Popular baby names in Kentucky, 2024

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 2024 were Charlotte for girls (205 babies) and Liam for boys (260). Charlotte ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 37,859 babies born in Kentucky in 2024 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 2024

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

Girls

Raylee: 17 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Laken: 16 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Maylee: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Wrenleigh: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Gracelynn: 40 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Whitley: 23 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Wrenlee: 46 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lakelynn: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Brynleigh: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Madilynn: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Kolson: 23 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Memphis: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cason: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Waylen: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Houston: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kolton: 29 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Creed: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Reed: 36 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Raylan: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Waylon: 224 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 2024

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Charlotte	205	↑1	4
2	Amelia	194	↓1	3
3	Lainey	161	↑10	38
4	Willow	161	↑3	41
5	Olivia	159	↓1	1
6	Emma	154	↓3	2
7	Harper	149	↓1	12
8	Ivy	142	↑6	36
9	Ellie	141	↑9	21
10	Eleanor	138	↑2	14
11	Evelyn	137	↓6	8
12	Sophia	132	↓4	6
13	Hazel	123	↑3	19
14	Ava	122	↓5	9
15	Mia	122	↑6	5
16	Ella	117	↓6	30
17	Elizabeth	115	↑2	17
18	Isabella	112	↓1	7
19	Aurora	109	↑10	16
20	Nova	107	↑2	39
21	Scarlett	106	↓6	27
22	Avery	102	↑5	31
23	Paisley	100	↓12	61
24	Lily	95	–	24
25	Lillian	92	↑6	54
26	Sadie	92	↑9	57
27	Lucy	87	↑13	34
28	Violet	86	↑2	15
29	Penelope	85	↑17	28
30	Josie	84	↑8	88
31	Delilah	81	↑11	50
32	Riley	81	↓7	42
33	Layla	80	↓10	37
34	Millie	79	new	87
35	Raelynn	78	↓1	>100
36	Abigail	77	↓4	32
37	Caroline	76	new	92
38	Kinsley	76	↓10	85
39	Nora	75	↓19	22
40	Oaklynn	74	↓14	>100
41	Stella	73	↓5	49
42	Magnolia	72	new	>100
43	Addison	71	↓2	68
44	Chloe	68	↑5	20
45	Naomi	68	new	44
46	Anna	67	new	94
47	Emily	67	↓3	25
48	Everleigh	67	↓11	>100
49	Isla	66	new	35
50	Iris	65	new	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Liam	260	–	1
2	Oliver	247	–	3
3	Waylon	224	↑3	65
4	Noah	219	↓1	2
5	Elijah	207	–	8
6	Hudson	207	↑3	22
7	James	201	–	5
8	William	198	↓4	10
9	Levi	185	↓1	12
10	Asher	170	↑2	20
11	Henry	168	–	6
12	Theodore	165	↓2	4
13	Grayson	163	↑1	48
14	John	154	↑8	21
15	Samuel	146	–	17
16	Lucas	143	↑10	9
17	Maverick	142	↓4	36
18	Wyatt	139	↑2	38
19	Cooper	136	↑4	50
20	Weston	134	↑4	70
21	Ezra	127	↑7	13
22	Jackson	121	↓5	35
23	Silas	120	↓4	81
24	Lincoln	118	↓6	73
25	Carter	114	↓4	46
26	Owen	113	↓10	26
27	Beau	109	↑14	69
28	Colton	109	↑14	98
29	Jack	109	↑1	15
30	Joseph	109	↑7	32
31	Benjamin	105	↓6	11
32	Michael	105	↑2	18
33	Charles	98	new	51
34	Gabriel	96	↑9	43
35	Walker	95	↓6	82
36	David	93	↓1	31
37	Miles	93	↑8	37
38	Ethan	89	new	19
39	Matthew	88	new	33
40	Daniel	87	↓8	16
41	Nolan	87	↓5	64
42	Easton	85	↓9	>100
43	Elias	85	new	25
44	Luke	85	↓5	34
45	Mason	85	↓18	42
46	Thomas	85	↓15	39
47	Carson	83	↓1	>100
48	Jaxon	83	new	96
49	Alexander	81	↓11	27
50	Dylan	81	new	28

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