Popular baby names in Kansas, 2008

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 2008 were Emma for girls (201 babies) and Ethan for boys (244). Ethan ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,745 babies born in Kansas in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 2008

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

Girls

Kinsley: 30 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Taryn: 31 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Kinley: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jaylee: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Adyson: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Finley: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Macy: 36 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Macie: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Brylee: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Brynn: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Dayton: 28 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Cale: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Karson: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kale: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Maverick: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lane: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gunner: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Reece: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Quinton: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Easton: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Emma	201	↑1	1
2	Olivia	188	↑6	4
3	Emily	182	↑2	3
4	Madison	180	–	6
5	Ava	178	↓2	5
6	Addison	175	↓5	12
7	Isabella	162	↑2	2
8	Elizabeth	156	↓1	9
9	Abigail	141	↓3	8
10	Chloe	135	↑8	10
11	Sophia	134	–	7
12	Ella	112	↑1	19
13	Hannah	108	↓3	17
14	Natalie	101	↑1	13
15	Alexis	100	↓3	15
16	Avery	100	↑1	38
17	Grace	96	↓1	21
18	Lillian	94	↑4	29
19	Taylor	94	–	22
20	Brooklyn	85	↑1	48
21	Alyssa	83	↓1	16
22	Hailey	83	↑1	25
23	Anna	82	↑1	26
24	Aubrey	78	↑14	42
25	Peyton	77	new	60
26	Ashley	76	↑1	18
27	Lauren	76	↑2	30
28	Leah	76	new	40
29	Lily	76	↓3	24
30	Samantha	75	↓16	11
31	Kaylee	74	↑1	31
32	Savannah	74	↓1	33
33	Mia	72	↓5	14
34	Nevaeh	66	↓9	34
35	Rylee	65	↑14	>100
36	Allison	64	↑1	32
37	Sydney	64	↓7	49
38	Kylie	63	↑9	51
39	Gabriella	61	↓5	35
40	Layla	61	new	55
41	Brooke	60	↑1	52
42	Morgan	60	↑2	46
43	Bailey	59	↓7	82
44	Evelyn	59	new	54
45	Mackenzie	59	↓10	65
46	Riley	59	new	39
47	Claire	58	↓4	62
48	Madeline	57	new	56
49	Sarah	57	↓10	20
50	Katelyn	56	↓10	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Ethan	244	–	3
2	Aiden	208	↑17	16
3	Jacob	207	↓1	1
4	William	184	↑3	8
5	Alexander	183	↓2	6
6	Gabriel	176	↑12	24
7	Jackson	167	↓3	32
8	Michael	162	↑3	2
9	Daniel	159	↑6	5
10	Logan	158	↓4	19
11	Noah	155	↓6	15
12	Andrew	150	↓3	12
13	Mason	147	↑4	35
14	Joshua	146	–	4
15	Isaac	145	↑6	37
16	Nathan	136	↑27	21
17	Benjamin	133	↑15	25
18	Gavin	133	↓5	30
19	Elijah	131	↑10	22
20	Wyatt	131	↑2	62
21	Brody	129	↑26	70
22	Jayden	129	↑8	11
23	Joseph	129	↓3	13
24	James	127	↑1	17
25	Anthony	126	↑15	7
26	Brayden	125	↑20	51
27	Matthew	124	↓1	10
28	Tyler	123	↓16	28
29	Cooper	121	↓1	92
30	Samuel	120	↓22	27
31	Christian	119	↑18	23
32	John	112	↓5	20
33	Christopher	111	↓23	9
34	Landon	111	↓18	45
35	Caleb	110	↓4	34
36	Carter	109	new	65
37	David	108	↓14	14
38	Owen	108	↑3	58
39	Chase	106	new	67
40	Dylan	105	↓5	31
41	Nicholas	104	↓7	29
42	Evan	102	↓18	38
43	Austin	101	↓10	55
44	Hunter	101	↓7	54
45	Jack	99	↓9	39
46	Isaiah	98	↓4	42
47	Luke	98	↓8	43
48	Ryan	91	–	18
49	Connor	90	new	57
50	Aaron	87	new	50

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