Popular baby names in Kansas, 1971

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (511 babies) and Michael for boys (735). Social Security records list 29,315 babies born in Kansas in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1971

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

Girls

Janette: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Staci: 38 babies, 4× the national rate
Shauna: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Darla: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brandy: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Janelle: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shana: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tisha: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shawna: 35 babies, 3× the national rate
Christi: 22 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Dustin: 54 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Darin: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Justin: 86 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lance: 88 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jared: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Darrin: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Travis: 127 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kent: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kyle: 69 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kelly: 55 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	511	–	1
2	Michelle	410	–	2
3	Angela	361	↑2	6
4	Amy	352	↓1	5
5	Kimberly	351	↓1	4
6	Lisa	267	–	3
7	Melissa	228	–	7
8	Heather	202	↑6	12
9	Julie	202	↓1	10
10	Stephanie	177	↑2	11
11	Lori	157	–	25
12	Shannon	153	↓2	21
13	Tammy	148	↓4	8
14	Tracy	141	↓1	13
15	Mary	138	↑1	9
16	Rebecca	137	↑10	23
17	Stacy	134	↓2	32
18	Tina	128	↓1	20
19	Susan	121	–	17
20	Christina	118	↓2	30
21	Dawn	109	↑4	14
22	Kelly	108	↓2	22
23	Laura	107	↓1	16
24	Karen	105	↓3	15
25	Teresa	99	↓2	34
26	Stacey	94	↑16	41
27	Dana	92	↑1	44
28	Brenda	91	↓1	43
29	Wendy	90	↑9	29
30	Christine	88	–	18
31	Elizabeth	87	↑2	19
32	Rhonda	82	↑12	46
33	Tonya	82	↑6	45
34	Cynthia	78	↓10	24
35	Pamela	76	↓6	28
36	Deborah	75	↑7	33
37	Nicole	75	new	27
38	Andrea	74	new	35
39	Jill	73	↓8	59
40	Patricia	72	↓8	26
41	Denise	71	↓1	36
42	Paula	71	↑3	63
43	Shelly	71	↓9	>100
44	Debra	64	↓7	57
45	Tamara	64	↓9	80
46	Rachel	63	new	54
47	Cindy	62	new	70
48	Robin	61	new	51
49	Carrie	59	new	55
50	Christy	59	new	89

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	735	–	1
2	Christopher	497	↑6	6
3	David	483	↓1	3
4	James	462	–	2
5	John	461	↓2	4
6	Jason	446	↑1	8
7	Robert	415	↓2	5
8	Brian	386	↑1	9
9	Scott	385	↑1	10
10	Jeffrey	268	↓4	12
11	Matthew	266	↑8	19
12	William	266	–	7
13	Mark	263	↓2	13
14	Kevin	253	↓1	14
15	Steven	247	–	16
16	Chad	240	↑14	29
17	Shawn	225	↑3	28
18	Eric	213	↓2	18
19	Richard	213	↓5	11
20	Timothy	184	↓2	21
21	Charles	176	↓4	22
22	Daniel	170	↑3	20
23	Aaron	161	↑10	41
24	Thomas	146	↓2	17
25	Paul	137	↓1	24
26	Joseph	136	↑3	15
27	Kenneth	128	–	25
28	Todd	127	↓7	30
29	Travis	127	↑9	61
30	Anthony	126	↓4	23
31	Troy	116	↓8	46
32	Gregory	114	–	26
33	Shane	110	↑8	60
34	Ronald	105	↑1	31
35	Jeffery	104	↑14	53
36	Douglas	102	↓8	39
37	Jeremy	102	new	45
38	Sean	102	↑2	36
39	Bradley	101	↓8	58
40	Larry	101	↓4	44
41	Bryan	99	↓2	48
42	Donald	98	–	34
43	Craig	97	–	43
44	Stephen	94	↓10	27
45	Gary	93	↓1	38
46	Brent	92	↑4	73
47	Andrew	91	↓2	33
48	Terry	90	↓2	56
49	Lance	88	↓1	98
50	Justin	86	new	>100

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