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Baby names in Kansas, 1990s

1990–1999 · 288,033 recorded births

Jacob was the most common name given in Kansas across the 1990s, with 3,887 births in the decade. The state recorded 288,033 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Kansas in the 1990s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Female59
Male56
Braden347
Kale55
Cale65
Lane265
Jace161
Trenton439

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Jacob3,887
#2Michael3,284
#3Tyler3,227
#4Joshua3,061
#5Matthew3,051
#6Taylor2,996
#7Austin2,832
#8Ashley2,822
#9Jordan2,751
#10Jessica2,737
#11Christopher2,722
#12Andrew2,596
#13Zachary2,524
#14Emily2,435
#15Brandon2,404
#16Nicholas2,279
#17Ryan2,214
#18Sarah2,130
#19Samantha2,005
#20Joseph1,986
#21Kyle1,984
#22Cody1,981
#23Hannah1,942
#24Megan1,883
#25John1,874

Other decades in Kansas

All Kansas names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org