Popular baby names in Kansas, 1965

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1965 were Lisa for girls (528 babies) and Michael for boys (744). Social Security records list 32,790 babies born in Kansas in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1965

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

Girls

Janell: 21 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Tamra: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Janelle: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dee: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Sondra: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kendra: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Karla: 61 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Trisha: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jolene: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Shelly: 121 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 16 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Monte: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Delbert: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bart: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bret: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kelly: 72 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Darin: 80 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brad: 62 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bradley: 138 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rex: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	528	–	1
2	Kimberly	279	↑3	4
3	Mary	273	↓1	2
4	Susan	268	–	5
5	Lori	255	↓2	19
6	Karen	241	↑2	3
7	Julie	238	↓1	14
8	Brenda	228	↓1	23
9	Angela	226	↑8	10
10	Michelle	215	↑2	18
11	Tammy	210	–	11
12	Pamela	189	↑1	12
13	Teresa	189	↓3	24
14	Cynthia	185	↑2	9
15	Patricia	177	↓1	6
16	Rhonda	166	↑5	37
17	Linda	164	↓8	8
18	Kelly	151	↑5	30
19	Denise	145	↑7	28
20	Robin	141	↑17	33
21	Amy	140	↑23	35
22	Tina	139	↑3	29
23	Sandra	137	↓4	15
24	Debra	136	↓6	27
25	Stephanie	134	↑13	44
26	Deborah	130	↓4	13
27	Donna	129	↓12	7
28	Jennifer	127	↑1	20
29	Janet	122	↑2	55
30	Shelly	121	↑5	98
31	Rebecca	120	↑11	41
32	Laura	119	↓12	17
33	Tracy	115	↑14	36
34	Cindy	114	↑7	53
35	Elizabeth	113	↓3	16
36	Barbara	109	↓9	25
37	Cheryl	108	↓13	31
38	Nancy	106	↓10	32
39	Paula	105	↓6	49
40	Sharon	104	↓4	22
41	Melissa	101	new	38
42	Kathy	98	↑6	54
43	Jill	97	new	51
44	Christine	94	↓10	21
45	Debbie	92	new	62
46	Kim	90	↓6	43
47	Sheila	89	↓8	50
48	Christina	88	new	74
49	Carol	86	↓3	42
50	Dawn	85	new	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	744	↑1	1
2	David	659	↓1	3
3	John	582	–	2
4	James	558	–	4
5	Robert	494	–	5
6	Mark	426	–	7
7	Kevin	417	–	13
8	Brian	331	↑5	19
9	Steven	331	–	14
10	Richard	325	↓2	8
11	Jeffrey	307	↑1	10
12	Scott	306	↓1	15
13	William	303	↓3	6
14	Timothy	293	–	12
15	Paul	233	↑7	16
16	Todd	217	↓1	30
17	Daniel	213	↓1	17
18	Christopher	202	↑10	18
19	Kenneth	202	↓2	21
20	Thomas	202	↑1	9
21	Gregory	201	↑3	23
22	Douglas	192	↓3	32
23	Charles	188	↓5	20
24	Gary	185	↓4	27
25	Larry	172	↑2	38
26	Eric	170	↑5	25
27	Donald	160	↓2	26
28	Ronald	159	↓5	24
29	Troy	147	↑1	53
30	Bradley	138	↑5	72
31	Patrick	136	↑8	31
32	Darren	133	new	52
33	Joseph	130	↓7	11
34	Terry	126	↓5	40
35	Randy	122	↓2	42
36	Anthony	120	↑7	22
37	Craig	119	↑12	46
38	Rodney	119	↑12	33
39	Stephen	114	↓1	28
40	Jerry	112	↓6	41
41	Mike	106	↓5	51
42	Jeff	102	↓10	62
43	Jeffery	102	↓2	47
44	Alan	101	↑4	59
45	Roger	100	↓3	49
46	Chris	92	–	60
47	Curtis	90	new	75
48	Keith	88	↓8	35
49	Bryan	87	new	63
50	Edward	85	new	29

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