Name Legacy

Baby names in Kansas, 2010s

2010–2019 · 281,617 recorded births

Emma was the most common name given in Kansas across the 2010s, with 1,972 births in the decade. The state recorded 281,617 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Kansas in the 2010s

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
Breckyn8312×
Creighton33
Lakyn63
Brecken142
Brogan92
Brecklyn24
Gentry85
Kale83

Top 25 in the 2010s

RankNameBirths
#1Emma1,972
#2Olivia1,864
#3Liam1,726
#4William1,721
#5Sophia1,558
#6Ava1,523
#7Mason1,499
#8Noah1,471
#9Jackson1,443
#10Henry1,378
#11Benjamin1,357
#12Elijah1,353
#12Isabella1,353
#14Avery1,352
#15Logan1,349
#16Jacob1,306
#17James1,304
#18Harper1,289
#19Alexander1,268
#20Ethan1,259
#21Owen1,231
#22Wyatt1,230
#23Oliver1,217
#24Charlotte1,175
#25Abigail1,171

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