State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,723 Kansas births in 1998 across 983 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#74Bradenoutside the national top 200
#84Ashlynoutside the national top 200
#86Treyoutside the national top 200
#97Peytonoutside the national top 200
#97Conner#192 nationally
#96Dawson#175 nationally
#91Gage#169 nationally
#91Riley#166 nationally
#87Levi#158 nationally
#49Kylie#117 nationally
#82Clayton#150 nationally
#95Brady#163 nationally

Girls

#1Madison282US #9
#2Emily268US #1
#3Hannah259US #2
#4Taylor221US #7
#5Alexis192US #6
#6Ashley183US #5
#7Samantha172US #3
#8Sarah168US #4
#9Jessica163US #8
#10Lauren154US #14
#11Elizabeth151US #10
#12Megan144US #13
#13Morgan137US #23
#14Alyssa134US #11
#15Sydney132US #28
#16Abigail130US #18
#17Emma127US #22
#18Allison109US #38
#19Rachel107US #15
#20Anna106US #31
#21Jordan106US #42
#22Brittany101US #25
#23Haley99US #36
#24Olivia99US #21
#25Brianna96US #17
#26Courtney91US #39
#27Bailey90US #60
#28Brooke88US #46
#29Victoria88US #16
#30Shelby84US #49
#31Amanda81US #19
#32Kayla79US #12
#33Mackenzie79US #64
#34Grace78US #53
#35Kaitlyn76US #35
#36Kelsey75US #56
#37Amber74US #37
#38Katherine74US #33
#39Nicole74US #24
#40Jennifer73US #20
#41Jasmine72US #26
#42Natalie72US #40
#43Paige71US #63
#44Rebecca71US #30
#45Sierra71US #51
#46Alexandria67US #81
#47Sara67US #48
#48Mariah66US #62
#49Kylie65US #117
#50Madeline64US #50
#51Katelyn63US #58
#52Gabrielle62US #47
#53Alexandra60US #27
#54Cheyenne60US #72
#55Makayla60US #71
#56Mary60US #44
#57Erin56US #57
#58Jenna56US #65
#59Destiny55US #34
#60Danielle53US #41
#61Stephanie53US #29
#62Claire50US #91
#63Hailey49US #70
#64Kaylee49US #86
#65Savannah47US #45
#66Maria46US #43
#67Julia45US #32
#68Katie45US #88
#69Mikayla45US #82
#70Molly44US #108
#71Alicia43US #98
#72Laura43US #74
#73Michaela43US #103
#74Andrea42US #61
#75Caitlin41US #78
#76Faith41US #107
#77Kathryn41US #89
#78Miranda41US #80
#79Bethany40US #132
#80Chloe40US #87
#81Marissa40US #66
#82Tiffany40US #67
#83Amy39US #96
#84Ashlyn39
#85Erica39US #92
#86Sophia39US #73
#87Breanna38US #76
#88Vanessa38US #52
#89Autumn36US #77
#90Cassandra36US #85
#91Riley36US #166
#92Kimberly35US #54
#93Margaret35US #114
#94Zoe35US #122
#95Alexa34US #93
#96Caitlyn34US #115
#97Peyton34
#98Christina33US #69
#99Isabel33US #118
#100Jade33US #125

Boys

#1Jacob432US #2
#2Austin279US #10
#3Matthew261US #3
#4Zachary251US #16
#5Michael242US #1
#6Tyler238US #8
#7Joshua230US #4
#8Andrew210US #9
#9Nicholas202US #6
#10Christopher192US #5
#11Brandon190US #7
#12Alexander178US #22
#13Joseph175US #11
#14Dylan174US #25
#15Ryan172US #17
#16William171US #14
#17Ethan168US #38
#18John162US #15
#19Kyle157US #24
#20Daniel156US #12
#21Jordan156US #27
#22David153US #13
#23Noah152US #29
#24Caleb150US #42
#25James149US #18
#26Jonathan144US #21
#27Samuel141US #28
#28Hunter139US #36
#29Justin134US #20
#30Nathan129US #34
#31Anthony125US #19
#32Logan125US #44
#33Dalton124US #88
#34Christian120US #26
#35Cody120US #43
#36Benjamin119US #30
#37Tanner116US #82
#38Cole110US #77
#39Thomas108US #31
#40Aaron106US #37
#41Dakota103US #72
#42Cameron102US #35
#43Robert101US #23
#44Connor95US #47
#45Blake93US #85
#46Alex89US #55
#47Seth89US #86
#48Adam84US #45
#49Eric84US #39
#50Mason82US #83
#51Trevor82US #58
#52Chase81US #67
#53Garrett81US #80
#54Jared81US #51
#55Colton80US #106
#56Isaac79US #65
#57Nathaniel79US #60
#58Bryce78US #94
#59Jackson75US #100
#60Luke75US #75
#61Jason73US #40
#62Jose73US #33
#63Jack71US #61
#64Charles69US #48
#65Grant69US #127
#66Devin66US #62
#67Kevin66US #32
#68Gabriel65US #54
#69Isaiah65US #59
#70Jesse65US #70
#71Spencer65US #84
#72Steven65US #46
#73Tristan63US #92
#74Braden59
#75Wyatt57US #137
#76Brian56US #41
#77Derek56US #110
#78Ian56US #73
#79Patrick55US #57
#80Taylor54US #104
#81Brett53US #133
#82Clayton53US #150
#83Evan53US #63
#84Timothy53US #49
#85Adrian52US #71
#86Trey49
#87Levi48US #158
#88Dustin47US #108
#89Parker47US #142
#90Elijah45US #66
#91Gage45US #169
#92Jeremy45US #68
#93Luis44US #53
#94Alec43US #112
#95Brady43US #163
#96Dawson43US #175
#97Conner42US #192
#98Devon42US #119
#99Gavin42US #116
#100Jake42US #102

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑33Mason#50
↑32Cameron#42
↑28Claire#62
↑26Alexandria#46
↑24Mackenzie#33
↑24Seth#47
↑21Allison#18
↑21Kaylee#64

Falling

↓26Timothy#84
↓25Miranda#78
↓25Marissa#81
↓22Kimberly#92
↓21Cheyenne#54
↓20Andrea#74
↓19Wyatt#75
↓19Dustin#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.