Popular baby names in Kentucky, 2018

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 2018 were Emma for girls (256 babies) and William for boys (294). William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,671 babies born in Kentucky in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 2018

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

Girls

Hadleigh: 21 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Kinslee: 25 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Whitley: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Paisleigh: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Macy: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Laney: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Braylee: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Oaklyn: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Madilynn: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Palmer: 18 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Canaan: 19 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Branson: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Memphis: 38 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Raylan: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Rayden: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Waylon: 142 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Boone: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Layne: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Cayson: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Korbin: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Emma	256	–	1
2	Olivia	246	↑2	2
3	Ava	233	↓1	3
4	Harper	231	↓1	9
5	Amelia	201	↑1	8
6	Charlotte	174	↑3	6
7	Sophia	155	–	5
8	Evelyn	151	↑5	10
9	Isabella	134	↓4	4
10	Avery	132	↓2	16
11	Ella	132	↑1	15
12	Madison	130	↑6	22
13	Abigail	129	↑1	11
14	Addison	127	↑1	35
15	Caroline	124	↑2	56
16	Elizabeth	123	↓5	13
17	Mia	121	↑2	7
18	Paisley	115	↓8	52
19	Lillian	112	↓3	34
20	Scarlett	112	–	20
21	Eleanor	106	↑7	32
22	Nora	101	↑17	30
23	Ellie	100	↑10	36
24	Chloe	99	↑8	25
25	Layla	99	↓3	27
26	Riley	98	↓5	28
27	Willow	97	↑8	60
28	Zoey	95	↓5	29
29	Aubrey	86	↓5	37
30	Emily	86	↓4	12
31	Lily	86	–	31
32	Piper	84	↑8	88
33	Raelynn	84	↓8	>100
34	Kinsley	82	↓7	63
35	Luna	79	new	23
36	Everly	78	new	53
37	Aurora	77	new	44
38	Nova	77	new	55
39	Anna	76	↑2	54
40	Skylar	76	↑10	49
41	Stella	76	new	38
42	Serenity	75	↓5	75
43	Adalynn	73	↓7	>100
44	Hannah	73	↓1	33
45	Aria	72	↓3	19
46	Brooklyn	70	↓17	47
47	Kennedy	70	↓17	59
48	Sadie	70	↓10	87
49	Savannah	70	new	45
50	Mila	69	new	14

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	William	294	–	3
2	Liam	265	↑2	1
3	Noah	247	–	2
4	Elijah	245	↓2	7
5	Grayson	226	↑1	32
6	Oliver	212	↑8	5
7	Lincoln	206	–	41
8	James	205	↓3	4
9	Wyatt	199	↑7	27
10	Lucas	194	↑2	8
11	Benjamin	185	↑9	6
12	Jackson	185	↓1	17
13	John	183	↑6	26
14	Mason	180	↓5	9
15	Samuel	177	–	21
16	Jaxon	175	↓8	39
17	Easton	174	↓4	66
18	Levi	171	↓1	33
19	Carter	169	↓9	24
20	Henry	167	↓2	16
21	Owen	160	↑2	25
22	Carson	150	↑15	70
23	Logan	142	↓2	10
24	Waylon	142	new	>100
25	Hudson	140	↑14	55
26	Michael	140	↓4	14
27	Joseph	134	↑3	23
28	Asher	131	new	47
29	Colton	129	↓1	68
30	Gabriel	123	↓6	35
31	Maverick	123	↑13	73
32	Jacob	121	↓7	13
33	Alexander	119	↓2	11
34	Hunter	119	↓7	56
35	Charles	114	↑15	53
36	Ethan	111	↑10	12
37	Luke	111	↓1	30
38	David	110	↑3	22
39	Andrew	109	↑9	43
40	Connor	109	↑5	58
41	Daniel	107	new	15
42	Aiden	106	↓16	19
43	Isaiah	106	↓11	51
44	Braxton	104	↓15	>100
45	Sawyer	103	new	100
46	Greyson	102	↓3	77
47	Jaxson	102	new	76
48	Matthew	100	↓1	20
49	Nolan	100	new	65
50	Silas	99	new	>100

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