Popular baby names in Kansas, 1986

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1986 were Jessica for girls (574 babies) and Michael for boys (528). Social Security records list 31,755 babies born in Kansas in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1986

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

Girls

Kylee: 18 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Abby: 42 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Bailey: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kelsey: 73 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lacy: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shayla: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shelby: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Molly: 63 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lacey: 52 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jordan: 47 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 30 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Bret: 26 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Heath: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Brock: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Cole: 39 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tyson: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Levi: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Colby: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Chance: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bryce: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Jessica	574	↑1	1
2	Ashley	545	↓1	2
3	Amanda	480	–	3
4	Sarah	390	↑2	5
5	Jennifer	331	↓1	4
6	Megan	305	↓1	11
7	Amber	250	↑2	13
8	Heather	226	–	9
9	Stephanie	221	↓2	6
10	Nicole	211	–	7
11	Elizabeth	194	–	10
12	Emily	191	↑1	24
13	Rachel	182	↑3	15
14	Amy	176	↑1	22
15	Melissa	176	↓3	12
16	Rebecca	156	↑2	26
17	Danielle	149	↓3	16
18	Samantha	147	↑14	21
19	Jamie	143	–	34
20	Kimberly	141	↑8	18
21	Sara	139	↓1	27
22	Laura	137	↓5	20
23	Lindsey	134	↑4	39
24	Michelle	131	↓2	23
25	Erin	129	↓1	30
26	Whitney	123	new	32
27	Christina	118	↓4	19
28	Tiffany	118	↓7	17
29	Andrea	116	↓4	36
30	Lauren	109	↑3	14
31	Angela	108	↓2	33
32	Brittany	105	↑12	8
33	Katherine	105	↓3	28
34	Courtney	103	↑8	35
35	Katie	101	↑3	38
36	Crystal	96	↓10	25
37	Lindsay	95	↓6	46
38	Allison	92	↑11	42
39	Kayla	92	↑9	64
40	Kristen	89	↑5	41
41	Erica	87	↓7	31
42	Mary	83	↓3	37
43	Alicia	77	–	45
44	Kelly	76	↓8	29
45	Tara	74	↓10	56
46	Kelsey	73	new	>100
47	Cassandra	72	new	60
48	Lisa	71	↓11	40
49	Shannon	70	↓2	44
50	Hannah	67	new	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	528	↑2	1
2	Matthew	526	–	3
3	Christopher	514	↓2	2
4	Joshua	447	–	4
5	Andrew	427	–	8
6	Brandon	356	↑1	13
7	Ryan	352	↓1	11
8	John	316	↑2	10
9	Kyle	310	↑7	23
10	Justin	308	↑1	14
11	James	299	↑1	7
12	Daniel	298	↓4	6
13	David	288	↓4	5
14	Robert	262	↑4	9
15	Tyler	256	↑2	40
16	Jacob	244	↑7	31
17	Nicholas	240	↓2	17
18	Joseph	235	↑1	12
19	Jason	234	↓5	18
20	Adam	232	↓7	24
21	Dustin	211	–	42
22	Aaron	205	↑2	33
23	William	205	↓1	15
24	Brian	199	↓4	20
25	Jeremy	196	↑1	28
26	Eric	194	↓1	22
27	Jonathan	174	↑3	16
28	Anthony	168	↑1	19
29	Timothy	167	↑4	27
30	Steven	164	↑2	25
31	Kevin	157	–	21
32	Thomas	157	↑5	26
33	Zachary	156	↓5	38
34	Cody	150	–	56
35	Nathan	146	↓8	43
36	Jeffrey	142	↑2	32
37	Benjamin	137	↓2	30
38	Travis	136	↑1	49
39	Jordan	133	↑8	53
40	Brett	131	↑3	69
41	Mark	126	↓1	35
42	Richard	122	↓1	29
43	Scott	114	↓7	44
44	Charles	113	↑5	34
45	Derek	113	new	57
46	Jesse	107	↓1	48
47	Sean	101	↓1	37
48	Patrick	100	new	39
49	Bradley	98	↓5	54
50	Bryan	97	new	47

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