State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 25,779 Kansas births in 1973 across 748 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#97Heathoutside the national top 200
#50Dustin#153 nationally
#99Darinoutside the national top 200
#99Gretchen#191 nationally
#68Kelly#147 nationally
#78Jared#155 nationally
#82Kelli#157 nationally
#73Kristy#147 nationally
#74Lance#148 nationally
#96Becky#170 nationally
#88Clinton#161 nationally
#37Brandi#109 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer634US #1
#2Amy360US #2
#3Michelle340US #3
#4Angela282US #7
#5Heather282US #8
#6Kimberly226US #4
#7Melissa219US #6
#8Stephanie211US #9
#9Lisa178US #5
#10Rebecca175US #10
#11Julie167US #12
#12Christina153US #16
#13Nicole133US #11
#14Shannon121US #22
#15Lori113US #28
#16Mary110US #14
#17Stacy110US #32
#18Tina106US #24
#19Tammy102US #15
#20Dawn94US #21
#21Kelly93US #18
#22Sarah91US #35
#23Crystal88US #48
#24Tracy88US #20
#25Elizabeth85US #13
#26Carrie83US #46
#27Tonya83US #36
#28Susan77US #25
#29Christine76US #17
#30Cynthia72US #26
#31Laura71US #19
#32Wendy70US #29
#33April69US #33
#34Stacey69US #41
#35Tamara66US #66
#36Teresa66US #45
#37Brandi65US #109
#38Misty65US #90
#39Amanda63US #51
#40Denise62US #38
#41Jill62US #62
#42Brenda61US #53
#43Dana60US #59
#44Patricia59US #27
#45Robin59US #60
#46Jessica58US #34
#47Melanie58US #43
#48Shelly56US #104
#49Tara56US #37
#50Karen55US #23
#51Tiffany55US #52
#52Andrea54US #30
#53Jamie53US #103
#54Melinda53US #72
#55Rachel53US #42
#56Monica52US #40
#57Brandy51US #82
#58Kristi51US #108
#59Michele48US #44
#60Erin47US #79
#61Pamela47US #47
#62Heidi46US #65
#63Kristen46US #58
#64Tanya44US #50
#65Christy43US #73
#66Linda43US #61
#67Kristin42US #78
#68Holly41US #54
#69Leslie41US #75
#70Rhonda41US #70
#71Sara41US #89
#72Danielle40US #49
#73Kristy40US #147
#74Kristina39US #97
#75Traci39US #127
#76Renee38US #80
#77Sandra38US #39
#78Cindy37US #92
#79Jodi37US #100
#80Debra36US #84
#81Gina36US #83
#82Kelli36US #157
#83Shelley36US #128
#84Sherry36US #76
#85Paula35US #87
#86Deborah34US #56
#87Katherine34US #64
#88Krista33US #143
#89Megan33US #141
#90Theresa33US #69
#91Bridget32US #112
#92Jenny32US #139
#93Tricia32US #123
#94Donna31US #55
#95Anne30US #122
#96Becky30US #170
#97Kathryn30US #107
#98Aimee29US #126
#99Gretchen29US #191
#100Jacqueline29US #88

Boys

#1Jason673US #3
#2Michael651US #1
#3Christopher502US #2
#4Brian411US #8
#5David372US #5
#6James372US #4
#7John356US #6
#8Robert324US #7
#9Matthew283US #10
#10Eric239US #13
#11Daniel235US #11
#12Jeffrey222US #17
#13Chad216US #25
#14William213US #9
#15Scott211US #18
#16Mark203US #15
#17Richard189US #16
#18Ryan171US #30
#19Steven171US #20
#20Jeremy169US #33
#21Travis165US #53
#22Shawn157US #27
#23Aaron156US #34
#24Kevin155US #14
#25Timothy154US #22
#26Joseph151US #12
#27Justin146US #51
#28Thomas128US #19
#29Shane111US #54
#30Charles108US #23
#31Bradley101US #62
#32Troy100US #59
#33Paul96US #24
#34Brandon93US #58
#35Bryan93US #43
#36Anthony89US #21
#37Stephen86US #32
#38Todd86US #35
#39Andrew84US #29
#40Craig82US #48
#41Jonathan82US #31
#42Sean82US #36
#43Patrick81US #37
#44Kenneth80US #28
#45Joshua79US #42
#46Gregory77US #26
#47Douglas76US #47
#48Ronald76US #40
#49Donald73US #38
#50Dustin68US #153
#51Brent67US #80
#52Jeffery66US #64
#53Larry61US #50
#54Gary59US #44
#55Edward56US #39
#56Adam55US #45
#57Keith54US #41
#58Dennis51US #56
#59Nathan50US #63
#60Russell50US #77
#61George49US #46
#62Phillip48US #71
#63Terry48US #65
#64Benjamin43US #55
#65Brett43US #88
#66Jerry42US #57
#67Jon42US #94
#68Kelly42US #147
#69Corey41US #89
#70Curtis41US #98
#71Derek41US #69
#72Tony41US #78
#73Kyle40US #110
#74Lance39US #148
#75Shannon38US #100
#76Darren36US #113
#77Jamie36US #70
#78Jared36US #155
#79Jay36US #118
#80Jesse35US #75
#81Raymond35US #60
#82Marc34US #81
#83Joel31US #73
#84Marcus31US #72
#85Micheal31US #106
#86Allen30US #124
#87Chris30US #96
#88Clinton30US #161
#89Danny30US #83
#90Billy29US #76
#91Brad29US #137
#92Dale29US #141
#93Carl28US #90
#94Randy28US #79
#95Alan27US #115
#96Cory27US #128
#97Heath26
#98Jacob26US #122
#99Darin25
#100Rodney25US #68

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑43Brandy#57
↑33Jamie#53
↑32April#33
↑32Amanda#39
↑32Kristen#63
↑30Joshua#45
↑30Benjamin#64
↑23Melinda#54

Falling

↓37Deborah#86
↓30Debra#80
↓24Randy#94
↓22Rhonda#70
↓22Paula#85
↓22Raymond#81
↓20Cindy#78
↓20Donna#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.