Most Popular Baby Names in Kentucky (2025)

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 2025 were Amelia for girls and Oliver for boys, based on Social Security data for babies born in the state.

Names that rank much higher in Kentucky than in the country as a whole include Paisley, Josie, Oaklynn, Waylon, Walker, and Lincoln.

State data is published a year behind the national list, and it only includes names given to at least five babies of one sex in the state.

Top 100 baby names in Kentucky

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Amelia	212	↑ 1
2	Charlotte	187	↓ 1
3	Sophia	166	↑ 9
4	Evelyn	164	↑ 7
5	Lainey	160	↓ 2
6	Emma	159	–
7	Willow	156	↓ 3
8	Ellie	152	↑ 1
9	Eleanor	149	↑ 1
10	Harper	147	↓ 3
11	Olivia	141	↓ 6
12	Ivy	124	↓ 4
13	Ava	123	↑ 1
14	Ella	122	↑ 2
15	Elizabeth	119	↑ 2
16	Lily	113	↑ 8
17	Violet	110	↑ 11
18	Hazel	106	↓ 5
19	Scarlett	103	↑ 2
20	Lucy	99	↑ 7
21	Nora	98	↑ 18
22	Aurora	97	↓ 3
23	Isabella	96	↓ 5
24	Mia	96	↓ 9
25	Avery	95	↓ 3
26	Paisley	95	↓ 3
27	Riley	94	↑ 5
28	Sadie	90	↓ 2
29	Josie	86	↑ 1
30	Nova	86	↓ 10
31	Oaklynn	83	↑ 9
32	Eliana	81	↑ 39
33	Millie	81	↑ 1
34	Stella	80	↑ 7
35	Delilah	79	↓ 4
36	Penelope	79	↓ 7
37	Wrenley	79	↑ 25
38	Abigail	76	↓ 2
39	Caroline	76	↓ 2
40	Lillian	74	↓ 15
41	Lydia	74	↑ 10
42	Vivian	73	↑ 45
43	Luna	72	↑ 18
44	Emery	71	↑ 11
45	Isla	70	↑ 4
46	Layla	68	↓ 13
47	Adeline	67	↑ 41
48	Eden	66	↑ 5
49	Zoe	66	↑ 43
50	Chloe	64	↓ 6
51	Naomi	64	↓ 6
52	Ailany	63	new
53	Hadley	63	↑ 7
54	Raelynn	63	↓ 19
55	Sofia	63	↑ 20
56	Magnolia	60	↓ 14
57	Ruby	60	↓ 5
58	Clara	59	↑ 27
59	Emersyn	59	↑ 5
60	Oakley	59	↓ 2
61	Emily	58	↓ 14
62	Everleigh	57	↓ 14
63	Josephine	57	–
64	Kennedy	57	↑ 27
65	Georgia	56	↓ 8
66	Kinsley	56	↓ 28
67	Eliza	55	↑ 7
68	Scottie	55	new
69	Anna	54	↓ 23
70	Grace	53	↑ 2
71	Addison	52	↓ 28
72	Eloise	52	↑ 18
73	Everly	52	↓ 4
74	Madelyn	52	↑ 3
75	Aria	51	↓ 8
76	Daisy	51	↑ 5
77	Iris	51	↓ 27
78	Brynlee	50	new
79	Elena	50	↓ 11
80	Parker	50	↓ 1
81	Mary	49	↓ 16
82	Rylee	49	↓ 16
83	Madeline	48	new
84	Annie	47	↓ 11
85	Hannah	47	↓ 2
86	Remi	47	new
87	Sutton	47	new
88	Melody	46	new
89	Piper	46	new
90	Wrenlee	46	↑ 4
91	Zoey	46	↓ 15
92	Blakely	45	↓ 3
93	Amara	44	new
94	Genesis	44	new
95	Ashley	43	new
96	Charlie	43	new
97	Ember	43	↓ 38
98	Lyla	43	↓ 42
99	Adalynn	42	↓ 45
100	Presley	42	↓ 1

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Oliver	278	↑ 1
2	Liam	253	↓ 1
3	Hudson	229	↑ 3
4	Waylon	223	↓ 1
5	Noah	203	↓ 1
6	Henry	191	↑ 5
7	Theodore	191	↑ 5
8	Elijah	185	↓ 3
9	James	181	↓ 2
10	William	173	↓ 2
11	Asher	171	↓ 1
12	John	163	↑ 2
13	Grayson	157	–
14	Levi	157	↓ 5
15	Samuel	148	–
16	Lucas	145	–
17	Cooper	143	↑ 2
18	Maverick	141	↓ 1
19	Walker	136	↑ 16
20	Weston	136	–
21	Carter	128	↑ 4
22	Jackson	127	–
23	Ezra	123	↓ 2
24	Wyatt	121	↓ 6
25	Lincoln	118	↓ 1
26	Benjamin	117	↑ 5
27	Beau	116	–
28	Owen	116	↓ 2
29	Bennett	115	↑ 26
30	Michael	115	↑ 2
31	Joseph	114	↓ 1
32	Silas	112	↓ 9
33	Jack	105	↓ 4
34	Thomas	105	↑ 12
35	Colton	101	↓ 7
36	Easton	99	↑ 6
37	Rowan	98	↑ 17
38	David	97	↓ 2
39	Elias	96	↑ 4
40	Alexander	94	↑ 9
41	Charles	94	↓ 8
42	Mason	94	↑ 3
43	Sawyer	92	↑ 30
44	Luke	89	–
45	Roman	89	↑ 40
46	Gabriel	87	↓ 12
47	Atlas	85	↑ 43
48	Miles	84	↓ 11
49	Dylan	83	↑ 1
50	Carson	82	↓ 3
51	Everett	80	↑ 9
52	Daniel	79	↓ 12
53	Ryker	79	↑ 26
54	Stetson	79	↑ 2
55	Ethan	77	↓ 17
56	Myles	76	↑ 20
57	Jasper	74	↑ 12
58	Brooks	72	↓ 7
59	Logan	72	↑ 2
60	Matthew	72	↓ 21
61	Wesley	72	↑ 6
62	Dawson	71	↑ 19
63	Mateo	71	↑ 7
64	Ryder	71	↑ 25
65	Colter	70	new
66	Hayden	70	↑ 25
67	Beckett	68	new
68	Nolan	68	↓ 27
69	Axel	67	↓ 5
70	Harrison	66	↓ 7
71	Isaiah	66	↑ 16
72	Jaxon	66	↓ 24
73	Joshua	66	↑ 2
74	Leo	66	↓ 22
75	Parker	66	↓ 3
76	August	65	↓ 8
77	Isaac	64	↓ 19
78	Jacob	64	↓ 21
79	River	63	↓ 2
80	Sebastian	63	↓ 6
81	Bentley	62	↓ 28
82	Caleb	59	↓ 4
83	Hunter	59	↑ 11
84	Tucker	58	new
85	Andrew	57	↓ 20
86	Greyson	57	↓ 15
87	Luka	57	new
88	Nathan	57	new
89	Beckham	56	↑ 6
90	Luca	56	↑ 3
91	Anthony	55	↓ 5
92	Archer	55	new
93	Christopher	55	↓ 34
94	Jameson	55	↓ 2
95	Jaxson	55	new
96	Jonah	55	new
97	Kingston	55	↑ 3
98	Braxton	54	new
99	Knox	54	new
100	Micah	54	↓ 16

Names more popular in Kentucky

Names in the state's top 50 that rank far higher in Kentucky than across the US.

Girls

Name	Kentucky	US
Paisley	#26	#67
Josie	#29	#82
Oaklynn	#31	#153
Millie	#33	#73
Wrenley	#37	#159
Caroline	#39	#96
Lydia	#41	#92

Boys

Name	Kentucky	US
Waylon	#4	#56
Walker	#19	#78
Lincoln	#25	#69
Colton	#35	#103
Easton	#36	#110
Sawyer	#43	#122
Carson	#50	#124

Number-one names in Kentucky by year

Year	Girls	Boys
2025	Amelia (212)	Oliver (278)
2024	Charlotte (205)	Liam (260)
2023	Amelia (203)	Liam (257)
2022	Harper (205)	Liam (262)
2021	Emma (231)	Liam (272)
2020	Amelia (240)	Liam (275)
2019	Amelia (244)	Liam (277)
2018	Emma (256)	William (294)
2017	Emma (292)	William (307)
2016	Emma (313)	William (317)
2015	Emma (309)	William (338)
2014	Emma (320)	William (367)

Source: US Social Security Administration state files. A name only appears in a state list if at least five babies of one sex received it there that year.

Top 100 baby names in Kentucky

Girls

Boys

Names more popular in Kentucky

Girls

Boys

Number-one names in Kentucky by year

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