Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1997

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	406
2	Austin	325
3	Michael	274
4	Matthew	250
5	Nicholas	249
6	Joshua	244
7	Zachary	243
8	Tyler	238
9	Andrew	236
10	Brandon	201
11	Christopher	191
12	Ryan	182
13	Joseph	179
14	John	169
15	Jordan	164
16	Alexander	160
16	Kyle	160
16	William	160
19	David	159
20	James	158
21	Daniel	157
22	Samuel	148
23	Dylan	142
24	Justin	137
25	Anthony	136

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Caleb	134
27	Hunter	130
28	Aaron	127
29	Nathan	124
30	Christian	123
31	Tanner	121
32	Ethan	120
33	Noah	118
34	Cody	116
35	Benjamin	113
36	Logan	112
37	Jonathan	109
38	Thomas	106
39	Cole	102
40	Dalton	99
41	Colton	98
42	Dakota	93
42	Garrett	93
44	Robert	92
45	Blake	90
46	Connor	89
46	Eric	89
48	Chase	85
48	Jared	85
50	Adam	81
50	Luke	81
52	Grant	78
52	Kevin	78
54	Alex	76
54	Trevor	76
56	Wyatt	74
57	Charles	73
58	Timothy	72
59	Isaac	71
60	Devin	68
60	Steven	68
62	Brian	67
62	Gabriel	67
62	Jose	67
65	Sean	65
66	Tristan	64
67	Jack	62
67	Jesse	62
69	Dustin	60
69	Isaiah	60
69	Seth	60
72	Evan	59
72	Levi	59
74	Cameron	56
75	Taylor	55
76	Bryce	54
76	Lucas	54
76	Nathaniel	54
79	Jackson	53
79	Jason	53
81	Derek	52
81	Ian	52
81	Mason	52
84	Brett	51
84	Gage	51
86	Trenton	49
87	Brady	47
88	Mitchell	46
89	Alec	45
89	Braden	45
89	Elijah	45
89	Jesus	45
89	Riley	45
94	Patrick	44
95	Brendan	43
96	Chance	42
96	Kaleb	42
98	Jeremy	40
99	Adrian	39
99	Clayton	39
99	Shawn	39