Popular baby names in Kansas, 1979

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (694 babies) and Michael for boys (607). Social Security records list 31,205 babies born in Kansas in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1979

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

Girls

Lacy: 23 babies, 6× the national rate
Kylie: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Staci: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jami: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shelly: 39 babies, 3× the national rate
Abby: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Shawna: 40 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Cassie: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lacey: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Christi: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Dallas: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Heath: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Clinton: 61 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tyson: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Blake: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kent: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Levi: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Trent: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Caleb: 25 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	694	–	1
2	Amanda	397	↑6	3
3	Melissa	358	–	2
4	Jessica	331	↑2	4
5	Amy	310	↓3	5
6	Angela	299	↓2	8
7	Sarah	288	↓2	6
8	Heather	233	↓1	7
9	Crystal	208	↑1	18
10	Amber	199	↑10	22
11	Lisa	199	↑1	13
12	Michelle	192	↓3	10
13	Elizabeth	189	↑4	11
14	Stephanie	189	↑1	15
15	Jamie	186	↓1	19
16	Christina	172	↓5	14
17	Kimberly	168	↓1	12
18	Nicole	166	↑5	9
19	Andrea	163	–	26
20	Megan	155	↑10	31
21	Rebecca	153	↓8	17
22	Erin	150	↑4	21
23	Kelly	149	↓5	16
24	Sara	148	↓2	30
25	Rachel	133	↓1	27
26	Shannon	120	↑3	25
27	Tiffany	116	↑5	28
28	Julie	112	↓7	29
29	Carrie	99	↑2	41
30	April	97	↓5	23
31	Laura	95	↓4	20
32	Brandy	93	↑3	39
33	Erica	92	↑4	32
34	Emily	90	–	34
35	Mary	89	↓7	24
36	Stacy	88	–	43
37	Brandi	84	↑3	61
38	Misty	82	↓5	42
39	Katherine	81	↑3	36
40	Ashley	75	new	67
41	Tara	71	↑7	38
42	Lindsay	69	new	88
43	Jill	68	↓2	52
44	Holly	67	↑3	48
45	Mindy	64	new	81
46	Anna	63	↑4	59
47	Lori	63	↓9	69
48	Alicia	60	↓3	47
49	Mandy	59	↓10	>100
50	Melinda	59	new	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	607	↑1	1
2	Jason	579	↓1	3
3	Christopher	563	–	2
4	Matthew	478	–	6
5	Joshua	473	–	9
6	David	363	↑1	4
7	James	363	↑1	5
8	Justin	357	↑4	22
9	Jeremy	355	–	16
10	Ryan	355	↑1	14
11	Brian	319	↓5	10
12	John	315	↓2	7
13	Robert	284	–	8
14	Nicholas	249	↑10	15
15	Andrew	243	↑5	20
16	Daniel	236	↓2	12
17	Travis	236	↑8	36
18	Joseph	233	↓1	11
19	Eric	225	↓3	17
20	Adam	223	↑12	23
21	Jeffrey	219	↓3	24
22	Aaron	216	↓1	32
23	William	212	↓4	13
24	Brandon	210	↑2	35
25	Scott	196	↓2	29
26	Timothy	196	↓11	18
27	Kevin	184	↓5	19
28	Steven	180	↓1	27
29	Benjamin	178	↑5	33
30	Nathan	171	↓2	37
31	Chad	160	–	38
32	Mark	158	↓2	30
33	Anthony	151	↑5	21
34	Jacob	148	↑5	45
35	Charles	143	–	28
36	Shawn	139	↓7	43
37	Jonathan	137	↑7	31
38	Dustin	128	↓5	62
39	Richard	126	↓2	25
40	Thomas	120	↓4	26
41	Bradley	112	↓1	47
42	Patrick	104	↓1	39
43	Paul	102	↑2	34
44	Jesse	95	new	50
45	Jared	93	↑4	65
46	Kyle	83	↑1	56
47	Kenneth	82	new	41
48	Brett	78	new	98
49	Bryan	77	↑1	46
50	Shane	77	↓7	67

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