Popular baby names in Kentucky, 2020

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 2020 were Amelia for girls (240 babies) and Liam for boys (275). Amelia ranked #6 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 36,529 babies born in Kentucky in 2020 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 2020

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

Girls

Harleigh: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Mattie: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Whitley: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Hadlee: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Maci: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Oaklynn: 47 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Remington: 39 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Adley: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lillie: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Salem: 20 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Raylan: 44 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Bentlee: 22 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Kolson: 16 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Kashton: 38 babies, 5× the national rate
Briar: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Trace: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Memphis: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Clay: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kyson: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Oakley: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 2020

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Amelia	240	–	6
2	Olivia	221	↑3	1
3	Emma	220	–	2
4	Ava	217	↓2	3
5	Harper	212	↓1	10
6	Charlotte	178	↑2	5
7	Isabella	158	↑2	7
8	Paisley	150	↑8	49
9	Sophia	147	↓3	4
10	Evelyn	130	↑5	9
11	Abigail	128	↑2	12
12	Ellie	128	↑13	29
13	Mia	121	↓2	8
14	Elizabeth	119	↑4	16
15	Eleanor	118	↑4	22
16	Willow	114	↑1	48
17	Caroline	109	↑7	71
18	Ella	104	↓11	15
19	Everleigh	104	↑19	94
20	Layla	103	↓8	24
21	Nova	102	↑27	38
22	Avery	96	↓12	19
23	Everly	94	↑9	43
24	Kinsley	94	↑11	59
25	Lillian	94	↓11	46
26	Scarlett	94	↓4	21
27	Addison	93	↓4	47
28	Stella	89	↑8	42
29	Chloe	85	↑20	25
30	Hannah	84	new	39
31	Hazel	84	↑3	31
32	Raelynn	83	↓11	>100
33	Riley	81	↑10	33
34	Adalynn	80	↓3	>100
35	Piper	80	↑7	91
36	Lily	78	↑1	35
37	Sadie	78	↑8	78
38	Luna	76	↓8	14
39	Zoey	76	↓10	32
40	Anna	75	new	68
41	Ivy	74	new	57
42	Serenity	74	↓9	69
43	Aurora	73	↓4	36
44	Emily	73	↓17	18
45	Mila	71	↓1	20
46	Aubrey	70	↓18	56
47	Hadley	69	–	>100
48	Nevaeh	69	new	83
49	Nora	69	↓29	30
50	Lucy	67	↓9	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Liam	275	–	1
2	William	247	–	5
3	Oliver	235	↑5	3
4	Elijah	233	↓1	4
5	James	222	–	6
6	Noah	211	↓2	2
7	Lincoln	179	↓1	40
8	Levi	177	↑8	18
9	Hudson	174	↑15	43
10	Jackson	174	↑1	17
11	Henry	173	↑1	9
12	Grayson	172	↓5	35
13	Mason	164	↑1	11
14	Asher	157	↑11	32
15	Carter	153	↑3	33
16	Wyatt	151	↑1	29
17	John	149	↓8	27
18	Owen	149	↑3	22
19	Lucas	147	↑3	8
20	Samuel	147	↑3	25
21	Maverick	145	↑7	50
22	Waylon	145	↓9	>100
23	Benjamin	134	↓13	7
24	Easton	129	↓5	73
25	Jaxon	129	↓10	48
26	Colton	119	↓6	66
27	Alexander	114	↑5	10
28	Carson	113	↑6	84
29	Silas	111	↑13	100
30	Theodore	110	new	23
31	Michael	107	↓1	12
32	Charles	106	↑3	46
33	Logan	106	↓7	16
34	Luke	105	↓1	31
35	Gabriel	102	↑11	38
36	Joseph	102	↓9	26
37	Braxton	101	↑13	>100
38	Aiden	99	↓7	24
39	Matthew	98	↑4	30
40	Cooper	97	new	75
41	David	97	↑4	28
42	Hunter	97	↓5	68
43	Jacob	96	↓7	15
44	Eli	94	↑5	60
45	Andrew	90	new	52
46	Jack	90	↓17	21
47	Daniel	89	new	14
48	Greyson	89	↓8	81
49	Bentley	88	↓8	>100
50	Ezra	88	new	44

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