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Baby names in Kentucky in the 2020s

In Kentucky in the 2020s the most given names were Liam (1,579 boys) and Amelia (1,259 girls), of 222,344 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Kentucky each year, the 2020s shaded
Kentucky births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020252020-2025BoysGirls
Kentucky births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020252020-2025BoysGirls
Kentucky births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020252020-2025BoysGirls
Kentucky births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101950199020252020-2025BoysGirls

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

Kentucky, 2020-2025: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Kentucky, 2020s

Girls, 2020-2025
#NameBirths
1Amelia1,259
2Emma1,132
3Olivia1,128
4Charlotte1,103
5Harper1,027
6Ava967
7Evelyn879
8Sophia867
9Willow861
10Ellie771
11Eleanor769
12Paisley741
13Isabella723
14Ella702
15Elizabeth688
16Mia650
17Ivy649
18Scarlett631
19Hazel625
20Nova619
Boys, 2020-2025
#NameBirths
1Liam1,579
2Oliver1,450
3Noah1,318
4William1,286
5Elijah1,269
6James1,220
7Waylon1,161
8Hudson1,151
9Levi1,069
10Asher1,049
11Henry1,030
12Grayson992
13Maverick897
14Theodore890
15John889
16Jackson874
17Lincoln861
18Samuel858
19Wyatt843
20Lucas830

Births summed over 2020-2025, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Kentucky in the 2020s

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, 2020-2025.

More about names in Kentucky

  1. The 2020s 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. The top names of 2020The first year of the decade, nationally.
  4. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  5. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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