Popular baby names in Kentucky, 2021

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 2021 were Emma for girls (231 babies) and Liam for boys (272). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 36,871 babies born in Kentucky in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 2021

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

Girls

Emberlyn: 17 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Mattie: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Tinsley: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Wrenley: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Haisley: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Karsyn: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lainey: 48 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Maci: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Oakleigh: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Everleigh: 100 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Raylan: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Harlan: 23 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kashton: 33 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Salem: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cason: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Kolton: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Houston: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Amos: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Waylon: 183 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Brantley: 51 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 2021

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Emma	231	↑2	2
2	Olivia	228	–	1
3	Amelia	220	↓2	4
4	Ava	204	–	5
5	Charlotte	176	↑1	3
6	Harper	160	↓1	10
7	Sophia	155	↑2	6
8	Willow	147	↑8	39
9	Evelyn	140	↑1	9
10	Ellie	129	↑2	30
11	Elizabeth	122	↑3	14
12	Paisley	119	↓4	52
13	Nova	117	↑8	32
14	Ella	113	↑4	16
15	Eleanor	111	–	15
16	Nora	111	↑33	27
17	Isabella	109	↓10	7
18	Addison	105	↑9	45
19	Mia	105	↓6	8
20	Scarlett	101	↑6	20
21	Everleigh	100	↓2	99
22	Luna	100	↑16	11
23	Avery	98	↓1	19
24	Layla	96	↓4	24
25	Caroline	94	↓8	80
26	Kinsley	93	↓2	57
27	Riley	93	↑6	37
28	Lillian	92	↓3	51
29	Abigail	91	↓18	17
30	Hazel	87	↑1	28
31	Ivy	87	↑10	49
32	Raelynn	86	–	>100
33	Everly	85	↓10	50
34	Penelope	85	new	23
35	Lily	81	↑1	31
36	Stella	80	↓8	41
37	Madison	75	new	29
38	Violet	74	new	36
39	Chloe	72	↓10	25
40	Hadley	71	↑7	>100
41	Adalynn	70	↓7	>100
42	Audrey	69	new	60
43	Emersyn	69	new	>100
44	Skylar	69	new	74
45	Aubrey	68	↑1	64
46	Isla	68	new	34
47	Sadie	66	↓10	78
48	Zoey	66	↓9	38
49	Anna	60	↓9	85
50	Aria	60	new	22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Liam	272	–	1
2	James	236	↑3	5
3	Elijah	232	↑1	4
4	William	226	↓2	6
5	Noah	223	↑1	2
6	Oliver	212	↓3	3
7	Waylon	183	↑15	69
8	Hudson	179	↑1	34
9	Grayson	178	↑3	35
10	Levi	178	↓2	12
11	Asher	176	↑3	25
12	Lincoln	173	↓5	45
13	Wyatt	168	↑3	29
14	Jackson	164	↓4	14
15	Henry	156	↓4	9
16	Lucas	147	↑3	8
17	Colton	144	↑9	75
18	John	144	↓1	27
19	Carter	142	↓4	39
20	Maverick	140	↑1	47
21	Easton	137	↑3	72
22	Owen	137	↓4	22
23	Samuel	134	↓3	23
24	Jack	133	↑22	11
25	Mason	130	↓12	18
26	Benjamin	126	↓3	7
27	Jaxon	124	↓2	54
28	Luke	122	↑6	32
29	Michael	119	↑2	17
30	Alexander	114	↓3	13
31	Charles	113	↑1	50
32	David	113	↑9	30
33	Gabriel	104	↑2	38
34	Silas	103	↓5	91
35	Thomas	103	new	46
36	Carson	101	↓8	97
37	Cooper	99	↑3	68
38	Daniel	99	↑9	16
39	Sawyer	99	new	>100
40	Logan	98	↓7	21
41	Theodore	96	↓11	10
42	Aiden	95	↓4	26
43	Isaiah	94	new	56
44	Kingston	93	new	>100
45	Jacob	91	↓2	24
46	Braxton	89	↓9	>100
47	Ezra	89	↑3	37
48	Hunter	88	↓6	86
49	Weston	88	new	95
50	Bentley	87	↓1	>100

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