Popular baby names in Kansas, 1976

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (689 babies) and Jason for boys (707). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,178 babies born in Kansas in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1976

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

Girls

Cassie: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Audra: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rachelle: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Chandra: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shelby: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jami: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shawna: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Janelle: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bobbie: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Alisha: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Bryce: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ty: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jarrod: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Austin: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Darrin: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Darin: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Travis: 225 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kent: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dustin: 100 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kelly: 47 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	689	–	1
2	Amy	436	–	2
3	Angela	350	–	5
4	Heather	323	–	4
5	Melissa	297	↑1	3
6	Michelle	248	↓1	6
7	Jessica	198	↑10	8
8	Sarah	194	↑5	15
9	Stephanie	194	–	11
10	Amanda	187	–	10
11	Kimberly	185	↓3	7
12	Jamie	178	↑31	18
13	Lisa	178	↓2	9
14	Christina	174	↓2	14
15	Rebecca	171	↓8	12
16	Shannon	155	–	17
17	Sara	129	new	27
18	Julie	119	↓4	21
19	Kelly	118	↑11	19
20	Misty	117	↑4	46
21	Erin	116	↑21	24
22	Laura	106	↑11	20
23	Nicole	104	↓5	13
24	Tiffany	103	↑3	32
25	Elizabeth	102	–	16
26	Jill	101	↑19	52
27	Amber	100	↑11	49
28	Carrie	97	↓13	28
29	Rachel	97	↓6	23
30	Andrea	95	↓9	25
31	Stacy	89	↓11	38
32	Crystal	88	↑2	36
33	Brandy	85	↓2	55
34	Jaime	84	new	29
35	Mary	83	↓16	22
36	Megan	80	↑3	62
37	April	78	↓2	30
38	Lori	77	↓10	47
39	Dawn	76	↓17	35
40	Holly	75	↑8	56
41	Emily	73	↑6	50
42	Monica	68	↑8	45
43	Tammy	68	↓11	41
44	Wendy	68	↓18	39
45	Brandi	62	↓4	79
46	Danielle	62	new	33
47	Karen	62	new	31
48	Tracy	62	↓19	37
49	Susan	60	↓5	40
50	Tara	60	↓10	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jason	707	–	2
2	Michael	616	–	1
3	Christopher	501	–	3
4	Matthew	416	–	9
5	Brian	384	–	8
6	Jeremy	368	↑4	14
7	David	346	–	4
8	James	338	↓2	5
9	John	312	↓1	6
10	Ryan	296	↑3	16
11	Joshua	271	↑5	18
12	Robert	264	↓3	7
13	Justin	237	↑1	33
14	Eric	233	↑1	13
15	William	228	↑3	11
16	Travis	225	↑4	46
17	Jeffrey	209	–	17
18	Daniel	202	↑1	10
19	Aaron	195	↑5	30
20	Chad	185	↓9	29
21	Scott	184	↓9	24
22	Shawn	173	↑1	34
23	Steven	170	↑2	20
24	Kevin	169	↓3	15
25	Joseph	165	↑3	12
26	Mark	161	↑1	25
27	Timothy	160	↓5	21
28	Andrew	155	↑4	27
29	Brandon	151	–	40
30	Charles	147	↑1	26
31	Nathan	139	↑5	39
32	Anthony	135	↓2	22
33	Richard	129	↓7	19
34	Thomas	126	↓1	23
35	Paul	125	–	28
36	Benjamin	115	↑3	32
37	Adam	109	↑8	36
38	Shane	104	↓1	57
39	Dustin	100	↓1	82
40	Jonathan	99	↑2	31
41	Bryan	98	↓1	43
42	Stephen	90	new	37
43	Jacob	87	new	63
44	Bradley	84	↓10	51
45	Patrick	82	↓4	41
46	Todd	76	↓3	50
47	Donald	75	new	47
48	Kenneth	74	↓4	38
49	Sean	74	↓3	42
50	Gregory	72	↓2	35

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