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Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,292 Kansas births in 1983 across 846 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#61Abby#200 nationally
#85Coleoutside the national top 200
#93Kelseyoutside the national top 200
#96Lacyoutside the national top 200
#71Caleb#159 nationally
#98Ashlee#182 nationally
#91Grant#167 nationally
#54Lacey#128 nationally
#99Garrett#173 nationally
#100Kendra#172 nationally
#95Darren#164 nationally
#68Kelli#136 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer541US #1
#2Ashley521US #4
#3Jessica503US #2
#4Amanda434US #3
#5Sarah380US #5
#6Melissa279US #6
#7Amber270US #17
#8Amy261US #12
#9Megan236US #21
#10Heather222US #9
#11Nicole217US #7
#12Stephanie217US #8
#13Michelle211US #13
#14Erin206US #18
#15Rachel197US #20
#16Elizabeth190US #10
#17Rebecca183US #19
#18Emily181US #25
#19Crystal175US #11
#20Angela170US #22
#21Andrea166US #30
#22Sara164US #31
#23Christina163US #16
#24Jamie154US #28
#25Lindsay142US #36
#26Lindsey141US #35
#27Kimberly139US #15
#28Tiffany131US #14
#29Laura120US #23
#30Katherine112US #34
#31Kelly111US #26
#32Lisa104US #27
#33Kristen102US #37
#34Tara95US #51
#35Shannon94US #38
#36Alicia92US #41
#37Samantha92US #40
#38Erica89US #33
#39April88US #39
#40Julie86US #46
#41Mary86US #32
#42Brandi85US #56
#43Danielle82US #29
#44Katie82US #45
#45Kristin82US #42
#46Courtney81US #44
#47Holly79US #48
#48Anna77US #55
#49Kathryn77US #50
#50Kayla76US #81
#51Lauren74US #24
#52Cassandra66US #70
#53Stacy65US #61
#54Lacey62US #128
#55Monica62US #54
#56Chelsea58US #102
#57Brandy57US #57
#58Allison56US #59
#59Leslie56US #67
#60Natalie52US #52
#61Abby51US #200
#62Melanie51US #79
#63Hannah50US #124
#64Jacqueline50US #53
#65Victoria50US #58
#66Kristina49US #63
#67Nichole48US #93
#68Kelli46US #136
#69Carrie45US #65
#70Kara44US #101
#71Natasha43US #71
#72Valerie43US #74
#73Bethany42US #99
#74Brooke42US #96
#75Erika42US #80
#76Karen41US #77
#77Krystal41US #78
#78Miranda41US #118
#79Alisha40US #141
#80Maria40US #43
#81Melinda40US #138
#82Catherine39US #66
#83Christine39US #47
#84Lori39US #113
#85Vanessa39US #49
#86Julia38US #85
#87Molly38US #129
#88Stacey38US #76
#89Cynthia37US #62
#90Dana37US #72
#91Jill37US #98
#92Leah37US #82
#93Kelsey36
#94Patricia36US #60
#95Tamara36US #131
#96Lacy35
#97Misty35US #87
#98Ashlee34US #182
#99Dawn34US #106
#100Kendra34US #172

Boys

#1Christopher665US #2
#2Matthew629US #3
#3Michael602US #1
#4Joshua544US #5
#5Ryan397US #13
#6Justin386US #12
#7Jason363US #7
#8David360US #4
#9Andrew355US #15
#10James353US #6
#11Adam334US #18
#12Brandon323US #17
#13John320US #9
#14Daniel302US #8
#15Robert295US #10
#16Brian292US #14
#17Joseph287US #11
#18Aaron281US #29
#19Nicholas232US #21
#20Kyle230US #34
#21Dustin228US #43
#22Jeremy222US #30
#23William216US #16
#24Jacob213US #36
#25Eric204US #20
#26Timothy188US #26
#27Nathan181US #40
#28Jonathan177US #19
#29Jeffrey171US #28
#30Travis170US #41
#31Benjamin163US #32
#32Kevin158US #25
#33Zachary151US #50
#34Steven147US #23
#35Mark141US #31
#36Scott140US #38
#37Tyler137US #57
#38Thomas135US #24
#39Anthony133US #22
#40Derek133US #51
#41Jesse121US #46
#42Richard120US #27
#43Charles119US #33
#44Bradley114US #52
#45Chad108US #49
#46Jared105US #56
#47Patrick105US #37
#48Paul104US #39
#49Bryan103US #47
#50Cody99US #81
#51Sean92US #44
#52Shawn84US #53
#53Kenneth82US #45
#54Brett81US #73
#55Stephen81US #35
#56Samuel80US #54
#57Casey72US #90
#58Gregory71US #42
#59Joel68US #67
#60Brent67US #94
#61Luke63US #105
#62Marcus60US #58
#63Shane60US #84
#64Craig57US #70
#65Blake54US #109
#66Jordan52US #72
#67Lucas52US #117
#68Austin51US #131
#69Curtis51US #100
#70Seth50US #98
#71Caleb49US #159
#72Donald49US #60
#73Phillip49US #66
#74Corey48US #74
#75Cory48US #83
#76Nathaniel48US #79
#77Mitchell46US #143
#78Clinton44US #141
#79Keith43US #61
#80Todd43US #87
#81Jeffery42US #91
#82Peter42US #59
#83Alan41US #102
#84Wesley41US #101
#85Cole39
#86Jeremiah38US #99
#87Lance38US #135
#88Derrick37US #78
#89Philip37US #82
#90Evan35US #93
#91Grant34US #167
#92Kristopher34US #134
#93Clayton33US #158
#94Gary33US #68
#95Darren32US #164
#96Edward32US #55
#97Russell32US #104
#98Troy32US #113
#99Garrett31US #173
#100George31US #65

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑33Chelsea#56
↑30Hannah#63
↑27Monica#55
↑24Anna#48
↑19Victoria#65
↑17Kyle#20
↑17Zachary#33
↑16Caleb#71

Falling

↓41Misty#97
↓40Patricia#94
↓33Jill#91
↓31Leah#92
↓26Jeremiah#86
↓22Dawn#99
↓18Carrie#69
↓18Lori#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.