Popular Names in Kentucky

Popular names in Kentucky for 2023 are headed by Amelia and Liam. While Liam is the Number 1 boy name in the United States, Amelia ranks at Number 4 on the most popular baby names of 2023 lists.

Several of Kentucky's Top 10 baby names fall outside the national Top 10, including Willow, Harper, and Ella for girls, and Waylon, Hudson, and Levi for boys. Waylon and Ella are particularly notable here, with Waylon ranking nationally at Number 62, and Ella at Number 32. Waylon takes the place of Mateo and Ella replaces Isabella, which are considerably less popular than average in Kentucky.

Looking just beyond the Top 10, parents in Kentucky notably favor Lincoln, Paisley, and Silas - names that fall outside the national Top 50 but make Kentucky's Top 20.

Names that are uniquely popular in Kentucky also include girls names ending in "-lynn" such as Oaklynn, Raelynn, and Adalynn which appear alongside modern spelling variations like Emersyn, Everleigh, Rylee, and Brynlee. In contrast to this, however, vintage revival names are also more popular than average in Kentucky, where Eliza, Ada, and Mary are back in style.

For boys, parents in Kentucky use last names as first names more than average, including Sawyer, Carson, Bentley, Dawson, Tucker and Stetson. Names with unusual letters are also on trend, with Xavier, Ryder, Braxton, Ryker, Jaxson and Myles standing out as uniquely popular to Kentucky with their Ys, Ks, and Xs.

To browse popular names lists from the US and around the world, visit our main Popular Names page. You might also want to browse Nameberry's real-time lists of Popular Girl Names 2024 and Popular Boy Names 2024.

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