Name Legacy

Baby names in Kentucky, 2020s

2020–2025 · 222,413 recorded births

Liam was the most common name given in Kentucky across the 2020s, with 1,579 births in the decade. The state recorded 222,413 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Kentucky in the 2020s

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
Anniston70
Raylan164
Raylee74
Kolson82
Weller16
Raylynn67
Kenton34
Memphis228

Top 25 in the 2020s

RankNameBirths
#1Liam1,579
#2Oliver1,450
#3Noah1,360
#4William1,286
#5Elijah1,269
#6Amelia1,259
#7James1,220
#8Waylon1,161
#9Hudson1,151
#10Emma1,132
#11Olivia1,128
#12Charlotte1,103
#13Levi1,069
#14Asher1,049
#15Henry1,030
#16Harper1,027
#17Grayson992
#18Ava967
#19Maverick897
#20Theodore890
#21John889
#22Evelyn879
#23Carter878
#24Jackson874
#25Sophia867

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