State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 31,208 Kansas births in 1979 across 801 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
#86Shelly#182 nationally
#84Shawna#177 nationally
#58Clinton#146 nationally
#82Trisha#159 nationally
#72Cody#147 nationally
#87Alisha#162 nationally
#49Mandy#116 nationally
#67Tyler#131 nationally
#75Kendra#137 nationally
#68Kelli#129 nationally
#87Lance#142 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer694US #1
#2Amanda397US #3
#3Melissa358US #2
#4Jessica331US #4
#5Amy310US #5
#6Angela299US #8
#7Sarah288US #6
#8Heather233US #7
#9Crystal208US #18
#10Amber199US #22
#11Lisa199US #13
#12Michelle192US #10
#13Elizabeth189US #11
#14Stephanie189US #15
#15Jamie186US #19
#16Christina172US #14
#17Kimberly168US #12
#18Nicole166US #9
#19Andrea163US #26
#20Megan155US #31
#21Rebecca153US #17
#22Erin150US #21
#23Kelly149US #16
#24Sara148US #30
#25Rachel133US #27
#26Shannon120US #25
#27Tiffany116US #28
#28Julie112US #29
#29Carrie99US #41
#30April97US #23
#31Laura95US #20
#32Brandy93US #39
#33Erica92US #32
#34Emily90US #34
#35Mary89US #24
#36Stacy88US #43
#37Brandi84US #61
#38Misty82US #42
#39Katherine81US #36
#40Ashley75US #67
#41Tara71US #38
#42Lindsay69US #88
#43Jill68US #52
#44Holly67US #48
#45Mindy64US #81
#46Anna63US #59
#47Lori63US #69
#48Alicia60US #47
#49Mandy59US #116
#50Melinda59US #82
#51Monica59US #40
#52Dana58US #54
#53Melanie56US #53
#54Katie54US #63
#55Christine53US #35
#56Danielle52US #33
#57Kristina52US #74
#58Stacey52US #60
#59Tonya52US #86
#60Tracy52US #49
#61Kristin51US #73
#62Leslie51US #65
#63Samantha51US #66
#64Dawn50US #57
#65Wendy47US #64
#66Cynthia46US #55
#67Kathryn46US #50
#68Kelli46US #129
#69Lindsey46US #113
#70Patricia46US #44
#71Kara44US #125
#72Kristen44US #62
#73Jenny43US #120
#74Christy42US #72
#75Kendra42US #137
#76Kristi42US #109
#77Susan42US #51
#78Brooke41US #85
#79Heidi41US #83
#80Kristy41US #56
#81Tina41US #58
#82Trisha41US #159
#83Anne40US #115
#84Shawna40US #177
#85Courtney39US #71
#86Shelly39US #182
#87Alisha38US #162
#88Erika38US #91
#89Karen38US #46
#90Teresa38US #87
#91Allison36US #70
#92Maria36US #37
#93Nichole36US #103
#94Pamela36US #90
#95Tamara36US #104
#96Tammy36US #79
#97Jaime34US #97
#98Robin34US #95
#99Kari33US #151
#100Krista33US #130

Boys

#1Michael607US #1
#2Jason580US #3
#3Christopher563US #2
#4Matthew478US #6
#5Joshua473US #9
#6David363US #4
#7James363US #5
#8Justin357US #22
#9Jeremy355US #16
#10Ryan355US #14
#11Brian319US #10
#12John315US #7
#13Robert284US #8
#14Nicholas249US #15
#15Andrew243US #20
#16Daniel236US #12
#17Travis236US #36
#18Joseph233US #11
#19Eric225US #17
#20Adam223US #23
#21Jeffrey219US #24
#22Aaron216US #32
#23William213US #13
#24Brandon210US #35
#25Scott196US #29
#26Timothy196US #18
#27Kevin184US #19
#28Steven180US #27
#29Benjamin178US #33
#30Nathan171US #37
#31Chad160US #38
#32Mark158US #30
#33Anthony151US #21
#34Jacob148US #45
#35Charles143US #28
#36Shawn139US #43
#37Jonathan137US #31
#38Dustin128US #62
#39Richard126US #25
#40Thomas120US #26
#41Bradley112US #47
#42Patrick104US #39
#43Paul102US #34
#44Jesse95US #50
#45Jared93US #65
#46Kyle83US #56
#47Kenneth82US #41
#48Brett78US #98
#49Bryan77US #46
#50Shane77US #67
#51Donald72US #51
#52Gregory72US #42
#53Stephen71US #40
#54Brent68US #84
#55Casey66US #93
#56Shaun63US #64
#57Derek62US #72
#58Clinton61US #146
#59Samuel61US #55
#60Curtis60US #91
#61Lucas60US #108
#62Craig58US #77
#63Luke58US #110
#64Gary57US #59
#65Jeremiah57US #81
#66Sean56US #49
#67Tyler56US #131
#68Zachary56US #74
#69Douglas55US #58
#70Corey53US #63
#71Todd53US #60
#72Cody52US #147
#73Cory47US #82
#74Jeffery47US #87
#75Troy46US #99
#76Edward45US #48
#77Larry44US #69
#78Phillip44US #68
#79Keith43US #52
#80Peter42US #53
#81Billy41US #97
#82Ronald41US #54
#83Jay40US #126
#84Seth40US #101
#85Jamie39US #88
#86Joel39US #71
#87Lance39US #142
#88Randy39US #86
#89Russell38US #92
#90Erik37US #66
#91Heath37
#92Dennis35US #75
#93Raymond35US #70
#94Terry35US #96
#95Brad34US #115
#96Gabriel33US #90
#97Marcus33US #76
#98Jerry31US #85
#99Nathaniel31US #95
#100Philip31US #83

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑39Ashley#40
↑33Mindy#45
↑31Kristin#61
↑27Luke#63
↑21Dana#52
↑21Lucas#61
↑20Katie#54
↑17Patricia#70

Falling

↓46Karen#89
↓37Jaime#97
↓37Robin#98
↓34Courtney#85
↓30Tammy#96
↓23Brooke#78
↓23Todd#71
↓21Susan#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.