State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,017 Kansas births in 1978 across 771 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#83Jamioutside the national top 200
#92Tysonoutside the national top 200
#97Clintoutside the national top 200
#78Mindy#170 nationally
#91Kelly#180 nationally
#76Shawna#161 nationally
#66Clinton#148 nationally
#79Tyler#150 nationally
#81Cody#152 nationally
#95Darren#166 nationally
#51Brett#112 nationally
#55Brooke#115 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer673US #1
#2Amy322US #4
#3Melissa315US #2
#4Angela310US #7
#5Sarah295US #8
#6Jessica284US #3
#7Heather268US #5
#8Amanda241US #6
#9Michelle201US #9
#10Crystal191US #18
#11Christina190US #15
#12Lisa182US #11
#13Rebecca174US #17
#14Jamie173US #20
#15Stephanie165US #16
#16Kimberly152US #13
#17Elizabeth149US #14
#18Kelly148US #12
#19Andrea138US #23
#20Amber134US #30
#21Julie132US #26
#22Sara129US #28
#23Nicole128US #10
#24Rachel117US #25
#25April115US #27
#26Erin115US #21
#27Laura115US #19
#28Mary110US #24
#29Shannon108US #22
#30Megan102US #41
#31Carrie100US #35
#32Tiffany95US #32
#33Misty94US #43
#34Emily86US #33
#35Brandy81US #37
#36Stacy81US #44
#37Erica73US #34
#38Lori70US #60
#39Mandy69US #96
#40Brandi68US #61
#41Jill68US #46
#42Katherine65US #38
#43Karen64US #39
#44Kristina63US #64
#45Alicia62US #58
#46Christine60US #29
#47Holly60US #55
#48Tara60US #40
#49Leslie58US #63
#50Anna57US #65
#51Courtney57US #68
#52Melanie57US #54
#53Monica57US #42
#54Tonya56US #77
#55Brooke55US #115
#56Susan55US #49
#57Lindsay54US #95
#58Wendy53US #56
#59Christy51US #59
#60Jaime51US #70
#61Robin51US #89
#62Danielle50US #31
#63Melinda50US #84
#64Stacey50US #53
#65Tracy50US #47
#66Tammy49US #67
#67Tina49US #45
#68Kristi48US #98
#69Heidi47US #83
#70Kelli47US #124
#71Dawn46US #52
#72Teresa46US #88
#73Dana45US #71
#74Katie45US #90
#75Cynthia44US #50
#76Shawna44US #161
#77Jenny43US #111
#78Mindy43US #170
#79Ashley42US #87
#80Kristy42US #51
#81Kathryn40US #57
#82Allison38US #75
#83Jami37
#84Kari37US #137
#85Maria37US #36
#86Natalie37US #66
#87Patricia37US #48
#88Erika35US #104
#89Shanna35US #149
#90Brenda34US #103
#91Kendra34US #145
#92Kristin34US #78
#93Nichole34US #116
#94Michele33US #86
#95Regina32US #129
#96Suzanne31US #117
#97Valerie31US #92
#98Beth30US #107
#99Theresa30US #101
#100Catherine29US #72

Boys

#1Jason617US #2
#2Michael574US #1
#3Christopher551US #3
#4Matthew502US #6
#5Joshua388US #12
#6Brian362US #9
#7David361US #4
#8James353US #5
#9Jeremy347US #18
#10John331US #7
#11Ryan310US #14
#12Justin282US #28
#13Robert271US #8
#14Daniel224US #11
#15Timothy221US #17
#16Eric216US #16
#17Joseph216US #10
#18Jeffrey208US #19
#19William205US #13
#20Andrew196US #22
#21Aaron193US #32
#22Kevin189US #15
#23Scott187US #30
#24Nicholas186US #25
#25Travis186US #46
#26Brandon176US #40
#27Steven171US #24
#28Nathan167US #36
#29Shawn162US #39
#30Mark161US #26
#31Chad158US #35
#32Adam145US #29
#33Dustin133US #68
#34Benjamin132US #34
#35Charles125US #27
#36Thomas122US #23
#37Richard114US #21
#38Anthony112US #20
#39Jacob106US #50
#40Bradley98US #53
#41Patrick88US #42
#42Gregory87US #38
#43Shane87US #65
#44Jonathan85US #31
#45Paul82US #33
#46Stephen82US #37
#47Kyle81US #63
#48Todd79US #56
#49Jared77US #72
#50Bryan75US #43
#51Brett73US #112
#52Kenneth71US #41
#53Cory70US #73
#54Donald68US #48
#55Jesse67US #51
#56Shaun66US #52
#57Brent65US #87
#58Sean63US #45
#59Corey61US #61
#60Craig61US #66
#61Jeffery60US #80
#62Douglas58US #59
#63Keith55US #49
#64Ronald54US #55
#65Curtis52US #96
#66Clinton51US #148
#67Phillip50US #67
#68Joel49US #74
#69Casey48US #92
#70Derek47US #75
#71Seth47US #106
#72Jeremiah46US #81
#73Samuel46US #57
#74Gary43US #60
#75Troy43US #88
#76Wesley43US #83
#77Zachary43US #89
#78Larry41US #64
#79Tyler40US #150
#80Russell39US #93
#81Cody38US #152
#82Lucas38US #136
#83Marcus38US #70
#84Raymond38US #69
#85Lance37US #134
#86Nathaniel37US #94
#87Terry37US #91
#88Edward36US #47
#89Jerry36US #82
#90Luke36US #139
#91Kelly35US #180
#92Tyson35
#93Billy34US #99
#94Gabriel34US #90
#95Darren32US #166
#96Philip31US #84
#97Clint29
#98Jon29US #108
#99Brad28US #123
#100Dennis28US #71

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑37Lindsay#57
↑33Shaun#56
↑32Brooke#55
↑31Nicholas#24
↑29Anna#50
↑28Heidi#69
↑26Courtney#51
↑23Brandi#40

Falling

↓25Edward#88
↓23Jeremiah#72
↓22Dana#73
↓21Patricia#87
↓19Jaime#60
↓19Stacey#64
↓19Tina#67
↓19Dawn#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.