Popular baby names in Kansas, 1990

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1990 were Ashley for girls (450 babies) and Michael for boys (486). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 30,874 babies born in Kansas in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1990

Names given at least 15 times in Kansas that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Audra: 18 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Bailey: 44 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kylie: 51 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kelsie: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Abby: 38 babies, 4× the national rate
Shayla: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kylee: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Maggie: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Trisha: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Madison: 35 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 59 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Levi: 72 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Braden: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Skyler: 32 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Cole: 41 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Gage: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dallas: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Brenton: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Trenton: 33 babies, 4× the national rate
Brock: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Ashley	450	↑1	2
2	Jessica	450	↓1	1
3	Amanda	322	–	4
4	Sarah	305	–	6
5	Samantha	269	–	5
6	Megan	254	–	11
7	Brittany	236	–	3
8	Kayla	213	↑3	14
9	Emily	199	–	12
10	Amber	194	↑3	15
11	Rachel	192	↑6	16
12	Courtney	189	↑3	17
13	Jennifer	186	↓5	8
14	Elizabeth	183	↓4	9
15	Lauren	163	↓3	10
16	Stephanie	159	↓2	7
17	Chelsea	155	↑2	24
18	Kelsey	153	–	32
19	Danielle	145	↓3	18
20	Hannah	144	↑4	30
21	Nicole	143	–	13
22	Heather	137	↓2	19
23	Rebecca	136	↑5	21
24	Tiffany	134	↓1	23
25	Melissa	112	↓3	20
26	Jordan	111	↑14	59
27	Katherine	104	↓1	26
28	Katie	104	↑14	53
29	Sara	100	↓2	34
30	Michelle	97	↑1	22
31	Laura	95	↓2	29
32	Morgan	95	new	58
33	Taylor	95	new	46
34	Amy	94	↓4	38
35	Kristen	87	↑8	42
36	Whitney	85	↓4	60
37	Alyssa	84	↑2	27
38	Brooke	84	↑8	70
39	Cassandra	84	↓3	49
40	Lindsey	84	↓7	51
41	Christina	83	↓3	25
42	Caitlin	80	↓7	50
43	Allison	79	↓9	48
44	Andrea	78	↑1	40
45	Anna	77	↓1	45
46	Erin	75	↓21	43
47	Kimberly	72	↑3	31
48	Alexandra	67	new	37
49	Angela	66	new	52
50	Jasmine	63	new	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	486	↑1	1
2	Joshua	470	↓1	4
3	Christopher	433	–	2
4	Matthew	383	–	3
5	Andrew	340	–	7
6	Jacob	340	–	20
7	Tyler	321	↑2	21
8	Ryan	301	↓1	11
9	Kyle	282	↑1	18
10	Brandon	273	↑3	19
11	Justin	270	↓3	9
12	Zachary	266	↑4	22
13	David	252	↑2	6
14	John	251	↑5	12
15	Cody	248	↑7	31
16	Nicholas	238	↓4	14
17	James	234	↓3	8
18	Joseph	233	↓1	10
19	Aaron	221	↓1	34
20	Jordan	220	↑5	29
21	Robert	217	↓1	13
22	Daniel	207	↓11	5
23	Anthony	189	↑4	15
24	Austin	171	↑5	55
25	William	158	↓4	16
26	Jonathan	156	↑4	17
27	Adam	154	↓4	32
28	Kevin	142	↑9	23
29	Steven	142	↑2	25
30	Nathan	140	↑4	44
31	Eric	138	↓7	24
32	Samuel	137	↑8	45
33	Thomas	136	↑6	26
34	Derek	134	↑7	54
35	Benjamin	133	↓9	33
36	Ethan	132	new	58
37	Alexander	129	↓1	28
38	Timothy	123	↓6	30
39	Dustin	122	↓6	50
40	Travis	122	↓12	42
41	Brian	116	↓6	27
42	Jesse	115	↑2	48
43	Jeremy	110	–	40
44	Patrick	107	↑4	36
45	Taylor	104	new	64
46	Jason	101	↓8	46
47	Caleb	97	new	88
48	Cameron	95	new	62
49	Jeffrey	87	↓3	43
50	Stephen	87	new	39

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