Popular baby names in Kansas, 2016

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 2016 were Emma for girls (204 babies) and Benjamin for boys (185). Benjamin ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,267 babies born in Kansas in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 2016

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

Girls

Oakley: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Ember: 34 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Collins: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kimber: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Bristol: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Hayden: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Blair: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Emersyn: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Macy: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Blakely: 25 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Dayton: 15 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Dax: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rhett: 55 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lane: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bowen: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Case: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Daxton: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kasen: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Beckett: 44 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gunner: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Emma	204	–	1
2	Olivia	185	–	2
3	Charlotte	149	↑5	7
4	Sophia	144	↑1	4
5	Ava	131	↓2	3
6	Harper	128	↓2	11
7	Mia	123	↑4	6
8	Elizabeth	119	↓2	13
9	Evelyn	116	↑3	12
10	Avery	107	↓1	16
11	Amelia	106	↑2	10
12	Abigail	100	↓5	8
13	Emily	99	↑1	9
14	Isabella	97	↓4	5
15	Ella	90	↑3	17
16	Eleanor	85	↑8	41
17	Grace	84	↓2	19
18	Lillian	84	↑13	28
19	Natalie	83	↑23	31
20	Nora	79	↑2	36
21	Zoey	79	↓4	26
22	Sofia	77	↓2	14
23	Brooklyn	75	↑2	34
24	Madison	75	↑3	15
25	Addison	73	↓6	29
26	Aria	69	↑4	23
27	Penelope	68	↓6	27
28	Claire	67	↓5	40
29	Ellie	67	↓3	43
30	Scarlett	67	↑7	18
31	Lucy	66	↑12	55
32	Chloe	64	↑1	20
33	Hannah	64	↑3	33
34	Lydia	63	↑6	80
35	Audrey	60	new	39
36	Quinn	59	new	79
37	Riley	58	↑11	22
38	Aurora	57	new	66
39	Kennedy	57	↑10	59
40	Lily	56	↓5	24
41	Stella	54	↓12	45
42	Aubrey	53	↓3	25
43	Sadie	53	↓11	60
44	Cora	52	↓10	87
45	Hadley	52	↓17	>100
46	Kinsley	52	new	86
47	Paisley	52	↓31	46
48	Hazel	51	new	52
49	Layla	51	↓4	30
50	Zoe	51	–	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Benjamin	185	↑9	6
2	Henry	173	↑6	22
3	William	169	↓1	3
4	Liam	164	↓3	2
5	Noah	160	↑1	1
6	James	150	↑8	5
7	Oliver	142	↓3	12
8	Jackson	140	↑8	17
9	Ethan	137	↓2	10
10	Owen	137	↓1	24
11	Alexander	134	↑2	11
12	Wyatt	130	↓7	33
13	Elijah	127	↑2	9
14	Mason	122	↓11	4
15	Hunter	118	↑9	45
16	Jacob	114	↑3	7
17	Isaac	113	↑10	31
18	Jack	111	↑3	38
19	Aiden	109	↑4	16
20	Hudson	107	↑17	61
21	Lincoln	106	↑18	51
22	Logan	105	↓10	18
23	Carter	103	↓12	26
24	Daniel	103	↑16	13
25	Grayson	102	↑8	37
26	Michael	102	↑2	8
27	Luke	101	↓7	29
28	Lucas	100	↓6	14
29	Easton	99	↑1	66
30	Gabriel	99	↓12	25
31	Eli	98	↑1	50
32	John	96	↓7	28
33	Samuel	95	↓16	21
34	Andrew	90	new	34
35	Thomas	90	–	48
36	Anthony	87	↑12	30
37	Connor	87	new	54
38	Joseph	87	–	20
39	Charles	85	↓5	52
40	Jaxon	85	↓9	41
41	Cooper	82	↓5	79
42	Jace	79	↑4	76
43	Caleb	78	↑6	44
44	Matthew	78	↑6	15
45	Jayden	74	new	27
46	Landon	71	↓20	53
47	Levi	70	↓18	42
48	Dylan	69	new	32
49	Bentley	68	↓6	100
50	Miles	67	new	>100

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