State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,316 Kansas births in 1971 across 784 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#67Dustin#181 nationally
#92Stacioutside the national top 200
#87Darin#193 nationally
#100Shawnaoutside the national top 200
#92Clinton#179 nationally
#78Mike#153 nationally
#62Kelli#135 nationally
#91Greg#163 nationally
#66Kelly#136 nationally
#55Kyle#116 nationally
#83Tracy#144 nationally
#43Shelly#103 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer511US #1
#2Michelle410US #2
#3Angela361US #6
#4Amy352US #5
#5Kimberly351US #4
#6Lisa267US #3
#7Melissa228US #7
#8Heather202US #12
#9Julie202US #10
#10Stephanie177US #11
#11Lori157US #25
#12Shannon153US #21
#13Tammy148US #8
#14Tracy141US #13
#15Mary138US #9
#16Rebecca137US #23
#17Stacy134US #32
#18Tina128US #20
#19Susan121US #17
#20Christina118US #30
#21Dawn109US #14
#22Kelly108US #22
#23Laura107US #16
#24Karen105US #15
#25Teresa99US #34
#26Stacey94US #41
#27Dana92US #44
#28Brenda91US #43
#29Wendy90US #29
#30Christine88US #18
#31Elizabeth87US #19
#32Rhonda82US #46
#33Tonya82US #45
#34Cynthia78US #24
#35Pamela76US #28
#36Deborah75US #33
#37Nicole75US #27
#38Andrea74US #35
#39Jill73US #59
#40Patricia72US #26
#41Denise71US #36
#42Paula71US #63
#43Shelly71US #103
#44Debra64US #57
#45Tamara64US #80
#46Rachel63US #54
#47Cindy62US #70
#48Robin61US #51
#49Carrie59US #55
#50Christy59US #89
#51Melanie58US #66
#52Monica58US #48
#53Sandra58US #31
#54Sarah58US #58
#55Sherry58US #60
#56Nancy57US #52
#57Tiffany56US #62
#58April55US #56
#59Jamie55US #118
#60Katherine55US #67
#61Michele55US #39
#62Kelli54US #135
#63Sheila54US #81
#64Traci54US #116
#65Tricia54US #109
#66Crystal53US #79
#67Barbara52US #47
#68Deanna52US #95
#69Kristi52US #113
#70Leslie52US #68
#71Donna48US #38
#72Linda47US #42
#73Tara47US #49
#74Cheryl46US #50
#75Melinda46US #85
#76Gina44US #69
#77Jodi44US #94
#78Sara44US #114
#79Carla43US #107
#80Catherine42US #65
#81Holly42US #76
#82Laurie42US #96
#83Terri42US #115
#84Diane41US #83
#85Erin41US #93
#86Janet41US #112
#87Kristina41US #117
#88Valerie41US #102
#89Sherri40US #123
#90Amanda38US #84
#91Renee38US #73
#92Staci38
#93Jacqueline37US #75
#94Kathy37US #91
#95Kristin37US #71
#96Kristen36US #87
#97Jessica35US #64
#98Krista35US #134
#99Sharon35US #40
#100Shawna35

Boys

#1Michael735US #1
#2Christopher497US #6
#3David484US #3
#4James462US #2
#5John461US #4
#6Jason446US #8
#7Robert415US #5
#8Brian386US #9
#9Scott385US #10
#10Jeffrey268US #12
#11Matthew266US #19
#12William266US #7
#13Mark263US #13
#14Kevin253US #14
#15Steven248US #16
#16Chad240US #29
#17Shawn225US #28
#18Eric213US #18
#19Richard213US #11
#20Timothy184US #21
#21Charles176US #22
#22Daniel170US #20
#23Aaron161US #41
#24Thomas146US #17
#25Paul137US #24
#26Joseph136US #15
#27Kenneth128US #25
#28Todd127US #30
#29Travis127US #61
#30Anthony126US #23
#31Troy116US #46
#32Gregory114US #26
#33Shane110US #60
#34Ronald105US #31
#35Jeffery104US #53
#36Douglas102US #39
#37Jeremy102US #45
#38Sean102US #36
#39Bradley101US #58
#40Larry101US #44
#41Bryan99US #48
#42Donald98US #34
#43Craig97US #43
#44Stephen94US #27
#45Gary93US #38
#46Brent92US #73
#47Andrew91US #33
#48Terry90US #56
#49Lance88US #98
#50Justin86US #103
#51Keith86US #37
#52Patrick78US #35
#53Ryan75US #51
#54Jerry73US #50
#55Kyle69US #116
#56Dennis68US #49
#57Chris66US #68
#58Jon65US #78
#59Edward59US #32
#60Jonathan59US #40
#61Raymond59US #52
#62Russell58US #64
#63Brandon56US #95
#64Darren56US #100
#65Curtis55US #89
#66Kelly55US #136
#67Dustin54US #181
#68Roger51US #71
#69Phillip48US #76
#70Rodney46US #59
#71Dale45US #125
#72Randy45US #67
#73Corey44US #77
#74George44US #42
#75Derek43US #63
#76Adam42US #57
#77Jay42US #114
#78Mike42US #153
#79Samuel42US #66
#80Shannon42US #106
#81Carl41US #72
#82Marc41US #70
#83Tracy41US #144
#84Brett40US #90
#85Marcus40US #65
#86Tony39US #62
#87Darin38US #193
#88Randall38US #102
#89Billy37US #75
#90Brad37US #139
#91Greg37US #163
#92Clinton36US #179
#93Micheal36US #124
#94Allen35US #120
#95Peter35US #47
#96Ricky35US #121
#97Alan34US #99
#98Joel34US #86
#99Cory33US #150
#100Danny33US #82

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑49Christy#50
↑40Andrea#38
↑37Ryan#53
↑36April#58
↑34Brandon#63
↑28Tricia#65
↑26Kyle#55
↑25Jeremy#37

Falling

↓45Kristin#95
↓36Alan#97
↓31Linda#72
↓26Michele#61
↓26Cheryl#74
↓25Janet#86
↓23Tony#86
↓22Kathy#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.