Popular baby names in Kentucky, 2019

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 2019 were Amelia for girls (244 babies) and Liam for boys (277). Amelia ranked #7 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 37,981 babies born in Kentucky in 2019 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 2019

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

Girls

Addilynn: 20 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Hadlee: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Braylee: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Remington: 40 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Oaklee: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kinslee: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Paislee: 37 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Madalyn: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lainey: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kynlee: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Harlan: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Brentley: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Gatlin: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Raylan: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Briar: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Colson: 35 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Houston: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Memphis: 37 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kashton: 38 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Waylon: 170 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 2019

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	Amelia	244	↑4	7
2	Ava	241	↑1	3
3	Emma	233	↓2	2
4	Harper	229	–	9
5	Olivia	212	↓3	1
6	Sophia	160	↑1	4
7	Ella	157	↑4	13
8	Charlotte	155	↓2	6
9	Isabella	151	–	5
10	Avery	138	–	18
11	Mia	138	↑6	8
12	Layla	129	↑13	23
13	Abigail	127	–	11
14	Lillian	126	↑5	37
15	Evelyn	124	↓7	10
16	Paisley	122	↑2	53
17	Willow	112	↑10	45
18	Elizabeth	111	↓2	14
19	Eleanor	110	↑2	27
20	Nora	101	↑2	29
21	Raelynn	96	↑12	>100
22	Scarlett	95	↓2	21
23	Addison	94	↓9	47
24	Caroline	94	↓9	61
25	Ellie	94	↓2	35
26	Aria	90	↑19	20
27	Emily	90	↑3	12
28	Aubrey	88	↑1	46
29	Zoey	88	↓1	31
30	Luna	87	↑5	16
31	Adalynn	86	↑12	>100
32	Everly	85	↑4	42
33	Serenity	85	↑9	77
34	Hazel	84	new	33
35	Kinsley	84	↓1	74
36	Stella	84	↑5	40
37	Lily	82	↓6	34
38	Everleigh	78	new	>100
39	Aurora	76	↓2	39
40	Natalie	76	new	41
41	Lucy	75	new	48
42	Piper	75	↓10	84
43	Riley	74	↓17	30
44	Mila	73	↑6	19
45	Sadie	72	↑3	87
46	Aubree	70	new	>100
47	Hadley	70	new	>100
48	Nova	70	↓10	51
49	Chloe	69	↓25	24
50	Cora	69	new	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	Liam	277	↑1	1
2	William	259	↓1	4
3	Elijah	251	↑1	5
4	Noah	239	↓1	2
5	James	237	↑3	6
6	Lincoln	196	↑1	41
7	Grayson	194	↓2	33
8	Oliver	191	↓2	3
9	John	179	↑4	28
10	Benjamin	176	↑1	7
11	Jackson	174	↑1	17
12	Henry	170	↑8	13
13	Waylon	170	↑11	>100
14	Mason	168	–	9
15	Jaxon	163	↑1	42
16	Levi	163	↑2	25
17	Wyatt	163	↓8	29
18	Carter	159	↑1	30
19	Easton	158	↓2	74
20	Colton	156	↑9	59
21	Owen	154	–	21
22	Lucas	152	↓12	8
23	Samuel	148	↓8	22
24	Hudson	145	↑1	50
25	Asher	140	↑3	43
26	Logan	139	↓3	16
27	Joseph	136	–	24
28	Maverick	128	↑3	58
29	Jack	124	new	19
30	Michael	123	↓4	14
31	Aiden	122	↑11	20
32	Alexander	121	↑1	10
33	Luke	119	↑4	32
34	Carson	113	↓12	82
35	Charles	111	–	52
36	Jacob	111	↓4	12
37	Hunter	107	↓3	66
38	Sawyer	107	↑7	>100
39	Christopher	104	new	44
40	Greyson	103	↑6	79
41	Bentley	102	new	>100
42	Silas	102	↑8	>100
43	Matthew	100	↑5	23
44	Ethan	98	↓8	11
45	David	97	↓7	27
46	Gabriel	97	↓16	37
47	Jaxson	97	–	83
48	Landon	96	new	63
49	Eli	94	new	62
50	Braxton	93	↓6	>100

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