State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,403 Kansas births in 1982 across 870 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#76Abbyoutside the national top 200
#85Bretoutside the national top 200
#93Tysonoutside the national top 200
#98Mindyoutside the national top 200
#100Trisha#186 nationally
#72Austin#156 nationally
#87Caleb#170 nationally
#93Hannah#175 nationally
#89Chelsea#170 nationally
#95Darren#174 nationally
#90Kendra#163 nationally
#53Lacey#125 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer612US #1
#2Jessica516US #2
#3Sarah450US #4
#4Amanda437US #3
#5Melissa281US #5
#6Amber279US #18
#7Amy264US #10
#8Ashley242US #17
#9Angela228US #16
#10Heather215US #12
#11Nicole215US #6
#12Erin214US #20
#13Stephanie209US #7
#14Crystal207US #9
#15Elizabeth196US #8
#16Michelle194US #11
#17Megan189US #34
#18Rebecca183US #15
#19Rachel177US #21
#20Tiffany177US #13
#21Emily169US #24
#22Andrea168US #27
#23Jamie164US #29
#24Sara155US #28
#25Lindsay139US #39
#26Christina136US #19
#27Kimberly136US #14
#28Lisa128US #23
#29Laura127US #22
#30Kelly126US #25
#31Lindsey126US #40
#32Mary119US #30
#33Kristen107US #33
#34Erica103US #35
#35Kristin102US #37
#36April92US #32
#37Julie89US #41
#38Katie86US #45
#39Brandi85US #55
#40Katherine85US #36
#41Courtney84US #43
#42Shannon84US #38
#43Samantha83US #44
#44Tara82US #47
#45Brandy75US #50
#46Danielle73US #31
#47Natalie72US #51
#48Cassandra70US #62
#49Leslie68US #60
#50Alicia66US #53
#51Carrie66US #57
#52Lauren65US #26
#53Lacey63US #125
#54Patricia63US #59
#55Kelli62US #127
#56Misty62US #74
#57Holly61US #61
#58Jill58US #89
#59Kathryn56US #48
#60Stacy56US #72
#61Leah54US #79
#62Allison52US #58
#63Brooke52US #92
#64Miranda51US #117
#65Kayla50US #133
#66Lori49US #98
#67Casey47US #119
#68Christine46US #46
#69Melanie46US #65
#70Kristina45US #70
#71Natasha45US #71
#72Anna44US #56
#73Kara44US #113
#74Cynthia42US #64
#75Susan42US #76
#76Abby41
#77Dawn41US #95
#78Tina41US #90
#79Valerie41US #75
#80Kari40US #136
#81Melinda39US #123
#82Monica39US #52
#83Teresa39US #102
#84Victoria39US #66
#85Cassie38US #137
#86Erika38US #81
#87Heidi38US #86
#88Karen38US #68
#89Chelsea36US #170
#90Kendra36US #163
#91Molly36US #131
#92Alisha35US #145
#93Hannah35US #175
#94Maria35US #42
#95Renee35US #101
#96Stacey35US #85
#97Tracy35US #88
#98Mindy34
#99Rachael34US #120
#100Trisha34US #186

Boys

#1Christopher639US #2
#2Michael592US #1
#3Matthew585US #3
#4Joshua559US #7
#5Justin460US #12
#6Jason434US #4
#7Ryan405US #13
#8James375US #6
#9David362US #5
#10John348US #8
#11Brandon313US #18
#12Andrew296US #17
#13Robert292US #9
#14Daniel288US #10
#15Joseph285US #11
#16Brian257US #14
#17Aaron253US #30
#18Jeremy253US #28
#19Dustin248US #42
#20Eric231US #20
#21Adam218US #19
#22Nathan207US #36
#23William202US #15
#24Nicholas200US #22
#25Jeffrey195US #29
#26Travis191US #39
#27Jacob178US #41
#28Timothy175US #24
#29Jonathan171US #16
#30Scott170US #34
#31Steven170US #26
#32Benjamin165US #33
#33Mark160US #32
#34Thomas155US #23
#35Kevin154US #25
#36Anthony152US #21
#37Kyle152US #47
#38Jesse141US #43
#39Tyler133US #66
#40Derek123US #50
#41Shawn119US #52
#42Charles118US #31
#43Jared117US #54
#44Patrick115US #37
#45Brett109US #72
#46Chad106US #48
#47Richard100US #27
#48Bradley99US #51
#49Paul98US #35
#50Zachary96US #55
#51Bryan86US #49
#52Stephen86US #38
#53Kenneth85US #45
#54Sean83US #44
#55Cody82US #95
#56Lucas79US #106
#57Gregory73US #40
#58Shane71US #84
#59Donald69US #58
#60Jeremiah61US #89
#61Brent60US #91
#62Samuel60US #56
#63Casey59US #86
#64Clinton59US #133
#65Blake58US #120
#66Joel58US #69
#67Luke58US #119
#68Marcus58US #63
#69Curtis54US #101
#70Nathaniel54US #75
#71Corey53US #74
#72Austin52US #156
#73Jordan52US #85
#74Seth52US #102
#75Cory51US #93
#76Phillip51US #67
#77Todd50US #82
#78Keith48US #59
#79Craig45US #73
#80Douglas45US #68
#81Edward43US #53
#82Peter42US #57
#83Russell41US #97
#84Wesley40US #98
#85Bret39
#86Gary39US #64
#87Caleb38US #170
#88Lance38US #142
#89Derrick37US #78
#90Ian37US #83
#91Jeffery36US #92
#92Raymond36US #70
#93Tyson36
#94Larry35US #77
#95Darren34US #174
#96Philip34US #79
#97Evan32US #108
#98Gabriel32US #88
#99Jon32US #141
#100Randy32US #94

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑46Lauren#52
↑44Lacey#53
↑39Natalie#47
↑22Kara#73
↑22Donald#59
↑21Cassandra#48
↑16Peter#82
↑14Erica#34

Falling

↓36Tracy#97
↓30Mindy#98
↓25Monica#82
↓25Teresa#83
↓25Trisha#100
↓23Kendra#90
↓22Brooke#63
↓18Craig#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.