Popular baby names in Kentucky, 2022

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 2022 were Harper for girls (205 babies) and Liam for boys (262). Harper ranked #11 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 36,645 babies born in Kentucky in 2022 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 2022

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: 19 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Memphis: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Ellison: 17 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Wrenlee: 26 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Maylee: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Laney: 24 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Emberlynn: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Oaklynn: 91 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Hadlee: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kimber: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Raylan: 32 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Gatlin: 29 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Kolson: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Memphis: 34 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Boone: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Axton: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Chandler: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Waylon: 201 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gunner: 34 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cayson: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 2022

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Harper	205	↑5	11
2	Olivia	197	–	1
3	Amelia	190	–	4
4	Emma	183	↓3	2
5	Charlotte	166	–	3
6	Ava	162	↓2	7
7	Paisley	152	↑5	53
8	Evelyn	151	↑1	9
9	Isabella	141	↑8	6
10	Willow	135	↓2	37
11	Eleanor	132	↑4	16
12	Sophia	125	↓5	5
13	Layla	118	↑11	29
14	Avery	116	↑9	26
15	Ellie	115	↓5	33
16	Elizabeth	109	↓5	15
17	Ella	108	↓3	25
18	Hazel	108	↑12	27
19	Scarlett	108	↑1	14
20	Nova	107	↓7	32
21	Mia	105	↓2	8
22	Ivy	103	↑9	42
23	Nora	96	↓7	28
24	Raelynn	95	↑8	99
25	Violet	95	↑13	20
26	Lily	94	↑9	30
27	Addison	91	↓9	54
28	Aurora	91	new	31
29	Caroline	91	↓4	77
30	Delilah	91	new	58
31	Everleigh	91	↓10	100
32	Oaklynn	91	new	>100
33	Luna	89	↓11	10
34	Sadie	85	↑13	68
35	Stella	85	↑1	40
36	Chloe	84	↑3	19
37	Lillian	82	↓9	50
38	Everly	79	↓5	56
39	Lucy	75	new	48
40	Kinsley	74	↓14	61
41	Riley	72	↓14	39
42	Josie	71	new	>100
43	Lainey	68	new	>100
44	Penelope	68	↓10	21
45	Isla	67	↑1	36
46	Aria	66	↑4	23
47	Madison	63	↓10	34
48	Mila	63	new	18
49	Zoey	63	↓1	45
50	Abigail	62	↓21	24

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Liam	262	–	1
2	Noah	236	↑3	2
3	Oliver	230	↑3	3
4	William	223	–	6
5	Asher	205	↑6	20
6	Elijah	203	↓3	5
7	Waylon	201	–	66
8	James	197	↓6	4
9	Levi	189	↑1	12
10	Hudson	183	↓2	27
11	Grayson	170	↓2	37
12	Maverick	168	↑8	40
13	Henry	166	↑2	7
14	John	159	↑4	26
15	Jackson	155	↓1	23
16	Carter	150	↑3	47
17	Theodore	149	↑24	10
18	Lincoln	141	↓6	54
19	Wyatt	136	↓6	38
20	Owen	133	↑2	18
21	Walker	133	new	78
22	Lucas	132	↓6	8
23	Samuel	132	–	19
24	Benjamin	129	↑2	9
25	Easton	123	↓4	80
26	Colton	122	↓9	91
27	Joseph	118	new	30
28	Jack	116	↓4	15
29	Mason	116	↓4	24
30	Luke	112	↓2	34
31	Michael	110	↓2	16
32	Cooper	107	↑5	53
33	Daniel	105	↑5	14
34	Ezra	105	↑13	25
35	Jaxon	103	↓8	67
36	Jacob	102	↑9	32
37	Weston	99	↑12	82
38	Charles	97	↓7	50
39	Nolan	93	new	65
40	Silas	93	↓6	87
41	Gabriel	92	↓8	36
42	Sawyer	92	↓3	>100
43	David	89	↓11	31
44	River	87	new	>100
45	Aiden	86	↓3	29
46	Carson	86	↓10	>100
47	Parker	86	new	94
48	Thomas	85	↓13	45
49	Ryder	83	new	>100
50	Hunter	82	↓2	>100

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