State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1965 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,796 Kansas births in 1965 across 773 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#65Karla#188 nationally
#93Ronda#181 nationally
#68Brad#148 nationally
#60Kelly#136 nationally
#86Kent#161 nationally
#74Shelley#148 nationally
#52Darin#123 nationally
#30Shelly#98 nationally
#100Traci#168 nationally
#77Sheri#141 nationally
#80Becky#143 nationally
#71Brent#131 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa528US #1
#2Kimberly279US #4
#3Mary273US #2
#4Susan268US #5
#5Lori255US #19
#6Karen241US #3
#7Julie238US #14
#8Brenda228US #23
#9Angela226US #10
#10Michelle215US #18
#11Tammy210US #11
#12Pamela189US #12
#13Teresa189US #24
#14Cynthia185US #9
#15Patricia177US #6
#16Rhonda166US #37
#17Linda164US #8
#18Kelly151US #30
#19Denise145US #28
#20Robin141US #33
#21Amy140US #35
#22Tina139US #29
#23Sandra137US #15
#24Debra136US #27
#25Stephanie134US #44
#26Deborah130US #13
#27Donna129US #7
#28Jennifer127US #20
#29Janet122US #55
#30Shelly121US #98
#31Rebecca120US #41
#32Laura119US #17
#33Tracy115US #36
#34Cindy114US #53
#35Elizabeth113US #16
#36Barbara109US #25
#37Cheryl108US #31
#38Nancy106US #32
#39Paula105US #49
#40Sharon104US #22
#41Melissa101US #38
#42Kathy98US #54
#43Jill97US #51
#44Christine94US #21
#45Debbie92US #62
#46Kim90US #43
#47Sheila89US #50
#48Christina88US #74
#49Carol86US #42
#50Dawn85US #26
#51Connie84US #61
#52Dana83US #78
#53Carla81US #76
#54Diane80US #40
#55Terri77US #69
#56Sherri72US #91
#57Kathleen71US #34
#58Tamara71US #104
#59Sherry70US #56
#60Diana66US #64
#61Wendy64US #39
#62Anita63US #94
#63Gina63US #70
#64Theresa62US #45
#65Karla61US #188
#66Annette60US #71
#67Deanna60US #110
#68Jacqueline58US #47
#69Michele57US #48
#70Stacey55US #84
#71Carolyn54US #58
#72Melinda54US #100
#73Renee54US #68
#74Shelley54US #148
#75Ann52US #59
#76Laurie52US #60
#77Sheri52US #141
#78Beth51US #66
#79Joyce51US #90
#80Becky50US #143
#81Stacy50US #119
#82Vicki50US #114
#83Margaret49US #52
#84Regina49US #82
#85Monica48US #72
#86Catherine46US #57
#87Cathy46US #88
#88Jamie46US #140
#89Katherine45US #79
#90Penny45US #97
#91Tonya45US #129
#92Janice43US #73
#93Ronda43US #181
#94Shannon43US #144
#95Andrea41US #63
#96Judy41US #86
#97Julia41US #123
#98Leslie41US #75
#99Kristine40US #120
#100Traci40US #168

Boys

#1Michael744US #1
#2David659US #3
#3John582US #2
#4James557US #4
#5Robert494US #5
#6Mark426US #7
#7Kevin417US #13
#8Brian332US #19
#9Steven331US #14
#10Richard325US #8
#11Jeffrey307US #10
#12Scott306US #15
#13William303US #6
#14Timothy293US #12
#15Paul233US #16
#16Todd217US #30
#17Daniel213US #17
#18Thomas203US #9
#19Christopher202US #18
#20Kenneth202US #21
#21Gregory201US #23
#22Douglas192US #32
#23Charles189US #20
#24Gary185US #27
#25Larry172US #38
#26Eric170US #25
#27Donald160US #26
#28Ronald159US #24
#29Troy147US #53
#30Bradley138US #72
#31Patrick136US #31
#32Darren133US #52
#33Joseph131US #11
#34Terry126US #40
#35Randy122US #42
#36Anthony120US #22
#37Craig119US #46
#38Rodney119US #33
#39Stephen114US #28
#40Jerry112US #41
#41Mike106US #51
#42Jeff102US #62
#43Jeffery102US #47
#44Alan101US #59
#45Roger100US #49
#46Chris92US #60
#47Curtis90US #75
#48Keith88US #35
#49Bryan87US #63
#50Edward85US #29
#51Dennis82US #44
#52Darin80US #123
#53Steve78US #55
#54Jon77US #78
#55Matthew77US #36
#56George76US #34
#57Tim76US #97
#58Tony75US #48
#59Danny74US #56
#60Kelly72US #136
#61Randall71US #73
#62Shawn71US #69
#63Bruce70US #50
#64Jay69US #90
#65Carl68US #54
#66Raymond68US #45
#67Russell67US #58
#68Brad62US #148
#69Dale61US #83
#70Billy57US #77
#71Brent57US #131
#72Frank57US #43
#73Phillip57US #70
#74Martin56US #67
#75Ricky55US #57
#76Darrin54US #102
#77Andrew50US #37
#78Bobby49US #80
#79Gerald48US #64
#80Greg47US #105
#81Joe47US #71
#82Brett46US #132
#83Tracy46US #110
#84Barry45US #86
#85Jim45US #116
#86Kent45US #161
#87Duane44US #135
#88Marc43US #108
#89Sean42US #79
#90Wayne42US #65
#91Allen40US #92
#92Darrell40US #91
#93Jimmy40US #81
#94Harold39US #99
#95Darryl38US #68
#96Philip38US #87
#97Jack37US #104
#98Ronnie37US #107
#99Tommy37US #119
#100Lawrence36US #66

On the move since 1964

Rising

↑46Darren#32
↑36Darin#52
↑32Wendy#61
↑26Gina#63
↑23Amy#21
↑21Carolyn#71
↑20Stacey#70
↑18Jill#43

Falling

↓27Judy#96
↓26Janice#92
↓21Connie#51
↓20Jay#64
↓16Regina#84
↓16Ricky#75
↓15Diana#60
↓14Stacy#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1964 rankings.