Popular baby names in Kansas, 1975

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (650 babies) and Jason for boys (799). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,280 babies born in Kansas in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1975

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

Girls

Mandi: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Janelle: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Staci: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rachelle: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shauna: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Misti: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jana: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shanna: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ronda: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Jami: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Rusty: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dustin: 97 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tyson: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bryce: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Travis: 187 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kelly: 51 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Darin: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jarrod: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Darrin: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lance: 45 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	650	–	1
2	Amy	445	–	2
3	Angela	375	–	5
4	Heather	327	↑1	3
5	Michelle	275	↓1	6
6	Melissa	247	–	4
7	Rebecca	207	↑3	11
8	Kimberly	200	–	7
9	Stephanie	181	↓2	9
10	Amanda	174	↑12	14
11	Lisa	174	↓2	8
12	Christina	169	↑1	12
13	Sarah	145	↓1	17
14	Julie	124	↓3	18
15	Carrie	121	↑4	29
16	Shannon	117	↓1	21
17	Jessica	115	↑9	13
18	Nicole	112	↑3	10
19	Mary	107	↑1	19
20	Stacy	102	↓2	34
21	Andrea	93	↑12	28
22	Dawn	91	↓5	23
23	Rachel	91	↑9	26
24	Misty	90	–	47
25	Elizabeth	89	↓9	15
26	Wendy	89	↑10	33
27	Tiffany	87	new	37
28	Lori	86	↓14	39
29	Tracy	84	↓2	24
30	Kelly	83	↑1	16
31	Brandy	81	↑8	57
32	Tammy	81	↓3	31
33	Laura	80	↓5	20
34	Crystal	79	↑3	43
35	April	78	↓10	25
36	Christine	78	↓2	22
37	Tonya	77	↑1	45
38	Amber	72	↑7	59
39	Megan	71	new	69
40	Tara	69	↑4	41
41	Brandi	68	new	88
42	Erin	68	↓12	38
43	Jamie	67	new	68
44	Susan	65	↓21	32
45	Jill	63	↓3	46
46	Tina	62	↓6	35
47	Emily	60	new	48
48	Holly	60	↓1	55
49	Stacey	59	↓3	44
50	Monica	57	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jason	799	–	2
2	Michael	603	–	1
3	Christopher	505	–	3
4	Matthew	405	↑1	9
5	Brian	385	↓1	8
6	James	380	↑2	4
7	David	321	↓1	5
8	John	302	↓1	7
9	Robert	297	–	6
10	Jeremy	292	↑1	24
11	Chad	257	↓1	27
12	Scott	239	–	17
13	Ryan	237	↑2	23
14	Justin	231	↑11	37
15	Eric	225	↑2	13
16	Joshua	217	↑12	26
17	Jeffrey	216	↓3	14
18	William	207	↓5	10
19	Daniel	198	↓3	11
20	Travis	187	↑4	51
21	Kevin	179	↓3	15
22	Timothy	178	↑1	22
23	Shawn	168	↓1	31
24	Aaron	167	↓3	32
25	Steven	159	↓6	18
26	Richard	155	–	16
27	Mark	154	↓7	19
28	Joseph	143	↑1	12
29	Brandon	140	↓2	44
30	Anthony	127	↑1	21
31	Charles	126	↑3	25
32	Andrew	121	↑3	28
33	Thomas	121	↓3	20
34	Bradley	111	↑5	52
35	Paul	106	↑6	29
36	Nathan	103	↑1	45
37	Shane	102	↓4	57
38	Dustin	97	↑4	96
39	Benjamin	95	new	36
40	Bryan	90	↓8	47
41	Patrick	86	↑4	39
42	Jonathan	84	↓2	30
43	Todd	80	↓7	43
44	Kenneth	78	–	35
45	Adam	76	↑2	38
46	Sean	76	↑3	40
47	Gary	73	↑3	50
48	Gregory	73	–	33
49	Troy	73	↓6	69
50	Craig	68	new	58

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