Popular baby names in Kansas, 1997

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1997 were Emily for girls (255 babies) and Jacob for boys (406). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,904 babies born in Kansas in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1997

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: 25 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Aspen: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kylee: 37 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Regan: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Macy: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rylee: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Reagan: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Baylee: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kylie: 60 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Aubrey: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Jace: 27 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Tate: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Braden: 45 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lane: 38 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kyler: 30 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Clay: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Corbin: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Blaine: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Jaden: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Cooper: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	255	↑3	1
2	Madison	251	↓1	10
3	Hannah	249	↓1	5
4	Taylor	246	↑1	7
5	Ashley	186	↓2	3
6	Alexis	181	↑4	8
7	Jessica	173	↓1	2
8	Sarah	171	–	4
9	Elizabeth	163	↑4	9
10	Samantha	154	↓1	6
11	Megan	152	↓4	11
12	Morgan	147	↓1	22
13	Rachel	136	↓1	13
14	Abigail	134	↑3	26
15	Lauren	134	↓1	14
16	Alyssa	123	↑11	15
17	Courtney	117	↓2	28
18	Sydney	106	↑15	35
19	Jordan	105	↑1	40
20	Brooke	99	↑9	45
21	Haley	99	↓3	31
22	Kayla	99	↓6	12
23	Bailey	98	↑5	65
24	Shelby	98	↓5	43
25	Brianna	93	–	17
26	Nicole	93	↑15	21
27	Amanda	89	↓1	16
28	Brittany	87	↓7	20
29	Anna	86	↑2	33
30	Victoria	85	↓8	19
31	Sierra	81	↑8	56
32	Olivia	80	new	27
33	Cheyenne	79	↑9	68
34	Jennifer	79	↑6	18
35	Kaitlyn	79	↑2	41
36	Emma	78	↑10	36
37	Rebecca	78	↓14	25
38	Paige	76	↓6	64
39	Allison	75	↓15	39
40	Mariah	73	↓2	67
41	Alexandra	71	↓7	30
42	Danielle	71	↓12	34
43	Erin	67	↑1	52
44	Kelsey	66	↓9	57
45	Madeline	66	new	59
46	Mary	66	↓3	46
47	Grace	64	new	69
48	Katherine	64	↓3	32
49	Amber	63	↓13	29
50	Jasmine	61	new	24

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jacob	406	–	2
2	Austin	325	–	9
3	Michael	274	↑2	1
4	Matthew	250	–	3
5	Nicholas	249	↑4	6
6	Joshua	244	↑1	5
7	Zachary	243	↓1	13
8	Tyler	238	↓5	10
9	Andrew	236	↓1	7
10	Brandon	201	↑1	8
11	Christopher	191	↓1	4
12	Ryan	182	↑3	16
13	Joseph	179	↓1	12
14	John	169	↑2	15
15	Jordan	164	↑8	26
16	Alexander	160	↑1	22
17	Kyle	160	↑2	24
18	William	160	↑4	19
19	David	159	↑10	14
20	James	158	↑5	17
21	Daniel	157	↓3	11
22	Samuel	148	↑2	27
23	Dylan	142	↑8	30
24	Justin	137	↓4	20
25	Anthony	136	↑7	18
26	Caleb	134	–	47
27	Hunter	130	↑14	44
28	Aaron	127	↓7	33
29	Nathan	124	↑6	34
30	Christian	123	–	25
31	Tanner	121	↑7	82
32	Ethan	120	↑8	46
33	Noah	118	new	38
34	Cody	116	↓21	36
35	Benjamin	113	↓7	29
36	Logan	112	↓22	42
37	Jonathan	109	↓4	21
38	Thomas	106	↓1	31
39	Cole	102	↑11	72
40	Dalton	99	↓6	90
41	Colton	98	↑7	>100
42	Dakota	93	↓15	66
43	Garrett	93	↑1	85
44	Robert	92	↓8	23
45	Blake	90	↓6	80
46	Connor	89	↑1	52
47	Eric	89	↓1	35
48	Chase	85	↓6	77
49	Jared	85	new	56
50	Adam	81	↓7	39

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