State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,467 Kansas births in 1996 across 920 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#86Bradenoutside the national top 200
#100Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#92Trenton#187 nationally
#99Brady#176 nationally
#94Levi#163 nationally
#34Dalton#99 nationally
#89Chance#154 nationally
#71Wyatt#134 nationally
#78Whitney#140 nationally
#85Rebekah#146 nationally
#28Bailey#85 nationally
#48Colton#105 nationally

Girls

#1Madison232US #15
#2Hannah226US #7
#3Ashley222US #3
#4Emily218US #1
#5Taylor205US #6
#6Jessica193US #2
#7Megan174US #12
#8Sarah169US #4
#9Samantha167US #5
#10Alexis162US #8
#11Morgan152US #25
#12Rachel149US #9
#13Elizabeth146US #10
#14Lauren141US #16
#15Courtney128US #21
#16Kayla128US #11
#17Abigail120US #32
#18Haley119US #30
#19Shelby119US #35
#20Jordan117US #49
#21Brittany109US #14
#22Victoria108US #18
#23Rebecca106US #24
#24Allison102US #38
#25Brianna100US #17
#26Amanda98US #13
#27Alyssa96US #23
#28Bailey96US #85
#29Brooke96US #45
#30Danielle95US #29
#31Anna94US #33
#32Paige91US #65
#33Sydney90US #39
#34Alexandra89US #26
#35Kelsey89US #36
#36Amber87US #27
#37Kaitlyn80US #40
#38Mariah80US #63
#39Sierra78US #62
#40Jennifer77US #19
#41Nicole76US #22
#42Cheyenne75US #68
#43Mary73US #44
#44Erin70US #51
#45Katherine68US #31
#46Emma65US #53
#47Mackenzie65US #75
#48Savannah65US #43
#49Alexandria64US #77
#50Marissa63US #59
#51Madeline62US #67
#52Olivia62US #34
#53Katelyn60US #64
#54Jasmine59US #28
#55Breanna58US #74
#56Maria57US #37
#57Miranda57US #76
#58Gabrielle55US #54
#59Stephanie55US #20
#60Melissa51US #42
#61Caitlin50US #84
#62Kylie50US #111
#63Michelle48US #47
#64Natalie48US #46
#65Tiffany48US #52
#66Lindsey47US #86
#67Michaela47US #102
#68Molly47US #99
#69Andrea45US #61
#70Destiny45US #56
#71Laura45US #66
#72Sara45US #50
#73Hailey43US #93
#74Grace42US #94
#75Kaylee41US #110
#76Bethany40US #117
#77Kristen40US #70
#78Whitney40US #140
#79Chelsea39US #55
#80Hayley39US #120
#81Heather39US #71
#82Kimberly39US #41
#83Chloe38US #112
#84Katie38US #81
#85Rebekah37US #146
#86Amy36US #88
#87Christina36US #57
#88Kathryn36US #87
#89Alicia35US #91
#90Cassidy35US #109
#91Makayla35US #129
#92Crystal34US #92
#93Vanessa34US #60
#94Briana33US #72
#95Caitlyn33US #138
#96Catherine33US #95
#97Faith33US #149
#98Jamie33US #96
#99Mikayla33US #143
#100Aubrey32

Boys

#1Jacob353US #3
#2Austin339US #9
#3Tyler304US #7
#4Matthew270US #2
#5Michael258US #1
#6Zachary252US #14
#7Joshua236US #5
#8Andrew232US #10
#9Nicholas210US #6
#10Christopher207US #4
#11Brandon204US #8
#12Joseph184US #12
#13Cody181US #31
#14Logan163US #42
#15Ryan162US #16
#16John159US #15
#17Alexander158US #22
#18Daniel155US #11
#19Kyle153US #25
#20Justin152US #20
#21Aaron148US #34
#22William148US #18
#23Jordan145US #27
#24Samuel142US #30
#25James137US #17
#26Caleb134US #48
#27Dakota134US #58
#28Benjamin133US #29
#29David130US #13
#30Christian129US #24
#31Dylan129US #33
#32Anthony125US #19
#33Jonathan122US #21
#34Dalton117US #99
#35Nathan114US #37
#36Robert107US #23
#37Thomas107US #28
#38Tanner106US #90
#39Blake103US #84
#40Ethan103US #62
#41Hunter96US #47
#42Chase95US #76
#43Adam92US #39
#44Garrett89US #85
#45Jesse88US #51
#46Eric86US #35
#47Connor85US #54
#48Colton82US #105
#49Alex80US #53
#50Cole78US #106
#51Noah75US #50
#52Jason73US #41
#53Luke71US #75
#54Timothy71US #40
#55Devin70US #60
#56Isaac70US #86
#57Taylor69US #82
#58Cameron67US #49
#59Jared67US #64
#60Kevin66US #26
#61Jose65US #32
#62Mason65US #104
#63Brett64US #110
#64Trevor64US #63
#65Ian63US #70
#66Brian62US #36
#67Tristan62US #68
#68Evan61US #65
#69Steven61US #38
#70Bryce60US #120
#71Wyatt58US #134
#72Mitchell57US #88
#73Nathaniel56US #69
#74Seth56US #103
#75Mark52US #55
#76Patrick52US #44
#77Richard52US #45
#78Charles51US #43
#79Dustin51US #79
#80Gabriel51US #61
#81Derek50US #101
#82Jack50US #89
#83Jackson50US #136
#84Lucas50US #93
#85Elijah49US #81
#86Braden48
#87Sean48US #46
#88Bradley47US #83
#89Chance47US #154
#90Marcus47US #87
#91Isaiah46US #71
#92Trenton46US #187
#93Grant45US #119
#94Levi45US #163
#95Jeffrey44US #72
#96Jeremy42US #56
#97Stephen42US #59
#98Antonio41US #80
#99Brady41US #176
#100Clayton41US #149

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑35Isaac#56
↑33Tristan#67
↑32Maria#56
↑31Savannah#48
↑25Lindsey#66
↑24Kaylee#75
↑23Mary#43
↑23Gabrielle#58

Falling

↓36Jeremy#96
↓35Heather#81
↓34Chelsea#79
↓33Katie#84
↓32Amy#86
↓24Trevor#64
↓23Grant#93
↓21Miranda#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.