Popular baby names in Kentucky, 2023

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 2023 were Amelia for girls (203 babies) and Liam for boys (257). Amelia ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 36,721 babies born in Kentucky in 2023 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 2023

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

Girls

Anniston: 17 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Maylee: 17 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Emberlynn: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Oaklynn: 93 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Oakleigh: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Baylee: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Waverly: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Paislee: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Gracelynn: 37 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Whitley: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Branson: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Raylan: 30 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Houston: 28 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Harlan: 25 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Cason: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Casen: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Layne: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bentley: 88 babies, 4× the national rate
Baylor: 37 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Memphis: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 2023

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Amelia	203	↑2	4
2	Charlotte	191	↑3	3
3	Emma	185	↑1	2
4	Olivia	182	↓2	1
5	Evelyn	157	↑3	9
6	Harper	154	↓5	11
7	Willow	148	↑3	41
8	Sophia	142	↑4	5
9	Ava	139	↓3	8
10	Ella	138	↑7	32
11	Paisley	125	↓4	56
12	Eleanor	121	↓1	14
13	Lainey	120	↑30	54
14	Ivy	119	↑8	38
15	Scarlett	119	↑4	17
16	Hazel	117	↑2	18
17	Isabella	107	↓8	7
18	Ellie	106	↓3	27
19	Elizabeth	104	↓3	15
20	Nora	102	↑3	24
21	Mia	101	–	6
22	Nova	100	↓2	35
23	Layla	98	↓10	30
24	Lily	94	↑2	20
25	Riley	94	↑16	43
26	Oaklynn	93	↑6	>100
27	Avery	91	↓13	29
28	Kinsley	90	↑12	67
29	Aurora	89	↓1	22
30	Violet	88	↓5	16
31	Lillian	86	↑6	55
32	Abigail	81	↑18	31
33	Luna	79	–	10
34	Raelynn	79	↓10	>100
35	Sadie	78	↓1	59
36	Stella	78	↓1	46
37	Everleigh	77	↓6	>100
38	Josie	71	↑4	>100
39	Eden	70	new	77
40	Lucy	70	↓1	40
41	Addison	69	↓14	62
42	Delilah	68	↓12	52
43	Madelyn	68	new	58
44	Emily	65	new	19
45	Emery	64	new	70
46	Penelope	64	↓2	23
47	Adalynn	63	new	>100
48	Aria	63	↓2	25
49	Chloe	63	↓13	26
50	Eliza	63	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Liam	257	–	1
2	Oliver	248	↑1	3
3	Noah	226	↓1	2
4	William	219	–	10
5	Elijah	209	↑1	5
6	Waylon	185	↑1	63
7	James	183	↑1	4
8	Levi	183	↑1	12
9	Hudson	179	↑1	21
10	Theodore	179	↑7	7
11	Henry	176	↑2	8
12	Asher	170	↓7	23
13	Maverick	161	↓1	37
14	Grayson	152	↓3	44
15	Samuel	151	↑8	19
16	Owen	147	↑4	20
17	Jackson	133	↓2	28
18	Lincoln	132	–	64
19	Silas	130	↑21	80
20	Wyatt	128	↓1	47
21	Carter	127	↓5	48
22	John	120	↓8	26
23	Cooper	118	↑9	52
24	Weston	118	↑13	75
25	Benjamin	116	↓1	11
26	Lucas	116	↓4	9
27	Mason	116	↑2	30
28	Ezra	111	↑6	15
29	Walker	107	↓8	85
30	Jack	106	↓2	14
31	Thomas	106	↑17	41
32	Daniel	105	↑1	17
33	Easton	102	↓8	98
34	Michael	100	↓3	16
35	David	97	↑8	27
36	Nolan	97	↑3	57
37	Joseph	96	↓10	29
38	Alexander	95	new	22
39	Luke	95	↓9	31
40	Sawyer	95	↑2	>100
41	Beau	94	new	81
42	Colton	92	↓16	94
43	Gabriel	89	↓2	38
44	Bentley	88	new	>100
45	Miles	88	new	43
46	Carson	87	–	>100
47	Bennett	86	new	74
48	Parker	86	↓1	91
49	Jacob	85	↓13	35
50	Logan	83	new	39

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