Popular baby names in Kansas, 1984

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1984 were Ashley for girls (556 babies) and Christopher for boys (632). Ashley ranked #3 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 32,715 babies born in Kansas in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1984

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

Girls

Kylie: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kelsey: 57 babies, 4× the national rate
Audra: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Chelsey: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Aubrey: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Abby: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Traci: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jami: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Kayla: 71 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Staci: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 26 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Heath: 36 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Tyson: 39 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Trenton: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bret: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dallas: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cole: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Austin: 75 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cody: 160 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brock: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Ashley	556	↑1	3
2	Jennifer	503	↓1	1
3	Jessica	501	–	2
4	Amanda	420	–	4
5	Sarah	368	–	5
6	Megan	314	↑3	11
7	Heather	264	↑3	9
8	Elizabeth	244	↑8	10
9	Stephanie	243	↑3	6
10	Melissa	242	↓4	8
11	Amber	230	↓4	18
12	Amy	229	↓4	13
13	Nicole	208	↓2	7
14	Rachel	195	↑1	15
15	Erin	189	↓1	25
16	Rebecca	188	↑1	23
17	Michelle	171	↓4	17
18	Emily	169	–	24
19	Andrea	168	↑2	28
20	Crystal	164	↓1	12
21	Tiffany	160	↑7	14
22	Laura	152	↑7	19
23	Kimberly	146	↑4	22
24	Angela	143	↓4	26
25	Danielle	143	↑18	16
26	Jamie	143	↓2	31
27	Christina	138	↓4	20
28	Sara	131	↓6	32
29	Lindsey	126	↓3	35
30	Lisa	115	↑2	29
31	Lauren	101	new	21
32	Erica	99	↑6	34
33	Katherine	98	↓3	30
34	Mary	98	↑7	33
35	Lindsay	97	↓10	36
36	Katie	95	↑8	44
37	Courtney	87	↑9	46
38	Alicia	84	↓2	40
39	April	84	–	42
40	Tara	84	↓6	49
41	Kristen	81	↓8	38
42	Samantha	81	↓5	39
43	Jenna	77	new	54
44	Kelly	75	↓13	27
45	Brandi	74	↓3	61
46	Kayla	71	↑4	100
47	Shannon	71	↓12	37
48	Holly	68	↓1	53
49	Julie	68	↓9	52
50	Christine	67	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Christopher	632	–	2
2	Michael	589	↑1	1
3	Matthew	586	↓1	3
4	Joshua	539	–	4
5	Ryan	395	–	12
6	Brandon	370	↑6	15
7	Andrew	366	↑2	14
8	Justin	339	↓2	13
9	David	326	↓1	5
10	Adam	325	↑1	18
11	Daniel	316	↑3	6
12	James	311	↓2	7
13	Jason	297	↓6	11
14	John	287	↓1	8
15	Joseph	258	↑2	10
16	Dustin	254	↑5	41
17	Robert	250	↓2	9
18	Nicholas	247	↑1	20
19	Kyle	243	↑1	34
20	Brian	242	↓4	17
21	Aaron	240	↓3	29
22	Eric	227	↑3	22
23	William	219	–	16
24	Jacob	215	–	37
25	Tyler	199	↑12	47
26	Jeremy	196	↓4	31
27	Travis	185	↑3	42
28	Jonathan	181	–	19
29	Timothy	178	↓3	26
30	Steven	174	↑4	23
31	Zachary	174	↑2	45
32	Nathan	171	↓5	38
33	Benjamin	169	↓2	30
34	Cody	160	↑16	62
35	Anthony	156	↑4	21
36	Kevin	141	↓4	24
37	Mark	141	↓2	32
38	Scott	140	↓2	39
39	Jeffrey	132	↓10	28
40	Derek	130	–	52
41	Richard	130	↑1	27
42	Thomas	128	↓4	25
43	Patrick	122	↑3	36
44	Chad	111	↑1	51
45	Jesse	104	↓4	50
46	Jared	101	↑1	59
47	Charles	98	↓4	33
48	Jordan	95	new	65
49	Shawn	92	new	56
50	Bradley	90	↓6	53

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