State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,991 Kansas births in 1988 across 868 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#72Abbyoutside the national top 200
#87Bradyoutside the national top 200
#88Tanneroutside the national top 200
#93Clinton#196 nationally
#86Levi#174 nationally
#94Audrey#180 nationally
#79Drew#159 nationally
#75Paige#151 nationally
#96Grant#172 nationally
#65Jordan#136 nationally
#81Chelsey#149 nationally
#82Haley#143 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica547US #1
#2Ashley524US #2
#3Amanda432US #3
#4Sarah334US #4
#5Megan299US #12
#6Jennifer277US #5
#7Emily223US #18
#8Amber220US #15
#9Samantha220US #8
#10Rachel189US #19
#11Kayla187US #20
#12Heather184US #14
#13Elizabeth178US #10
#14Stephanie172US #7
#15Lauren171US #11
#16Brittany170US #6
#17Tiffany167US #13
#18Nicole165US #9
#19Danielle164US #17
#20Melissa161US #16
#21Chelsea141US #33
#22Rebecca128US #26
#23Amy124US #29
#24Kelsey123US #64
#25Courtney121US #24
#26Michelle120US #21
#27Andrea119US #35
#28Sara119US #30
#29Whitney117US #39
#30Katie116US #40
#31Laura116US #23
#32Katherine104US #27
#33Erin103US #37
#34Kimberly94US #25
#35Lindsey94US #48
#36Allison93US #46
#37Crystal91US #28
#38Jamie91US #45
#39Erica87US #31
#40Hannah85US #61
#41Christina80US #22
#42Anna76US #54
#43Caitlin73US #44
#44Mary73US #34
#45Alicia72US #50
#46Kelly72US #32
#47Molly72US #86
#48Cassandra70US #59
#49Victoria68US #42
#50Kristen67US #36
#51Brooke64US #87
#52Tara64US #67
#53Lisa63US #43
#54Morgan63US #78
#55Lindsay61US #57
#56Jenna60US #66
#57Angela58US #38
#58April58US #65
#59Kendra58US #80
#60Brandi57US #91
#61Alyssa56US #47
#62Bethany53US #89
#63Kathryn53US #55
#64Alexandra52US #49
#65Jordan50US #136
#66Kristin50US #58
#67Christine49US #51
#68Julie48US #71
#69Holly46US #72
#70Meghan46US #81
#71Lacey45US #129
#72Abby43
#73Brittney43US #52
#74Krystal43US #74
#75Paige43US #151
#76Shannon42US #56
#77Natalie40US #63
#78Monica39US #70
#79Nichole39US #115
#80Vanessa39US #41
#81Chelsey38US #149
#82Haley38US #143
#83Abigail37US #118
#84Mallory37US #120
#85Maria36US #60
#86Catherine34US #69
#87Kristina34US #68
#88Taylor34US #102
#89Brianna33US #96
#90Leah33US #82
#91Leslie33US #94
#92Natasha33US #73
#93Rachael33US #100
#94Audrey32US #180
#95Carrie32US #132
#96Kaitlin32US #98
#97Kara32US #95
#98Melinda31US #148
#99Kathleen30US #75
#100Cynthia29US #79

Boys

#1Joshua548US #4
#2Michael485US #1
#3Matthew482US #3
#4Andrew467US #5
#5Christopher459US #2
#6Justin327US #7
#7Ryan277US #13
#8Kyle275US #21
#9David269US #6
#10Jacob269US #28
#11Daniel257US #8
#12Tyler252US #33
#13John242US #11
#14James241US #9
#15Nicholas235US #14
#16Aaron229US #31
#17Brandon229US #17
#18Robert227US #10
#19Cody222US #43
#20Zachary222US #29
#21Joseph197US #12
#22Adam185US #26
#23Anthony183US #18
#24William180US #16
#25Brian175US #22
#26Jason172US #27
#27Eric170US #19
#28Jonathan166US #15
#29Travis162US #41
#30Kevin160US #20
#31Benjamin155US #30
#32Jordan155US #52
#33Thomas153US #23
#34Steven151US #24
#35Timothy146US #25
#36Nathan145US #44
#37Dustin142US #48
#38Derek130US #53
#39Jeremy129US #35
#40Mark115US #39
#41Scott110US #47
#42Alexander107US #34
#43Austin107US #63
#44Sean105US #38
#45Jeffrey104US #36
#46Samuel96US #45
#47Patrick95US #42
#48Richard95US #32
#49Brett94US #73
#50Jesse93US #55
#51Charles88US #37
#52Jared87US #60
#53Paul86US #46
#54Alex85US #58
#55Cameron82US #69
#56Bradley80US #57
#57Cory77US #59
#58Kenneth77US #51
#59Caleb74US #108
#60Shawn74US #61
#61Stephen70US #40
#62Bryan69US #54
#63Joel69US #85
#64Seth67US #90
#65Mitchell66US #95
#66Casey65US #83
#67Logan63US #109
#68Taylor62US #91
#69Chad61US #65
#70Gregory60US #50
#71Keith60US #70
#72Marcus59US #66
#73Shane59US #67
#74Corey57US #56
#75Luke57US #119
#76Brent55US #107
#77Devin55US #98
#78Blake54US #103
#79Drew51US #159
#80Evan51US #74
#81Trevor51US #87
#82Lucas50US #112
#83Garrett49US #118
#84Wesley48US #93
#85Spencer47US #114
#86Levi46US #174
#87Brady44
#88Tanner42
#89Curtis41US #105
#90Nathaniel41US #81
#91Phillip41US #71
#92Donald40US #76
#93Clinton39US #196
#94Dylan39US #137
#95Chase38US #127
#96Grant38US #172
#97Ian38US #77
#98Peter38US #64
#99Clayton36US #147
#100Erik36US #92

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑31Taylor#68
↑27Molly#47
↑27Victoria#49
↑26Caitlin#43
↑26Christine#67
↑21Tara#52
↑19Cameron#55
↑17Chelsea#21

Falling

↓31Kara#97
↓30Mallory#84
↓27Kristina#87
↓26Shannon#76
↓25Vanessa#80
↓21Angela#57
↓17Natasha#92
↓17Nathaniel#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.