Popular baby names in Kansas, 1966

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1966 were Lisa for girls (510 babies) and Michael for boys (719). Social Security records list 30,246 babies born in Kansas in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1966

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: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Janelle: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Shana: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dee: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Staci: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Karla: 53 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bobbi: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sondra: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Joni: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Cheri: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 17 babies, 11× the national rate
Rex: 33 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Monty: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lyle: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Darin: 73 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kelly: 84 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kent: 43 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brad: 51 babies, 3× the national rate
Bret: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Troy: 171 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	510	–	1
2	Michelle	337	↑8	4
3	Kimberly	316	↓1	2
4	Angela	243	↑5	9
5	Mary	235	↓2	3
6	Julie	229	↑1	13
7	Susan	222	↓3	6
8	Lori	217	↓3	21
9	Tammy	210	↑2	8
10	Brenda	208	↓2	25
11	Karen	197	↓5	5
12	Amy	162	↑9	30
13	Patricia	162	↑2	7
14	Tina	155	↑8	23
15	Stephanie	152	↑10	38
16	Pamela	149	↓4	15
17	Jennifer	145	↑11	10
18	Teresa	141	↓5	29
19	Rhonda	138	↓3	39
20	Deborah	137	↑6	14
21	Cynthia	134	↓7	11
22	Sandra	133	↑1	17
23	Laura	128	↑9	19
24	Melissa	127	↑17	22
25	Rebecca	127	↑6	40
26	Kelly	126	↓8	26
27	Christine	123	↑17	20
28	Linda	123	↓11	18
29	Debra	116	↓5	35
30	Nancy	111	↑8	33
31	Tracy	110	↑2	31
32	Dawn	108	↑18	24
33	Donna	108	↓6	12
34	Denise	107	↓15	32
35	Elizabeth	107	–	16
36	Cheryl	104	↑1	34
37	Paula	104	↑2	50
38	Jill	99	↑5	49
39	Barbara	97	↓3	27
40	Cindy	95	↓6	56
41	Robin	92	↓21	42
42	Sharon	92	↓2	28
43	Shelly	92	↓13	89
44	Sheila	89	↑3	51
45	Terri	79	new	72
46	Dana	78	new	68
47	Sherry	78	new	53
48	Diane	74	new	45
49	Janet	74	↓20	57
50	Connie	72	new	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	719	–	1
2	David	631	–	2
3	John	508	–	4
4	James	494	–	3
5	Robert	471	–	5
6	Mark	363	–	7
7	Brian	334	↑1	14
8	Kevin	313	↓1	17
9	Steven	303	–	13
10	Jeffrey	293	↑1	9
11	Timothy	290	↑3	11
12	William	284	↑1	6
13	Richard	282	↓3	8
14	Scott	265	↓2	16
15	Christopher	223	↑3	12
16	Charles	202	↑7	20
17	Thomas	189	↑3	10
18	Daniel	185	↓1	19
19	Kenneth	179	–	21
20	Todd	174	↓4	29
21	Troy	171	↑8	48
22	Douglas	169	–	33
23	Paul	166	↓8	18
24	Gary	161	–	28
25	Gregory	160	↓4	23
26	Eric	155	–	25
27	Larry	148	↓2	38
28	Ronald	133	–	24
29	Donald	131	↓2	27
30	Joseph	126	↑3	15
31	Stephen	126	↑8	26
32	Patrick	121	↓1	31
33	Terry	120	↑1	40
34	Anthony	117	↑2	22
35	Randy	117	–	45
36	Rodney	114	↑2	35
37	Bradley	112	↓7	68
38	Jerry	111	↑2	41
39	Darren	108	↓7	63
40	Shawn	102	new	54
41	Jeff	101	↑1	72
42	Matthew	100	new	34
43	Jeffery	99	–	42
44	Bryan	97	↑5	52
45	Craig	95	↓8	46
46	Roger	92	↓1	51
47	Mike	90	↓6	69
48	Dennis	88	new	44
49	Keith	88	↓1	32
50	Chris	87	↓4	55

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