Popular baby names in Kansas, 1969

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1969 were Michelle for girls (422 babies) and Michael for boys (850). Michelle ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 30,750 babies born in Kansas in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1969

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

Girls

Shelli: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Janelle: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Darla: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jeri: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shawna: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lana: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Staci: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marsha: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Glenda: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Christi: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Ty: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dustin: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Darrin: 54 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Darin: 53 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Justin: 48 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kent: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Vance: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Travis: 80 babies, 3× the national rate
Shannon: 61 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Mitchell: 42 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michelle	422	–	2
2	Lisa	407	–	1
3	Kimberly	341	–	4
4	Jennifer	313	–	3
5	Angela	282	–	7
6	Amy	281	↑2	6
7	Melissa	246	↓1	5
8	Julie	239	↓1	12
9	Tammy	228	↑2	9
10	Stephanie	192	↑2	19
11	Lori	188	↓2	20
12	Mary	188	↓2	8
13	Kelly	156	↑2	15
14	Brenda	154	↑5	38
15	Rebecca	148	↑8	28
16	Susan	147	↓3	11
17	Tracy	145	↑11	17
18	Tina	144	↓4	22
19	Pamela	141	↑5	24
20	Laura	127	↓2	10
21	Teresa	120	↓4	32
22	Deborah	117	↑12	27
23	Christine	115	↓3	14
24	Dawn	114	↑1	21
25	Heather	114	↑25	34
26	Karen	112	↓10	13
27	Wendy	109	↑21	29
28	Shannon	108	↑14	31
29	Christina	106	↑1	37
30	Jill	106	↑1	51
31	Cynthia	105	↓10	23
32	Dana	100	–	60
33	Denise	100	↑3	35
34	Patricia	99	↓5	18
35	Sandra	98	↓2	25
36	Stacy	97	↑5	53
37	Elizabeth	94	–	16
38	Rhonda	92	↓12	44
39	Debra	90	↓17	43
40	Donna	85	↑3	26
41	Cheryl	84	↓2	41
42	Michele	82	↑2	30
43	Linda	79	↓8	33
44	Nancy	77	new	45
45	Stacey	76	↑4	52
46	Tamara	76	new	78
47	Sheila	75	new	68
48	Paula	74	↓21	50
49	Robin	73	↓9	46
50	Cindy	72	↓5	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	850	–	1
2	David	588	–	2
3	John	532	↑2	4
4	James	509	↓1	3
5	Robert	467	↓1	5
6	Brian	422	–	9
7	Christopher	358	↑3	7
8	Mark	353	↓1	8
9	Jeffrey	329	↓1	11
10	Scott	310	↑1	12
11	William	290	↑2	6
12	Kevin	282	–	16
13	Steven	276	↑2	14
14	Richard	265	↓5	10
15	Eric	235	↑3	21
16	Timothy	221	↓2	17
17	Jason	205	↑22	25
18	Todd	204	↓2	28
19	Daniel	195	↑3	18
20	Charles	190	↓3	19
21	Thomas	185	↓2	13
22	Paul	175	↑2	22
23	Shawn	171	–	41
24	Troy	171	↓4	42
25	Matthew	170	↓4	24
26	Kenneth	162	↑5	23
27	Douglas	152	↓1	34
28	Gregory	151	↑4	26
29	Joseph	151	↑1	15
30	Ronald	139	↓5	29
31	Bradley	129	↑3	53
32	Gary	122	↓5	35
33	Patrick	121	↓4	31
34	Anthony	120	↓6	20
35	Craig	113	↑10	39
36	Donald	113	↓3	30
37	Jeffery	111	↓1	48
38	Larry	107	↓3	40
39	Stephen	106	↓2	27
40	Sean	103	–	37
41	Chad	100	new	69
42	Jerry	99	–	45
43	Terry	98	↓5	52
44	Rodney	95	↓3	49
45	Dennis	94	↑1	44
46	Andrew	91	new	33
47	Aaron	88	new	61
48	Bryan	87	↓5	51
49	Darren	81	↓2	60
50	Travis	80	new	>100

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