Popular baby names in Kansas, 2021

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 2021 were Olivia for girls (188 babies) and Liam for boys (179). Social Security records list 25,386 babies born in Kansas in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 2021

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

Girls

Kimber: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Bristol: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Wrenley: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Briar: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Tatum: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Everlee: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sutton: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Collins: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gracelynn: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Palmer: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Baker: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Hank: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sutton: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tate: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cohen: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bo: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Hayes: 41 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Briggs: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Grady: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kasen: 15 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 2021

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Olivia	188	–	1
2	Charlotte	169	–	3
3	Amelia	125	↑2	4
4	Emma	121	↓1	2
5	Evelyn	120	↑1	9
6	Ava	114	↑1	5
7	Sophia	113	↓3	6
8	Eleanor	100	↑1	15
9	Harper	100	↑1	10
10	Elizabeth	87	↑2	14
11	Luna	83	↑20	11
12	Mia	83	↓1	8
13	Isabella	79	↓5	7
14	Hazel	74	↓1	28
15	Nora	73	↑5	27
16	Abigail	70	↓2	17
17	Avery	70	↓2	19
18	Camila	66	↑25	12
19	Ellie	66	↑7	30
20	Nova	63	↑28	32
21	Zoey	63	–	38
22	Layla	62	↑10	24
23	Paisley	61	↓7	52
24	Scarlett	61	↑1	20
25	Willow	61	↑15	39
26	Ella	60	↓7	16
27	Sofia	60	new	18
28	Addison	58	↑14	45
29	Everly	57	↓2	50
30	Lillian	56	↑3	51
31	Stella	56	↓2	41
32	Aurora	55	↓9	35
33	Isla	55	new	34
34	Gianna	54	↓17	13
35	Hadley	54	↑6	>100
36	Lily	54	↑8	31
37	Chloe	53	new	25
38	Claire	53	↓2	59
39	Grace	53	↓21	33
40	Cora	52	new	87
41	Penelope	52	↓4	23
42	Natalie	51	↓8	56
43	Josephine	50	new	72
44	Lucy	50	↓20	48
45	Madison	50	↑2	29
46	Aria	49	↓24	22
47	Hannah	47	↓17	44
48	Ivy	47	new	49
49	Ruby	45	↓4	62
50	Violet	45	↓15	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Liam	179	–	1
2	Oliver	170	↑1	3
3	Noah	152	↑1	2
4	Theodore	151	↑7	10
5	James	135	↑4	5
6	William	135	↑1	6
7	Henry	134	↓5	9
8	Wyatt	113	↓2	29
9	Elijah	112	↓4	4
10	Leo	109	↑13	31
11	Lucas	109	↑4	8
12	Jack	108	↑9	11
13	Jackson	105	↑1	14
14	Asher	103	↑3	25
15	Benjamin	101	↓7	7
16	Hudson	99	↓6	34
17	Levi	96	↑5	12
18	Ezra	93	↑12	37
19	Joseph	93	↑25	28
20	Samuel	93	↑6	23
21	Grayson	91	↑3	35
22	Owen	91	↓4	22
23	Brooks	89	↑4	78
24	Carter	89	↑5	39
25	Alexander	87	↓5	13
26	Maverick	87	↑10	47
27	Mason	84	↓15	18
28	Lincoln	81	↓15	45
29	Thomas	81	↑17	46
30	Luke	79	↑5	32
31	Sebastian	78	↑1	19
32	Daniel	77	↑13	16
33	Miles	76	↑8	55
34	Aiden	73	↑8	26
35	Beau	73	↑13	94
36	Isaac	73	↑11	40
37	Logan	72	↓9	21
38	Bennett	71	new	90
39	Julian	71	↑1	33
40	Elias	70	↑9	48
41	Cooper	69	new	68
42	Silas	69	new	91
43	Gabriel	68	↓12	38
44	Jameson	68	↓1	80
45	Michael	65	↓26	17
46	John	64	↓21	27
47	Ethan	62	↓8	20
48	Mateo	62	↓32	15
49	Everett	61	new	83
50	Charles	60	new	50

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