State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,180 Kansas births in 1976 across 788 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#89Heath#195 nationally
#80Shawna#169 nationally
#72Kelly#158 nationally
#97Brooke#175 nationally
#82Angie#153 nationally
#81Clinton#151 nationally
#92Stacie#151 nationally
#95Chris#154 nationally
#76Lindsay#133 nationally
#73Kari#127 nationally
#91Shelly#145 nationally
#91Lance#144 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer689US #1
#2Amy436US #2
#3Angela350US #5
#4Heather323US #4
#5Melissa297US #3
#6Michelle248US #6
#7Jessica198US #8
#8Sarah194US #15
#9Stephanie194US #11
#10Amanda187US #10
#11Kimberly185US #7
#12Jamie178US #18
#13Lisa178US #9
#14Christina174US #14
#15Rebecca171US #12
#16Shannon155US #17
#17Sara129US #27
#18Julie119US #21
#19Kelly118US #19
#20Misty117US #46
#21Erin116US #24
#22Laura106US #20
#23Nicole104US #13
#24Tiffany103US #32
#25Elizabeth102US #16
#26Jill101US #52
#27Amber100US #49
#28Carrie97US #28
#29Rachel97US #23
#30Andrea95US #25
#31Stacy89US #38
#32Crystal88US #36
#33Brandy85US #55
#34Jaime84US #29
#35Mary83US #22
#36Megan80US #62
#37April78US #30
#38Lori77US #47
#39Dawn76US #35
#40Holly75US #56
#41Emily73US #50
#42Monica68US #45
#43Tammy68US #41
#44Wendy68US #39
#45Brandi62US #79
#46Danielle62US #33
#47Karen62US #31
#48Tracy62US #37
#49Susan60US #40
#50Tara60US #42
#51Stacey59US #51
#52Tonya57US #58
#53Mandy52US #100
#54Alicia50US #71
#55Melanie50US #53
#56Tamara50US #91
#57Christine49US #26
#58Michele48US #63
#59Christy47US #60
#60Tina47US #48
#61Kristi46US #104
#62Teresa46US #66
#63Patricia45US #43
#64Cynthia44US #44
#65Dana44US #64
#66Kristina43US #97
#67Pamela42US #84
#68Robin41US #75
#69Sandra40US #59
#70Brenda39US #77
#71Erica39US #54
#72Heidi39US #70
#73Kari39US #127
#74Jenny38US #109
#75Jodi38US #102
#76Lindsay38US #133
#77Melinda38US #95
#78Natalie37US #80
#79Leslie36US #65
#80Shawna36US #169
#81Valerie36US #83
#82Angie35US #153
#83Courtney35US #76
#84Denise35US #69
#85Katherine35US #57
#86Kristin35US #74
#87Renee34US #86
#88Allison33US #67
#89Kristen33US #73
#90Linda33US #90
#91Shelly33US #145
#92Stacie32US #151
#93Anna31US #78
#94Kelli31US #147
#95Maria31US #34
#96Ashley30US #115
#97Brooke30US #175
#98Catherine29US #72
#99Gina27US #94
#100Joanna27US #152

Boys

#1Jason708US #2
#2Michael616US #1
#3Christopher501US #3
#4Matthew416US #9
#5Brian383US #8
#6Jeremy368US #14
#7David346US #4
#8James337US #5
#9John312US #6
#10Ryan296US #16
#11Joshua271US #18
#12Robert264US #7
#13Justin238US #33
#14Eric233US #13
#15William228US #11
#16Travis225US #46
#17Jeffrey209US #17
#18Daniel202US #10
#19Aaron195US #30
#20Chad185US #29
#21Scott184US #24
#22Shawn173US #34
#23Steven170US #20
#24Kevin169US #15
#25Joseph165US #12
#26Mark161US #25
#27Timothy160US #21
#28Andrew155US #27
#29Brandon151US #40
#30Charles147US #26
#31Nathan139US #39
#32Anthony135US #22
#33Richard129US #19
#34Thomas126US #23
#35Paul125US #28
#36Benjamin115US #32
#37Adam109US #36
#38Shane104US #57
#39Dustin100US #82
#40Jonathan99US #31
#41Bryan98US #43
#42Stephen90US #37
#43Jacob87US #63
#44Bradley84US #51
#45Patrick82US #41
#46Todd76US #50
#47Donald75US #47
#48Kenneth74US #38
#49Sean74US #42
#50Gregory72US #35
#51Douglas71US #56
#52Brent64US #78
#53Troy63US #73
#54Craig62US #61
#55Kyle62US #80
#56Jesse60US #55
#57Ronald56US #49
#58Brett53US #109
#59Larry53US #60
#60Phillip53US #69
#61Corey52US #64
#62Damon52US #104
#63Dennis52US #66
#64Jeremiah52US #93
#65Samuel52US #59
#66Jamie51US #62
#67Jeffery51US #76
#68Jerry50US #67
#69Terry50US #75
#70Edward47US #45
#71Jared47US #90
#72Kelly47US #158
#73Gary46US #52
#74Casey45US #123
#75Derek44US #84
#76Cory42US #83
#77Billy39US #85
#78Brad39US #108
#79Russell39US #87
#80Zachary39US #97
#81Clinton38US #151
#82Curtis38US #105
#83Jay38US #126
#84Keith38US #48
#85Randy38US #79
#86Raymond38US #65
#87Shannon38US #98
#88George35US #53
#89Heath35US #195
#90Joel35US #72
#91Lance35US #144
#92Gabriel34US #81
#93Jon34US #111
#94Tony34US #86
#95Chris32US #154
#96Marc31US #99
#97Carl30US #95
#98Marcus30US #74
#99Seth30US #128
#100Allen29US #134

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑37Sara#17
↑35Jacob#43
↑31Jamie#12
↑31Danielle#46
↑26Samuel#65
↑21Erin#21
↑21Jesse#56
↑21Billy#77

Falling

↓30Anna#93
↓30Ashley#96
↓29Shelly#91
↓26Gary#73
↓26Randy#85
↓25Gina#99
↓22Lance#91
↓21Christine#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.