Popular baby names in Kansas, 2018

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 2018 were Olivia for girls (191 babies) and Liam for boys (180). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 26,596 babies born in Kansas in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 2018

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

Girls

Collins: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kynlee: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Maisie: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Blakely: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tatum: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Wren: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brinley: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sawyer: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Aspen: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Blair: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Crew: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Wade: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cade: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lane: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Asa: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Knox: 44 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Beckett: 42 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Cohen: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kyson: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Corbin: 30 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Olivia	191	↑1	2
2	Emma	176	↓1	1
3	Charlotte	159	↑3	6
4	Evelyn	139	↑1	10
5	Ava	137	↓2	3
6	Harper	132	↓2	9
7	Sophia	117	↑2	5
8	Elizabeth	116	↑6	13
9	Amelia	112	↓1	8
10	Abigail	111	–	11
11	Isabella	101	↓4	4
12	Avery	99	↓1	16
13	Mila	85	↑30	14
14	Mia	81	↓2	7
15	Eleanor	75	–	32
16	Lillian	72	↑1	34
17	Scarlett	72	↓4	20
18	Ella	70	↓2	15
19	Ellie	69	↑10	36
20	Emily	67	↑2	12
21	Hannah	67	↑12	33
22	Natalie	66	↑12	39
23	Nora	66	↓4	30
24	Kinsley	63	↑16	63
25	Violet	63	↑24	43
26	Grace	61	↓5	24
27	Layla	61	↑14	27
28	Lucy	61	↑4	51
29	Chloe	60	↓5	25
30	Hazel	60	↓7	42
31	Lydia	59	new	89
32	Sofia	59	↓6	17
33	Zoey	59	↓8	29
34	Penelope	58	↑2	26
35	Aria	57	↑9	19
36	Aurora	57	↑3	44
37	Paisley	57	↓19	52
38	Addison	56	↓18	35
39	Everly	56	↓8	53
40	Camila	54	↑5	18
41	Claire	54	↓13	50
42	Josephine	54	new	91
43	Luna	54	↓8	23
44	Brooklyn	53	↓14	47
45	Hadley	53	new	>100
46	Anna	51	↓9	54
47	Piper	51	↑3	88
48	Stella	51	↓21	38
49	Madison	50	↓3	22
50	Caroline	48	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Liam	180	↑2	1
2	Oliver	178	↓1	5
3	Henry	161	↑1	16
4	William	151	↓2	3
5	Mason	127	↑12	9
6	Benjamin	126	↑1	6
7	Noah	126	↑3	2
8	Elijah	125	↑7	7
9	James	124	↓3	4
10	Jackson	123	↓5	17
11	Owen	120	↓3	25
12	Hudson	119	↑13	55
13	Logan	116	↓4	10
14	Lincoln	111	↓3	41
15	Wyatt	109	↓1	27
16	Samuel	105	↓4	21
17	Grayson	103	↑2	32
18	Lucas	103	↓2	8
19	Sebastian	103	↑19	18
20	Jack	102	↑14	28
21	Daniel	100	↓3	15
22	Alexander	98	↓9	11
23	Asher	97	↑23	47
24	Michael	97	↑3	14
25	Carter	96	↓4	24
26	Isaac	93	↑2	34
27	Theodore	93	↑12	44
28	Luke	84	↓8	30
29	Joseph	83	↑2	23
30	John	82	–	26
31	Cooper	81	↑4	83
32	Easton	81	↑5	66
33	Jacob	80	↓10	13
34	Levi	79	↓8	33
35	Charles	77	↓3	53
36	Ethan	77	↓12	12
37	Ezra	75	new	59
38	Gabriel	73	↓16	35
39	Mateo	73	new	37
40	Jaxon	72	↓7	39
41	Maverick	71	↓1	73
42	Greyson	70	↑5	77
43	Landon	70	new	61
44	Aiden	68	↑5	19
45	Everett	68	new	95
46	Leo	68	↓5	50
47	Ryker	68	↓2	>100
48	Hunter	66	↓5	56
49	Julian	66	new	36
50	David	65	↓14	22

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