State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1990 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,872 Kansas births in 1990 across 882 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#73Tanneroutside the national top 200
#79Baileyoutside the national top 200
#63Levi#180 nationally
#65Kylie#180 nationally
#91Abbyoutside the national top 200
#94Coleoutside the national top 200
#97Clintonoutside the national top 200
#96Grant#183 nationally
#83Bryce#169 nationally
#81Sydney#150 nationally
#88Kirsten#157 nationally
#95Drew#160 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley450US #2
#2Jessica450US #1
#3Amanda322US #4
#4Sarah305US #6
#5Samantha269US #5
#6Megan254US #11
#7Brittany236US #3
#8Kayla213US #14
#9Emily199US #12
#10Amber194US #15
#11Rachel192US #16
#12Courtney189US #17
#13Jennifer186US #8
#14Elizabeth183US #9
#15Lauren163US #10
#16Stephanie159US #7
#17Chelsea155US #24
#18Kelsey153US #32
#19Danielle145US #18
#20Hannah144US #30
#21Nicole143US #13
#22Heather137US #19
#23Rebecca136US #21
#24Tiffany134US #23
#25Melissa112US #20
#26Jordan111US #59
#27Katherine104US #26
#28Katie104US #53
#29Sara100US #34
#30Michelle97US #22
#31Laura95US #29
#32Morgan95US #58
#33Taylor95US #46
#34Amy94US #38
#35Kristen87US #42
#36Whitney85US #60
#37Alyssa84US #27
#38Brooke84US #70
#39Cassandra84US #49
#40Lindsey84US #51
#41Christina83US #25
#42Caitlin80US #50
#43Allison79US #48
#44Andrea78US #40
#45Anna77US #45
#46Erin75US #43
#47Kimberly72US #31
#48Alexandra67US #37
#49Angela66US #52
#50Jasmine63US #28
#51Mary62US #35
#52Jamie61US #55
#53Kathryn60US #57
#54Erica59US #36
#55Paige59US #79
#56Crystal57US #39
#57Molly56US #80
#58Victoria56US #33
#59Shelby55US #100
#60Lindsay53US #69
#61Lisa53US #64
#62Tara53US #85
#63Brianna52US #61
#64Haley52US #108
#65Kylie51US #180
#66Katelyn50US #75
#67Natalie50US #63
#68Alexis49US #66
#69April48US #73
#70Kristin48US #65
#71Alicia47US #54
#72Brandi47US #103
#73Kaitlyn47US #78
#74Erika46US #74
#75Holly46US #89
#76Brittney45US #44
#77Miranda45US #112
#78Vanessa45US #56
#79Bailey44
#80Kelly44US #41
#81Sydney44US #150
#82Alexandria41US #95
#83Bethany41US #107
#84Chelsey41US #128
#85Monica40US #76
#86Kaitlin39US #101
#87Kendra39US #117
#88Kirsten39US #157
#89Lacey39US #148
#90Rebekah39US #149
#91Abby38
#92Leah38US #82
#93Shannon38US #68
#94Krystal37US #104
#95Maria37US #47
#96Abigail36US #90
#97Breanna36US #113
#98Julie36US #93
#99Kristina36US #77
#100Jenna35US #81

Boys

#1Michael486US #1
#2Joshua470US #4
#3Christopher433US #2
#4Matthew383US #3
#5Andrew340US #7
#6Jacob340US #20
#7Tyler321US #21
#8Ryan301US #11
#9Kyle282US #18
#10Brandon273US #19
#11Justin270US #9
#12Zachary266US #22
#13David252US #6
#14John251US #12
#15Cody248US #31
#16Nicholas238US #14
#17James234US #8
#18Joseph233US #10
#19Aaron221US #34
#20Jordan220US #29
#21Robert217US #13
#22Daniel207US #5
#23Anthony189US #15
#24Austin171US #55
#25William158US #16
#26Jonathan156US #17
#27Adam154US #32
#28Kevin142US #23
#29Steven142US #25
#30Nathan140US #44
#31Eric138US #24
#32Samuel137US #45
#33Thomas136US #26
#34Derek134US #54
#35Benjamin133US #33
#36Ethan132US #58
#37Alexander129US #28
#38Timothy123US #30
#39Dustin122US #50
#40Travis122US #42
#41Brian116US #27
#42Jesse115US #48
#43Jeremy110US #40
#44Patrick107US #36
#45Taylor104US #64
#46Jason101US #46
#47Caleb97US #88
#48Cameron95US #62
#49Jeffrey87US #43
#50Stephen87US #39
#51Sean84US #37
#52Scott81US #53
#53Charles80US #38
#54Alex79US #59
#55Shawn79US #69
#56Bradley78US #65
#57Brett78US #84
#58Dylan77US #83
#59Jared77US #63
#60Corey76US #56
#61Blake75US #91
#62Richard74US #35
#63Levi72US #180
#64Bryan71US #57
#65Trevor69US #76
#66Marcus68US #72
#67Paul68US #49
#68Logan67US #104
#69Mark67US #47
#70Garrett61US #99
#71Devin60US #98
#72Seth59US #102
#73Tanner59
#74Lucas58US #112
#75Evan56US #71
#76Nathaniel56US #86
#77Chase55US #110
#78Ian55US #70
#79Phillip55US #81
#80Gregory52US #51
#81Mitchell52US #93
#82Shane52US #73
#83Bryce51US #169
#84Cory51US #67
#85Luke51US #118
#86Chad50US #85
#87Joel49US #95
#88Kenneth49US #52
#89Christian48US #60
#90Casey47US #89
#91Colton46US #139
#92Spencer45US #105
#93Brent42US #127
#94Cole41
#95Drew41US #160
#96Grant41US #183
#97Clinton40
#98Donald39US #87
#99Keith39US #80
#100Clayton38US #153

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑35Taylor#33
↑30Paige#55
↑27Dylan#58
↑25Morgan#32
↑24Ethan#36
↑24Marcus#66
↑19Jasmine#50
↑19Bailey#79

Falling

↓35Julie#98
↓28Kelly#80
↓23Shannon#93
↓22Mark#69
↓21Erin#46
↓19Jenna#100
↓17Chelsey#84
↓17Jared#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.