State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,904 Kansas births in 1997 across 966 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#86Kyleeoutside the national top 200
#90Bradenoutside the national top 200
#85Gage#193 nationally
#86Trenton#182 nationally
#96Chance#191 nationally
#97Mallory#190 nationally
#97Kaleb#185 nationally
#100Riley#184 nationally
#73Levi#156 nationally
#56Wyatt#137 nationally
#87Brady#159 nationally
#41Colton#108 nationally

Girls

#1Emily255US #1
#2Madison251US #10
#3Hannah249US #5
#4Taylor246US #7
#5Ashley186US #3
#6Alexis181US #8
#7Jessica173US #2
#8Sarah171US #4
#9Elizabeth163US #9
#10Samantha154US #6
#11Megan152US #11
#12Morgan147US #22
#13Rachel136US #13
#14Abigail134US #26
#15Lauren134US #14
#16Alyssa123US #15
#17Courtney117US #28
#18Sydney106US #35
#19Jordan105US #40
#20Brooke99US #45
#21Haley99US #31
#22Kayla99US #12
#23Bailey98US #65
#24Shelby98US #43
#25Brianna93US #17
#26Nicole93US #21
#27Amanda89US #16
#28Brittany87US #20
#29Anna86US #33
#30Victoria85US #19
#31Sierra81US #56
#32Olivia80US #27
#33Cheyenne79US #68
#34Jennifer79US #18
#35Kaitlyn79US #41
#36Emma78US #36
#37Rebecca78US #25
#38Paige76US #64
#39Allison75US #39
#40Mariah73US #67
#41Alexandra71US #30
#42Danielle71US #34
#43Erin67US #52
#44Kelsey66US #57
#45Madeline66US #59
#46Mary66US #46
#47Grace64US #69
#48Katherine64US #32
#49Amber63US #29
#50Jasmine61US #24
#51Sara61US #50
#52Kylie60US #116
#53Miranda56US #70
#54Andrea54US #58
#55Gabrielle54US #51
#56Marissa54US #60
#57Mackenzie52US #71
#58Makayla52US #102
#59Natalie51US #48
#60Katelyn49US #63
#61Katie49US #87
#62Maria49US #38
#63Stephanie49US #23
#64Laura48US #66
#65Michaela48US #100
#66Destiny47US #42
#67Jenna47US #76
#68Cassidy45US #105
#69Hailey45US #80
#70Kimberly45US #49
#71Savannah45US #47
#72Alexandria44US #78
#73Breanna44US #74
#74Vanessa43US #54
#75Michelle42US #55
#76Tiffany42US #61
#77Alicia41US #89
#78Chloe41US #109
#79Monica41US #79
#80Molly40US #98
#81Kathryn39US #86
#82Angela38US #93
#83Cassandra38US #81
#84Heather38US #90
#85Kaylee37US #107
#86Kylee37
#87Melissa37US #44
#88Julia36US #37
#89Sabrina36US #53
#90Claire35US #108
#91Audrey34US #156
#92Briana34US #72
#93Bethany33US #121
#94Chelsea32US #73
#95Jacqueline32US #77
#96Autumn31US #91
#97Mallory31US #190
#98Catherine30US #96
#99Erica30US #84
#100Riley30US #184

Boys

#1Jacob407US #2
#2Austin325US #9
#3Michael274US #1
#4Matthew250US #3
#5Nicholas249US #6
#6Joshua244US #5
#7Zachary243US #13
#8Tyler238US #10
#9Andrew236US #7
#10Brandon201US #8
#11Christopher191US #4
#12Ryan182US #16
#13Joseph179US #12
#14John169US #15
#15Jordan164US #26
#16Alexander160US #22
#17Kyle160US #24
#18William160US #19
#19David159US #14
#20James158US #17
#21Daniel157US #11
#22Samuel148US #27
#23Dylan142US #30
#24Justin137US #20
#25Anthony136US #18
#26Caleb134US #47
#27Hunter130US #44
#28Aaron127US #33
#29Nathan124US #34
#30Christian123US #25
#31Tanner121US #82
#32Ethan120US #46
#33Noah118US #38
#34Cody116US #36
#35Benjamin113US #29
#36Logan112US #42
#37Jonathan109US #21
#38Thomas106US #31
#39Cole102US #72
#40Dalton99US #90
#41Colton98US #108
#42Dakota93US #66
#43Garrett93US #85
#44Robert91US #23
#45Blake90US #80
#46Connor89US #52
#47Eric89US #35
#48Chase85US #77
#49Jared85US #56
#50Adam81US #39
#51Luke81US #78
#52Grant78US #115
#53Kevin78US #28
#54Alex76US #55
#55Trevor76US #62
#56Wyatt74US #137
#57Charles73US #49
#58Timothy72US #43
#59Isaac71US #73
#60Devin68US #59
#61Steven68US #40
#62Brian67US #37
#63Gabriel67US #57
#64Jose67US #32
#65Sean65US #48
#66Tristan64US #92
#67Jack62US #76
#68Jesse62US #63
#69Dustin60US #88
#70Isaiah60US #60
#71Seth60US #97
#72Evan59US #61
#73Levi59US #156
#74Cameron56US #45
#75Taylor55US #87
#76Bryce54US #112
#77Lucas54US #98
#78Nathaniel54US #65
#79Jackson53US #124
#80Jason53US #41
#81Derek52US #106
#82Ian52US #70
#83Mason52US #89
#84Brett51US #116
#85Gage51US #193
#86Trenton49US #182
#87Brady47US #159
#88Mitchell46US #96
#89Alec45US #123
#90Braden45
#91Elijah45US #74
#92Jesus45US #71
#93Riley45US #135
#94Patrick44US #50
#95Brendan43US #107
#96Chance42US #191
#97Kaleb42US #185
#98Jeremy40US #64
#99Adrian39US #95
#100Clayton39US #147

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑41Grant#52
↑33Makayla#58
↑27Grace#47
↑23Katie#61
↑22Cassidy#68
↑22Sean#65
↑21Sara#51
↑21Charles#57

Falling

↓28Jason#80
↓27Melissa#87
↓23Savannah#71
↓23Alexandria#72
↓23Jesse#68
↓22Logan#36
↓21Cody#34
↓21Mason#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.