Popular baby names in Kansas, 1978

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (673 babies) and Jason for boys (617). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 29,015 babies born in Kansas in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1978

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

Girls

Jami: 37 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Staci: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rhiannon: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Mindy: 43 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shawna: 44 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Latisha: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bobbie: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Mandy: 69 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Brooke: 55 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lacey: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Tyson: 35 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bryce: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Darin: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brock: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dustin: 133 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dallas: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brett: 73 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Preston: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Clinton: 51 babies, 3× the national rate
Clint: 29 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	673	–	1
2	Amy	322	–	4
3	Melissa	315	↑2	2
4	Angela	310	↓1	7
5	Sarah	295	↑3	8
6	Jessica	284	–	3
7	Heather	268	↓3	5
8	Amanda	241	↑1	6
9	Michelle	201	↓2	9
10	Crystal	191	↑12	18
11	Christina	190	↑2	15
12	Lisa	182	↑3	11
13	Rebecca	174	↑1	17
14	Jamie	173	↓2	20
15	Stephanie	165	↓5	16
16	Kimberly	152	↓5	13
17	Elizabeth	149	–	14
18	Kelly	148	↓2	12
19	Andrea	138	↑9	23
20	Amber	134	↓2	30
21	Julie	132	↑3	26
22	Sara	129	↓1	28
23	Nicole	128	↓4	10
24	Rachel	117	↑3	25
25	April	115	↑11	27
26	Erin	115	↓6	21
27	Laura	115	↓2	19
28	Mary	110	↑5	24
29	Shannon	108	↓6	22
30	Megan	102	↑1	41
31	Carrie	100	↓5	35
32	Tiffany	95	↑8	32
33	Misty	94	↓4	43
34	Emily	86	↓4	33
35	Brandy	81	–	37
36	Stacy	81	↑2	44
37	Erica	73	–	34
38	Lori	70	↑6	60
39	Mandy	69	new	96
40	Brandi	68	new	61
41	Jill	68	↓7	46
42	Katherine	65	–	38
43	Karen	64	↑3	39
44	Kristina	63	new	64
45	Alicia	62	↑4	58
46	Christine	60	new	29
47	Holly	60	↓8	55
48	Tara	60	↓16	40
49	Leslie	58	new	63
50	Anna	57	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jason	617	–	2
2	Michael	574	–	1
3	Christopher	551	–	3
4	Matthew	502	–	6
5	Joshua	388	↑3	12
6	Brian	362	↓1	9
7	David	361	↑2	4
8	James	353	↓1	5
9	Jeremy	347	↓3	18
10	John	330	↑1	7
11	Ryan	310	↓1	14
12	Justin	282	↑1	28
13	Robert	271	↓1	8
14	Daniel	224	↑2	11
15	Timothy	221	↑7	17
16	Eric	216	↓2	16
17	Joseph	216	↑3	10
18	Jeffrey	208	↓1	19
19	William	206	–	13
20	Andrew	196	↑3	22
21	Aaron	193	↓6	32
22	Kevin	189	↓4	15
23	Scott	187	↑3	30
24	Nicholas	186	new	25
25	Travis	186	↓4	46
26	Brandon	176	↑2	40
27	Steven	171	–	24
28	Nathan	167	↓4	36
29	Shawn	162	↑3	39
30	Mark	161	↓1	26
31	Chad	158	↓6	35
32	Adam	145	↑6	29
33	Dustin	133	↑8	68
34	Benjamin	132	↓4	34
35	Charles	125	↓2	27
36	Thomas	122	↓2	23
37	Richard	114	↓6	21
38	Anthony	112	↓3	20
39	Jacob	106	↑3	50
40	Bradley	98	–	53
41	Patrick	88	↑7	42
42	Gregory	87	↑3	38
43	Shane	87	↑1	65
44	Jonathan	85	↓5	31
45	Paul	82	↓9	33
46	Stephen	82	new	37
47	Kyle	81	↑3	63
48	Todd	79	↓5	56
49	Jared	77	↓3	72
50	Bryan	75	↓13	43

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