State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,715 Kansas births in 1984 across 825 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#59Kelsey#177 nationally
#85Abbyoutside the national top 200
#87Tysonoutside the national top 200
#89Coleoutside the national top 200
#94Heathoutside the national top 200
#94Audrey#184 nationally
#80Grant#169 nationally
#76Caleb#163 nationally
#68Kendra#150 nationally
#85Cameron#164 nationally
#78Drew#153 nationally
#73Clinton#145 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley556US #3
#2Jennifer503US #1
#3Jessica501US #2
#4Amanda420US #4
#5Sarah368US #5
#6Megan314US #11
#7Heather264US #9
#8Elizabeth244US #10
#9Stephanie243US #6
#10Melissa242US #8
#11Amber230US #18
#12Amy229US #13
#13Nicole208US #7
#14Rachel195US #15
#15Erin189US #25
#16Rebecca188US #23
#17Michelle171US #17
#18Emily169US #24
#19Andrea168US #28
#20Crystal164US #12
#21Tiffany160US #14
#22Laura152US #19
#23Kimberly146US #22
#24Angela143US #26
#25Danielle143US #16
#26Jamie143US #31
#27Christina138US #20
#28Sara131US #32
#29Lindsey126US #35
#30Lisa115US #29
#31Lauren101US #21
#32Erica99US #34
#33Katherine98US #30
#34Mary98US #33
#35Lindsay97US #36
#36Katie95US #44
#37Courtney87US #46
#38Alicia84US #40
#39April84US #42
#40Tara84US #49
#41Kristen81US #38
#42Samantha81US #39
#43Jenna77US #54
#44Kelly75US #27
#45Brandi74US #61
#46Kayla71US #100
#47Shannon71US #37
#48Holly68US #53
#49Julie68US #52
#50Christine67US #43
#51Stacy67US #67
#52Allison65US #51
#53Anna65US #57
#54Chelsea64US #84
#55Lacey62US #116
#56Kristin61US #47
#57Cassandra59US #63
#58Kathryn57US #48
#59Kelsey57US #177
#60Monica57US #58
#61Meghan54US #65
#62Brandy53US #64
#63Kara53US #95
#64Melanie51US #85
#65Vanessa48US #45
#66Carrie45US #78
#67Katrina45US #105
#68Kendra45US #150
#69Victoria45US #59
#70Bethany44US #93
#71Casey44US #107
#72Jacqueline44US #56
#73Jill44US #120
#74Krystal44US #74
#75Natasha44US #77
#76Sheena42US #80
#77Stacey42US #79
#78Brooke41US #99
#79Kristina41US #68
#80Miranda41US #114
#81Kelli39US #147
#82Maria39US #50
#83Nichole39US #97
#84Susan39US #90
#85Abby38
#86Valerie38US #76
#87Abigail37US #154
#88Alisha37US #123
#89Leslie37US #75
#90Molly37US #131
#91Natalie37US #55
#92Tracy37US #91
#93Misty36US #98
#94Audrey35US #184
#95Brittany35US #41
#96Catherine35US #69
#97Dana35US #73
#98Hannah35US #126
#99Tonya35US #153
#100Heidi34US #101

Boys

#1Christopher632US #2
#2Michael589US #1
#3Matthew586US #3
#4Joshua539US #4
#5Ryan395US #12
#6Brandon370US #15
#7Andrew366US #14
#8Justin339US #13
#9David326US #5
#10Adam325US #18
#11Daniel316US #6
#12James311US #7
#13Jason297US #11
#14John287US #8
#15Joseph258US #10
#16Dustin254US #41
#17Robert250US #9
#18Nicholas247US #20
#19Kyle243US #34
#20Brian242US #17
#21Aaron241US #29
#22Eric227US #22
#23William219US #16
#24Jacob215US #37
#25Tyler199US #47
#26Jeremy196US #31
#27Travis185US #42
#28Jonathan181US #19
#29Timothy178US #26
#30Steven174US #23
#31Zachary174US #45
#32Nathan171US #38
#33Benjamin169US #30
#34Cody159US #62
#35Anthony156US #21
#36Kevin141US #24
#37Mark141US #32
#38Scott140US #39
#39Jeffrey132US #28
#40Derek130US #52
#41Richard130US #27
#42Thomas128US #25
#43Patrick122US #36
#44Chad111US #51
#45Jesse104US #50
#46Jared101US #59
#47Charles98US #33
#48Jordan95US #65
#49Shawn92US #56
#50Bradley90US #53
#51Sean90US #43
#52Stephen86US #35
#53Brett80US #72
#54Paul80US #40
#55Austin75US #117
#56Kenneth75US #46
#57Bryan74US #48
#58Casey62US #82
#59Samuel62US #55
#60Brent59US #89
#61Blake58US #103
#62Joel58US #66
#63Gregory57US #44
#64Luke55US #110
#65Shane55US #85
#66Craig53US #75
#67Nathaniel53US #80
#68Curtis52US #96
#69Marcus52US #57
#70Seth52US #99
#71Todd52US #92
#72Keith50US #61
#73Clinton49US #145
#74Lance49US #127
#75Douglas46US #71
#76Caleb45US #163
#77Philip45US #81
#78Drew44US #153
#79Corey43US #69
#80Grant43US #169
#81Derrick41US #79
#82Jeremiah41US #102
#83Phillip41US #70
#84Lucas40US #130
#85Cameron39US #164
#86Ian39US #78
#87Tyson39
#88Clayton38US #150
#89Cole38
#90Cory38US #83
#91Donald37US #63
#92Alan36US #105
#93Edward36US #58
#94Heath36
#95Trevor36US #115
#96Gabriel35US #87
#97Mitchell35US #125
#98Raymond35US #73
#99Chase34US #133
#100Jay33US #171

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑34Kelsey#59
↑33Christine#50
↑32Kendra#68
↑20Lauren#31
↑20Vanessa#65
↑18Danielle#25
↑18Jill#73
↑18Jordan#48

Falling

↓35Hannah#98
↓31Natalie#91
↓30Leslie#89
↓24Abby#85
↓20Mitchell#97
↓19Donald#91
↓17Lucas#84
↓16Nichole#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.