Popular baby names in Kansas, 1988
The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1988 were Jessica for girls (547 babies) and Joshua for boys (548). Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,992 babies born in Kansas in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Kansas in 1988
Names given at least 15 times in Kansas that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Chelsi: 15 babies, 7.3× the national rate
- Kelsie: 24 babies, 7× the national rate
- Audra: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
- Abby: 43 babies, 4.4× the national rate
- Kylie: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
- Bailey: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Shayla: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Kaylee: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Shelby: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Lacy: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Boys
- Heath: 28 babies, 5.8× the national rate
- Brady: 44 babies, 5.3× the national rate
- Tanner: 42 babies, 5.3× the national rate
- Weston: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
- Trenton: 32 babies, 4.4× the national rate
- Brock: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
- Bret: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
- Clint: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Drew: 51 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Levi: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1988
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1987 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jessica | 547 | ↑1 | 1 |
| 2 | Ashley | 524 | ↓1 | 2 |
| 3 | Amanda | 432 | – | 3 |
| 4 | Sarah | 334 | – | 4 |
| 5 | Megan | 299 | ↑1 | 12 |
| 6 | Jennifer | 277 | ↓1 | 5 |
| 7 | Emily | 223 | ↑3 | 18 |
| 8 | Amber | 220 | ↓1 | 15 |
| 9 | Samantha | 220 | ↑7 | 8 |
| 10 | Rachel | 189 | ↓1 | 19 |
| 11 | Kayla | 187 | ↑4 | 20 |
| 12 | Heather | 184 | ↓4 | 14 |
| 13 | Elizabeth | 178 | ↓2 | 10 |
| 14 | Stephanie | 172 | ↓2 | 7 |
| 15 | Lauren | 171 | ↑4 | 11 |
| 16 | Brittany | 170 | ↑7 | 6 |
| 17 | Tiffany | 167 | ↑5 | 13 |
| 18 | Nicole | 165 | ↓4 | 9 |
| 19 | Danielle | 164 | ↓2 | 17 |
| 20 | Melissa | 161 | ↓7 | 16 |
| 21 | Chelsea | 141 | ↑17 | 33 |
| 22 | Rebecca | 128 | ↓1 | 26 |
| 23 | Amy | 124 | ↓5 | 29 |
| 24 | Kelsey | 123 | ↑2 | 64 |
| 25 | Courtney | 121 | ↑12 | 24 |
| 26 | Michelle | 120 | ↑4 | 21 |
| 27 | Andrea | 119 | ↑4 | 35 |
| 28 | Sara | 119 | ↓8 | 30 |
| 29 | Whitney | 117 | ↓1 | 39 |
| 30 | Katie | 116 | ↑3 | 40 |
| 31 | Laura | 116 | ↓4 | 23 |
| 32 | Katherine | 104 | ↓7 | 27 |
| 33 | Erin | 103 | ↓1 | 37 |
| 34 | Kimberly | 94 | ↓10 | 25 |
| 35 | Lindsey | 94 | ↑7 | 48 |
| 36 | Allison | 93 | ↑10 | 46 |
| 37 | Crystal | 91 | ↓3 | 28 |
| 38 | Jamie | 91 | ↓9 | 45 |
| 39 | Erica | 87 | – | 31 |
| 40 | Hannah | 85 | ↑7 | 61 |
| 41 | Christina | 80 | ↓6 | 22 |
| 42 | Anna | 76 | ↑1 | 54 |
| 43 | Caitlin | 73 | new | 44 |
| 44 | Mary | 73 | ↑5 | 34 |
| 45 | Alicia | 72 | ↓1 | 50 |
| 46 | Kelly | 72 | ↓1 | 32 |
| 47 | Molly | 72 | new | 86 |
| 48 | Cassandra | 70 | new | 59 |
| 49 | Victoria | 68 | new | 42 |
| 50 | Kristen | 67 | ↓10 | 36 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1987 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua | 548 | ↑3 | 4 |
| 2 | Michael | 485 | ↑1 | 1 |
| 3 | Matthew | 482 | ↓1 | 3 |
| 4 | Andrew | 467 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 5 | Christopher | 459 | ↓4 | 2 |
| 6 | Justin | 327 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 7 | Ryan | 277 | ↓1 | 13 |
| 8 | Kyle | 275 | ↑2 | 21 |
| 9 | David | 269 | – | 6 |
| 10 | Jacob | 269 | ↑7 | 28 |
| 11 | Daniel | 257 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 12 | Tyler | 252 | ↓1 | 33 |
| 13 | John | 242 | ↑1 | 11 |
| 14 | James | 241 | ↓1 | 9 |
| 15 | Nicholas | 235 | – | 14 |
| 16 | Aaron | 229 | ↑4 | 31 |
| 17 | Brandon | 229 | ↓9 | 17 |
| 18 | Robert | 227 | ↑1 | 10 |
| 19 | Cody | 222 | ↑2 | 43 |
| 20 | Zachary | 222 | ↑6 | 29 |
| 21 | Joseph | 197 | ↓3 | 12 |
| 22 | Adam | 185 | ↓6 | 26 |
| 23 | Anthony | 183 | ↓1 | 18 |
| 24 | William | 180 | ↑1 | 16 |
| 25 | Brian | 175 | ↑2 | 22 |
| 26 | Jason | 172 | ↓3 | 27 |
| 27 | Eric | 170 | ↓3 | 19 |
| 28 | Jonathan | 166 | ↑1 | 15 |
| 29 | Travis | 162 | ↑6 | 41 |
| 30 | Kevin | 160 | ↑2 | 20 |
| 31 | Benjamin | 155 | ↓3 | 30 |
| 32 | Jordan | 155 | ↑7 | 52 |
| 33 | Thomas | 153 | ↑8 | 23 |
| 34 | Steven | 151 | ↑2 | 24 |
| 35 | Timothy | 146 | ↓1 | 25 |
| 36 | Nathan | 145 | ↓3 | 44 |
| 37 | Dustin | 142 | ↓7 | 48 |
| 38 | Derek | 130 | ↓1 | 53 |
| 39 | Jeremy | 129 | ↓8 | 35 |
| 40 | Mark | 115 | ↑3 | 39 |
| 41 | Scott | 110 | ↓1 | 47 |
| 42 | Alexander | 107 | ↑6 | 34 |
| 43 | Austin | 107 | ↓1 | 63 |
| 44 | Sean | 105 | new | 38 |
| 45 | Jeffrey | 104 | ↓7 | 36 |
| 46 | Samuel | 96 | new | 45 |
| 47 | Patrick | 95 | ↓2 | 42 |
| 48 | Richard | 95 | ↑2 | 32 |
| 49 | Brett | 94 | new | 73 |
| 50 | Jesse | 93 | ↓1 | 55 |