Popular baby names in Kentucky, 2025

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 2025 were Amelia for girls (212 babies) and Oliver for boys (278). Amelia ranked #4 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,788 babies born in Kentucky in 2025 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 2025

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

Girls

Oaklyn: 29 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Wrenleigh: 24 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Rynlee: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Gracelynn: 38 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Wrenlee: 46 babies, 5× the national rate
Brynleigh: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Oaklee: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Hattie: 41 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Wrenley: 79 babies, 4× the national rate
Maci: 15 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Kolton: 32 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kolson: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Harlan: 27 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Memphis: 26 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Westyn: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Houston: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Colsen: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Raylan: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cason: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Winston: 42 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 2025

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2024	US rank
1	Amelia	212	↑1	4
2	Charlotte	187	↓1	2
3	Sophia	166	↑9	5
4	Evelyn	164	↑7	8
5	Lainey	160	↓2	30
6	Emma	159	–	3
7	Willow	156	↓3	44
8	Ellie	152	↑1	24
9	Eleanor	149	↑1	12
10	Harper	147	↓3	16
11	Olivia	141	↓6	1
12	Ivy	124	↓4	39
13	Ava	123	↑1	11
14	Ella	122	↑2	29
15	Elizabeth	119	↑2	17
16	Lily	113	↑8	18
17	Violet	110	↑11	13
18	Hazel	106	↓5	21
19	Scarlett	103	↑2	32
20	Lucy	99	↑7	25
21	Nora	98	↑18	20
22	Aurora	97	↓3	15
23	Isabella	96	↓5	7
24	Mia	96	↓9	6
25	Avery	95	↓3	37
26	Paisley	95	↓3	67
27	Riley	94	↑5	48
28	Sadie	90	↓2	50
29	Josie	86	↑1	82
30	Nova	86	↓10	46
31	Oaklynn	83	↑9	>100
32	Eliana	81	new	10
33	Millie	81	↑1	73
34	Stella	80	↑7	52
35	Delilah	79	↓4	51
36	Penelope	79	↓7	22
37	Wrenley	79	new	>100
38	Abigail	76	↓2	41
39	Caroline	76	↓2	96
40	Lillian	74	↓15	57
41	Lydia	74	new	92
42	Vivian	73	new	72
43	Luna	72	new	27
44	Emery	71	new	74
45	Isla	70	↑4	28
46	Layla	68	↓13	36
47	Adeline	67	new	59
48	Eden	66	new	70
49	Zoe	66	new	31
50	Chloe	64	↓6	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2024	US rank
1	Oliver	278	↑1	3
2	Liam	253	↓1	1
3	Hudson	229	↑3	17
4	Waylon	223	↓1	56
5	Noah	203	↓1	2
6	Henry	191	↑5	5
7	Theodore	191	↑5	4
8	Elijah	185	↓3	7
9	James	181	↓2	6
10	William	173	↓2	9
11	Asher	171	↓1	28
12	John	163	↑2	23
13	Grayson	157	–	51
14	Levi	157	↓5	12
15	Samuel	148	–	18
16	Lucas	145	–	10
17	Cooper	143	↑2	27
18	Maverick	141	↓1	49
19	Walker	136	↑16	78
20	Weston	136	–	55
21	Carter	128	↑4	45
22	Jackson	127	–	36
23	Ezra	123	↓2	20
24	Wyatt	121	↓6	38
25	Lincoln	118	↓1	69
26	Benjamin	117	↑5	11
27	Beau	116	–	60
28	Owen	116	↓2	31
29	Bennett	115	new	40
30	Michael	115	↑2	21
31	Joseph	114	↓1	29
32	Silas	112	↓9	71
33	Jack	105	↓4	15
34	Thomas	105	↑12	34
35	Colton	101	↓7	>100
36	Easton	99	↑6	>100
37	Rowan	98	new	59
38	David	97	↓2	35
39	Elias	96	↑4	13
40	Alexander	94	↑9	30
41	Charles	94	↓8	48
42	Mason	94	↑3	39
43	Sawyer	92	new	>100
44	Luke	89	–	33
45	Roman	89	new	42
46	Gabriel	87	↓12	37
47	Atlas	85	new	75
48	Miles	84	↓11	44
49	Dylan	83	↑1	41
50	Carson	82	↓3	>100

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