State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 31,759 Kansas births in 1986 across 856 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Kansas more than they say America.

#75Abbyoutside the national top 200
#89Coleoutside the national top 200
#92Levioutside the national top 200
#98Bryceoutside the national top 200
#99Clinton#174 nationally
#88Clayton#161 nationally
#66Jordan#135 nationally
#46Kelsey#112 nationally
#81Kelli#142 nationally
#90Dylan#149 nationally
#63Lacey#121 nationally
#85Chase#142 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica574US #1
#2Ashley546US #2
#3Amanda480US #3
#4Sarah390US #5
#5Jennifer331US #4
#6Megan305US #11
#7Amber250US #13
#8Heather226US #9
#9Stephanie221US #6
#10Nicole211US #7
#11Elizabeth194US #10
#12Emily191US #24
#13Rachel182US #15
#14Amy176US #22
#15Melissa176US #12
#16Rebecca156US #26
#17Danielle149US #16
#18Samantha147US #21
#19Jamie143US #34
#20Kimberly141US #18
#21Sara139US #27
#22Laura137US #20
#23Lindsey134US #39
#24Michelle131US #23
#25Erin129US #30
#26Whitney123US #32
#27Christina118US #19
#28Tiffany118US #17
#29Andrea116US #36
#30Lauren109US #14
#31Angela108US #33
#32Brittany105US #8
#33Katherine105US #28
#34Courtney103US #35
#35Katie101US #38
#36Crystal96US #25
#37Lindsay95US #46
#38Allison92US #42
#39Kayla92US #64
#40Kristen89US #41
#41Erica87US #31
#42Mary83US #37
#43Alicia77US #45
#44Kelly76US #29
#45Tara74US #56
#46Kelsey73US #112
#47Cassandra72US #60
#48Lisa71US #40
#49Shannon70US #44
#50Hannah67US #82
#51Jenna67US #55
#52Anna66US #51
#53Julie63US #58
#54Molly63US #110
#55Chelsea59US #73
#56Holly58US #63
#57Kathryn58US #48
#58Brooke57US #104
#59April55US #53
#60Mallory55US #83
#61Casey54US #80
#62Kristin54US #50
#63Lacey52US #121
#64Stacy51US #87
#65Vanessa50US #43
#66Jordan47US #135
#67Kara47US #102
#68Victoria47US #54
#69Brandy45US #84
#70Morgan44US #113
#71Bethany43US #91
#72Brandi43US #79
#73Krystal43US #61
#74Natalie43US #52
#75Abby42
#76Alison41US #96
#77Kristina40US #62
#78Kendra39US #101
#79Leah39US #78
#80Alyssa37US #85
#81Kelli37US #142
#82Maria37US #49
#83Caitlin36US #69
#84Catherine36US #67
#85Meagan36US #123
#86Erika35US #74
#87Kathleen35US #68
#88Leslie35US #86
#89Melanie35US #97
#90Natasha35US #70
#91Stacey35US #94
#92Valerie35US #76
#93Alisha34US #125
#94Felicia33US #89
#95Monica33US #59
#96Tracy33US #117
#97Christine32US #47
#98Katrina32US #99
#99Rachael32US #103
#100Meghan31US #71

Boys

#1Michael528US #1
#2Matthew526US #3
#3Christopher514US #2
#4Joshua447US #4
#5Andrew427US #8
#6Brandon356US #13
#7Ryan352US #11
#8John317US #10
#9Kyle310US #23
#10Justin308US #14
#11Daniel299US #6
#12James299US #7
#13David288US #5
#14Robert262US #9
#15Tyler256US #40
#16Jacob244US #31
#17Nicholas240US #17
#18Jason234US #18
#19Joseph234US #12
#20Adam232US #24
#21Dustin211US #42
#22Aaron205US #33
#23William205US #15
#24Brian199US #20
#25Jeremy196US #28
#26Eric194US #22
#27Jonathan174US #16
#28Anthony168US #19
#29Timothy167US #27
#30Steven164US #25
#31Kevin157US #21
#32Thomas157US #26
#33Zachary156US #38
#34Cody150US #56
#35Nathan146US #43
#36Jeffrey142US #32
#37Benjamin137US #30
#38Travis136US #49
#39Jordan133US #53
#40Brett131US #69
#41Mark126US #35
#42Richard122US #29
#43Scott114US #44
#44Charles113US #34
#45Derek113US #57
#46Jesse107US #48
#47Sean101US #37
#48Patrick100US #39
#49Bradley98US #54
#50Bryan97US #47
#51Chad97US #59
#52Jared96US #58
#53Alexander95US #41
#54Paul95US #45
#55Shawn93US #55
#56Samuel90US #52
#57Shane78US #67
#58Austin76US #90
#59Cory73US #68
#60Kenneth72US #50
#61Gregory71US #46
#62Casey68US #83
#63Stephen68US #36
#64Alex67US #64
#65Blake64US #101
#66Corey60US #62
#67Marcus60US #63
#68Brent57US #94
#69Garrett57US #117
#70Lucas57US #126
#71Luke57US #106
#72Seth57US #97
#73Trevor55US #98
#74Curtis53US #100
#75Caleb51US #131
#76Ian51US #85
#77Joel51US #72
#78Nathaniel50US #78
#79Phillip49US #70
#80Keith48US #66
#81Craig45US #80
#82Drew44US #138
#83Evan43US #81
#84Mitchell42US #105
#85Chase41US #142
#86Lance41US #134
#87Devin40US #113
#88Clayton39US #161
#89Cole39
#90Dylan39US #149
#91Todd39US #110
#92Levi38
#93Peter38US #60
#94Troy38US #123
#95Jeremiah37US #118
#96Derrick36US #87
#97Douglas36US #82
#98Bryce35
#99Clinton35US #174
#100Johnathan34US #115

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑36Molly#54
↑36Casey#61
↑35Whitney#26
↑34Brooke#58
↑30Morgan#70
↑26Victoria#68
↑25Hannah#50
↑22Cory#59

Falling

↓37Monica#95
↓32Meghan#100
↓23Kristina#77
↓21Clinton#99
↓19Alisha#93
↓18Christine#97
↓17Brandi#72
↓17Katrina#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.