State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 2000 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,837 Kansas births in 2000 across 1,082 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#73Brayden#199 nationally
#79Kylee#197 nationally
#86Bradenoutside the national top 200
#89Kadenoutside the national top 200
#57Gage#166 nationally
#92Addisonoutside the national top 200
#96Cooperoutside the national top 200
#75Trenton#179 nationally
#79Levi#172 nationally
#76Dawson#168 nationally
#77Payton#163 nationally
#95Brooklyn#177 nationally

Girls

#1Madison277US #3
#2Hannah258US #2
#3Emily238US #1
#4Taylor181US #10
#5Alexis172US #6
#6Elizabeth168US #9
#7Abigail162US #14
#8Emma158US #17
#9Lauren156US #11
#10Grace151US #19
#11Ashley148US #4
#12Sarah144US #5
#13Samantha134US #7
#14Alyssa133US #12
#15Sydney129US #23
#16Megan126US #18
#17Anna125US #22
#18Olivia125US #16
#19Morgan109US #25
#20Jessica107US #8
#21Brianna95US #15
#22Haley92US #28
#23Rachel92US #21
#24Mackenzie91US #43
#25Bailey89US #68
#26Paige86US #69
#27Kaitlyn84US #30
#28Kayla84US #13
#29Victoria84US #20
#30Chloe83US #38
#31Katherine82US #33
#32Allison81US #44
#33Savannah81US #37
#34Destiny80US #24
#35Hailey75US #35
#36Brooke73US #51
#37Jordan72US #50
#38Trinity72US #74
#39Courtney69US #59
#40Makayla68US #67
#41Faith67US #66
#42Jennifer67US #26
#43Katelyn67US #54
#44Mary67US #46
#45Natalie67US #34
#46Rebecca67US #39
#47Amanda65US #32
#48Shelby65US #70
#49Nicole64US #31
#50Maria63US #41
#51Kylie60US #104
#52Sierra60US #53
#53Julia59US #29
#54Alexandra58US #36
#55Michelle57US #52
#56Gabrielle55US #49
#57Claire51US #86
#58Kaylee51US #72
#59Danielle50US #48
#60Jasmine50US #27
#61Cheyenne49US #99
#62Mariah49US #75
#63Sophia49US #42
#64Amber48US #47
#65Madeline48US #56
#66Isabella47US #45
#67Andrea46US #55
#68Brittany44US #60
#69Erin44US #61
#70Kelsey43US #88
#71Jenna42US #63
#72Breanna41US #80
#73Katie41US #95
#74Stephanie41US #40
#75Audrey40US #115
#76Kathryn40US #89
#77Payton40US #163
#78Alexandria39US #91
#79Kylee39US #197
#80Molly39US #96
#81Vanessa39US #62
#82Caitlin38US #76
#83Lindsey38US #103
#84Riley38US #131
#85Cassidy37US #107
#86Madelyn37US #126
#87Marissa36US #78
#88Amy35US #105
#89Caroline35US #65
#90Hayley35US #149
#91Kennedy35US #139
#92Addison34
#93Autumn34US #77
#94Hope34US #146
#95Brooklyn33US #177
#96Catherine33US #81
#97Christina33US #73
#98Mia33US #93
#99Mikayla33US #108
#100Alicia32US #121

Boys

#1Jacob405US #1
#2Michael250US #2
#3Tyler239US #10
#4Joshua238US #4
#5Zachary238US #15
#6Andrew236US #7
#7Ethan217US #25
#8Matthew214US #3
#9Austin211US #23
#10Joseph196US #8
#11Dylan192US #24
#12Hunter175US #35
#13William175US #11
#14Nicholas172US #6
#15Caleb163US #38
#16Ryan163US #13
#17Alexander161US #20
#18Christopher158US #5
#19Nathan155US #30
#20Brandon154US #12
#21Noah152US #27
#22John150US #14
#23Samuel150US #28
#24Christian148US #22
#25David146US #16
#26Cameron143US #31
#27Anthony137US #17
#28Logan137US #40
#29Daniel136US #9
#30Benjamin134US #26
#31Justin119US #19
#32Cody118US #60
#33James115US #18
#34Mason114US #64
#35Jackson112US #72
#36Kyle112US #37
#37Luke109US #59
#38Jordan107US #36
#39Garrett104US #74
#40Blake103US #80
#41Aaron100US #41
#42Jonathan100US #21
#43Seth100US #63
#44Dalton99US #91
#45Isaac99US #53
#46Jose93US #34
#47Tanner93US #93
#48Jack91US #46
#49Robert91US #29
#50Thomas91US #33
#51Elijah90US #52
#52Cole87US #71
#53Connor84US #50
#54Adam81US #45
#55Trevor80US #75
#56Devin79US #69
#57Gage77US #166
#58Nathaniel77US #61
#59Wyatt77US #110
#60Chase76US #77
#61Evan75US #55
#62Gabriel75US #44
#63Eric74US #42
#64Colton70US #111
#65Alex69US #62
#66Dakota69US #88
#67Grant68US #123
#68Bryce66US #92
#69Ian66US #73
#70Kevin66US #32
#71Isaiah65US #47
#72Spencer65US #98
#73Brayden64US #199
#74Gavin64US #85
#75Trenton63US #179
#76Dawson59US #168
#77Jason59US #39
#78Charles58US #51
#79Levi55US #172
#80Lucas55US #83
#81Parker55US #127
#82Juan54US #48
#83Sean53US #57
#84Steven53US #54
#85Jesus52US #76
#86Braden51
#87Brett51US #163
#88Jake51US #96
#89Kaden51
#90Brian50US #43
#91Carson50US #119
#92Joel50US #112
#93Carlos47US #66
#94Timothy47US #58
#95Jaden46US #154
#96Cooper45
#97Hayden45US #129
#98Maxwell45US #113
#99Derek44US #121
#100Patrick44US #68

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑41Chloe#30
↑37Gage#57
↑36Michelle#55
↑30Julia#53
↑25Brayden#73
↑21Mackenzie#24
↑21Destiny#34
↑21Hailey#35

Falling

↓34Mikayla#99
↓29Marissa#87
↓24Brittany#68
↓23Amanda#47
↓21Jonathan#42
↓21Jason#77
↓19Jasmine#60
↓19Dakota#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.