Popular baby names in Kansas, 1968

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1968 were Michelle for girls (435 babies) and Michael for boys (790). Michelle ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 29,278 babies born in Kansas in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1968

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

Girls

Tamera: 21 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lesa: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Deann: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Shawna: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jerri: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jana: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Janelle: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lucinda: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Shelly: 87 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rachelle: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Dustin: 25 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Rusty: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kent: 47 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Darin: 64 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Justin: 35 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Doug: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Heath: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Loren: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Travis: 53 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kelly: 76 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michelle	435	↑1	2
2	Lisa	419	↓1	1
3	Kimberly	347	–	3
4	Jennifer	275	↑12	4
5	Angela	246	↓1	7
6	Melissa	228	↑5	5
7	Julie	219	↓2	16
8	Amy	217	↑4	13
9	Lori	216	↓3	22
10	Mary	198	↓3	6
11	Tammy	196	↓3	8
12	Stephanie	193	↑3	23
13	Susan	169	↓4	10
14	Tina	158	–	18
15	Kelly	154	↑3	12
16	Karen	144	↑1	9
17	Teresa	140	↓7	30
18	Laura	139	↑8	11
19	Brenda	138	↓6	34
20	Christine	138	↑8	14
21	Cynthia	138	–	19
22	Debra	130	–	38
23	Rebecca	126	↑11	33
24	Pamela	122	↓5	20
25	Dawn	111	↑6	21
26	Rhonda	108	↓6	42
27	Paula	104	↑10	45
28	Tracy	103	↓1	25
29	Patricia	102	↓6	15
30	Christina	97	↑3	44
31	Jill	96	↑9	46
32	Dana	93	↑9	70
33	Sandra	93	↓8	26
34	Deborah	92	↓10	27
35	Linda	91	↓6	28
36	Denise	88	↓4	35
37	Elizabeth	88	↓7	17
38	Shelly	87	↓3	98
39	Cheryl	86	↑7	37
40	Robin	86	↓1	43
41	Stacy	84	↑6	64
42	Shannon	83	new	53
43	Donna	82	↓7	24
44	Michele	82	↑5	29
45	Cindy	81	↓2	67
46	Barbara	78	↓8	36
47	Connie	78	new	87
48	Wendy	75	↓3	31
49	Stacey	73	new	55
50	Heather	71	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	790	–	1
2	David	599	–	2
3	James	493	↑1	4
4	Robert	466	↑1	5
5	John	460	↓2	3
6	Brian	376	–	10
7	Mark	376	–	7
8	Jeffrey	315	↑2	11
9	Richard	311	↑5	8
10	Christopher	283	↑5	9
11	Scott	279	↓2	14
12	Kevin	278	↓4	17
13	William	273	–	6
14	Timothy	248	↓2	13
15	Steven	234	↓4	15
16	Todd	208	↑1	28
17	Charles	188	↓1	20
18	Eric	185	↑4	22
19	Thomas	181	↓1	12
20	Troy	178	↑4	40
21	Matthew	171	↑9	24
22	Daniel	169	↓2	18
23	Shawn	159	↑13	43
24	Paul	154	↓3	19
25	Ronald	150	↓2	25
26	Douglas	148	↓7	33
27	Gary	144	–	32
28	Anthony	136	–	21
29	Patrick	128	–	30
30	Joseph	127	↑2	16
31	Kenneth	119	↓6	23
32	Gregory	118	↓6	26
33	Donald	117	↑2	29
34	Bradley	111	–	57
35	Larry	111	↓2	38
36	Jeffery	105	↑9	46
37	Stephen	105	↑1	27
38	Terry	104	↓7	48
39	Jason	102	new	47
40	Sean	97	new	37
41	Rodney	96	↓4	42
42	Jerry	92	↓3	44
43	Bryan	91	–	51
44	Curtis	82	new	75
45	Craig	81	↑5	41
46	Dennis	81	new	45
47	Darren	80	↓7	60
48	Chris	78	↓7	64
49	Edward	78	↓2	31
50	Kelly	76	↓6	97

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