State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1975 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,282 Kansas births in 1975 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.

#86Heath#188 nationally
#99Stacioutside the national top 200
#95Clayton#193 nationally
#97Mindy#192 nationally
#69Lance#163 nationally
#96Toby#190 nationally
#80Kendra#173 nationally
#71Shawna#161 nationally
#62Kelly#150 nationally
#66Ashley#138 nationally
#93Clinton#154 nationally
#99Dale#159 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer650US #1
#2Amy445US #2
#3Angela375US #5
#4Heather327US #3
#5Michelle275US #6
#6Melissa247US #4
#7Rebecca207US #11
#8Kimberly200US #7
#9Stephanie181US #9
#10Amanda174US #14
#11Lisa174US #8
#12Christina169US #12
#13Sarah145US #17
#14Julie124US #18
#15Carrie121US #29
#16Shannon117US #21
#17Jessica115US #13
#18Nicole112US #10
#19Mary107US #19
#20Stacy102US #34
#21Andrea93US #28
#22Dawn91US #23
#23Rachel91US #26
#24Misty90US #47
#25Elizabeth89US #15
#26Wendy89US #33
#27Tiffany87US #37
#28Lori86US #39
#29Tracy84US #24
#30Kelly83US #16
#31Brandy81US #57
#32Tammy81US #31
#33Laura80US #20
#34Crystal79US #43
#35April78US #25
#36Christine78US #22
#37Tonya77US #45
#38Amber72US #59
#39Megan71US #69
#40Tara69US #41
#41Brandi68US #88
#42Erin68US #38
#43Jamie67US #68
#44Susan65US #32
#45Jill63US #46
#46Tina62US #35
#47Emily60US #48
#48Holly60US #55
#49Stacey59US #44
#50Monica57US #49
#51Robin57US #65
#52Christy56US #53
#53Mandy56US #106
#54Sara56US #54
#55Dana55US #62
#56Kristi55US #109
#57Brenda53US #67
#58Cynthia49US #40
#59Patricia49US #36
#60Melanie47US #52
#61Karen46US #27
#62Shelly46US #113
#63Anna44US #79
#64Leslie44US #71
#65Michele44US #56
#66Ashley43US #138
#67Teresa43US #61
#68Denise42US #64
#69Kristin42US #74
#70Katherine41US #58
#71Shawna41US #161
#72Tanya41US #50
#73Alicia40US #76
#74Gina40US #84
#75Tamara40US #77
#76Rhonda39US #93
#77Danielle38US #42
#78Kristina38US #103
#79Pamela38US #70
#80Kendra34US #173
#81Christie33US #96
#82Melinda33US #91
#83Nancy33US #82
#84Kara32US #118
#85Renee32US #87
#86Heidi31US #66
#87Ann30US #104
#88Barbara30US #83
#89Cheryl30US #97
#90Courtney30US #102
#91Joy30US #123
#92Kristen30US #60
#93Stacie30US #146
#94Donna29US #85
#95Linda29US #81
#96Maria29US #30
#97Mindy29US #192
#98Sharon29US #75
#99Staci29
#100Valerie29US #92

Boys

#1Jason799US #2
#2Michael603US #1
#3Christopher505US #3
#4Matthew405US #9
#5Brian385US #8
#6James381US #4
#7David321US #5
#8John302US #7
#9Robert297US #6
#10Jeremy292US #24
#11Chad257US #27
#12Scott239US #17
#13Ryan237US #23
#14Justin230US #37
#15Eric225US #13
#16Joshua217US #26
#17Jeffrey216US #14
#18William207US #10
#19Daniel198US #11
#20Travis187US #51
#21Kevin179US #15
#22Timothy178US #22
#23Shawn168US #31
#24Aaron167US #32
#25Steven159US #18
#26Richard155US #16
#27Mark154US #19
#28Joseph143US #12
#29Brandon140US #44
#30Anthony127US #21
#31Charles126US #25
#32Andrew121US #28
#33Thomas121US #20
#34Bradley111US #52
#35Paul106US #29
#36Nathan103US #45
#37Shane102US #57
#38Dustin97US #96
#39Benjamin95US #36
#40Bryan90US #47
#41Patrick86US #39
#42Jonathan84US #30
#43Todd80US #43
#44Kenneth78US #35
#45Adam76US #38
#46Sean76US #40
#47Gary73US #50
#48Gregory73US #33
#49Troy73US #69
#50Craig68US #58
#51Stephen68US #34
#52Donald64US #42
#53Jeffery62US #70
#54Jamie60US #62
#55Ronald60US #46
#56Derek59US #83
#57Douglas58US #55
#58Brent57US #79
#59Randy54US #78
#60Corey53US #71
#61Jared53US #100
#62Kelly51US #150
#63Terry51US #67
#64Dennis50US #59
#65Russell46US #82
#66Brett45US #92
#67Cory45US #99
#68Kyle45US #88
#69Lance45US #163
#70Larry45US #56
#71Casey44US #130
#72Phillip43US #72
#73Tony43US #80
#74Joel42US #74
#75Brad41US #98
#76Curtis41US #113
#77Jesse41US #64
#78Jacob40US #75
#79Nicholas40US #81
#80Shannon39US #101
#81Jerry38US #65
#82Jon38US #102
#83Keith38US #49
#84Chris36US #132
#85Edward36US #41
#86Heath36US #188
#87Jay35US #117
#88Marcus35US #68
#89Micheal35US #104
#90Darren34US #126
#91Samuel33US #61
#92Zachary32US #145
#93Clinton31US #154
#94Ricky31US #135
#95Clayton30US #193
#96Toby30US #190
#97Marc29US #89
#98Billy28US #84
#99Dale28US #159
#100Frank27US #66

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑39Jamie#54
↑33Emily#47
↑33Michele#65
↑32Tiffany#27
↑25Megan#39
↑25Russell#65
↑24Christy#52
↑24Randy#59

Falling

↓35Billy#98
↓33Heidi#86
↓32Linda#95
↓31Clinton#93
↓29Tanya#72
↓28Keith#83
↓26Melinda#82
↓25Samuel#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.