	24
28	Luke	144	↓7	29
29	Ethan	142	↑8	10
30	Henry	142	–	22
31	Joseph	139	↓9	20
32	Bentley	138	↓12	100
33	Charles	138	↓1	52
34	Logan	133	↓8	18
35	Alexander	132	↓2	11
36	Andrew	130	↑5	34
37	Bryson	128	new	94
38	Brayden	124	↓9	64
39	Carson	124	↑1	81
40	Connor	119	new	54
41	David	117	↑1	19
42	Isaiah	117	new	47
43	Jaxson	116	↑1	82
44	Matthew	116	↓5	15
45	Brantley	114	↓2	>100
46	Christopher	114	↓8	36
47	Isaac	114	↑2	31
48	Joshua	113	↓3	35
49	Braxton	105	↓2	>100
50	Caleb	105	–	44

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