Popular baby names in Kansas, 2023

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 2023 were Amelia for girls (140 babies) and Liam for boys (173). Amelia ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 24,866 babies born in Kansas in 2023 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 2023

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: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Halle: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kinley: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Briar: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Maren: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Aspen: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Remington: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Wrenley: 42 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Blair: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Hallie: 37 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Baker: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ledger: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tripp: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ridge: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Hayes: 43 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wade: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Baylor: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Holden: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Colter: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Daxton: 22 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 2023

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Amelia	140	↑2	4
2	Charlotte	138	–	3
3	Olivia	130	↓2	1
4	Evelyn	117	↑2	9
5	Emma	110	↓1	2
6	Eleanor	100	↑1	14
7	Sophia	92	↑10	5
8	Nora	84	↑5	24
9	Elizabeth	83	↑5	15
10	Ava	82	↓1	8
11	Hazel	81	↓3	18
12	Isabella	80	↓2	7
13	Violet	79	↓2	16
14	Harper	78	↓9	11
15	Mia	78	↓3	6
16	Avery	76	↑6	29
17	Aurora	75	↑4	22
18	Penelope	75	↑32	23
19	Luna	68	–	10
20	Lucy	67	↓2	40
21	Lainey	62	new	54
22	Ellie	61	↓6	27
23	Ivy	61	↑6	38
24	Sofia	60	↑13	12
25	Scarlett	57	↓10	17
26	Josephine	56	↑16	64
27	Willow	56	↓4	41
28	Eliana	55	↑16	34
29	Lily	55	↑3	20
30	Ella	54	↓6	32
31	Grace	54	↓5	39
32	Everly	53	↑7	69
33	Gianna	53	new	21
34	Camila	52	↓6	13
35	Hadley	52	new	>100
36	Riley	51	new	43
37	Abigail	50	↓17	31
38	Isla	49	↑2	33
39	Nova	49	↓9	35
40	Parker	49	new	>100
41	Maeve	48	new	73
42	Paisley	48	↓9	56
43	Chloe	47	↓9	26
44	Emily	47	↓13	19
45	Naomi	47	↓10	44
46	Natalie	47	new	63
47	Aria	46	–	25
48	Lillian	46	↑1	55
49	Sadie	46	new	59
50	Emery	44	new	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Liam	173	–	1
2	Oliver	170	–	3
3	Noah	161	↑2	2
4	Theodore	159	–	7
5	Henry	146	↓2	8
6	James	124	–	4
7	Elijah	118	–	5
8	Hudson	115	↑1	21
9	William	112	↑1	10
10	Owen	108	↑5	20
11	Jack	106	↑6	14
12	Benjamin	101	↑1	11
13	Mateo	97	↓1	6
14	Grayson	96	↑16	44
15	Ezra	95	↑1	15
16	Levi	95	↑6	12
17	Samuel	92	↑9	19
18	Wyatt	91	↑10	47
19	Maverick	88	↑1	37
20	Brooks	87	↓2	73
21	Leo	86	↑6	18
22	Asher	84	↓14	23
23	Lucas	83	↓12	9
24	Cooper	80	↑5	52
25	Bennett	78	↑18	74
26	Luke	77	↓3	31
27	Mason	77	↓3	30
28	Alexander	76	↑6	22
29	John	76	↓4	26
30	Jackson	75	↑5	28
31	Elias	74	↑8	36
32	Lincoln	74	↓1	64
33	Joseph	73	↑13	29
34	Michael	72	↑2	16
35	Thomas	72	↓14	41
36	Waylon	71	↓17	63
37	Gabriel	69	↑4	38
38	Isaac	69	↑6	42
39	Jacob	69	↑9	35
40	Sebastian	68	↓7	13
41	Miles	67	↓9	43
42	Beau	65	↓4	81
43	Daniel	65	↓29	17
44	Charles	63	↓4	54
45	Everett	61	new	89
46	Ezekiel	59	new	50
47	Rowan	58	new	76
48	Santiago	57	↑1	45
49	Dylan	56	new	34
50	Silas	56	new	80

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