Discover the top 250 baby names in Kentucky from 1960 to 2021. This list showcases the most popular names chosen by parents in cities likeFrankfort and reflecting the state’s cultural shifts and trends over the years. Whether you’re looking for naming inspiration or interested in naming trends, this collection offers a glimpse into the names that have resonated with families acrossKentucky for decades.
| Boy Name | Boy Number | Boy Rank | Girl Name | Girl Number | Girl Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael | 26309 | 1 | Jennifer | 13961 | 1 |
| Christopher | 17512 | 2 | Jessica | 9970 | 2 |
| James | 17507 | 3 | Elizabeth | 8730 | 3 |
| John | 16901 | 4 | Sarah | 8716 | 4 |
| David | 16726 | 5 | Ashley | 8468 | 5 |
| Matthew | 15414 | 6 | Michelle | 8031 | 6 |
| Robert | 13997 | 7 | Lisa | 7800 | 7 |
| William | 13195 | 8 | Emily | 7795 | 8 |
| Joshua | 12951 | 9 | Amy | 7662 | 9 |
| Daniel | 11410 | 10 | Amanda | 7660 | 10 |
| Andrew | 10948 | 11 | Kimberly | 7498 | 11 |
| Jason | 10883 | 12 | Angela | 6965 | 12 |
| Jacob | 10816 | 13 | Melissa | 6809 | 13 |
| Brian | 10475 | 14 | Mary | 6483 | 14 |
| Joseph | 10291 | 15 | Stephanie | 6275 | 15 |
| Ryan | 9912 | 16 | Rebecca | 5971 | 16 |
| Kevin | 9195 | 17 | Megan | 5699 | 17 |
| Mark | 9031 | 18 | Heather | 5679 | 18 |
| Justin | 8192 | 19 | Emma | 5076 | 19 |
| Brandon | 7937 | 20 | Hannah | 4932 | 20 |
| Steven | 7937 | 21 | Samantha | 4872 | 21 |
| Thomas | 7819 | 22 | Rachel | 4844 | 22 |
| Anthony | 7756 | 23 | Julie | 4819 | 23 |
| Jeffrey | 7578 | 24 | Madison | 4545 | 24 |
| Timothy | 7385 | 25 | Olivia | 4444 | 25 |
| Scott | 7282 | 26 | Amber | 4398 | 26 |
| Tyler | 7282 | 27 | Laura | 4370 | 27 |
| Aaron | 7244 | 28 | Nicole | 4357 | 28 |
| Eric | 7181 | 29 | Abigail | 4226 | 29 |
| Charles | 7158 | 30 | Lori | 4124 | 30 |
| Nicholas | 6974 | 31 | Christina | 3974 | 31 |
| Richard | 6702 | 32 | Lauren | 3831 | 32 |
| Benjamin | 6549 | 33 | Susan | 3803 | 33 |
| Zachary | 5985 | 34 | Kelly | 3769 | 34 |
| Nathan | 5869 | 35 | Katherine | 3723 | 35 |
| Jonathan | 5733 | 36 | Taylor | 3624 | 36 |
| Austin | 5558 | 37 | Anna | 3481 | 37 |
| Kyle | 5546 | 38 | Andrea | 3416 | 38 |
| Alexander | 5419 | 39 | Brenda | 3280 | 39 |
| Samuel | 5356 | 40 | Karen | 3259 | 40 |
| Adam | 5094 | 41 | Tammy | 3249 | 41 |
| Ethan | 5011 | 42 | Erin | 3235 | 42 |
| Jeremy | 5000 | 43 | Alexis | 3155 | 43 |
| Logan | 4349 | 44 | Sara | 3153 | 44 |
| Paul | 4254 | 45 | Sophia | 2940 | 45 |
| Travis | 4207 | 46 | Jamie | 2930 | 46 |
| Cody | 4118 | 47 | Tiffany | 2916 | 47 |
| Jordan | 3988 | 48 | Allison | 2902 | 48 |
| Caleb | 3917 | 49 | Natalie | 2891 | 49 |
| Kenneth | 3892 | 50 | Kayla | 2888 | 50 |
| Patrick | 3878 | 51 | Teresa | 2870 | 51 |
| Shawn | 3797 | 52 | Ava | 2814 | 52 |
| Dylan | 3788 | 53 | Grace | 2810 | 53 |
| Noah | 3788 | 54 | Crystal | 2782 | 54 |
| Bradley | 3732 | 55 | Cynthia | 2724 | 55 |
| Gregory | 3709 | 56 | Isabella | 2723 | 56 |
| Luke | 3609 | 57 | Danielle | 2722 | 57 |
| Dustin | 3602 | 58 | Courtney | 2721 | 58 |
| Mason | 3498 | 59 | Patricia | 2647 | 59 |
| Chad | 3383 | 60 | Shannon | 2613 | 60 |
| Jackson | 3351 | 61 | Morgan | 2556 | 61 |
| Stephen | 3207 | 62 | Victoria | 2531 | 62 |
| Todd | 3198 | 63 | Alyssa | 2529 | 63 |
| Douglas | 3188 | 64 | Pamela | 2484 | 64 |
| Lucas | 3169 | 65 | Linda | 2462 | 65 |
| Gabriel | 3080 | 66 | Tina | 2379 | 66 |
| Bryan | 3047 | 67 | Brooke | 2273 | 67 |
| Elijah | 3026 | 68 | Christine | 2224 | 68 |
| Gary | 3010 | 69 | Tracy | 2202 | 69 |
| Hunter | 2965 | 70 | Debra | 2187 | 70 |
| Donald | 2961 | 71 | Brittany | 2171 | 71 |
| Isaac | 2958 | 72 | Chloe | 2171 | 72 |
| Christian | 2924 | 73 | Avery | 2063 | 73 |
| Sean | 2866 | 74 | Stacy | 2037 | 74 |
| Wyatt | 2863 | 75 | Addison | 2035 | 75 |
| Jesse | 2709 | 76 | Kelsey | 1949 | 76 |
| Ronald | 2697 | 77 | Sandra | 1942 | 77 |
| Jack | 2639 | 78 | Sydney | 1910 | 78 |
| Brett | 2616 | 79 | Ella | 1869 | 79 |
| Blake | 2609 | 80 | Jill | 1864 | 80 |
| Derek | 2548 | 81 | Denise | 1861 | 81 |
| Larry | 2471 | 82 | Rhonda | 1849 | 82 |
| Troy | 2463 | 83 | Dawn | 1815 | 83 |
| Cameron | 2445 | 84 | Kathryn | 1808 | 84 |
| Evan | 2413 | 85 | Deborah | 1802 | 85 |
| Connor | 2405 | 86 | Mia | 1794 | 86 |
| Jared | 2284 | 87 | Katie | 1785 | 87 |
| Liam | 2284 | 88 | Donna | 1776 | 88 |
| Levi | 2277 | 89 | Brianna | 1760 | 89 |
| Craig | 2262 | 90 | Dana | 1755 | 90 |
| Terry | 2217 | 91 | Robin | 1728 | 91 |
| Aiden | 2162 | 92 | Haley | 1653 | 92 |
| Colton | 2100 | 93 | April | 1651 | 93 |
| Keith | 2100 | 94 | Kristen | 1648 | 94 |
| Shane | 2097 | 95 | Lindsey | 1642 | 95 |
| Chase | 2046 | 96 | Cheryl | 1637 | 96 |
| Carter | 2038 | 97 | Bailey | 1627 | 97 |
| Cole | 2028 | 98 | Paige | 1625 | 98 |
| Ian | 2015 | 99 | Charlotte | 1613 | 99 |
| Owen | 2007 | 100 | Lillian | 1613 | 100 |
| Brent | 1981 | 101 | Shelby | 1595 | 101 |
| Henry | 1959 | 102 | Jordan | 1586 | 102 |
| Isaiah | 1947 | 103 | Cindy | 1576 | 103 |
| Cooper | 1945 | 104 | Erica | 1566 | 104 |
| Seth | 1939 | 105 | Barbara | 1552 | 105 |
| Jeffery | 1899 | 106 | Brooklyn | 1549 | 106 |
| Randy | 1839 | 107 | Maria | 1548 | 107 |
| Alex | 1832 | 108 | Nancy | 1529 | 108 |
| Landon | 1811 | 109 | Evelyn | 1526 | 109 |
| Jerry | 1810 | 110 | Harper | 1516 | 110 |
| Gavin | 1802 | 111 | Tara | 1511 | 111 |
| Curtis | 1789 | 112 | Molly | 1493 | 112 |
| Phillip | 1780 | 113 | Monica | 1483 | 113 |
| Jose | 1730 | 114 | Claire | 1479 | 114 |
| Tanner | 1719 | 115 | Janet | 1444 | 115 |
| Dennis | 1661 | 116 | Savannah | 1436 | 116 |
| Edward | 1642 | 117 | Kaitlyn | 1431 | 117 |
| Garrett | 1627 | 118 | Kristin | 1412 | 118 |
| Nathaniel | 1620 | 119 | Mackenzie | 1403 | 119 |
| Trevor | 1552 | 120 | Chelsea | 1397 | 120 |
| Brayden | 1549 | 121 | Amelia | 1386 | 121 |
| Oliver | 1543 | 122 | Audrey | 1383 | 122 |
| Russell | 1515 | 123 | Sharon | 1383 | 123 |
| Carson | 1491 | 124 | Shelly | 1381 | 124 |
| Jayden | 1444 | 125 | Alicia | 1378 | 125 |
| Dalton | 1423 | 126 | Leslie | 1377 | 126 |
| Mike | 1358 | 127 | Kylie | 1374 | 127 |
| Dakota | 1329 | 128 | Alexandra | 1355 | 128 |
| Corey | 1307 | 129 | Kaylee | 1354 | 129 |
| Rodney | 1302 | 130 | Carrie | 1350 | 130 |
| Grant | 1294 | 131 | Lindsay | 1336 | 131 |
| Parker | 1286 | 132 | Jenna | 1335 | 132 |
| Alan | 1283 | 133 | Kathy | 1330 | 133 |
| Chris | 1280 | 134 | Leah | 1322 | 134 |
| Jon | 1277 | 135 | Tamara | 1305 | 135 |
| Jeremiah | 1265 | 136 | Lily | 1302 | 136 |
| Kelly | 1259 | 137 | Wendy | 1294 | 137 |
| Adrian | 1255 | 138 | Paula | 1291 | 138 |
| Roger | 1248 | 139 | Holly | 1289 | 139 |
| Hudson | 1244 | 140 | Katelyn | 1278 | 140 |
| Eli | 1239 | 141 | Hailey | 1266 | 141 |
| Cory | 1222 | 142 | Stacey | 1264 | 142 |
| Joel | 1190 | 143 | Jasmine | 1247 | 143 |
| Marcus | 1190 | 144 | Riley | 1238 | 144 |
| Angel | 1174 | 145 | Brandi | 1225 | 145 |
| Darren | 1174 | 146 | Melinda | 1202 | 146 |
| Jeff | 1172 | 147 | Connie | 1195 | 147 |
| Jay | 1160 | 148 | Catherine | 1177 | 148 |
| Devin | 1130 | 149 | Carol | 1155 | 149 |
| George | 1129 | 150 | Tonya | 1134 | 150 |
| Lance | 1114 | 151 | Cassandra | 1128 | 151 |
| Tony | 1095 | 152 | Terri | 1124 | 152 |
| Raymond | 1091 | 153 | Sherry | 1107 | 153 |
| Casey | 1075 | 154 | Zoey | 1095 | 154 |
| Taylor | 1066 | 155 | Aubrey | 1091 | 155 |
| Gage | 1047 | 156 | Diane | 1077 | 156 |
| Danny | 1039 | 157 | Sheila | 1069 | 157 |
| Julian | 1032 | 158 | Brandy | 1064 | 158 |
| Jaxon | 1021 | 159 | Debbie | 1060 | 159 |
| Grayson | 1020 | 160 | Julia | 1058 | 160 |
| Easton | 1003 | 161 | Kristina | 1053 | 161 |
| Bryce | 995 | 162 | Kim | 1050 | 162 |
| Jace | 969 | 163 | Michele | 1046 | 163 |
| Clinton | 959 | 164 | Misty | 1026 | 164 |
| Dale | 945 | 165 | Zoe | 1011 | 165 |
| Dominic | 940 | 166 | Melanie | 977 | 166 |
| Billy | 936 | 167 | Kathleen | 971 | 167 |
| Steve | 933 | 168 | Mariah | 950 | 168 |
| Randall | 929 | 169 | Vanessa | 949 | 169 |
| Brody | 913 | 170 | Diana | 931 | 170 |
| Hayden | 911 | 171 | Whitney | 920 | 171 |
| Mitchell | 910 | 172 | Kristi | 911 | 172 |
| Ricky | 908 | 173 | Carla | 893 | 173 |
| Bruce | 890 | 174 | Lydia | 890 | 174 |
| Brad | 882 | 175 | Madeline | 889 | 175 |
| Aidan | 871 | 176 | Kennedy | 878 | 176 |
| Xavier | 865 | 177 | Theresa | 875 | 177 |
| Lincoln | 860 | 178 | Ellie | 871 | 178 |
| Kaden | 858 | 179 | Kelli | 866 | 179 |
| Asher | 805 | 180 | Makayla | 848 | 180 |
| Carl | 802 | 181 | Gina | 847 | 181 |
| Sebastian | 801 | 182 | Faith | 844 | 182 |
| Caden | 772 | 183 | Rylee | 842 | 183 |
| Wesley | 743 | 184 | Jacqueline | 841 | 184 |
| Braxton | 731 | 185 | Sherri | 837 | 185 |
| Bentley | 729 | 186 | Sierra | 836 | 186 |
| Juan | 727 | 187 | Renee | 820 | 187 |
| Braden | 710 | 188 | Nevaeh | 818 | 188 |
| Tim | 688 | 189 | Valerie | 813 | 189 |
| Theodore | 681 | 190 | Gabrielle | 810 | 190 |
| Jaxson | 677 | 191 | Madelyn | 808 | 191 |
| Kent | 661 | 192 | Lucy | 805 | 192 |
| Clayton | 655 | 193 | Miranda | 799 | 193 |
| Trenton | 654 | 194 | Layla | 796 | 194 |
| Miles | 639 | 195 | Cheyenne | 793 | 195 |
| Leo | 633 | 196 | Alexandria | 791 | 196 |
| Tracy | 617 | 197 | Autumn | 788 | 197 |
| Luis | 616 | 198 | Alexa | 779 | 198 |
| Spencer | 599 | 199 | Peyton | 776 | 199 |
| Frank | 588 | 200 | Caitlin | 770 | 200 |
| Gerald | 582 | 201 | Bethany | 757 | 201 |
| Martin | 575 | 202 | Laurie | 757 | 202 |
| Tristan | 575 | 203 | Sofia | 741 | 203 |
| Greg | 571 | 204 | Deanna | 738 | 204 |
| Josiah | 562 | 205 | Nora | 734 | 205 |
| Darin | 555 | 206 | Trinity | 731 | 206 |
| Nolan | 551 | 207 | Eleanor | 727 | 207 |
| Ryker | 526 | 208 | Destiny | 722 | 208 |
| Peter | 514 | 209 | Isabelle | 719 | 209 |
| Philip | 513 | 210 | Marissa | 712 | 210 |
| Wayne | 506 | 211 | Gabriella | 691 | 211 |
| Brady | 500 | 212 | Kendra | 689 | 212 |
| Bennett | 477 | 213 | Ann | 673 | 213 |
| Jim | 475 | 214 | Caroline | 665 | 214 |
| Joe | 473 | 215 | Paisley | 650 | 215 |
| Maverick | 461 | 216 | Stella | 647 | 216 |
| Jesus | 460 | 217 | Piper | 646 | 217 |
| Barry | 439 | 218 | Margaret | 642 | 218 |
| Micheal | 436 | 219 | Breanna | 635 | 219 |
| Elias | 422 | 220 | Kara | 632 | 220 |
| Mateo | 422 | 221 | Hadley | 626 | 221 |
| Ezra | 420 | 222 | Annette | 616 | 222 |
| Shannon | 417 | 223 | Christy | 616 | 223 |
| Silas | 416 | 224 | Vicki | 593 | 224 |
| Weston | 412 | 225 | Scarlett | 592 | 225 |
| Allen | 403 | 226 | Ruby | 583 | 226 |
| Duane | 389 | 227 | Reagan | 562 | 227 |
| Derrick | 386 | 228 | Becky | 561 | 228 |
| Emmett | 383 | 229 | Regina | 561 | 229 |
| Jimmy | 381 | 230 | Anita | 554 | 230 |
| Marc | 372 | 231 | Janice | 536 | 231 |
| Roy | 372 | 232 | Violet | 534 | 232 |
| Darrell | 370 | 233 | Carolyn | 533 | 233 |
| Greyson | 369 | 234 | Heidi | 530 | 234 |
| Ayden | 359 | 235 | Aaliyah | 527 | 235 |
| Kirk | 357 | 236 | Camila | 527 | 236 |
| Ryder | 353 | 237 | Aria | 524 | 237 |
| Rick | 344 | 238 | Lacey | 523 | 238 |
| Drew | 341 | 239 | Penelope | 520 | 239 |
| Brooks | 340 | 240 | Ashlyn | 501 | 240 |
| Bobby | 337 | 241 | Kinsley | 488 | 241 |
| Darrin | 337 | 242 | Beth | 479 | 242 |
| Jaden | 318 | 243 | Emery | 474 | 243 |
| Rhett | 309 | 244 | Isabel | 471 | 244 |
| Sawyer | 308 | 245 | Sadie | 471 | 245 |
| Heath | 304 | 246 | Nichole | 462 | 246 |
| Carlos | 301 | 247 | Erika | 448 | 247 |
| Everett | 297 | 248 | Hazel | 448 | 248 |
| Kaleb | 296 | 249 | Abby | 447 | 249 |
| Jamie | 291 | 250 | Cathy | 446 | 250 |