Popular baby names in Kansas, 1977
The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (685 babies) and Jason for boys (661). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 29,131 babies born in Kansas in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Kansas in 1977
Names given at least 15 times in Kansas that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Jana: 31 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Mandi: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Bobbi: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Jami: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Janelle: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Mindy: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Staci: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Chandra: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Shana: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Jackie: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Boys
- Kent: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Trent: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Brock: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Heath: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Dustin: 97 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Tyler: 40 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Tyson: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Austin: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Travis: 195 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Curtis: 66 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1977
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1976 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jennifer | 685 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Amy | 371 | – | 3 |
| 3 | Angela | 325 | – | 6 |
| 4 | Heather | 307 | – | 5 |
| 5 | Melissa | 300 | – | 2 |
| 6 | Jessica | 290 | ↑1 | 4 |
| 7 | Michelle | 250 | ↓1 | 7 |
| 8 | Sarah | 215 | – | 11 |
| 9 | Amanda | 212 | ↑1 | 9 |
| 10 | Stephanie | 200 | ↓1 | 14 |
| 11 | Kimberly | 196 | – | 8 |
| 12 | Jamie | 186 | – | 18 |
| 13 | Christina | 180 | ↑1 | 16 |
| 14 | Rebecca | 173 | ↑1 | 17 |
| 15 | Lisa | 161 | ↓2 | 12 |
| 16 | Kelly | 159 | ↑3 | 10 |
| 17 | Elizabeth | 143 | ↑8 | 13 |
| 18 | Amber | 137 | ↑9 | 33 |
| 19 | Nicole | 135 | ↑4 | 15 |
| 20 | Erin | 133 | ↑1 | 23 |
| 21 | Sara | 132 | ↓4 | 27 |
| 22 | Crystal | 126 | ↑10 | 25 |
| 23 | Shannon | 120 | ↓7 | 19 |
| 24 | Julie | 119 | ↓6 | 22 |
| 25 | Laura | 118 | ↓3 | 20 |
| 26 | Carrie | 114 | ↑2 | 28 |
| 27 | Rachel | 112 | ↑2 | 26 |
| 28 | Andrea | 107 | ↑2 | 24 |
| 29 | Misty | 101 | ↓9 | 40 |
| 30 | Emily | 95 | ↑11 | 37 |
| 31 | Megan | 94 | ↑5 | 54 |
| 32 | Tara | 94 | ↑18 | 35 |
| 33 | Mary | 93 | ↑2 | 21 |
| 34 | Jill | 91 | ↓8 | 41 |
| 35 | Brandy | 89 | ↓2 | 51 |
| 36 | April | 88 | ↑1 | 29 |
| 37 | Erica | 84 | new | 38 |
| 38 | Stacy | 80 | ↓7 | 42 |
| 39 | Holly | 75 | ↑1 | 52 |
| 40 | Tiffany | 73 | ↓16 | 34 |
| 41 | Jaime | 70 | ↓7 | 46 |
| 42 | Katherine | 67 | new | 44 |
| 43 | Monica | 66 | ↓1 | 39 |
| 44 | Lori | 65 | ↓6 | 57 |
| 45 | Stacey | 64 | new | 56 |
| 46 | Karen | 61 | ↑1 | 32 |
| 47 | Wendy | 60 | ↓3 | 49 |
| 48 | Tina | 59 | new | 58 |
| 49 | Alicia | 58 | new | 60 |
| 50 | Tonya | 58 | new | 64 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1976 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason | 661 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Michael | 575 | – | 1 |
| 3 | Christopher | 530 | – | 3 |
| 4 | Matthew | 419 | – | 9 |
| 5 | Brian | 415 | – | 8 |
| 6 | Jeremy | 366 | – | 15 |
| 7 | James | 344 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 8 | Joshua | 342 | ↑3 | 14 |
| 9 | David | 316 | ↓2 | 4 |
| 10 | Ryan | 305 | – | 16 |
| 11 | John | 287 | ↓2 | 7 |
| 12 | Robert | 282 | – | 6 |
| 13 | Justin | 248 | – | 30 |
| 14 | Eric | 237 | – | 17 |
| 15 | Aaron | 231 | ↑4 | 32 |
| 16 | Daniel | 227 | ↑2 | 11 |
| 17 | Jeffrey | 210 | – | 19 |
| 18 | Kevin | 207 | ↑6 | 13 |
| 19 | William | 203 | ↓4 | 12 |
| 20 | Joseph | 201 | ↑5 | 10 |
| 21 | Travis | 195 | ↓5 | 44 |
| 22 | Timothy | 187 | ↑5 | 18 |
| 23 | Andrew | 178 | ↑5 | 24 |
| 24 | Nathan | 177 | ↑7 | 36 |
| 25 | Chad | 176 | ↓5 | 34 |
| 26 | Scott | 165 | ↓5 | 27 |
| 27 | Steven | 164 | ↓4 | 23 |
| 28 | Brandon | 162 | ↑1 | 41 |
| 29 | Mark | 160 | ↓3 | 25 |
| 30 | Benjamin | 159 | ↑6 | 29 |
| 31 | Richard | 157 | ↑2 | 20 |
| 32 | Shawn | 153 | ↓10 | 37 |
| 33 | Charles | 151 | ↓3 | 26 |
| 34 | Thomas | 131 | – | 22 |
| 35 | Anthony | 123 | ↓3 | 21 |
| 36 | Paul | 116 | ↓1 | 31 |
| 37 | Bryan | 112 | ↑4 | 42 |
| 38 | Adam | 105 | ↓1 | 33 |
| 39 | Jonathan | 104 | ↑1 | 28 |
| 40 | Bradley | 100 | ↑4 | 49 |
| 41 | Dustin | 97 | ↓2 | 81 |
| 42 | Jacob | 97 | ↑1 | 56 |
| 43 | Todd | 95 | ↑3 | 50 |
| 44 | Shane | 94 | ↓6 | 61 |
| 45 | Gregory | 93 | ↑5 | 35 |
| 46 | Jared | 83 | new | 76 |
| 47 | Kenneth | 80 | ↑1 | 39 |
| 48 | Patrick | 79 | ↓3 | 40 |
| 49 | Jeremiah | 78 | new | 69 |
| 50 | Kyle | 77 | new | 79 |