Popular baby names in Kansas, 1996
The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1996 were Madison for girls (232 babies) and Jacob for boys (353). Madison ranked #15 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,471 babies born in Kansas in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Kansas in 1996
Names given at least 15 times in Kansas that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Addison: 21 babies, 6.9× the national rate
- Bailee: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
- Dallas: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
- Taryn: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
- Kylee: 31 babies, 4.2× the national rate
- Aubrey: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Kelsi: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Hunter: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Bailey: 96 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Kennedy: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Boys
- Braden: 48 babies, 6× the national rate
- Kaden: 17 babies, 5.7× the national rate
- Jace: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
- Blaine: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
- Lane: 37 babies, 4.4× the national rate
- Drake: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Cooper: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
- Trey: 39 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Payton: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Dalton: 117 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1996
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1995 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison | 232 | ↑8 | 15 |
| 2 | Hannah | 226 | ↑5 | 7 |
| 3 | Ashley | 222 | ↓2 | 3 |
| 4 | Emily | 218 | – | 1 |
| 5 | Taylor | 206 | ↓3 | 6 |
| 6 | Jessica | 193 | ↓3 | 2 |
| 7 | Megan | 174 | ↑1 | 12 |
| 8 | Sarah | 169 | ↓2 | 4 |
| 9 | Samantha | 167 | ↓4 | 5 |
| 10 | Alexis | 162 | ↑3 | 8 |
| 11 | Morgan | 152 | ↑1 | 25 |
| 12 | Rachel | 149 | ↑3 | 9 |
| 13 | Elizabeth | 146 | ↓2 | 10 |
| 14 | Lauren | 141 | ↑7 | 16 |
| 15 | Courtney | 128 | ↓5 | 21 |
| 16 | Kayla | 128 | ↓2 | 11 |
| 17 | Abigail | 120 | ↑2 | 32 |
| 18 | Haley | 119 | ↑5 | 30 |
| 19 | Shelby | 119 | ↑3 | 35 |
| 20 | Jordan | 117 | ↓3 | 49 |
| 21 | Brittany | 109 | ↓3 | 14 |
| 22 | Victoria | 108 | ↑5 | 18 |
| 23 | Rebecca | 106 | ↑5 | 24 |
| 24 | Allison | 102 | ↑6 | 38 |
| 25 | Brianna | 100 | ↓1 | 17 |
| 26 | Amanda | 98 | ↓10 | 13 |
| 27 | Alyssa | 96 | ↑5 | 23 |
| 28 | Bailey | 96 | ↑9 | 85 |
| 29 | Brooke | 96 | ↑5 | 45 |
| 30 | Danielle | 95 | ↓1 | 29 |
| 31 | Anna | 94 | – | 33 |
| 32 | Paige | 91 | ↑3 | 65 |
| 33 | Sydney | 90 | ↓8 | 39 |
| 34 | Alexandra | 89 | ↑5 | 26 |
| 35 | Kelsey | 89 | ↓15 | 36 |
| 36 | Amber | 87 | ↓10 | 27 |
| 37 | Kaitlyn | 80 | ↑4 | 40 |
| 38 | Mariah | 80 | ↑10 | 63 |
| 39 | Sierra | 78 | ↑11 | 62 |
| 40 | Jennifer | 77 | ↓7 | 19 |
| 41 | Nicole | 76 | ↑1 | 22 |
| 42 | Cheyenne | 75 | new | 68 |
| 43 | Mary | 73 | new | 44 |
| 44 | Erin | 70 | ↓4 | 51 |
| 45 | Katherine | 68 | ↓7 | 31 |
| 46 | Emma | 65 | new | 53 |
| 47 | Mackenzie | 65 | ↑2 | 75 |
| 48 | Savannah | 65 | new | 43 |
| 49 | Alexandria | 64 | new | 77 |
| 50 | Marissa | 63 | ↓3 | 59 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1995 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 353 | – | 3 |
| 2 | Austin | 339 | – | 9 |
| 3 | Tyler | 304 | – | 7 |
| 4 | Matthew | 270 | – | 2 |
| 5 | Michael | 258 | ↑1 | 1 |
| 6 | Zachary | 252 | ↑1 | 14 |
| 7 | Joshua | 236 | ↓2 | 5 |
| 8 | Andrew | 232 | – | 10 |
| 9 | Nicholas | 210 | ↑2 | 6 |
| 10 | Christopher | 207 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 11 | Brandon | 204 | ↓1 | 8 |
| 12 | Joseph | 184 | ↑3 | 12 |
| 13 | Cody | 181 | – | 31 |
| 14 | Logan | 163 | ↑16 | 42 |
| 15 | Ryan | 162 | ↓3 | 16 |
| 16 | John | 159 | ↑6 | 15 |
| 17 | Alexander | 158 | ↑2 | 22 |
| 18 | Daniel | 156 | ↓4 | 11 |
| 19 | Kyle | 153 | ↓2 | 25 |
| 20 | Justin | 152 | ↓4 | 20 |
| 21 | Aaron | 148 | ↑6 | 34 |
| 22 | William | 148 | ↑2 | 18 |
| 23 | Jordan | 145 | – | 27 |
| 24 | Samuel | 142 | ↑1 | 30 |
| 25 | James | 137 | ↓7 | 17 |
| 26 | Caleb | 134 | ↑7 | 48 |
| 27 | Dakota | 134 | ↓1 | 58 |
| 28 | Benjamin | 133 | ↑7 | 29 |
| 29 | David | 130 | ↓9 | 13 |
| 30 | Christian | 129 | ↑7 | 24 |
| 31 | Dylan | 129 | ↓10 | 33 |
| 32 | Anthony | 125 | ↓3 | 19 |
| 33 | Jonathan | 122 | ↑1 | 21 |
| 34 | Dalton | 117 | ↓6 | 99 |
| 35 | Nathan | 114 | ↓3 | 37 |
| 36 | Robert | 107 | ↓5 | 23 |
| 37 | Thomas | 107 | ↑1 | 28 |
| 38 | Tanner | 106 | ↓2 | 90 |
| 39 | Blake | 103 | ↑3 | 84 |
| 40 | Ethan | 103 | new | 62 |
| 41 | Hunter | 96 | ↑3 | 47 |
| 42 | Chase | 95 | ↑3 | 76 |
| 43 | Adam | 92 | ↓4 | 39 |
| 44 | Garrett | 89 | new | 85 |
| 45 | Jesse | 88 | new | 51 |
| 46 | Eric | 86 | ↓5 | 35 |
| 47 | Connor | 85 | new | 54 |
| 48 | Colton | 82 | ↓1 | >100 |
| 49 | Alex | 80 | new | 53 |
| 50 | Cole | 78 | – | >100 |