Popular baby names in Kansas, 1974

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (690 babies) and Jason for boys (800). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,117 babies born in Kansas in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1974

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

Girls

Staci: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Audra: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tisha: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shawna: 42 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shana: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Mindy: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kelli: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Shauna: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Brandi: 57 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Trisha: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Dustin: 76 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Darin: 35 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Clinton: 48 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lance: 46 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Heath: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Travis: 161 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tyler: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Wade: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Tyson: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Darrin: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	690	–	1
2	Amy	454	–	2
3	Angela	333	↑1	5
4	Michelle	296	↓1	3
5	Heather	268	–	4
6	Melissa	243	↑1	7
7	Stephanie	211	↑1	9
8	Kimberly	210	↓2	6
9	Lisa	181	–	8
10	Rebecca	174	–	10
11	Julie	145	–	14
12	Sarah	127	↑10	20
13	Christina	126	↓1	16
14	Lori	119	↑1	30
15	Shannon	116	↓1	18
16	Elizabeth	106	↑9	12
17	Dawn	99	↑3	22
18	Stacy	96	↓1	38
19	Carrie	94	↑7	42
20	Mary	89	↓4	13
21	Nicole	89	↓8	11
22	Amanda	88	↑17	34
23	Susan	88	↑5	27
24	Misty	87	↑14	66
25	April	86	↑8	28
26	Jessica	82	↑20	17
27	Tracy	81	↓3	23
28	Laura	80	↑3	21
29	Tammy	80	↓10	24
30	Erin	79	new	47
31	Kelly	79	↓10	15
32	Rachel	78	new	36
33	Andrea	77	new	35
34	Christine	77	↓5	19
35	Dana	75	↑8	55
36	Wendy	74	↓4	32
37	Crystal	72	↓14	49
38	Tonya	68	↓11	37
39	Brandy	67	new	80
40	Tina	67	↓22	25
41	Patricia	66	↑3	29
42	Jill	64	↓1	58
43	Tanya	62	new	46
44	Tara	62	↑5	39
45	Amber	61	new	92
46	Stacey	60	↓12	48
47	Holly	59	new	56
48	Teresa	59	↓12	52
49	Cynthia	58	↓19	33
50	Melanie	58	↓3	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jason	800	–	2
2	Michael	591	–	1
3	Christopher	514	–	3
4	Brian	407	–	8
5	Matthew	362	↑4	9
6	David	354	↓1	4
7	John	339	–	6
8	James	335	↓2	5
9	Robert	278	↓1	7
10	Chad	246	↑3	26
11	Jeremy	231	↑9	24
12	Scott	221	↑3	18
13	William	220	↑1	10
14	Jeffrey	205	↓2	15
15	Ryan	202	↑3	25
16	Daniel	201	↓5	11
17	Eric	190	↓7	13
18	Kevin	187	↑6	14
19	Steven	187	–	19
20	Mark	182	↓4	16
21	Aaron	181	↑2	32
22	Shawn	179	–	30
23	Timothy	163	↑2	22
24	Travis	161	↓3	54
25	Justin	160	↑2	43
26	Richard	160	↓9	17
27	Brandon	130	↑7	51
28	Joshua	124	↑17	29
29	Joseph	122	↓3	12
30	Thomas	121	↓2	20
31	Anthony	117	↑5	21
32	Bryan	112	↑3	45
33	Shane	106	↓4	56
34	Charles	100	↓4	23
35	Andrew	98	↑4	28
36	Todd	96	↑2	39
37	Nathan	92	new	52
38	Stephen	85	↓1	35
39	Bradley	84	↓8	58
40	Jonathan	77	↑1	33
41	Paul	77	↓8	27
42	Dustin	76	↑8	>100
43	Troy	76	↓11	63
44	Kenneth	72	–	34
45	Patrick	72	↓2	38
46	Donald	68	↑3	41
47	Adam	67	new	36
48	Gregory	66	↓2	31
49	Sean	66	↓7	37
50	Gary	64	new	48

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