BABY NAMES BY STATE

By state

Most popular baby names in Kentucky

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 2025, ranked from real Social Security Administration birth records. Kentucky has recorded 5,816,248 births with a first name since 1910.

Top girls’ names

Girls in Kentucky

  1. #1Amelia212 in 2025
  2. #2Charlotte187 in 2025
  3. #3Sophia166 in 2025
  4. #4Evelyn164 in 2025
  5. #6Emma159 in 2025
  6. #9Eleanor149 in 2025
  7. #10Harper147 in 2025
  8. #11Olivia141 in 2025
  9. #13Ava123 in 2025
  10. #14Ella122 in 2025
  11. #15Elizabeth119 in 2025
  12. #16Lily113 in 2025
  13. #17Violet110 in 2025
  14. #18Hazel106 in 2025
  15. #20Lucy99 in 2025
  16. #21Nora98 in 2025
  17. #23Isabella96 in 2025
  18. #24Mia96 in 2025
  19. #25Avery95 in 2025
  20. #27Riley94 in 2025
  21. #28Sadie90 in 2025
  22. #34Stella80 in 2025
  23. #38Abigail76 in 2025
  24. #39Caroline76 in 2025
  25. #40Lillian74 in 2025

Top boys’ names

Boys in Kentucky

  1. #1Oliver278 in 2025
  2. #2Liam253 in 2025
  3. #3Hudson229 in 2025
  4. #4Waylon223 in 2025
  5. #5Noah203 in 2025
  6. #6Henry191 in 2025
  7. #7Theodore191 in 2025
  8. #8Elijah185 in 2025
  9. #9James181 in 2025
  10. #10William173 in 2025
  11. #11Asher171 in 2025
  12. #12John163 in 2025
  13. #13Grayson157 in 2025
  14. #14Levi157 in 2025
  15. #15Samuel148 in 2025
  16. #16Lucas145 in 2025
  17. #17Cooper143 in 2025
  18. #21Carter128 in 2025
  19. #22Jackson127 in 2025
  20. #24Wyatt121 in 2025
  21. #25Lincoln118 in 2025
  22. #26Benjamin117 in 2025
  23. #28Owen116 in 2025
  24. #30Michael115 in 2025
  25. #31Joseph114 in 2025

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, names by state of birth (public domain). Rank is by birth count within Kentucky for each year.