Popular baby names in Kansas, 1981

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (637 babies) and Michael for boys (619). Social Security records list 33,639 babies born in Kansas in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1981

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

Girls

Kelsey: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Aubrey: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Audra: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Haley: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lacy: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Lacey: 37 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kendra: 46 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Mindy: 45 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Trisha: 43 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Abby: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jerrod: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Tyson: 38 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Brock: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Heath: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Levi: 49 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Darin: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Austin: 48 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bryce: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Preston: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	637	–	1
2	Jessica	530	↑3	2
3	Amanda	456	↓1	3
4	Sarah	403	↓1	4
5	Melissa	313	↓1	5
6	Amy	287	–	6
7	Amber	260	↑1	20
8	Angela	230	↓1	15
9	Rebecca	230	↑10	12
10	Michelle	227	–	11
11	Heather	216	↓2	10
12	Stephanie	203	↓1	8
13	Nicole	199	↑2	7
14	Crystal	195	↓2	16
15	Tiffany	186	↑2	14
16	Elizabeth	184	↑2	9
17	Megan	182	↓3	33
18	Erin	181	↑4	19
19	Andrea	174	↑7	24
20	Ashley	173	↑9	34
21	Kimberly	166	↓8	13
22	Sara	165	↓2	26
23	Laura	158	↑4	21
24	Christina	156	↓8	17
25	Rachel	153	↓1	22
26	Jamie	146	↓3	28
27	Emily	145	↑1	29
28	Lisa	140	↓7	18
29	April	126	↓4	25
30	Mary	118	↑3	27
31	Kristen	114	new	38
32	Julie	112	↓2	37
33	Kelly	106	↓2	23
34	Tara	103	↑4	45
35	Lindsay	101	new	47
36	Kristin	99	↑7	31
37	Katherine	96	↑5	39
38	Brandi	92	↑11	50
39	Brandy	89	↓3	41
40	Danielle	89	new	30
41	Brooke	85	new	52
42	Shannon	85	↓10	32
43	Courtney	82	↓4	43
44	Lindsey	82	↑2	58
45	Misty	82	↓10	61
46	Alicia	81	new	46
47	Katie	78	↓6	44
48	Erica	71	↓14	36
49	Jill	69	↓4	78
50	Leslie	69	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	619	–	1
2	Joshua	588	↑1	6
3	Matthew	569	↑2	3
4	Christopher	541	–	2
5	Jason	468	↓3	4
6	Ryan	406	↑1	13
7	Justin	404	↓1	12
8	James	385	–	7
9	David	379	–	5
10	Robert	346	↑3	9
11	John	344	–	8
12	Brian	316	↓2	14
13	Brandon	306	↓1	19
14	Aaron	287	↑9	30
15	Jeremy	283	–	22
16	Daniel	264	↓2	10
17	Andrew	258	↑1	18
18	Adam	256	↑3	20
19	Dustin	254	↑5	42
20	Joseph	251	↓4	11
21	Eric	243	↓1	17
22	Nicholas	224	↓5	21
23	Travis	224	↓1	40
24	William	219	↓5	15
25	Jonathan	212	↑7	16
26	Nathan	204	–	36
27	Timothy	204	↑3	24
28	Jeffrey	197	↓3	29
29	Jacob	186	↑6	43
30	Steven	174	↓1	28
31	Scott	172	↓3	34
32	Kevin	167	↓5	25
33	Thomas	165	–	26
34	Benjamin	156	–	32
35	Jesse	152	↑12	37
36	Charles	143	↓5	31
37	Anthony	136	↑1	23
38	Kyle	128	↑4	52
39	Mark	128	↓3	33
40	Derek	123	↑6	53
41	Brett	116	↓1	79
42	Chad	112	↓5	47
43	Paul	112	↑1	35
44	Jared	110	↑1	57
45	Richard	108	↓6	27
46	Shawn	105	↓3	49
47	Patrick	104	↑1	38
48	Bradley	100	↓7	50
49	Bryan	93	–	48
50	Tyler	91	new	96

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