Popular baby names in Kansas, 1980
The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (656 babies) and Michael for boys (685). Social Security records list 33,027 babies born in Kansas in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Kansas in 1980
Names given at least 15 times in Kansas that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Kayla: 28 babies, 9.8× the national rate
- Kelsey: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
- Kylie: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
- Abby: 31 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Mandi: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Shelby: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Jana: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Jayme: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Lacey: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Staci: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Boys
- Jarod: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
- Kurtis: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Brett: 124 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Darin: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Austin: 44 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Tyson: 33 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Bryce: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Levi: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Caleb: 31 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Rusty: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1980
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1979 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jennifer | 656 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Amanda | 467 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Sarah | 406 | ↑4 | 5 |
| 4 | Melissa | 363 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 5 | Jessica | 362 | ↓1 | 3 |
| 6 | Amy | 295 | ↓1 | 8 |
| 7 | Angela | 250 | ↓1 | 12 |
| 8 | Amber | 238 | ↑2 | 22 |
| 9 | Heather | 223 | ↓1 | 6 |
| 10 | Michelle | 223 | ↑2 | 10 |
| 11 | Stephanie | 214 | ↑3 | 13 |
| 12 | Crystal | 207 | ↓3 | 18 |
| 13 | Kimberly | 197 | ↑4 | 11 |
| 14 | Megan | 196 | ↑6 | 30 |
| 15 | Nicole | 187 | ↑3 | 7 |
| 16 | Christina | 186 | – | 15 |
| 17 | Tiffany | 184 | ↑10 | 14 |
| 18 | Elizabeth | 183 | ↓5 | 9 |
| 19 | Rebecca | 178 | ↑2 | 17 |
| 20 | Sara | 177 | ↑4 | 27 |
| 21 | Lisa | 172 | ↓10 | 16 |
| 22 | Erin | 165 | – | 20 |
| 23 | Jamie | 160 | ↓8 | 24 |
| 24 | Rachel | 153 | ↑1 | 23 |
| 25 | April | 146 | ↑5 | 26 |
| 26 | Andrea | 133 | ↓7 | 28 |
| 27 | Laura | 127 | ↑4 | 21 |
| 28 | Emily | 126 | ↑6 | 31 |
| 29 | Ashley | 124 | ↑11 | 40 |
| 30 | Julie | 121 | ↓2 | 32 |
| 31 | Kelly | 115 | ↓8 | 19 |
| 32 | Shannon | 114 | ↓6 | 29 |
| 33 | Mary | 98 | ↑2 | 25 |
| 34 | Erica | 93 | ↓1 | 34 |
| 35 | Misty | 86 | ↑3 | 49 |
| 36 | Brandy | 83 | ↓4 | 42 |
| 37 | Holly | 83 | ↑7 | 52 |
| 38 | Tara | 81 | ↑3 | 43 |
| 39 | Courtney | 80 | new | 48 |
| 40 | Stacy | 80 | ↓4 | 53 |
| 41 | Katie | 79 | new | 44 |
| 42 | Katherine | 77 | ↓3 | 35 |
| 43 | Kristin | 77 | new | 37 |
| 44 | Carrie | 72 | ↓15 | 46 |
| 45 | Jill | 67 | ↓2 | 66 |
| 46 | Lindsey | 67 | new | 91 |
| 47 | Monica | 66 | new | 45 |
| 48 | Kristina | 64 | new | 73 |
| 49 | Brandi | 63 | ↓12 | 63 |
| 50 | Anna | 60 | ↓4 | 55 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1979 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 685 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Jason | 587 | – | 3 |
| 3 | Joshua | 568 | ↑2 | 7 |
| 4 | Christopher | 538 | ↓1 | 2 |
| 5 | Matthew | 506 | ↓1 | 6 |
| 6 | Justin | 467 | ↑2 | 13 |
| 7 | Ryan | 393 | ↑3 | 15 |
| 8 | James | 381 | ↓1 | 5 |
| 9 | David | 360 | ↓3 | 4 |
| 10 | Brian | 331 | ↑1 | 12 |
| 11 | John | 329 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 12 | Brandon | 274 | ↑12 | 31 |
| 13 | Robert | 270 | – | 9 |
| 14 | Daniel | 267 | ↑2 | 11 |
| 15 | Jeremy | 265 | ↓6 | 18 |
| 16 | Joseph | 262 | ↑2 | 10 |
| 17 | Nicholas | 255 | ↓3 | 17 |
| 18 | Andrew | 248 | ↓3 | 19 |
| 19 | William | 248 | ↑4 | 14 |
| 20 | Eric | 247 | ↓1 | 16 |
| 21 | Adam | 244 | ↓1 | 22 |
| 22 | Travis | 239 | ↓5 | 37 |
| 23 | Aaron | 230 | ↓1 | 34 |
| 24 | Dustin | 222 | ↑14 | 44 |
| 25 | Jeffrey | 203 | ↓4 | 27 |
| 26 | Nathan | 186 | ↑4 | 36 |
| 27 | Kevin | 176 | – | 23 |
| 28 | Scott | 176 | ↓3 | 33 |
| 29 | Steven | 174 | ↓1 | 28 |
| 30 | Timothy | 174 | ↓4 | 20 |
| 31 | Charles | 173 | ↑4 | 29 |
| 32 | Jonathan | 171 | ↑5 | 21 |
| 33 | Thomas | 165 | ↑7 | 25 |
| 34 | Benjamin | 160 | ↓5 | 32 |
| 35 | Jacob | 160 | ↓1 | 43 |
| 36 | Mark | 157 | ↓4 | 30 |
| 37 | Chad | 150 | ↓6 | 39 |
| 38 | Anthony | 148 | ↓5 | 24 |
| 39 | Richard | 139 | – | 26 |
| 40 | Brett | 124 | ↑8 | 96 |
| 41 | Bradley | 117 | – | 51 |
| 42 | Kyle | 114 | ↑4 | 57 |
| 43 | Shawn | 114 | ↓7 | 47 |
| 44 | Paul | 109 | ↓1 | 35 |
| 45 | Jared | 106 | – | 61 |
| 46 | Derek | 102 | new | 50 |
| 47 | Jesse | 102 | ↓3 | 45 |
| 48 | Patrick | 96 | ↓6 | 38 |
| 49 | Bryan | 87 | – | 49 |
| 50 | Gregory | 87 | new | 42 |