State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1974 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,116 Kansas births in 1974 across 734 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#89Darinoutside the national top 200
#97Wade#197 nationally
#82Heath#181 nationally
#62Clinton#157 nationally
#100Mindy#194 nationally
#68Lance#159 nationally
#74Shawna#162 nationally
#83Kelli#168 nationally
#42Dustin#121 nationally
#91Stacie#156 nationally
#80Casey#144 nationally
#71Jenny#131 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer690US #1
#2Amy454US #2
#3Angela333US #5
#4Michelle296US #3
#5Heather268US #4
#6Melissa243US #7
#7Stephanie211US #9
#8Kimberly210US #6
#9Lisa181US #8
#10Rebecca174US #10
#11Julie145US #14
#12Sarah127US #20
#13Christina126US #16
#14Lori119US #30
#15Shannon116US #18
#16Elizabeth106US #12
#17Dawn99US #22
#18Stacy96US #38
#19Carrie94US #42
#20Mary89US #13
#21Nicole89US #11
#22Amanda88US #34
#23Susan88US #27
#24Misty87US #66
#25April86US #28
#26Jessica82US #17
#27Tracy81US #23
#28Laura80US #21
#29Tammy80US #24
#30Erin79US #47
#31Kelly79US #15
#32Rachel78US #36
#33Andrea77US #35
#34Christine77US #19
#35Dana75US #55
#36Wendy74US #32
#37Crystal72US #49
#38Tonya68US #37
#39Brandy67US #80
#40Tina67US #25
#41Patricia66US #29
#42Jill64US #58
#43Tanya62US #46
#44Tara62US #39
#45Amber61US #92
#46Stacey60US #48
#47Holly59US #56
#48Teresa59US #52
#49Cynthia58US #33
#50Melanie58US #51
#51Brandi57US #106
#52Denise56US #53
#53Heidi54US #60
#54Jamie54US #97
#55Kristin54US #72
#56Melinda54US #81
#57Brenda53US #59
#58Sara53US #61
#59Tiffany52US #41
#60Monica50US #43
#61Shelly49US #107
#62Tamara48US #64
#63Linda47US #75
#64Megan46US #105
#65Robin46US #63
#66Karen45US #26
#67Kristi45US #102
#68Danielle43US #40
#69Gina43US #84
#70Katherine43US #62
#71Jenny42US #131
#72Jodi42US #91
#73Sandra42US #44
#74Shawna42US #162
#75Rhonda41US #86
#76Christy40US #57
#77Renee40US #85
#78Sheila38US #121
#79Anna37US #82
#80Emily37US #69
#81Kristen37US #45
#82Valerie37US #93
#83Kelli36US #168
#84Leslie36US #65
#85Deborah35US #68
#86Nancy35US #78
#87Traci35US #140
#88Catherine34US #73
#89Pamela34US #54
#90Sharon34US #70
#91Stacie34US #156
#92Cheryl33US #88
#93Kristina33US #101
#94Victoria33US #104
#95Jody32US #154
#96Regina32US #113
#97Joy31US #109
#98Michele31US #50
#99Donna30US #67
#100Mindy30US #194

Boys

#1Jason799US #2
#2Michael591US #1
#3Christopher514US #3
#4Brian407US #8
#5Matthew362US #9
#6David354US #4
#7John339US #6
#8James335US #5
#9Robert278US #7
#10Chad246US #26
#11Jeremy231US #24
#12Scott221US #18
#13William220US #10
#14Jeffrey205US #15
#15Ryan202US #25
#16Daniel201US #11
#17Eric190US #13
#18Kevin187US #14
#19Steven187US #19
#20Mark182US #16
#21Aaron181US #32
#22Shawn179US #30
#23Timothy163US #22
#24Travis161US #54
#25Justin160US #43
#26Richard160US #17
#27Brandon130US #51
#28Joshua124US #29
#29Joseph122US #12
#30Thomas121US #20
#31Anthony117US #21
#32Bryan112US #45
#33Shane106US #56
#34Charles100US #23
#35Andrew98US #28
#36Todd96US #39
#37Nathan92US #52
#38Stephen85US #35
#39Bradley84US #58
#40Jonathan77US #33
#41Paul77US #27
#42Dustin76US #121
#43Troy76US #63
#44Kenneth72US #34
#45Patrick72US #38
#46Donald68US #41
#47Adam67US #36
#48Gregory66US #31
#49Sean66US #37
#50Gary64US #48
#51Benjamin63US #46
#52Douglas63US #53
#53Craig60US #57
#54Brent59US #76
#55Keith59US #44
#56Terry56US #69
#57Curtis55US #98
#58Jeffery55US #66
#59Larry54US #55
#60Ronald54US #42
#61Phillip49US #70
#62Clinton48US #157
#63Billy47US #78
#64Edward47US #40
#65Jerry47US #61
#66Samuel47US #60
#67Dennis46US #59
#68Lance46US #159
#69Darren45US #127
#70Jesse45US #67
#71Derek42US #74
#72Jon42US #94
#73Jacob41US #88
#74Corey40US #77
#75George40US #49
#76Jared40US #131
#77Marc40US #85
#78Kyle39US #97
#79Marcus39US #73
#80Casey38US #144
#81Chris38US #116
#82Heath38US #181
#83Randy37US #79
#84Brad36US #105
#85Kelly36US #143
#86Brett35US #95
#87Cory35US #114
#88Damon35US #110
#89Darin35
#90Russell35US #84
#91Adrian33US #138
#92Micheal33US #102
#93Jamie30US #68
#94Joel30US #75
#95Nicholas30US #80
#96Shannon30US #101
#97Wade30US #197
#98Alan29US #118
#99Dale28US #145
#100Rodney28US #72

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑30Erin#30
↑27Billy#63
↑26Clinton#62
↑25Megan#64
↑25Jacob#73
↑23Rachel#32
↑22Nathan#37
↑21Tanya#43

Falling

↓39Michele#98
↓30Russell#90
↓28Pamela#89
↓27Tamara#62
↓22Tina#40
↓21Brett#86
↓21Shannon#96
↓20Robin#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.