Popular baby names in Kansas, 2017

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 2017 were Emma for girls (202 babies) and Oliver for boys (171). Oliver ranked #10 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,038 babies born in Kansas in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 2017

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

Girls

Bristol: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kimber: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lainey: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Macy: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Cheyenne: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brynlee: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Remington: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Oakley: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ashlynn: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Evelynn: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Bo: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Hayes: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lawson: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Wade: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Pierce: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Reid: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brock: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kyson: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Hank: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ryker: 76 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Emma	202	–	1
2	Olivia	183	–	2
3	Ava	154	↑2	3
4	Harper	152	↑2	11
5	Evelyn	144	↑4	9
6	Charlotte	140	↓3	7
7	Isabella	132	↑7	4
8	Amelia	128	↑3	8
9	Sophia	122	↓5	5
10	Abigail	100	↑2	10
11	Avery	98	↓1	14
12	Mia	97	↓5	6
13	Scarlett	93	↑17	18
14	Elizabeth	91	↓6	13
15	Eleanor	88	↑1	36
16	Ella	87	↓1	16
17	Lillian	87	↑1	27
18	Paisley	85	↑29	45
19	Nora	82	↑1	29
20	Addison	79	↑5	34
21	Grace	79	↓4	21
22	Emily	78	↓9	12
23	Hazel	70	↑25	43
24	Chloe	67	↑8	22
25	Zoey	67	↓4	28
26	Sofia	64	↓4	15
27	Stella	64	↑14	42
28	Claire	63	–	49
29	Ellie	60	–	44
30	Brooklyn	59	↓7	39
31	Everly	58	new	82
32	Lucy	58	↓1	52
33	Hannah	57	–	32
34	Natalie	57	↓15	35
35	Luna	56	new	37
36	Penelope	55	↓9	24
37	Anna	53	new	53
38	Willow	52	new	80
39	Aurora	51	↓1	51
40	Kinsley	51	↑6	59
41	Layla	51	↑8	26
42	Lily	51	↓2	33
43	Mila	50	new	30
44	Aria	49	↓18	20
45	Camila	49	new	23
46	Madison	48	↓22	17
47	Savannah	48	new	38
48	Riley	47	↓11	25
49	Violet	47	new	47
50	Piper	46	new	81

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Oliver	171	↑6	10
2	William	162	↑1	3
3	Liam	152	↑1	1
4	Henry	140	↓2	19
5	Jackson	140	↑3	20
6	James	139	–	4
7	Benjamin	137	↓6	6
8	Owen	134	↑2	28
9	Logan	133	↑13	5
10	Noah	128	↓5	2
11	Lincoln	124	↑10	41
12	Samuel	123	↑21	21
13	Alexander	122	↓2	13
14	Wyatt	122	↓2	25
15	Elijah	116	↓2	8
16	Lucas	114	↑12	11
17	Mason	113	↓3	7
18	Daniel	107	↑6	15
19	Grayson	104	↑6	34
20	Luke	103	↑7	30
21	Carter	102	↑2	24
22	Gabriel	101	↑8	31
23	Jacob	100	↓7	9
24	Ethan	98	↓15	14
25	Hudson	97	↓5	64
26	Levi	97	↑21	35
27	Michael	93	↓1	12
28	Isaac	91	↓11	32
29	Eli	90	↑2	54
30	John	88	↑2	27
31	Joseph	88	↑7	18
32	Charles	87	↑7	48
33	Jaxon	85	↑7	43
34	Jack	83	↓16	36
35	Cooper	81	↑6	88
36	David	80	new	22
37	Easton	80	↓8	66
38	Sebastian	80	new	23
39	Theodore	79	new	61
40	Maverick	78	new	84
41	Leo	77	new	62
42	Thomas	77	↓7	49
43	Hunter	76	↓28	53
44	Isaiah	76	new	46
45	Ryker	76	new	>100
46	Asher	74	new	59
47	Greyson	74	new	80
48	Christian	73	new	52
49	Aiden	72	↓30	17
50	Joshua	72	new	38

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