Popular baby names in Kansas, 1998

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1998 were Madison for girls (282 babies) and Jacob for boys (433). Madison ranked #9 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,723 babies born in Kansas in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1998

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

Girls

Regan: 24 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Reagan: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Addison: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tatum: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Makenna: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ashlyn: 39 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Taryn: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Peyton: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sadie: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ashton: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Braden: 59 babies, 6× the national rate
Keaton: 28 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lane: 36 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jace: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tate: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jayden: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kaden: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Trey: 49 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Payton: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kyler: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Madison	282	↑1	9
2	Emily	268	↓1	1
3	Hannah	259	–	2
4	Taylor	221	–	7
5	Alexis	192	↑1	6
6	Ashley	183	↓1	5
7	Samantha	172	↑3	3
8	Sarah	168	–	4
9	Jessica	163	↓2	8
10	Lauren	154	↑5	14
11	Elizabeth	151	↓2	10
12	Megan	144	↓1	13
13	Morgan	137	↓1	23
14	Alyssa	134	↑2	11
15	Sydney	132	↑3	28
16	Abigail	130	↓2	18
17	Emma	127	↑19	22
18	Allison	109	↑21	38
19	Rachel	107	↓6	15
20	Anna	106	↑9	31
21	Jordan	106	↓2	42
22	Brittany	101	↑6	25
23	Haley	99	↓2	36
24	Olivia	99	↑8	21
25	Brianna	96	–	17
26	Courtney	91	↓9	39
27	Bailey	90	↓4	60
28	Brooke	88	↓8	46
29	Victoria	88	↑1	16
30	Shelby	84	↓6	49
31	Amanda	81	↓4	19
32	Kayla	79	↓10	12
33	Mackenzie	79	new	64
34	Grace	78	↑13	53
35	Kaitlyn	76	–	35
36	Kelsey	75	↑8	56
37	Amber	74	↑12	37
38	Katherine	74	↑10	33
39	Nicole	74	↓13	24
40	Jennifer	73	↓6	20
41	Jasmine	72	↑9	26
42	Natalie	72	new	40
43	Paige	71	↓5	63
44	Rebecca	71	↓7	30
45	Sierra	71	↓14	51
46	Alexandria	67	new	81
47	Sara	67	new	48
48	Mariah	66	↓8	62
49	Kylie	65	new	>100
50	Madeline	64	↓5	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	433	–	2
2	Austin	279	–	10
3	Matthew	261	↑1	3
4	Zachary	251	↑3	16
5	Michael	242	↓2	1
6	Tyler	238	↑2	8
7	Joshua	230	↓1	4
8	Andrew	210	↑1	9
9	Nicholas	202	↓4	6
10	Christopher	192	↑1	5
11	Brandon	190	↓1	7
12	Alexander	178	↑4	22
13	Joseph	175	–	11
14	Dylan	174	↑9	25
15	Ryan	172	↓3	17
16	William	171	↑2	14
17	Ethan	168	↑15	38
18	John	162	↓4	15
19	Kyle	157	↓2	24
20	Daniel	156	↑1	12
21	Jordan	156	↓6	27
22	David	153	↓3	13
23	Noah	152	↑10	29
24	Caleb	150	↑2	42
25	James	149	↓5	18
26	Jonathan	144	↑11	21
27	Samuel	141	↓5	28
28	Hunter	139	↓1	36
29	Justin	134	↓5	20
30	Nathan	129	↓1	34
31	Anthony	125	↓6	19
32	Logan	125	↑4	44
33	Dalton	124	↑7	88
34	Christian	120	↓4	26
35	Cody	120	↓1	43
36	Benjamin	119	↓1	30
37	Tanner	116	↓6	82
38	Cole	110	↑1	77
39	Thomas	108	↓1	31
40	Aaron	106	↓12	37
41	Dakota	103	↑1	72
42	Cameron	102	new	35
43	Robert	101	↑1	23
44	Connor	95	↑2	47
45	Blake	93	–	85
46	Alex	89	new	55
47	Seth	89	new	86
48	Adam	84	↑2	45
49	Eric	84	↓2	39
50	Mason	82	new	83

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