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Baby names in Kentucky, 1990s

1990–1999 · 440,791 recorded births

Jacob was the most common name given in Kentucky across the 1990s, with 6,177 births in the decade. The state recorded 440,791 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Kentucky in the 1990s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Laken151
Whitley132
Lakin57
Brooklyn474
Whitney1,600
Chasity321
Coty172
Scotty72

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Jacob6,177
#2James5,972
#3Joshua5,692
#4Michael5,535
#5Christopher5,529
#6William5,363
#7Matthew5,233
#8Austin5,201
#9Ashley5,004
#10Brittany4,646
#11Zachary4,591
#12Brandon4,509
#13Tyler4,484
#14Jessica4,201
#15Jordan4,125
#16Sarah3,997
#17Emily3,941
#18Justin3,929
#19Cody3,913
#20John3,889
#21Taylor3,809
#22Kayla3,708
#23Joseph3,680
#24Andrew3,616
#25Hannah3,577

Other decades in Kentucky

All Kentucky names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org