Name Legacy

Baby names in Kentucky, 2010s

2010–2019 · 399,976 recorded births

William was the most common name given in Kentucky across the 2010s, with 3,320 births in the decade. The state recorded 399,976 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Kentucky in the 2010s

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
Kenton101
Raylan282
Anniston133
Rayleigh97
Bentlee214
Raylee146
Brantlee115
Waylon854

Top 25 in the 2010s

RankNameBirths
#1William3,320
#2Emma3,078
#3Elijah2,712
#4Noah2,677
#5James2,637
#6Mason2,565
#7Ava2,497
#8Olivia2,396
#9Liam2,356
#10Isabella2,336
#11Jackson2,172
#12Sophia2,123
#13Jacob2,100
#14Hunter1,871
#15Harper1,867
#16Aiden1,866
#17John1,842
#18Carter1,825
#19Logan1,816
#20Jaxon1,802
#21Avery1,795
#22Samuel1,791
#23Abigail1,783
#24Addison1,775
#25Landon1,766

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