Popular baby names in Kansas, 1973

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (634 babies) and Jason for boys (673). Jason ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,777 babies born in Kansas in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1973

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

Girls

Shanna: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Janelle: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dena: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Shari: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marcy: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brandi: 65 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kristy: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Gretchen: 29 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Cheri: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kelli: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Dustin: 68 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Darrin: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jarrod: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Travis: 165 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kelly: 42 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Justin: 146 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Heath: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Darin: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Luke: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lance: 39 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	634	–	1
2	Amy	360	↑1	2
3	Michelle	340	↓1	3
4	Angela	282	–	7
5	Heather	282	↑1	8
6	Kimberly	226	↓1	4
7	Melissa	219	↑1	6
8	Stephanie	211	↑1	9
9	Lisa	178	↓2	5
10	Rebecca	175	↑1	10
11	Julie	167	↓1	12
12	Christina	153	↑6	16
13	Nicole	133	↑2	11
14	Shannon	121	↑2	22
15	Lori	113	↓1	28
16	Mary	110	↑5	14
17	Stacy	110	–	32
18	Tina	106	↓5	24
19	Tammy	102	↓7	15
20	Dawn	94	–	21
21	Kelly	93	↑8	18
22	Sarah	91	↑14	35
23	Crystal	88	↑4	48
24	Tracy	88	↑4	20
25	Elizabeth	85	↑8	13
26	Carrie	83	↑8	46
27	Tonya	83	↓5	36
28	Susan	77	↓9	25
29	Christine	76	↓4	17
30	Cynthia	72	↑2	26
31	Laura	71	↓7	19
32	Wendy	70	↑6	29
33	April	69	new	33
34	Stacey	69	↑3	41
35	Tamara	66	↑12	66
36	Teresa	66	↓6	45
37	Brandi	65	new	>100
38	Misty	65	new	90
39	Amanda	63	new	51
40	Denise	62	↑5	38
41	Jill	62	new	62
42	Brenda	61	↓19	53
43	Dana	60	new	59
44	Patricia	59	↓18	27
45	Robin	59	↓3	60
46	Jessica	58	new	34
47	Melanie	58	↓6	43
48	Shelly	56	↓17	>100
49	Tara	56	new	37
50	Karen	55	↓15	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jason	673	↑2	3
2	Michael	651	↓1	1
3	Christopher	502	↓1	2
4	Brian	411	–	8
5	David	372	↑1	5
6	James	372	↓1	4
7	John	356	–	6
8	Robert	324	–	7
9	Matthew	282	↑1	10
10	Eric	239	↑7	13
11	Daniel	235	↑8	11
12	Jeffrey	222	↑1	17
13	Chad	216	↓1	25
14	William	213	↓3	9
15	Scott	211	↓6	18
16	Mark	203	–	15
17	Richard	189	↑3	16
18	Ryan	171	↑9	30
19	Steven	171	↓5	20
20	Jeremy	169	↑8	33
21	Travis	165	↑1	53
22	Shawn	157	↓4	27
23	Aaron	156	↑2	34
24	Kevin	155	↓9	14
25	Timothy	154	↓4	22
26	Joseph	151	↓2	12
27	Justin	146	↑5	51
28	Thomas	128	↑6	19
29	Shane	111	–	54
30	Charles	108	↓7	23
31	Bradley	101	↑12	62
32	Troy	100	↑1	59
33	Paul	96	↑4	24
34	Brandon	93	↑7	58
35	Bryan	93	↓5	43
36	Anthony	89	↓10	21
37	Stephen	86	↑10	32
38	Todd	86	↓7	35
39	Andrew	84	↑1	29
40	Craig	82	↑5	48
41	Jonathan	82	↑9	31
42	Sean	82	↑6	36
43	Patrick	81	↓4	37
44	Kenneth	80	↓8	28
45	Joshua	79	new	42
46	Gregory	77	↓11	26
47	Douglas	76	↓3	47
48	Ronald	75	↓2	40
49	Donald	73	↓11	38
50	Dustin	68	new	>100

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