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Baby names in Kansas, 2000s

2000–2009 · 302,924 recorded births

Jacob was the most common name given in Kansas across the 2000s, with 2,752 births in the decade. The state recorded 302,924 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Kansas in the 2000s

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
Breckyn4213×
Brecken61
Cale128
Kale122
Kinley108
Dayton162
Lane328
Keaton247

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1Jacob2,752
#2Ethan2,409
#3Emma2,252
#4Madison2,115
#5Emily2,097
#6Andrew1,892
#7Michael1,843
#8Joshua1,816
#9Abigail1,806
#10Logan1,801
#10William1,801
#12Alexander1,760
#13Hannah1,731
#14Alexis1,716
#15Tyler1,679
#16Olivia1,625
#17Joseph1,598
#18Matthew1,565
#19Noah1,519
#20Elizabeth1,500
#21Taylor1,485
#22Samuel1,477
#23Austin1,458
#24Grace1,453
#25Zachary1,439

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