Popular baby names in Kansas, 2009

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 2009 were Emma for girls (218 babies) and Ethan for boys (204). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Ethan ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,502 babies born in Kansas in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 2009

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

Girls

Briley: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Brynlee: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Bristol: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kinsley: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kinley: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Hadley: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Liberty: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Emery: 28 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Laney: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Brylee: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Bo: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Kyler: 41 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lane: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Zayden: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jax: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dayton: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Corbin: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ryker: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Beau: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brooks: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Emma	218	–	2
2	Isabella	185	↑5	1
3	Ava	181	↑2	5
4	Olivia	175	↓2	3
5	Abigail	167	↑4	8
6	Addison	159	–	12
7	Madison	155	↓3	7
8	Sophia	155	↑3	4
9	Chloe	150	↑1	9
10	Emily	148	↓7	6
11	Alexis	134	↑4	13
12	Ella	120	–	15
13	Elizabeth	119	↓5	11
14	Avery	108	↑2	32
15	Mia	106	↑18	10
16	Natalie	100	↓2	16
17	Grace	96	–	17
18	Lillian	96	–	27
19	Brooklyn	95	↑1	37
20	Hannah	90	↓7	23
21	Taylor	88	↓2	22
22	Lily	87	↑7	18
23	Anna	79	–	28
24	Kaylee	77	↑7	26
25	Leah	77	↑3	29
26	Samantha	77	↑4	14
27	Nevaeh	76	↑7	34
28	Hailey	67	↓6	25
29	Allison	66	↑7	30
30	Aubrey	65	↓6	41
31	Madelyn	65	new	59
32	Peyton	65	↓7	42
33	Evelyn	63	↑11	40
34	Riley	63	↑12	38
35	Ashley	62	↓9	20
36	Bailey	62	↑7	85
37	Morgan	61	↑5	57
38	Zoey	61	new	75
39	Claire	59	↑8	53
40	Paige	58	new	98
41	Victoria	57	new	31
42	Rylee	56	↓7	>100
43	Alyssa	55	↓22	19
44	Audrey	54	new	49
45	Lauren	54	↓18	46
46	Kylie	53	↓8	62
47	Alexa	50	new	43
48	Charlotte	49	new	68
49	Gabrielle	49	new	96
50	Layla	49	↓10	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Ethan	204	–	2
2	William	190	↑2	5
3	Jacob	188	–	1
4	Alexander	175	↑1	4
5	Noah	174	↑6	9
6	Aiden	163	↓4	12
7	Jackson	163	–	27
8	Gabriel	155	↓2	22
9	Logan	154	↑1	17
10	Joshua	151	↑4	6
11	Elijah	146	↑8	21
12	Landon	135	↑22	36
13	Benjamin	134	↑4	19
14	Gavin	134	↑4	33
15	Joseph	133	↑8	15
16	Michael	133	↓8	3
17	Samuel	133	↑13	24
18	Isaac	132	↓3	40
19	Wyatt	132	↑1	60
20	Brayden	129	↑6	48
21	Caleb	129	↑14	31
22	David	129	↑15	14
23	Anthony	125	↑2	11
24	James	123	–	18
25	Daniel	122	↓16	7
26	Andrew	120	↓14	16
27	Mason	120	↓14	34
28	John	118	↑4	26
29	Carter	117	↑7	50
30	Jack	114	↑15	42
31	Hunter	113	↑13	56
32	Brody	111	↓11	77
33	Christopher	111	–	10
34	Matthew	111	↓7	13
35	Jayden	110	↓13	8
36	Cooper	108	↓7	84
37	Chase	107	↑2	61
38	Christian	101	↓7	23
39	Lucas	101	new	39
40	Ryan	101	↑8	20
41	Nathan	100	↓25	25
42	Evan	98	–	35
43	Dylan	96	↓3	30
44	Liam	92	new	49
45	Austin	91	↓2	63
46	Tyler	91	↓18	28
47	Owen	90	↓9	51
48	Henry	89	new	71
49	Luke	87	↓2	47
50	Angel	86	new	37

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