State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,131 Kansas births in 1977 across 793 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#91Heathoutside the national top 200
#100Janaoutside the national top 200
#91Shana#183 nationally
#82Tyler#165 nationally
#66Clinton#142 nationally
#86Trisha#162 nationally
#86Kelly#162 nationally
#67Jay#130 nationally
#87Brooke#150 nationally
#56Kelli#117 nationally
#97Darren#158 nationally
#85Nichole#142 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer685US #1
#2Amy371US #3
#3Angela325US #6
#4Heather307US #5
#5Melissa300US #2
#6Jessica290US #4
#7Michelle250US #7
#8Sarah215US #11
#9Amanda212US #9
#10Stephanie200US #14
#11Kimberly196US #8
#12Jamie186US #18
#13Christina180US #16
#14Rebecca173US #17
#15Lisa161US #12
#16Kelly159US #10
#17Elizabeth143US #13
#18Amber137US #33
#19Nicole135US #15
#20Erin133US #23
#21Sara132US #27
#22Crystal126US #25
#23Shannon120US #19
#24Julie119US #22
#25Laura118US #20
#26Carrie114US #28
#27Rachel112US #26
#28Andrea107US #24
#29Misty101US #40
#30Emily95US #37
#31Megan94US #54
#32Tara94US #35
#33Mary93US #21
#34Jill91US #41
#35Brandy89US #51
#36April88US #29
#37Erica84US #38
#38Stacy80US #42
#39Holly75US #52
#40Tiffany73US #34
#41Jaime70US #46
#42Katherine67US #44
#43Monica66US #39
#44Lori65US #57
#45Stacey64US #56
#46Karen61US #32
#47Wendy60US #49
#48Tina59US #58
#49Alicia58US #60
#50Tonya58US #64
#51Dana57US #62
#52Dawn56US #43
#53Teresa56US #79
#54Christy55US #59
#55Susan55US #45
#56Kelli54US #117
#57Melanie54US #53
#58Jenny53US #108
#59Kristina53US #83
#60Cynthia52US #48
#61Mandy52US #94
#62Tammy52US #55
#63Brandi50US #71
#64Christine50US #30
#65Melinda50US #96
#66Patricia50US #47
#67Tracy46US #50
#68Danielle45US #31
#69Denise45US #78
#70Leslie45US #65
#71Samantha45US #85
#72Jodi44US #105
#73Tamara44US #93
#74Kristi42US #104
#75Maria41US #36
#76Sabrina41US #63
#77Courtney40US #76
#78Michele40US #77
#79Anna39US #74
#80Ashley39US #106
#81Kari39US #130
#82Kristin39US #82
#83Kristy39US #68
#84Robin38US #84
#85Nichole36US #142
#86Trisha36US #162
#87Brooke35US #150
#88Catherine35US #75
#89Kristen35US #72
#90Natalie35US #69
#91Shana35US #183
#92Valerie35US #86
#93Brenda33US #91
#94Lindsay33US #110
#95Paula33US #144
#96Allison32US #66
#97Heidi32US #81
#98Kendra32US #152
#99Carla31US #137
#100Jana31

Boys

#1Jason661US #2
#2Michael575US #1
#3Christopher530US #3
#4Matthew419US #9
#5Brian415US #8
#6Jeremy366US #15
#7James344US #5
#8Joshua342US #14
#9David316US #4
#10Ryan305US #16
#11John287US #7
#12Robert282US #6
#13Justin248US #30
#14Eric237US #17
#15Aaron231US #32
#16Daniel227US #11
#17Jeffrey210US #19
#18Kevin207US #13
#19William203US #12
#20Joseph201US #10
#21Travis195US #44
#22Timothy187US #18
#23Andrew178US #24
#24Nathan177US #36
#25Chad176US #34
#26Scott166US #27
#27Steven164US #23
#28Brandon162US #41
#29Mark160US #25
#30Benjamin159US #29
#31Richard157US #20
#32Shawn153US #37
#33Charles151US #26
#34Thomas131US #22
#35Anthony123US #21
#36Paul115US #31
#37Bryan112US #42
#38Adam105US #33
#39Jonathan104US #28
#40Bradley100US #49
#41Dustin97US #81
#42Jacob97US #56
#43Todd95US #50
#44Shane94US #61
#45Gregory93US #35
#46Jared83US #76
#47Kenneth80US #39
#48Patrick79US #40
#49Jeremiah78US #69
#50Kyle77US #79
#51Sean76US #43
#52Stephen75US #38
#53Corey71US #52
#54Cory70US #67
#55Nicholas70US #51
#56Brent66US #85
#57Curtis66US #100
#58Craig64US #64
#59Jesse63US #54
#60Troy61US #88
#61Donald60US #46
#62Douglas58US #59
#63Edward57US #47
#64Brett50US #109
#65Samuel49US #60
#66Clinton48US #142
#67Jay47US #130
#68Wesley47US #66
#69Casey46US #102
#70Terry46US #83
#71Zachary46US #95
#72Jeffery45US #78
#73Marcus44US #72
#74Phillip44US #70
#75Ronald44US #53
#76Joel42US #73
#77Keith42US #48
#78Russell42US #89
#79Larry41US #62
#80Gary40US #58
#81Seth40US #118
#82Tyler40US #165
#83Derek39US #84
#84Billy37US #91
#85Jon37US #117
#86Kelly37US #162
#87George36US #57
#88Raymond36US #65
#89Shaun36US #103
#90Randy35US #86
#91Heath34
#92Rodney34US #97
#93Shannon34US #120
#94Jerry32US #75
#95Philip32US #90
#96Lance31US #139
#97Darren30US #158
#98Dennis30US #68
#99Kristopher30US #113
#100Tony30US #92

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑43Katherine#42
↑38Kelli#56
↑34Erica#37
↑25Jared#46
↑25Curtis#57
↑25Marcus#73
↑22Cory#54
↑20Maria#75

Falling

↓35Dennis#98
↓26Jerry#94
↓25Heidi#97
↓23Brenda#93
↓22Danielle#68
↓20Michele#78
↓20Larry#79
↓19Tammy#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.