State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1991 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,447 Kansas births in 1991 across 865 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#68Baileyoutside the national top 200
#80Clinton#191 nationally
#78Bryce#183 nationally
#96Kylieoutside the national top 200
#83Levi#186 nationally
#100Abbyoutside the national top 200
#89Grant#182 nationally
#50Tanner#141 nationally
#74Cole#162 nationally
#85Mason#159 nationally
#67Dalton#136 nationally
#60Dakota#121 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica412US #2
#2Ashley399US #1
#3Amanda271US #4
#4Sarah253US #6
#5Emily238US #10
#6Samantha225US #5
#7Megan223US #11
#8Shelby222US #33
#9Brittany204US #3
#10Kayla200US #12
#11Elizabeth174US #9
#12Kelsey173US #26
#13Rachel170US #14
#14Lauren162US #13
#15Jennifer159US #8
#16Hannah158US #29
#17Stephanie155US #7
#18Courtney150US #19
#19Amber144US #16
#20Taylor142US #32
#21Chelsea134US #18
#22Rebecca134US #21
#23Heather125US #23
#24Morgan105US #49
#25Nicole105US #15
#26Andrea97US #39
#27Danielle97US #17
#28Michelle94US #22
#29Alyssa92US #30
#30Tiffany92US #27
#31Katherine89US #25
#32Melissa89US #20
#33Allison88US #50
#34Cassandra88US #54
#35Sara86US #37
#36Whitney82US #68
#37Christina81US #31
#38Jordan81US #62
#39Kimberly81US #34
#40Caitlin78US #55
#41Erin77US #44
#42Alexandra76US #36
#43Victoria75US #28
#44Brooke72US #65
#45Erica72US #40
#46Katie71US #53
#47Jamie69US #60
#48Lindsey68US #52
#49Brianna67US #51
#50Haley67US #79
#51Laura67US #35
#52Paige67US #76
#53Amy64US #43
#54Kristen64US #48
#55Mary64US #38
#56Ariel62US #66
#57Jasmine61US #24
#58Anna60US #46
#59Crystal59US #41
#60Miranda56US #90
#61Kaitlin55US #99
#62Mariah55US #69
#63Alexis54US #47
#64Angela54US #59
#65Kathryn51US #57
#66Lindsay51US #77
#67Abigail49US #92
#68Bailey49
#69Madison49US #128
#70Breanna48US #107
#71Alexandria47US #78
#72Kara46US #106
#73Katelyn46US #75
#74Lisa45US #83
#75Molly45US #74
#76Jenna43US #80
#77Leah43US #91
#78Alicia42US #63
#79Bethany42US #109
#80Julia42US #67
#81Meghan42US #94
#82Sydney42US #134
#83Kaitlyn41US #82
#84Sierra41US #138
#85Kendra40US #118
#86Natalie40US #64
#87Briana39US #95
#88Brittney39US #58
#89Olivia39US #61
#90Kristin38US #86
#91Lacey38US #145
#92Kristina37US #87
#93Tara37US #104
#94Brandi36US #110
#95Erika36US #84
#96Kylie36
#97Marissa35US #81
#98Rachael35US #114
#99Vanessa35US #56
#100Abby34

Boys

#1Michael489US #1
#2Matthew395US #3
#3Joshua378US #4
#4Tyler376US #16
#5Christopher368US #2
#6Jacob364US #17
#7Andrew320US #5
#8Kyle281US #21
#9Brandon258US #15
#10Cody254US #24
#11Ryan238US #11
#12Nicholas236US #12
#13Zachary232US #22
#14Joseph219US #9
#15Daniel215US #6
#16John212US #10
#17James203US #7
#18Jordan200US #29
#19Justin197US #14
#20David182US #8
#21Austin172US #50
#22Robert169US #13
#23Aaron167US #31
#24William164US #19
#25Anthony163US #18
#26Dylan161US #46
#27Alexander158US #26
#28Jonathan151US #20
#29Eric143US #25
#30Nathan143US #42
#31Adam130US #36
#32Ethan128US #65
#33Steven126US #27
#34Taylor125US #52
#35Kevin124US #23
#36Thomas123US #28
#37Benjamin122US #33
#38Samuel117US #39
#39Brian107US #30
#40Dustin100US #56
#41Travis100US #44
#42Timothy99US #32
#43Jared96US #64
#44Jesse94US #51
#45Logan94US #94
#46Patrick93US #35
#47Charles92US #38
#48Derek92US #59
#49Alex90US #63
#50Tanner90US #141
#51Mark89US #47
#52Richard87US #34
#53Christian86US #48
#54Sean83US #40
#55Cameron82US #62
#56Garrett80US #91
#57Trevor80US #69
#58Jeremy79US #43
#59Jason77US #49
#60Dakota76US #121
#61Caleb75US #78
#62Chase75US #108
#63Jeffrey75US #45
#64Blake74US #86
#65Scott72US #57
#66Cory71US #74
#67Dalton71US #136
#68Brett70US #88
#69Bradley69US #67
#70Stephen69US #41
#71Seth65US #99
#72Kenneth62US #54
#73Devin61US #83
#74Cole57US #162
#75Corey57US #58
#76Paul57US #53
#77Spencer56US #105
#78Bryce55US #183
#79Casey54US #90
#80Clinton54US #191
#81Ian53US #73
#82Shane53US #75
#83Levi52US #186
#84Luke52US #113
#85Mason52US #159
#86Dillon51US #103
#87Evan49US #70
#88Gregory49US #55
#89Grant46US #182
#90Shawn46US #71
#91Bryan45US #61
#92Marcus45US #76
#93Chad44US #104
#94Joel44US #100
#95Lucas43US #107
#96Mitchell43US #96
#97Nathaniel43US #84
#98Derrick40US #111
#99Jose40US #37
#100Phillip38US #98

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑51Shelby#8
↑36Christian#53
↑32Dylan#26
↑29Abigail#67
↑27Breanna#70
↑25Kaitlin#61
↑24Jenna#76
↑23Logan#45

Falling

↓35Shawn#90
↓31Tara#93
↓31Kylie#96
↓27Bryan#91
↓26Marcus#92
↓22Brandi#94
↓21Erika#95
↓21Vanessa#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.