Popular baby names in Kansas, 1983

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (541 babies) and Christopher for boys (665). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 33,291 babies born in Kansas in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1983

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

Girls

Abby: 51 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rachelle: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Lacy: 35 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jami: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kelsey: 36 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shelby: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Chelsey: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Mallory: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Audra: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Haley: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Jerod: 18 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Trenton: 26 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Tanner: 23 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Brock: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Heath: 30 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Zachariah: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dallas: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cole: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Brady: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dylan: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	541	–	1
2	Ashley	521	↑6	4
3	Jessica	502	↓1	2
4	Amanda	434	–	3
5	Sarah	380	↓2	5
6	Melissa	279	↓1	6
7	Amber	270	↓1	17
8	Amy	261	↓1	12
9	Megan	236	↑8	21
10	Heather	222	–	9
11	Nicole	217	–	7
12	Stephanie	217	↑1	8
13	Michelle	211	↑3	13
14	Erin	206	↓2	18
15	Rachel	197	↑4	20
16	Elizabeth	190	↓1	10
17	Rebecca	183	↑1	19
18	Emily	181	↑3	25
19	Crystal	175	↓5	11
20	Angela	170	↓11	22
21	Andrea	166	↑1	30
22	Sara	164	↑2	31
23	Christina	163	↑3	16
24	Jamie	154	↓1	28
25	Lindsay	142	–	36
26	Lindsey	141	↑5	35
27	Kimberly	139	–	15
28	Tiffany	131	↓8	14
29	Laura	120	–	23
30	Katherine	112	↑10	34
31	Kelly	111	↓1	26
32	Lisa	104	↓4	27
33	Kristen	102	–	37
34	Tara	95	↑10	51
35	Shannon	94	↑7	38
36	Alicia	92	↑14	41
37	Samantha	92	↑6	40
38	Erica	89	↓4	33
39	April	88	↓3	39
40	Julie	86	↓3	46
41	Mary	86	↓9	32
42	Brandi	85	↓3	56
43	Danielle	82	↑3	29
44	Katie	82	↓6	45
45	Kristin	82	↓10	42
46	Courtney	81	↓5	44
47	Holly	79	new	48
48	Anna	77	new	55
49	Kathryn	77	new	50
50	Kayla	76	new	81

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Christopher	665	–	2
2	Matthew	629	↑1	3
3	Michael	602	↓1	1
4	Joshua	544	–	5
5	Ryan	397	↑2	13
6	Justin	386	↓1	12
7	Jason	362	↓1	7
8	David	360	↑1	4
9	Andrew	355	↑3	15
10	James	353	↓2	6
11	Adam	334	↑10	18
12	Brandon	323	↓1	17
13	John	320	↓3	9
14	Daniel	303	–	8
15	Robert	295	↓2	10
16	Brian	292	–	14
17	Joseph	287	↓2	11
18	Aaron	281	↓1	29
19	Nicholas	232	↑5	21
20	Kyle	230	↑17	34
21	Dustin	228	↓2	43
22	Jeremy	222	↓4	30
23	William	216	–	16
24	Jacob	213	↑3	36
25	Eric	204	↓5	20
26	Timothy	188	↑2	26
27	Nathan	181	↓5	40
28	Jonathan	177	↑1	19
29	Jeffrey	171	↓4	28
30	Travis	170	↓4	41
31	Benjamin	163	↑1	32
32	Kevin	158	↑3	25
33	Zachary	151	↑17	50
34	Steven	147	↓3	23
35	Mark	141	↓2	31
36	Scott	140	↓6	38
37	Tyler	137	↑2	57
38	Thomas	135	↓4	24
39	Anthony	133	↓3	22
40	Derek	133	–	51
41	Jesse	121	↓3	46
42	Richard	120	↑5	27
43	Charles	119	↓1	33
44	Bradley	114	↑4	52
45	Chad	108	↑1	49
46	Patrick	106	↓2	37
47	Jared	105	↓4	56
48	Paul	104	↑1	39
49	Bryan	103	new	47
50	Cody	99	new	81

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