Popular baby names in Kansas, 1985

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1985 were Ashley for girls (605 babies) and Christopher for boys (564). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 31,998 babies born in Kansas in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1985

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

Girls

Chelsie: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Abby: 45 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Staci: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kelsey: 51 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Chelsey: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Audrey: 40 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Aubrey: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shawna: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kayla: 67 babies, 3× the national rate
Mindy: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 35 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Bret: 28 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Heath: 32 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Trenton: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dallas: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Brock: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Nolan: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Levi: 39 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cole: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bryce: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	605	–	2
2	Jessica	553	↑1	1
3	Amanda	456	↑1	4
4	Jennifer	422	↓2	3
5	Megan	317	↑1	10
6	Sarah	317	↓1	5
7	Stephanie	231	↑2	6
8	Heather	226	↓1	8
9	Amber	224	↑2	16
10	Nicole	210	↑3	7
11	Elizabeth	209	↓3	9
12	Melissa	198	↓2	11
13	Emily	185	↑5	24
14	Danielle	183	↑11	18
15	Amy	179	↓3	20
16	Rachel	176	↓2	13
17	Laura	167	↑5	14
18	Rebecca	166	↓2	25
19	Jamie	159	↑7	27
20	Sara	147	↑8	30
21	Tiffany	140	–	23
22	Michelle	138	↓5	22
23	Christina	133	↑4	12
24	Erin	133	↓9	26
25	Andrea	128	↓6	33
26	Crystal	127	↓6	21
27	Lindsey	127	↑2	37
28	Kimberly	123	↓5	19
29	Angela	122	↓5	31
30	Katherine	120	↑3	32
31	Lindsay	117	↑4	40
32	Samantha	117	↑10	29
33	Lauren	112	↓2	15
34	Erica	98	↓2	34
35	Tara	96	↑5	51
36	Kelly	95	↑8	28
37	Lisa	95	↓7	36
38	Katie	90	↓2	39
39	Mary	87	↓5	35
40	Jenna	86	↑3	50
41	Kathryn	86	new	48
42	Courtney	75	↓5	43
43	Alicia	74	↓5	45
44	Brittany	73	new	17
45	Kristen	71	↓4	38
46	Kristin	70	new	49
47	Shannon	70	–	41
48	Kayla	67	↓2	>100
49	Allison	66	new	46
50	Anna	66	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Christopher	564	–	2
2	Matthew	559	↑1	3
3	Michael	524	↓1	1
4	Joshua	511	–	4
5	Andrew	406	↑2	11
6	Ryan	393	↓1	12
7	Brandon	380	↓1	13
8	Daniel	328	↑3	5
9	David	312	–	6
10	John	309	↑4	9
11	Justin	308	↓3	15
12	James	289	–	7
13	Adam	273	↓3	22
14	Jason	268	↓1	14
15	Nicholas	266	↑3	19
16	Kyle	258	↑3	27
17	Tyler	249	↑8	43
18	Robert	245	↓1	8
19	Joseph	234	↓4	10
20	Brian	225	–	18
21	Dustin	223	↓5	41
22	William	214	↑1	16
23	Jacob	211	↑1	35
24	Aaron	206	↓3	33
25	Eric	204	↓3	21
26	Jeremy	199	–	30
27	Nathan	183	↑5	40
28	Zachary	180	↑3	39
29	Anthony	179	↑6	20
30	Jonathan	174	↓2	17
31	Kevin	171	↑5	23
32	Steven	170	↓2	24
33	Timothy	166	↓4	26
34	Cody	165	–	52
35	Benjamin	157	↓2	31
36	Scott	140	↑2	44
37	Thomas	139	↑5	25
38	Jeffrey	134	↑1	29
39	Travis	134	↓12	46
40	Mark	131	↓3	32
41	Richard	119	–	28
42	Shawn	116	↑7	55
43	Brett	114	new	70
44	Bradley	113	↑6	53
45	Jesse	110	–	51
46	Sean	105	new	38
47	Jordan	100	↑1	62
48	Jared	99	↓2	58
49	Charles	98	↓2	34
50	Paul	98	new	42

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