Popular baby names in Kansas, 2002

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 2002 were Emily for girls (243 babies) and Jacob for boys (318). Social Security records list 29,881 babies born in Kansas in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 2002

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: 59 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Rylie: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Piper: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lexi: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Regan: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ashton: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Macie: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jayden: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Taryn: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tatum: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Jace: 45 babies, 5× the national rate
Lane: 40 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Koby: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Corbin: 35 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Keaton: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Caden: 86 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Braden: 68 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Brody: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Reece: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Toby: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Emily	243	↑1	1
2	Madison	221	↓1	2
3	Emma	213	↑1	4
4	Abigail	210	↑2	7
5	Hannah	210	↓2	3
6	Alexis	197	↓1	5
7	Grace	178	↑2	15
8	Elizabeth	160	↑2	11
9	Lauren	159	↓2	13
10	Taylor	150	↓2	18
11	Alyssa	138	↑2	12
12	Olivia	136	↑3	10
13	Ashley	129	↑5	6
14	Samantha	122	↓2	9
15	Morgan	119	↑10	29
16	Sydney	116	↓2	23
17	Megan	106	↑4	22
18	Allison	105	↑6	44
19	Haley	100	↓2	35
20	Chloe	98	↑3	25
21	Anna	97	↓5	20
22	Isabella	95	↑19	14
23	Sarah	94	↓4	8
24	Jessica	92	↓13	16
25	Brianna	91	↑1	17
26	Hailey	86	↓4	31
27	Kaitlyn	83	–	32
28	Sophia	83	↑18	27
29	Paige	79	↑20	51
30	Rachel	79	↓10	24
31	Shelby	74	↑13	75
32	Jenna	70	↑7	47
33	Kayla	68	↑14	19
34	Victoria	68	↓6	21
35	Natalie	67	↓1	30
36	Jennifer	66	↑9	28
37	Mackenzie	65	↑5	42
38	Jordan	64	↓7	45
39	Bailey	62	↓10	84
40	Jasmine	62	↓2	26
41	Katherine	62	↓9	36
42	Avery	60	new	>100
43	Kylie	60	↑5	61
44	Sierra	60	↓4	62
45	Addison	59	new	>100
46	Alexandra	59	new	38
47	Madeline	59	new	56
48	Brooke	58	↓15	52
49	Makayla	58	new	50
50	Zoe	58	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Jacob	318	–	1
2	Ethan	289	↑1	5
3	Andrew	234	↑1	6
4	Joshua	218	↑2	3
5	Zachary	215	↑2	19
6	Michael	190	↓4	2
7	Nicholas	187	↑6	9
8	Tyler	186	↑9	14
9	Austin	185	↓4	26
10	William	184	↓1	11
11	Matthew	180	↓3	4
12	Alexander	167	↑2	15
13	Joseph	166	↓1	7
14	Noah	156	↑5	31
15	Logan	155	↓4	29
16	Daniel	151	↑10	10
17	Caleb	149	↑5	35
18	Gabriel	149	↑13	32
19	Dylan	145	↓9	23
20	Hunter	141	↑4	38
21	David	138	↑9	13
22	Samuel	138	↓6	25
23	John	136	↓3	17
24	Ryan	136	↓9	16
25	James	132	↑3	18
26	Benjamin	129	↑1	27
27	Brandon	126	↓4	20
28	Nathan	126	↓7	28
29	Anthony	125	↓4	12
30	Mason	124	↑3	53
31	Luke	123	↑9	46
32	Christopher	121	↓14	8
33	Jackson	119	↑1	50
34	Isaac	118	↑12	48
35	Jonathan	114	↑3	21
36	Christian	111	↓7	24
37	Blake	109	↑8	76
38	Cole	108	↑4	69
39	Jack	107	new	44
40	Aaron	106	↓3	43
41	Jordan	106	↓9	37
42	Isaiah	104	new	45
43	Thomas	103	–	36
44	Elijah	99	↑3	41
45	Connor	98	↓10	47
46	Chase	95	new	82
47	Jose	95	↑2	30
48	Seth	95	new	72
49	Robert	93	↓10	34
50	Aidan	90	new	60

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