State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1989 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 31,173 Kansas births in 1989 across 891 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#66Tanneroutside the national top 200
#77Abbyoutside the national top 200
#62Levi#169 nationally
#96Coleoutside the national top 200
#98Baileyoutside the national top 200
#79Audrey#170 nationally
#64Kylie#151 nationally
#95Bryce#181 nationally
#97Grant#180 nationally
#67Chelsey#140 nationally
#98Lance#165 nationally
#99Kelli#165 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica484US #1
#2Ashley461US #2
#3Amanda357US #4
#4Sarah292US #5
#5Samantha286US #6
#6Megan278US #11
#7Brittany243US #3
#8Jennifer207US #7
#9Emily204US #13
#10Elizabeth201US #10
#11Kayla193US #20
#12Lauren190US #9
#13Amber187US #14
#14Stephanie171US #8
#15Courtney170US #21
#16Danielle170US #17
#17Rachel169US #18
#18Kelsey160US #31
#19Chelsea149US #27
#20Heather146US #15
#21Nicole145US #12
#22Melissa142US #19
#23Tiffany140US #16
#24Hannah118US #42
#25Erin116US #40
#26Katherine113US #26
#27Sara113US #29
#28Rebecca111US #24
#29Laura108US #25
#30Amy106US #35
#31Michelle106US #22
#32Whitney96US #57
#33Lindsey94US #48
#34Allison89US #46
#35Caitlin87US #49
#36Cassandra85US #54
#37Mary85US #38
#38Christina84US #23
#39Alyssa83US #33
#40Jordan82US #72
#41Jamie81US #52
#42Katie81US #45
#43Kristen81US #36
#44Anna79US #51
#45Andrea72US #39
#46Brooke71US #74
#47Crystal71US #32
#48Lisa70US #55
#49Lindsay69US #63
#50Kimberly68US #28
#51Erica66US #34
#52Kelly63US #37
#53Angela61US #47
#54Victoria61US #44
#55Kristin60US #60
#56Molly59US #93
#57Morgan59US #69
#58Alexandra58US #43
#59Alicia58US #53
#60Kathryn57US #58
#61Tara56US #70
#62Brittney52US #41
#63Julie52US #78
#64Kylie51US #151
#65Melanie51US #88
#66Brandi49US #98
#67Chelsey48US #140
#68Taylor48US #75
#69Jasmine47US #30
#70Shannon47US #61
#71Bethany46US #102
#72Brianna46US #77
#73Kaitlin45US #100
#74Kara44US #101
#75Katelyn44US #76
#76April43US #66
#77Abby42
#78Alexandria42US #104
#79Audrey42US #170
#80Haley42US #125
#81Jenna41US #71
#82Kendra41US #99
#83Monica41US #68
#84Natalie41US #62
#85Paige40US #124
#86Abigail39US #94
#87Christine37US #59
#88Kristina36US #65
#89Krystal36US #82
#90Meghan36US #80
#91Miranda36US #130
#92Vanessa36US #50
#93Ashlee33US #144
#94Casey33US #103
#95Jacqueline33US #64
#96Kathleen33US #90
#97Mallory33US #147
#98Bailey32
#99Kelli32US #165
#100Leslie32US #108

Boys

#1Joshua513US #4
#2Michael450US #1
#3Christopher444US #2
#4Matthew438US #3
#5Andrew393US #7
#6Jacob320US #26
#7Ryan297US #13
#8Justin286US #8
#9Tyler285US #30
#10Kyle283US #20
#11Daniel281US #6
#12Nicholas278US #14
#13Brandon277US #18
#14James255US #9
#15David252US #5
#16Zachary252US #25
#17Joseph235US #11
#18Aaron216US #31
#19John213US #12
#20Robert210US #10
#21William203US #15
#22Cody202US #45
#23Adam194US #27
#24Eric188US #21
#25Jordan180US #44
#26Benjamin176US #29
#27Anthony175US #16
#28Travis163US #41
#29Austin161US #59
#30Jonathan161US #17
#31Steven159US #22
#32Timothy151US #28
#33Dustin146US #48
#34Nathan144US #43
#35Brian142US #24
#36Alexander134US #32
#37Kevin133US #19
#38Jason125US #35
#39Thomas123US #23
#40Samuel118US #47
#41Derek117US #54
#42Jared114US #57
#43Jeremy109US #34
#44Jesse109US #50
#45Scott107US #51
#46Jeffrey105US #37
#47Mark103US #42
#48Patrick101US #38
#49Alex97US #60
#50Sean97US #39
#51Charles94US #36
#52Brett92US #81
#53Richard91US #33
#54Blake88US #97
#55Caleb88US #91
#56Taylor86US #72
#57Corey85US #55
#58Bradley83US #58
#59Stephen81US #40
#60Ethan78US #87
#61Logan77US #104
#62Levi73US #169
#63Bryan72US #56
#64Cameron71US #64
#65Paul69US #49
#66Tanner69
#67Cory67US #61
#68Seth67US #94
#69Gregory66US #52
#70Evan64US #69
#71Kenneth63US #53
#72Shawn62US #65
#73Devin61US #96
#74Shane60US #71
#75Garrett59US #102
#76Chad58US #74
#77Mitchell58US #93
#78Brent54US #118
#79Spencer54US #107
#80Chase53US #113
#81Joel53US #88
#82Trevor53US #83
#83Casey49US #90
#84Keith49US #70
#85Dylan48US #115
#86Lucas48US #114
#87Phillip47US #75
#88Luke46US #121
#89Ian45US #68
#90Marcus44US #67
#91Nathaniel42US #84
#92Colton41US #157
#93Drew40US #150
#94Vincent39US #80
#95Bryce38US #181
#96Cole38
#97Grant36US #180
#98Lance36US #165
#99Wesley36US #98
#100Derrick34US #99

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑25Jordan#40
↑24Blake#54
↑24Levi#62
↑23Kaitlin#73
↑23Kara#74
↑22Alyssa#39
↑22Tanner#66
↑20Taylor#68

Falling

↓25Jenna#81
↓23Kendra#82
↓20Christine#87
↓20Meghan#90
↓18Andrea#45
↓18April#76
↓18Joel#81
↓18Marcus#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.