Popular baby names in Kansas, 1964

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1964 were Lisa for girls (447 babies) and David for boys (806). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,772 babies born in Kansas in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1964

Names given at least 15 times in Kansas that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Janelle: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Shawna: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lesa: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jana: 44 babies, 4× the national rate
Jerri: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Staci: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shelly: 126 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kristi: 52 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sondra: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Krista: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Darin: 47 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Monty: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Monte: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lyle: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kelly: 76 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shannon: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kent: 66 babies, 3× the national rate
Shane: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Brad: 64 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	447	–	1
2	Mary	359	↑1	2
3	Lori	329	↓1	15
4	Susan	327	↑1	3
5	Kimberly	309	↑2	6
6	Julie	273	↑2	17
7	Brenda	267	↓3	18
8	Karen	251	↓2	4
9	Linda	229	↑2	8
10	Teresa	228	↓1	21
11	Tammy	225	↓1	10
12	Michelle	218	↑1	23
13	Pamela	208	↑1	11
14	Patricia	193	↑6	5
15	Donna	191	↑2	7
16	Cynthia	181	↓4	9
17	Angela	180	↑9	22
18	Debra	175	↓3	24
19	Sandra	170	↑5	13
20	Laura	167	↑10	14
21	Rhonda	160	↓3	43
22	Deborah	155	↓6	12
23	Kelly	152	↓2	35
24	Cheryl	150	↑8	29
25	Tina	147	↑10	34
26	Denise	143	↑1	25
27	Barbara	141	↓4	19
28	Nancy	139	↑6	26
29	Jennifer	137	↑16	31
30	Connie	136	↑6	64
31	Janet	135	↓6	48
32	Elizabeth	130	↑10	16
33	Paula	130	↑10	45
34	Christine	126	new	28
35	Shelly	126	↑11	>100
36	Sharon	122	↓14	20
37	Robin	120	↓4	27
38	Stephanie	120	↑10	57
39	Sheila	119	↑10	51
40	Kim	117	↓12	42
41	Cindy	116	↓22	47
42	Rebecca	116	↓5	46
43	Terri	114	↓4	62
44	Amy	112	new	44
45	Diana	112	↓7	63
46	Carol	111	↓5	36
47	Tracy	110	↓7	40
48	Kathy	109	↓19	39
49	Dana	108	↑1	70
50	Diane	108	↓6	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	David	806	–	3
2	Michael	800	–	1
3	John	727	–	2
4	James	636	↑2	4
5	Robert	615	↓1	5
6	Mark	540	↓1	6
7	Kevin	495	–	13
8	Richard	359	–	8
9	Steven	346	↑1	12
10	William	331	↑1	7
11	Scott	325	↓2	14
12	Jeffrey	322	–	10
13	Brian	292	–	20
14	Timothy	269	–	15
15	Todd	248	↑5	28
16	Daniel	242	↑6	19
17	Kenneth	231	↑4	18
18	Charles	226	↓2	17
19	Douglas	224	↓2	31
20	Gary	223	↓2	26
21	Thomas	221	↓6	9
22	Paul	200	↓3	16
23	Ronald	199	↑2	24
24	Gregory	195	–	22
25	Donald	191	↑2	25
26	Joseph	187	↑3	11
27	Larry	180	↓1	36
28	Christopher	177	↑4	23
29	Terry	164	↓6	35
30	Troy	156	↑8	57
31	Eric	142	–	32
32	Jeff	140	↑2	52
33	Randy	139	↓5	38
34	Jerry	133	↓1	40
35	Bradley	128	–	77
36	Mike	128	↓6	47
37	Dennis	124	↓1	42
38	Stephen	122	↑4	29
39	Patrick	121	↑6	30
40	Keith	115	↑7	34
41	Jeffery	112	↓2	45
42	Roger	112	↓1	49
43	Anthony	110	↓6	21
44	Jay	106	new	84
45	Steve	106	new	51
46	Chris	103	new	65
47	Danny	103	↑2	56
48	Alan	102	–	53
49	Craig	100	↑1	48
50	Rodney	98	new	59

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