The most common names of people born in Kansas

Social Security has recorded about 3.5 million births in Kansas since 1910 under names it lists. By our estimate, about 2.4 million of those people are alive today, and their average age is 43. The most common names among them are Mary for women and Michael for men.

These are the names of people born in Kansas, wherever they live now. Social Security records state of birth, not where people live, so people who moved to Kansas from elsewhere aren't counted here, and people born here who moved away are.

Women and girls born in Kansas

Most common names of living women born in Kansas
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Mary	17,000	67
2	Jennifer	14,000	48
3	Linda	12,000	72
4	Elizabeth	11,000	41
5	Jessica	10,000	39
6	Patricia	9,600	71
7	Sarah	9,300	40
8	Karen	8,600	68
9	Ashley	8,500	35
10	Susan	8,500	67
11	Michelle	8,400	51
12	Lisa	8,100	57
13	Emily	8,100	30
14	Kimberly	8,000	51
15	Rebecca	8,000	52
16	Amy	7,900	48
17	Amanda	7,800	40
18	Barbara	7,600	74
19	Angela	7,300	50
20	Debra	7,100	68
21	Melissa	7,000	47
22	Nancy	6,900	71
23	Stephanie	6,700	48
24	Sharon	6,500	73
25	Cynthia	6,400	64
26	Carol	6,200	74
27	Donna	6,200	72
28	Pamela	6,000	67
29	Sandra	6,000	69
30	Julie	6,000	57

Men and boys born in Kansas

Most common names of living men born in Kansas
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Michael	33,000	53
2	David	26,000	56
3	James	26,000	55
4	John	24,000	56
5	Robert	23,000	60
6	William	19,000	50
7	Christopher	17,000	43
8	Matthew	15,000	39
9	Richard	13,000	64
10	Daniel	13,000	45
11	Joshua	13,000	35
12	Steven	12,000	58
13	Mark	12,000	59
14	Charles	12,000	56
15	Joseph	12,000	42
16	Thomas	11,000	52
17	Andrew	11,000	35
18	Jacob	11,000	29
19	Brian	11,000	50
20	Jason	11,000	45
21	Kevin	10,000	51
22	Ryan	9,600	36
23	Timothy	9,000	52
24	Gary	8,400	69
25	Larry	8,300	71
26	Jeffrey	8,200	54
27	Anthony	8,100	39
28	Justin	8,100	39
29	Brandon	7,800	36
30	Kenneth	7,700	62

Average ages here are for people with the name born in Kansas, not the national average.

Names more common in Kansas than nationally

Among living people born in Kansas, these names make up a bigger share than they do nationwide. Kent is 3.3× as common among people born here as among all Americans.

Names more common among people born in Kansas than nationally
#	Name	Vs. national	Alive today	Average age
1	Kent	3.3×	1,400	65
2	Brock	2.8×	1,000	30
3	Trenton	2.8×	1,400	29
4	Braden	2.7×	1,100	24
5	Lane	2.7×	1,100	20
6	Jana	2.7×	970	59
7	Dalton	2.6×	1,800	26
8	Sheryl	2.6×	1,500	69
9	Gage	2.6×	1,400	22
10	Connie	2.5×	4,300	71
11	Tanner	2.5×	2,200	28
12	Marsha	2.5×	1,700	70
13	Clinton	2.5×	1,400	50
14	Kay	2.4×	1,300	74
15	Shelly	2.4×	1,600	58

The newest Kansas babies

The most popular names for babies born in Kansas in 2025, with the average age of everyone in the US who has each name.

Girls

Top girl names of 2025 in Kansas
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Charlotte	178	30
2	Olivia	127	18
3	Evelyn	123	34
4	Amelia	120	16
5	Eleanor	118	30
6	Sophia	117	16
7	Emma	105	20
8	Harper	103	9
9	Lainey	99	7
10	Mia	93	15

Boys

Top boy names of 2025 in Kansas
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Theodore	183	29
2	Oliver	179	13
3	Noah	167	16
4	Liam	164	11
5	Henry	150	34
6	James	141	54
7	Hudson	135	9
8	William	121	51
9	Elijah	119	16
10	Bennett	118	13

About these numbers

Social Security publishes names by state of birth for births from 1910 on, listing a name only when at least five babies of the same sex got it in the state that year, so rare names are missing. We estimate how many of those babies are alive with SSA's national cohort life tables (there are no state tables), and count a name as a girls' or boys' name by which sex has more living people born here. “Vs. national” compares the name's share of living people born in Kansas with its share of all living Americans in the national records. How we calculate this