Popular baby names in Kentucky, 2017

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 2017 were Emma for girls (292 babies) and William for boys (307). William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,518 babies born in Kentucky in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 2017

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

Girls

Raylynn: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Anniston: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Raylee: 19 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Oaklee: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kinslee: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Paislee: 49 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Hadlee: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Paisleigh: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Addyson: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Raelynn: 103 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Bentlee: 19 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Briar: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Raylan: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Brentley: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Cayson: 27 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Boone: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kashton: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Kolton: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Trenton: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Brantley: 103 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Emma	292	–	1
2	Ava	246	–	3
3	Harper	239	↑1	11
4	Olivia	238	↓1	2
5	Isabella	212	↑1	4
6	Amelia	168	↑1	8
7	Sophia	168	↓2	5
8	Avery	157	↑6	14
9	Charlotte	152	↑1	7
10	Paisley	151	↑7	45
11	Elizabeth	144	↓2	13
12	Ella	143	↑3	16
13	Evelyn	142	–	9
14	Abigail	135	↓6	10
15	Addison	132	↓4	34
16	Lillian	125	↑2	27
17	Caroline	124	↑6	55
18	Madison	119	↑1	17
19	Mia	118	↓7	6
20	Scarlett	112	↑10	18
21	Riley	109	↑3	25
22	Layla	105	↑3	26
23	Zoey	105	↓2	28
24	Aubrey	103	↓2	31
25	Raelynn	103	new	>100
26	Emily	101	↓10	12
27	Kinsley	101	↑18	59
28	Eleanor	96	↑12	36
29	Brooklyn	92	↑2	39
30	Kennedy	92	↑4	58
31	Lily	92	↓3	33
32	Chloe	90	↓12	22
33	Ellie	90	↓4	44
34	Natalie	90	↑9	35
35	Willow	90	↑1	80
36	Adalynn	88	↑11	>100
37	Serenity	88	↑2	78
38	Sadie	87	↓11	71
39	Nora	86	↓1	29
40	Piper	86	↓7	81
41	Anna	85	↓4	53
42	Aria	85	new	20
43	Hannah	82	↓8	32
44	Aubree	81	↓18	86
45	Nevaeh	79	↑4	74
46	Madelyn	76	new	63
47	Hadley	74	↓15	>100
48	Lydia	74	new	85
49	Lucy	73	new	52
50	Skylar	72	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	William	307	–	3
2	Elijah	283	–	8
3	Noah	276	↑2	2
4	Liam	271	↓1	1
5	James	262	↓1	4
6	Grayson	216	–	34
7	Lincoln	215	↑18	41
8	Jaxon	198	↑4	43
9	Mason	198	↓1	7
10	Carter	194	↑6	24
11	Jackson	187	↓2	20
12	Lucas	180	↑3	11
13	Easton	174	↑8	66
14	Oliver	172	↓4	10
15	Samuel	172	↑7	21
16	Wyatt	171	↓9	25
17	Levi	170	↓3	35
18	Henry	169	↑12	19
19	John	169	↓8	27
20	Benjamin	167	↓7	6
21	Logan	162	↑13	5
22	Michael	156	↑2	12
23	Owen	156	↑4	28
24	Gabriel	155	↓5	31
25	Jacob	153	↓7	9
26	Aiden	151	–	17
27	Hunter	150	↓10	53
28	Colton	142	↓8	70
29	Braxton	138	↑20	>100
30	Joseph	135	↑1	18
31	Alexander	133	↑4	13
32	Isaiah	127	↑10	46
33	Landon	127	↓10	57
34	Bentley	126	↓2	>100
35	Bryson	126	↑2	86
36	Luke	125	↓8	30
37	Carson	124	↑2	83
38	Christopher	118	↑8	39
39	Hudson	116	new	64
40	Isaac	113	↑7	32
41	David	112	–	22
42	Eli	112	new	54
43	Greyson	111	new	80
44	Maverick	111	new	84
45	Connor	110	↓5	56
46	Ethan	110	↓17	14
47	Matthew	109	↓3	16
48	Andrew	108	↓12	40
49	Brayden	107	↓11	72
50	Charles	106	↓17	48

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