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Baby names in Kentucky in the 2000s

In Kentucky in the 2000s the most given names were Jacob (5,612 boys) and Madison (4,282 girls), of 432,770 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Kentucky each year, the 2000s shaded
Kentucky births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020252000-2009BoysGirls
Kentucky births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020252000-2009BoysGirls
Kentucky births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020252000-2009BoysGirls
Kentucky births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101950199020252000-2009BoysGirls

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

Kentucky, 2000-2009: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Kentucky, 2000s

Girls, 2000-2009
#NameBirths
1Madison4,282
2Emily3,708
3Hannah3,588
4Emma3,114
5Abigail2,736
6Alexis2,654
7Olivia2,584
8Elizabeth2,077
9Sarah2,063
10Haley1,958
11Taylor1,907
12Alyssa1,789
13Chloe1,771
14Isabella1,704
15Kaylee1,602
16Savannah1,577
17Lauren1,503
18Brooklyn1,470
19Anna1,458
20Hailey1,442
Boys, 2000-2009
#NameBirths
1Jacob5,612
2William4,448
3Ethan3,991
4James3,893
5Joshua3,177
6Michael3,139
7Matthew3,097
8Austin2,939
9Christopher2,855
10Andrew2,829
11Logan2,827
12John2,626
13Zachary2,623
14Tyler2,620
15Joseph2,584
16Noah2,495
17Caleb2,430
18Hunter2,427
19Dylan2,416
20Nicholas2,225

Births summed over 2000-2009, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Kentucky in the 2000s

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, 2000-2009.

More about names in Kentucky

  1. The 2000s 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 2010sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 2000The 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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