State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,641 Kansas births in 1981 across 845 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#76Levi#182 nationally
#95Tysonoutside the national top 200
#97Lacey#194 nationally
#78Austin#173 nationally
#75Trisha#164 nationally
#68Mindy#155 nationally
#67Kendra#152 nationally
#93Caleb#175 nationally
#60Kelli#126 nationally
#96Lance#160 nationally
#83Kari#145 nationally
#66Clinton#124 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer637US #1
#2Jessica530US #2
#3Amanda456US #3
#4Sarah403US #4
#5Melissa313US #5
#6Amy287US #6
#7Amber260US #20
#8Angela230US #15
#9Rebecca230US #12
#10Michelle227US #11
#11Heather216US #10
#12Stephanie203US #8
#13Nicole199US #7
#14Crystal195US #16
#15Tiffany186US #14
#16Elizabeth184US #9
#17Megan182US #33
#18Erin181US #19
#19Andrea174US #24
#20Ashley173US #34
#21Kimberly166US #13
#22Sara165US #26
#23Laura158US #21
#24Christina156US #17
#25Rachel153US #22
#26Jamie146US #28
#27Emily145US #29
#28Lisa140US #18
#29April126US #25
#30Mary118US #27
#31Kristen114US #38
#32Julie112US #37
#33Kelly106US #23
#34Tara103US #45
#35Lindsay101US #47
#36Kristin99US #31
#37Katherine96US #39
#38Brandi92US #50
#39Brandy89US #41
#40Danielle89US #30
#41Brooke85US #52
#42Shannon85US #32
#43Courtney82US #43
#44Lindsey82US #58
#45Misty82US #61
#46Alicia81US #46
#47Katie78US #44
#48Erica71US #36
#49Jill69US #78
#50Leslie69US #56
#51Samantha67US #51
#52Kathryn62US #48
#53Christine57US #42
#54Patricia57US #53
#55Stacy57US #65
#56Lori53US #91
#57Monica52US #49
#58Teresa51US #97
#59Melanie50US #66
#60Kelli48US #126
#61Tracy48US #77
#62Allison47US #57
#63Anna47US #54
#64Holly47US #63
#65Carrie46US #55
#66Cynthia46US #59
#67Kendra46US #152
#68Mindy45US #155
#69Cassandra44US #104
#70Dawn44US #79
#71Heidi44US #84
#72Kristi44US #129
#73Susan44US #71
#74Anne43US #105
#75Trisha43US #164
#76Valerie43US #89
#77Vanessa43US #62
#78Karen42US #64
#79Natasha42US #85
#80Tamara42US #115
#81Tonya42US #110
#82Dana40US #70
#83Kari40US #145
#84Kristina40US #72
#85Molly40US #135
#86Natalie40US #60
#87Nichole40US #109
#88Renee40US #98
#89Candice39US #86
#90Julia39US #88
#91Alisha38US #142
#92Maria38US #40
#93Melinda38US #108
#94Jenny37US #123
#95Kara37US #121
#96Katrina37US #95
#97Lacey37US #194
#98Lauren37US #35
#99Wendy37US #90
#100Catherine36US #73

Boys

#1Michael619US #1
#2Joshua588US #6
#3Matthew569US #3
#4Christopher541US #2
#5Jason468US #4
#6Ryan406US #13
#7Justin404US #12
#8James386US #7
#9David379US #5
#10Robert346US #9
#11John344US #8
#12Brian316US #14
#13Brandon306US #19
#14Aaron287US #30
#15Jeremy283US #22
#16Daniel264US #10
#17Andrew258US #18
#18Adam256US #20
#19Dustin254US #42
#20Joseph251US #11
#21Eric243US #17
#22Nicholas224US #21
#23Travis224US #40
#24William219US #15
#25Jonathan212US #16
#26Nathan204US #36
#27Timothy204US #24
#28Jeffrey197US #29
#29Jacob186US #43
#30Steven174US #28
#31Scott172US #34
#32Kevin167US #25
#33Thomas165US #26
#34Benjamin156US #32
#35Jesse152US #37
#36Charles143US #31
#37Anthony136US #23
#38Kyle128US #52
#39Mark128US #33
#40Derek123US #53
#41Brett116US #79
#42Chad112US #47
#43Paul112US #35
#44Jared110US #57
#45Richard108US #27
#46Shawn105US #49
#47Patrick104US #38
#48Bradley100US #50
#49Bryan93US #48
#50Tyler91US #96
#51Kenneth87US #41
#52Lucas86US #89
#53Zachary85US #63
#54Jeremiah79US #77
#55Stephen79US #39
#56Samuel78US #54
#57Gregory74US #46
#58Casey71US #85
#59Sean71US #44
#60Brent69US #88
#61Craig66US #72
#62Shane65US #81
#63Curtis63US #94
#64Luke63US #100
#65Cody62US #119
#66Clinton61US #124
#67Phillip60US #66
#68Cory59US #90
#69Douglas53US #64
#70Keith53US #58
#71Ronald53US #59
#72Marcus52US #67
#73Nathaniel52US #80
#74Corey50US #69
#75Wesley50US #99
#76Levi49US #182
#77Todd49US #74
#78Austin48US #173
#79Joel48US #65
#80Jordan47US #102
#81Donald46US #56
#82Jeffery43US #93
#83Troy43US #114
#84Russell42US #98
#85Seth42US #95
#86Gary41US #62
#87Billy40US #103
#88Derrick40US #78
#89Edward40US #51
#90Randy40US #91
#91Larry39US #73
#92Shaun39US #86
#93Caleb38US #175
#94Terry38US #105
#95Tyson38
#96Lance37US #160
#97Jon36US #132
#98Peter36US #55
#99Philip36US #84
#100Dennis35US #83

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑33Christine#53
↑27Mindy#68
↑25Kristen#31
↑25Teresa#58
↑24Cassandra#69
↑22Allison#62
↑20Tracy#61
↑20Valerie#76

Falling

↓36Kristina#84
↓30Maria#92
↓28Wendy#99
↓27Holly#64
↓26Melinda#93
↓24Katrina#96
↓23Natalie#86
↓23Donald#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.