State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1966 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,244 Kansas births in 1966 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.

#67Karla#193 nationally
#91Kristi#185 nationally
#97Ronda#187 nationally
#83Kent#172 nationally
#54Darin#134 nationally
#71Brad#150 nationally
#74Becky#153 nationally
#70Traci#137 nationally
#89Lance#156 nationally
#90Wesley#157 nationally
#51Kelly#111 nationally
#75Chad#135 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa510US #1
#2Michelle337US #4
#3Kimberly316US #2
#4Angela243US #9
#5Mary235US #3
#6Julie229US #13
#7Susan222US #6
#8Lori217US #21
#9Tammy210US #8
#10Brenda208US #25
#11Karen197US #5
#12Amy162US #30
#13Patricia162US #7
#14Tina155US #23
#15Stephanie152US #38
#16Pamela149US #15
#17Jennifer145US #10
#18Teresa141US #29
#19Rhonda138US #39
#20Deborah137US #14
#21Cynthia134US #11
#22Sandra133US #17
#23Laura128US #19
#24Melissa127US #22
#25Rebecca127US #40
#26Kelly126US #26
#27Christine123US #20
#28Linda123US #18
#29Debra116US #35
#30Nancy111US #33
#31Tracy110US #31
#32Dawn108US #24
#33Donna108US #12
#34Denise107US #32
#35Elizabeth107US #16
#36Cheryl104US #34
#37Paula104US #50
#38Jill99US #49
#39Barbara97US #27
#40Cindy95US #56
#41Robin92US #42
#42Sharon92US #28
#43Shelly92US #89
#44Sheila89US #51
#45Terri79US #72
#46Dana78US #68
#47Sherry78US #53
#48Diane74US #45
#49Janet74US #57
#50Connie72US #70
#51Theresa72US #46
#52Carol71US #48
#53Gina68US #58
#54Stacy68US #91
#55Michele66US #36
#56Sherri64US #92
#57Tamara63US #98
#58Stacey62US #76
#59Debbie61US #73
#60Annette58US #79
#61Carla58US #77
#62Jacqueline58US #47
#63Kim56US #43
#64Monica56US #75
#65Christina55US #67
#66Melinda54US #102
#67Karla53US #193
#68Andrea52US #52
#69Leslie52US #71
#70Traci52US #137
#71Diana51US #64
#72Kathleen51US #37
#73Shannon51US #120
#74Becky50US #153
#75Wendy49US #41
#76Deanna48US #105
#77Janice47US #80
#78Renee47US #66
#79Ann46US #61
#80Kathy46US #59
#81Sheri46US #134
#82Vicki46US #115
#83Kristine44US #104
#84Valerie44US #74
#85Anita43US #88
#86Catherine43US #54
#87Laurie43US #63
#88Tonya43US #96
#89Sonya42US #126
#90Kathryn41US #86
#91Kristi41US #185
#92Katherine40US #78
#93Shelley40US #140
#94Suzanne40US #62
#95Beth39US #65
#96Carolyn39US #60
#97Ronda39US #187
#98Sarah39US #85
#99Regina38US #82
#100Heather37US #125

Boys

#1Michael719US #1
#2David631US #2
#3John507US #4
#4James494US #3
#5Robert471US #5
#6Mark363US #7
#7Brian334US #14
#8Kevin313US #17
#9Steven303US #13
#10Jeffrey293US #9
#11Timothy290US #11
#12William284US #6
#13Richard282US #8
#14Scott265US #16
#15Christopher223US #12
#16Charles202US #20
#17Thomas189US #10
#18Daniel185US #19
#19Kenneth179US #21
#20Todd174US #29
#21Troy171US #48
#22Douglas169US #33
#23Paul166US #18
#24Gary161US #28
#25Gregory160US #23
#26Eric155US #25
#27Larry148US #38
#28Ronald133US #24
#29Donald131US #27
#30Joseph126US #15
#31Stephen126US #26
#32Patrick121US #31
#33Terry120US #40
#34Anthony117US #22
#35Randy117US #45
#36Rodney114US #35
#37Bradley112US #68
#38Jerry111US #41
#39Darren108US #63
#40Shawn102US #54
#41Jeff101US #72
#42Matthew100US #34
#43Jeffery99US #42
#44Bryan97US #52
#45Craig95US #46
#46Roger92US #51
#47Mike90US #69
#48Dennis88US #44
#49Keith88US #32
#50Chris87US #55
#51Kelly84US #111
#52Tony81US #49
#53Jon79US #76
#54Darin73US #134
#55Steve70US #67
#56Curtis68US #75
#57Russell68US #61
#58Brent64US #114
#59Edward64US #30
#60George61US #37
#61Danny60US #62
#62Bruce57US #53
#63Dale57US #85
#64Andrew54US #36
#65Jay54US #91
#66Randall54US #70
#67Alan53US #57
#68Sean53US #50
#69Darrin52US #119
#70Tim52US #103
#71Brad51US #150
#72Ricky51US #64
#73Wayne51US #59
#74Carl50US #56
#75Chad49US #135
#76Barry48US #87
#77Phillip48US #71
#78Martin46US #78
#79Raymond45US #47
#80Philip44US #86
#81Billy43US #80
#82Gerald43US #60
#83Kent43US #172
#84Tracy43US #98
#85Brett42US #118
#86Frank42US #43
#87Bobby41US #82
#88Dean41US #84
#89Lance39US #156
#90Wesley39US #157
#91Jason38US #89
#92Greg37US #126
#93Aaron36US #117
#94Jimmy36US #77
#95Vincent36US #58
#96Joe35US #74
#97Jim34US #136
#98Kirk34US #154
#99Roy34US #94
#100Darrell33US #95

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑30Traci#70
↑29Leslie#69
↑27Stacy#54
↑27Andrea#68
↑22Shawn#40
↑21Monica#64
↑21Shannon#73
↑21Sean#68

Falling

↓38Kathy#80
↓25Carolyn#96
↓23Anita#85
↓23Alan#67
↓21Robin#41
↓20Janet#49
↓19Shelley#93
↓17Kim#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.