Popular baby names in Kansas, 1972

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (718 babies) and Michael for boys (611). Social Security records list 26,668 babies born in Kansas in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1972

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

Girls

Marci: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shawna: 48 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Janelle: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jennie: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Staci: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marla: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shelly: 73 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Amber: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Mindy: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Misty: 51 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Monte: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dustin: 59 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Loren: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Darin: 34 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kenny: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Travis: 152 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Matt: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Heath: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Lance: 55 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Justin: 117 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	718	–	1
2	Michelle	350	–	2
3	Amy	328	↑1	5
4	Angela	318	↓1	6
5	Kimberly	276	–	4
6	Heather	220	↑2	9
7	Lisa	212	↓1	3
8	Melissa	205	↓1	7
9	Stephanie	194	↑1	8
10	Julie	187	↓1	12
11	Rebecca	160	↑5	14
12	Tammy	139	↑1	11
13	Tina	131	↑5	18
14	Lori	129	↓3	28
15	Nicole	127	↑22	10
16	Shannon	127	↓4	22
17	Stacy	124	–	33
18	Christina	114	↑2	26
19	Susan	113	–	24
20	Dawn	112	↑1	20
21	Mary	103	↓6	13
22	Tonya	97	↑11	37
23	Brenda	96	↑5	44
24	Laura	89	↓1	17
25	Christine	87	↑5	16
26	Patricia	80	↑14	27
27	Crystal	77	new	59
28	Tracy	76	↓14	19
29	Kelly	75	↓7	23
30	Teresa	74	↓5	39
31	Shelly	73	↑12	94
32	Cynthia	72	↑2	25
33	Elizabeth	71	↓2	15
34	Carrie	70	↑15	53
35	Karen	70	↓11	21
36	Sarah	67	new	49
37	Stacey	67	↓11	41
38	Wendy	67	↓9	29
39	Andrea	65	↓1	30
40	Kristi	64	new	>100
41	Melanie	64	new	42
42	Robin	64	↑6	55
43	Rachel	63	↑3	40
44	Pamela	61	↓9	34
45	Denise	60	↓4	35
46	Michele	60	new	36
47	Tamara	60	↓2	84
48	Rhonda	58	↓16	60
49	Deborah	56	↓13	43
50	Debra	56	↓6	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	611	–	1
2	Christopher	555	–	2
3	Jason	491	↑3	7
4	Brian	453	↑4	8
5	James	403	↓1	3
6	David	401	↓3	4
7	John	374	↓2	5
8	Robert	340	↓1	6
9	Scott	273	–	11
10	Matthew	253	↑1	10
11	William	241	↑1	9
12	Chad	238	↑4	25
13	Jeffrey	231	↓3	17
14	Steven	220	↑1	19
15	Kevin	214	↓1	13
16	Mark	201	↓3	18
17	Eric	191	↑1	16
18	Shawn	190	↓1	28
19	Daniel	187	↑3	15
20	Richard	183	↓1	14
21	Timothy	153	↓1	21
22	Travis	152	↑7	57
23	Charles	140	↓2	23
24	Joseph	135	↑2	12
25	Aaron	133	↓2	40
26	Anthony	124	↑4	22
27	Ryan	123	new	39
28	Jeremy	121	↑9	42
29	Shane	120	↑4	55
30	Bryan	119	↑11	45
31	Todd	118	↓3	31
32	Justin	117	↑18	60
33	Troy	116	↓2	49
34	Thomas	109	↓10	20
35	Gregory	108	↓3	26
36	Kenneth	105	↓9	27
37	Paul	100	↓12	24
38	Donald	95	↑4	36
39	Patrick	90	new	35
40	Andrew	88	↑7	30
41	Brandon	86	new	63
42	Gary	86	↑3	41
43	Bradley	85	↓4	61
44	Douglas	85	↓8	43
45	Craig	84	↓2	46
46	Ronald	82	↓12	32
47	Stephen	80	↓3	29
48	Sean	78	↓10	33
49	Larry	77	↓9	47
50	Jonathan	68	new	37

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