State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1961 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,722 Kansas births in 1961 across 842 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Kansas more than they say America.

#86Janaoutside the national top 200
#57Kent#147 nationally
#73Deanna#156 nationally
#46Dana#128 nationally
#99Marsha#179 nationally
#71Shelly#145 nationally
#70Brad#142 nationally
#79Pam#144 nationally
#61Kelly#125 nationally
#76Brent#137 nationally
#64Sherri#121 nationally
#32Bradley#87 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa449US #2
#2Mary427US #1
#3Linda378US #4
#4Lori376US #14
#5Brenda371US #11
#6Susan367US #3
#7Karen336US #5
#8Debra310US #13
#9Pamela294US #15
#10Julie280US #23
#11Teresa280US #18
#12Cynthia255US #8
#13Sandra255US #9
#14Kimberly247US #22
#15Patricia238US #6
#16Tammy234US #28
#17Nancy229US #16
#18Barbara225US #12
#19Cheryl218US #20
#20Janet212US #32
#21Kathy212US #25
#22Donna210US #7
#23Deborah209US #10
#24Cindy206US #33
#25Debbie202US #31
#26Michelle202US #34
#27Denise189US #30
#28Carol181US #24
#29Sharon176US #17
#30Rhonda166US #46
#31Connie165US #50
#32Kim152US #36
#33Diane150US #26
#34Robin150US #27
#35Kelly148US #45
#36Rebecca148US #44
#37Terri148US #51
#38Laura143US #21
#39Diana134US #56
#40Sherry132US #53
#41Elizabeth131US #19
#42Angela121US #38
#43Tina121US #41
#44Jennifer119US #47
#45Carla115US #77
#46Dana111US #128
#47Laurie110US #43
#48Theresa109US #35
#49Vicki107US #76
#50Paula104US #60
#51Janice103US #52
#52Kathleen102US #29
#53Judy100US #58
#54Stephanie94US #78
#55Cathy92US #55
#56Jacqueline91US #37
#57Carolyn90US #42
#58Tracy90US #64
#59Anita89US #91
#60Becky87US #115
#61Sheila87US #59
#62Joyce85US #62
#63Christine84US #39
#64Sherri83US #121
#65Rita80US #105
#66Annette79US #73
#67Penny78US #101
#68Amy76US #69
#69Dawn76US #49
#70Kathryn75US #93
#71Shelly74US #145
#72Catherine73US #48
#73Deanna72US #156
#74Jane71US #72
#75Katherine71US #86
#76Jill69US #74
#77Tamara67US #125
#78Beverly65US #66
#79Pam64US #144
#80Peggy64US #88
#81Regina63US #98
#82Jackie61US #112
#83Marilyn61US #122
#84Melinda60US #129
#85Ann59US #54
#86Jana59
#87Beth58US #65
#88Sheryl58US #140
#89Betty57US #87
#90Ruth57US #96
#91Vickie57US #107
#92Judith56US #83
#93Leslie56US #84
#94Shari56US #142
#95Christina55US #132
#96Valerie55US #67
#97Wanda55US #70
#98Margaret54US #40
#99Marsha54US #179
#100Gina52US #117

Boys

#1David1,021US #2
#2Michael895US #1
#3Mark793US #6
#4John720US #3
#5James719US #4
#6Robert662US #5
#7Kevin491US #14
#8Steven444US #10
#9William401US #7
#10Richard393US #8
#11Jeffrey361US #11
#12Brian302US #20
#13Scott298US #19
#14Gary289US #21
#15Thomas286US #9
#16Timothy277US #15
#17Douglas272US #28
#18Kenneth257US #16
#19Daniel255US #17
#20Gregory253US #23
#21Larry253US #30
#22Charles251US #13
#23Terry229US #32
#24Donald222US #22
#25Ronald222US #24
#26Mike214US #36
#27Paul211US #18
#28Randy204US #33
#29Roger175US #47
#30Dennis171US #34
#31Christopher168US #26
#32Bradley163US #87
#33Alan162US #51
#34Steve153US #45
#35Todd147US #46
#36Joseph146US #12
#37Bruce143US #40
#38Jerry143US #37
#39Craig141US #43
#40Stephen141US #27
#41Eric133US #38
#42Jeff133US #49
#43Keith133US #35
#44Russell132US #55
#45Rodney127US #72
#46Randall126US #63
#47Anthony124US #25
#48Chris124US #57
#49Dale122US #58
#50Danny121US #54
#51Jeffery120US #50
#52Ricky118US #44
#53Patrick116US #39
#54Tim111US #65
#55Troy104US #100
#56Edward100US #29
#57Kent99US #147
#58Curtis97US #75
#59Greg97US #77
#60Phillip94US #69
#61Kelly93US #125
#62Bryan91US #82
#63Tony89US #53
#64George88US #31
#65Jon84US #93
#66Carl83US #56
#67Jim83US #78
#68Rick79US #108
#69Jay78US #81
#70Brad74US #142
#71Gerald73US #62
#72Tracy73US #119
#73Tom72US #88
#74Bill71US #104
#75Billy70US #68
#76Brent68US #137
#77Joe66US #60
#78Martin66US #73
#79Wayne66US #61
#80Ronnie65US #91
#81Raymond64US #48
#82Roy63US #83
#83Barry62US #66
#84Mitchell62US #118
#85Darrell61US #101
#86Kirk59US #140
#87Matthew59US #59
#88Duane55US #132
#89Harold55US #94
#90Jack55US #90
#91Allen53US #96
#92Dean52US #84
#93Frank52US #41
#94Jimmy52US #71
#95Micheal51US #103
#96Stanley51US #106
#97Andrew50US #52
#98Darryl50US #80
#99Bobby49US #76
#100Shawn49US #143

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑52Todd#35
↑43Troy#55
↑29Shelly#71
↑28Amy#68
↑25Dana#46
↑18Carolyn#57
↑17Sheila#61
↑17Ronnie#80

Falling

↓30Margaret#98
↓21Sheryl#88
↓20Raymond#81
↓19Kathryn#70
↓19Frank#93
↓17Edward#56
↓16Becky#60
↓16Ann#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.