State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,670 Kansas births in 1972 across 761 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#60Shawna#174 nationally
#92Darinoutside the national top 200
#57Dustin#165 nationally
#96Heath#190 nationally
#73Amber#161 nationally
#90Clinton#169 nationally
#55Misty#125 nationally
#79Brad#149 nationally
#99Jeff#167 nationally
#61Lance#126 nationally
#76Kelly#140 nationally
#31Shelly#94 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer718US #1
#2Michelle350US #2
#3Amy328US #5
#4Angela318US #6
#5Kimberly276US #4
#6Heather220US #9
#7Lisa212US #3
#8Melissa205US #7
#9Stephanie194US #8
#10Julie187US #12
#11Rebecca160US #14
#12Tammy139US #11
#13Tina131US #18
#14Lori129US #28
#15Nicole127US #10
#16Shannon127US #22
#17Stacy124US #33
#18Christina114US #26
#19Susan113US #24
#20Dawn112US #20
#21Mary103US #13
#22Tonya97US #37
#23Brenda96US #44
#24Laura89US #17
#25Christine87US #16
#26Patricia80US #27
#27Crystal77US #59
#28Tracy76US #19
#29Kelly75US #23
#30Teresa74US #39
#31Shelly73US #94
#32Cynthia72US #25
#33Elizabeth71US #15
#34Carrie70US #53
#35Karen70US #21
#36Sarah67US #49
#37Stacey67US #41
#38Wendy67US #29
#39Andrea65US #30
#40Kristi64US #102
#41Melanie64US #42
#42Robin64US #55
#43Rachel63US #40
#44Pamela61US #34
#45Denise60US #35
#46Michele60US #36
#47Tamara60US #84
#48Rhonda58US #60
#49Deborah56US #43
#50Debra56US #66
#51Tara56US #38
#52Christy55US #74
#53Cheryl52US #56
#54Dana51US #52
#55Misty51US #125
#56Holly50US #71
#57Jill50US #62
#58Cindy49US #80
#59Sandra49US #31
#60Shawna48US #174
#61Kristin47US #67
#62Tiffany47US #61
#63Paula46US #72
#64Tanya46US #54
#65April45US #48
#66Jessica45US #46
#67Monica45US #47
#68Kristina44US #112
#69Heidi43US #64
#70Leslie43US #75
#71Amanda42US #76
#72Linda42US #51
#73Amber40US #161
#74Donna40US #45
#75Katherine40US #69
#76Kathy40US #108
#77Melinda40US #81
#78Sherry39US #70
#79Alicia38US #96
#80Erin38US #93
#81Kathleen38US #57
#82Sharon38US #50
#83Traci38US #121
#84Deanna37US #107
#85Gina37US #78
#86Jamie37US #114
#87Jodi37US #97
#88Catherine36US #65
#89Laurie35US #98
#90Sheila35US #90
#91Barbara34US #58
#92Jenny34US #119
#93Sara34US #101
#94Sonya34US #122
#95Kristen33US #85
#96Shelley33US #126
#97Tricia33US #120
#98Janet32US #111
#99Kathryn32US #103
#100Brandy31US #140

Boys

#1Michael611US #1
#2Christopher555US #2
#3Jason491US #7
#4Brian453US #8
#5James403US #3
#6David401US #4
#7John374US #5
#8Robert341US #6
#9Scott273US #11
#10Matthew253US #10
#11William240US #9
#12Chad238US #25
#13Jeffrey231US #17
#14Steven220US #19
#15Kevin214US #13
#16Mark201US #18
#17Eric191US #16
#18Shawn190US #28
#19Daniel187US #15
#20Richard183US #14
#21Timothy153US #21
#22Travis152US #57
#23Charles140US #23
#24Joseph135US #12
#25Aaron133US #40
#26Anthony124US #22
#27Ryan123US #39
#28Jeremy121US #42
#29Shane120US #55
#30Bryan119US #45
#31Todd118US #31
#32Justin117US #60
#33Troy116US #49
#34Thomas109US #20
#35Gregory108US #26
#36Kenneth105US #27
#37Paul100US #24
#38Donald95US #36
#39Patrick90US #35
#40Andrew88US #30
#41Brandon86US #63
#42Gary86US #41
#43Bradley85US #61
#44Douglas85US #43
#45Craig84US #46
#46Ronald82US #32
#47Stephen80US #29
#48Sean78US #33
#49Larry77US #47
#50Jonathan68US #37
#51Edward65US #34
#52Jeffery65US #58
#53Terry64US #62
#54Jerry63US #53
#55Brent60US #77
#56Derek59US #67
#57Dustin59US #165
#58Curtis58US #92
#59Raymond57US #54
#60Dennis56US #52
#61Lance55US #126
#62Keith53US #38
#63Shannon52US #94
#64Russell50US #69
#65Darren49US #106
#66Kyle47US #113
#67Micheal46US #108
#68Nathan46US #79
#69Adam45US #51
#70Randy45US #70
#71Chris44US #82
#72Danny44US #87
#73Tracy42US #111
#74George41US #44
#75Joshua41US #59
#76Kelly41US #140
#77Roger41US #76
#78Jon40US #89
#79Brad39US #149
#80Phillip38US #75
#81Billy37US #81
#82Joel37US #78
#83Marcus37US #71
#84Rodney37US #65
#85Jamie36US #72
#86Marc36US #83
#87Brett35US #80
#88Jay35US #115
#89Philip35US #104
#90Clinton34US #169
#91Corey34US #95
#92Darin34
#93Joe34US #100
#94Benjamin33US #64
#95Carl33US #85
#96Heath33US #190
#97Wayne33US #103
#98Cory32US #136
#99Jeff31US #167
#100Jesse30US #88

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑40Shawna#60
↑39Crystal#27
↑34Kristin#61
↑31Jessica#66
↑29Kristi#40
↑28Danny#72
↑26Ryan#27
↑26Micheal#67

Falling

↓32Tricia#97
↓27Dana#54
↓27Jamie#86
↓27Sheila#90
↓24Barbara#91
↓23Sherry#78
↓21Paula#63
↓20Jon#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.