Popular baby names in Kansas, 2011
The most popular baby names in Kansas in 2011 were Sophia for girls (220 babies) and Mason for boys (186). Mason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,647 babies born in Kansas in 2011 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Kansas in 2011
Names given at least 15 times in Kansas that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Breckyn: 17 babies, 52.4× the national rate
- Emersyn: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
- Bristol: 28 babies, 5.4× the national rate
- Brylee: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Emery: 31 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Whitney: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Madilyn: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Braelyn: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Tenley: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Brynlee: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Boys
- Kale: 21 babies, 5.9× the national rate
- Layton: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
- Keaton: 32 babies, 4.7× the national rate
- Maverick: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
- Jett: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
- Brett: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
- Kasen: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
- Barrett: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Brock: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Jamison: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 2011
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2010 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sophia | 220 | ↑3 | 1 |
| 2 | Emma | 200 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 3 | Olivia | 185 | ↑2 | 4 |
| 4 | Isabella | 165 | ↓3 | 2 |
| 5 | Ava | 157 | ↓3 | 5 |
| 6 | Abigail | 140 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 7 | Brooklyn | 130 | ↑9 | 21 |
| 8 | Addison | 129 | ↓2 | 13 |
| 9 | Ella | 127 | ↑3 | 12 |
| 10 | Chloe | 115 | ↑1 | 10 |
| 11 | Avery | 113 | ↓3 | 18 |
| 12 | Madison | 111 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 13 | Elizabeth | 107 | ↓3 | 11 |
| 14 | Emily | 106 | ↓5 | 6 |
| 15 | Lillian | 103 | ↓1 | 22 |
| 16 | Natalie | 96 | ↑3 | 14 |
| 17 | Lily | 91 | ↑3 | 15 |
| 18 | Mia | 87 | – | 9 |
| 19 | Zoey | 83 | ↑2 | 28 |
| 20 | Amelia | 81 | ↑27 | 30 |
| 21 | Alexis | 78 | ↓6 | 26 |
| 22 | Claire | 78 | ↑2 | 50 |
| 23 | Grace | 78 | ↓6 | 16 |
| 24 | Harper | 77 | ↑6 | 54 |
| 25 | Charlotte | 76 | ↑7 | 27 |
| 26 | Evelyn | 76 | ↑7 | 24 |
| 27 | Allison | 63 | ↑1 | 40 |
| 28 | Leah | 61 | ↑10 | 29 |
| 29 | Aubrey | 60 | ↑7 | 20 |
| 30 | Anna | 59 | ↓8 | 38 |
| 31 | Layla | 59 | new | 35 |
| 32 | Nevaeh | 58 | ↓6 | 33 |
| 33 | Lucy | 57 | ↑13 | 73 |
| 34 | Lydia | 57 | new | 96 |
| 35 | Mackenzie | 57 | new | 68 |
| 36 | Zoe | 56 | ↑6 | 31 |
| 37 | Hannah | 55 | ↓10 | 25 |
| 38 | Kaylee | 55 | ↓15 | 36 |
| 39 | Savannah | 55 | ↑10 | 41 |
| 40 | Stella | 55 | new | 74 |
| 41 | Ellie | 54 | ↑9 | 97 |
| 42 | Samantha | 54 | ↓2 | 17 |
| 43 | Brooklynn | 53 | new | >100 |
| 44 | Sydney | 52 | new | 65 |
| 45 | Hailey | 50 | ↓20 | 32 |
| 46 | Morgan | 50 | new | 75 |
| 47 | Peyton | 50 | ↓13 | 53 |
| 48 | Victoria | 49 | new | 23 |
| 49 | Audrey | 48 | ↓6 | 43 |
| 50 | Kennedy | 48 | new | 91 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2010 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mason | 186 | ↑6 | 2 |
| 2 | William | 173 | – | 3 |
| 3 | Jacob | 167 | ↓2 | 1 |
| 4 | Ethan | 163 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 5 | Jackson | 163 | ↑5 | 23 |
| 6 | Aiden | 150 | ↑5 | 9 |
| 7 | Logan | 143 | ↑6 | 21 |
| 8 | Samuel | 143 | ↑6 | 26 |
| 9 | Noah | 140 | ↓1 | 5 |
| 10 | Elijah | 138 | ↓6 | 13 |
| 11 | Alexander | 137 | ↓8 | 8 |
| 12 | Liam | 137 | ↑10 | 15 |
| 13 | Wyatt | 137 | ↑6 | 48 |
| 14 | Daniel | 134 | ↑6 | 10 |
| 15 | Landon | 132 | ↓6 | 34 |
| 16 | Gabriel | 129 | ↓10 | 24 |
| 17 | Michael | 128 | ↑8 | 6 |
| 18 | Benjamin | 124 | ↓1 | 19 |
| 19 | James | 121 | ↑5 | 17 |
| 20 | Isaac | 119 | ↓8 | 35 |
| 21 | Carter | 118 | ↓5 | 41 |
| 22 | Cooper | 117 | ↑10 | 82 |
| 23 | Owen | 111 | ↑5 | 44 |
| 24 | Jayden | 109 | ↓9 | 4 |
| 25 | Joseph | 109 | ↑11 | 22 |
| 26 | Joshua | 109 | ↓5 | 14 |
| 27 | Gavin | 108 | ↑2 | 37 |
| 28 | Lucas | 102 | ↑21 | 29 |
| 29 | David | 101 | ↓2 | 18 |
| 30 | Henry | 100 | ↑17 | 57 |
| 31 | Isaiah | 99 | ↑3 | 43 |
| 32 | Andrew | 98 | ↓14 | 16 |
| 33 | Anthony | 98 | ↓10 | 11 |
| 34 | Caleb | 95 | ↓8 | 32 |
| 35 | Easton | 92 | new | >100 |
| 36 | Eli | 92 | ↑5 | 58 |
| 37 | Nathan | 91 | ↑6 | 28 |
| 38 | Brayden | 90 | ↓8 | 36 |
| 39 | Christian | 90 | ↑6 | 30 |
| 40 | Jack | 89 | new | 45 |
| 41 | Luke | 89 | ↑3 | 39 |
| 42 | Brody | 88 | – | 83 |
| 43 | Matthew | 88 | ↓6 | 12 |
| 44 | Bentley | 87 | new | 75 |
| 45 | Carson | 87 | new | 85 |
| 46 | Hunter | 86 | ↓15 | 55 |
| 47 | Evan | 83 | ↓8 | 40 |
| 48 | Ryan | 83 | new | 25 |
| 49 | John | 81 | ↓14 | 27 |
| 50 | Blake | 80 | new | 73 |