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Baby names in Kentucky in the 2010s

In Kentucky in the 2010s the most given names were William (3,320 boys) and Emma (3,078 girls), of 399,830 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Kentucky each year, the 2010s shaded
Kentucky births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020252010-2019BoysGirls
Kentucky births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020252010-2019BoysGirls
Kentucky births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020252010-2019BoysGirls
Kentucky births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101950199020252010-2019BoysGirls

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

Kentucky, 2010-2019: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Kentucky, 2010s

Girls, 2010-2019
#NameBirths
1Emma3,078
2Ava2,497
3Olivia2,396
4Isabella2,336
5Sophia2,123
6Harper1,839
7Abigail1,783
8Addison1,769
9Madison1,566
10Amelia1,500
11Ella1,477
12Lillian1,428
13Avery1,419
14Chloe1,417
15Elizabeth1,391
16Emily1,301
17Aubrey1,293
18Brooklyn1,193
19Zoey1,160
20Charlotte1,129
Boys, 2010-2019
#NameBirths
1William3,320
2Elijah2,712
3Noah2,669
4James2,637
5Mason2,565
6Liam2,356
7Jackson2,172
8Jacob2,100
9Aiden1,866
10John1,842
11Hunter1,837
12Jaxon1,802
13Samuel1,791
14Landon1,766
15Logan1,756
16Lucas1,753
17Carter1,741
18Michael1,718
19Levi1,709
20Benjamin1,691

Births summed over 2010-2019, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Kentucky in the 2010s

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, 2010-2019.

More about names in Kentucky

  1. The 2010s 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 2020sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 2010The 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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