Popular baby names in Kansas, 2012

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 2012 were Emma for girls (239 babies) and Mason for boys (202). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Mason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 29,251 babies born in Kansas in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 2012

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

Girls

Cheyenne: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ainsley: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Harley: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kinsley: 47 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brynlee: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Adelyn: 35 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kinley: 44 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Emery: 36 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tatum: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bristol: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Lane: 47 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Case: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tatum: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kyler: 42 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Beau: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kasen: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jaxton: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Keaton: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brock: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brooks: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	239	↑1	2
2	Sophia	191	↓1	1
3	Olivia	179	–	4
4	Isabella	171	–	3
5	Ava	149	–	5
6	Elizabeth	146	↑7	10
7	Avery	138	↑4	13
8	Abigail	126	↓2	7
9	Harper	115	↑15	24
10	Ella	112	↓1	12
11	Madison	112	↑1	9
12	Brooklyn	109	↓5	29
13	Chloe	105	↓3	11
14	Emily	104	–	6
15	Lillian	101	–	25
16	Addison	99	↓8	14
17	Mia	96	↑1	8
18	Zoey	96	↑1	20
19	Lily	91	↓2	16
20	Charlotte	88	↑5	19
21	Natalie	81	↓5	17
22	Hannah	80	↑15	22
23	Amelia	79	↓3	23
24	Grace	76	↓1	21
25	Anna	73	↑5	34
26	Evelyn	73	–	27
27	Claire	69	↓5	45
28	Alexis	67	↓7	40
29	Zoe	67	↑7	30
30	Samantha	65	↑12	26
31	Aubrey	64	↓2	15
32	Aaliyah	62	new	36
33	Layla	62	↓2	31
34	Allison	58	↓7	38
35	Lydia	58	↓1	95
36	Sophie	57	new	52
37	Hadley	56	new	>100
38	Sofia	56	new	18
39	Lucy	55	↓6	66
40	Ellie	54	↑1	85
41	Kaylee	54	↓3	35
42	Leah	54	↓14	33
43	Nevaeh	52	↓11	39
44	Audrey	51	↑5	41
45	Lauren	51	new	72
46	Piper	51	new	98
47	Reagan	51	new	97
48	Nora	50	new	>100
49	Riley	49	new	47
50	Stella	49	↓10	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Mason	202	–	2
2	Liam	198	↑10	6
3	William	191	↓1	5
4	Noah	176	↑5	4
5	Jackson	165	–	21
6	Jacob	161	↓3	1
7	Elijah	147	↑3	13
8	Alexander	137	↑3	9
9	Logan	137	↓2	22
10	Henry	136	↑20	44
11	Gabriel	132	↑5	24
12	Ethan	128	↓8	3
13	James	128	↑6	14
14	Michael	128	↑3	7
15	Benjamin	126	↑3	16
16	Aiden	125	↓10	10
17	Wyatt	123	↓4	41
18	Isaac	121	↑2	30
19	Samuel	116	↓11	25
20	Landon	114	↓5	35
21	Owen	114	↑2	38
22	Andrew	109	↑10	18
23	Daniel	109	↓9	11
24	Hudson	108	new	93
25	Luke	107	↑16	37
26	Eli	106	↑10	43
27	Joshua	105	↓1	17
28	Lucas	104	–	27
29	Carter	103	↓8	36
30	John	102	↑19	28
31	Joseph	101	↓6	19
32	Colton	98	new	65
33	Jaxon	97	new	66
34	Bentley	95	↑10	75
35	Brayden	95	↑3	39
36	Hunter	94	↑10	45
37	Jack	93	↑3	46
38	Jayden	93	↓14	8
39	David	89	↓10	20
40	Gavin	87	↓13	40
41	Charles	86	new	62
42	Cooper	86	↓20	83
43	Connor	85	new	59
44	Easton	84	↓9	96
45	Jace	84	new	85
46	Anthony	83	↓13	15
47	Matthew	82	↓4	12
48	Christian	81	↓9	33
49	Christopher	80	new	23
50	Parker	80	new	81

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