Popular baby names in Kansas, 1970

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (480 babies) and Michael for boys (799). Social Security records list 31,381 babies born in Kansas in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1970

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: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Shawna: 47 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rachelle: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Staci: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shelly: 94 babies, 3× the national rate
Karla: 42 babies, 3× the national rate
Misty: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Jana: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Brandi: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Stacie: 44 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Kurtis: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Monte: 24 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Rex: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Darin: 48 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kent: 35 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Loren: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Travis: 113 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dustin: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Stuart: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shane: 109 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	480	↑3	1
2	Michelle	428	↓1	4
3	Amy	354	↑3	5
4	Kimberly	343	↓1	3
5	Angela	336	–	6
6	Lisa	315	↓4	2
7	Melissa	248	–	7
8	Julie	203	–	11
9	Tammy	197	–	8
10	Shannon	193	↑18	22
11	Lori	192	–	23
12	Stephanie	192	↓2	17
13	Tracy	173	↑4	10
14	Heather	172	↑11	19
15	Stacy	161	↑21	42
16	Mary	153	↓4	9
17	Tina	151	↑1	21
18	Christina	142	↑11	35
19	Susan	141	↓3	15
20	Kelly	139	↓7	20
21	Karen	123	↑5	12
22	Laura	123	↓2	13
23	Teresa	119	↓2	34
24	Cynthia	114	↑7	25
25	Dawn	114	↓1	16
26	Rebecca	114	↓11	29
27	Brenda	110	↓13	40
28	Dana	107	↑4	54
29	Pamela	105	↓10	26
30	Christine	100	↓7	14
31	Jill	100	↓1	52
32	Patricia	99	↑2	24
33	Elizabeth	96	↑4	18
34	Shelly	94	new	>100
35	Michele	91	↑7	31
36	Tamara	91	↑10	79
37	Debra	90	↑2	47
38	Wendy	90	↓11	28
39	Tonya	86	new	49
40	Denise	82	↓7	36
41	Linda	82	↑2	38
42	Stacey	82	↑3	48
43	Deborah	81	↓21	33
44	Rhonda	79	↓6	46
45	Paula	78	↑3	57
46	Sandra	75	↓11	27
47	Barbara	73	new	41
48	Cheryl	71	↓7	44
49	Traci	69	new	100
50	Kristin	67	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	799	–	1
2	David	557	–	3
3	John	545	–	4
4	James	524	–	2
5	Robert	481	–	5
6	Jeffrey	383	↑3	11
7	Jason	362	↑10	13
8	Christopher	360	↓1	6
9	Brian	357	↓3	8
10	Scott	321	–	12
11	Mark	311	↓3	9
12	William	309	↓1	7
13	Kevin	270	↓1	14
14	Richard	258	–	10
15	Steven	257	↓2	15
16	Eric	226	↓1	18
17	Charles	219	↑3	21
18	Timothy	217	↓2	20
19	Matthew	210	↑6	24
20	Shawn	193	↑3	34
21	Todd	186	↓3	28
22	Thomas	184	↓1	17
23	Troy	180	↑1	41
24	Paul	172	↓2	23
25	Daniel	166	↓6	19
26	Anthony	161	↑8	22
27	Kenneth	152	↓1	25
28	Douglas	148	↓1	36
29	Joseph	144	–	16
30	Chad	132	↑11	51
31	Bradley	128	–	47
32	Gregory	127	↓4	26
33	Aaron	121	↑14	52
34	Stephen	120	↑5	27
35	Ronald	119	↓5	29
36	Larry	116	↑2	43
37	Patrick	114	↓4	33
38	Travis	113	↑12	69
39	Bryan	110	↑9	53
40	Sean	110	–	37
41	Shane	109	new	64
42	Donald	105	↓6	30
43	Craig	101	↓8	39
44	Gary	99	↓12	35
45	Andrew	96	↑1	32
46	Terry	93	↓3	54
47	Jerry	92	↓5	45
48	Lance	91	new	76
49	Jeffery	88	↓12	50
50	Brent	85	new	74

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