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Baby names in Kentucky in the 1990s

In Kentucky in the 1990s the most given names were Jacob (6,172 boys) and Ashley (4,999 girls), of 440,596 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Kentucky each year, the 1990s shaded
Kentucky births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020251990-1999BoysGirls
Kentucky births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020251990-1999BoysGirls
Kentucky births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020251990-1999BoysGirls
Kentucky births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101950199020251990-1999BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Kentucky, 1990-1999: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Kentucky, 1990s

Girls, 1990-1999
#NameBirths
1Ashley4,999
2Brittany4,646
3Jessica4,201
4Sarah3,997
5Emily3,941
6Kayla3,708
7Hannah3,577
8Samantha3,102
9Megan3,069
10Taylor2,880
11Amber2,799
12Courtney2,720
13Amanda2,584
14Elizabeth2,584
15Lauren2,421
16Rachel2,307
17Morgan2,124
18Shelby2,115
19Kelsey1,998
20Madison1,904
Boys, 1990-1999
#NameBirths
1Jacob6,172
2James5,967
3Joshua5,684
4Christopher5,524
5Michael5,515
6William5,363
7Matthew5,227
8Austin5,201
9Zachary4,591
10Brandon4,509
11Tyler4,383
12Justin3,918
13Cody3,899
14John3,889
15Joseph3,680
16Andrew3,616
17Robert3,391
18Nicholas3,364
19David3,270
20Jordan3,103

Births summed over 1990-1999, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Kentucky in the 1990s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1990-1999.

More about names in Kentucky

  1. The 1990s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. Kentucky: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. Kentucky in the 2000sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1990The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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