Popular baby names in Kansas, 1987

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1987 were Ashley for girls (609 babies) and Christopher for boys (503). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,750 babies born in Kansas in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1987

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

Girls

Ashli: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Bailey: 25 babies, 5× the national rate
Kylie: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Chelsey: 43 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Aubrey: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Traci: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kelsey: 127 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lacy: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jana: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jordan: 48 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 41 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Cole: 42 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Trenton: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Bryce: 45 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Brady: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bret: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Clay: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Clinton: 42 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tyson: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dallas: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	609	↑1	2
2	Jessica	601	↓1	1
3	Amanda	460	–	3
4	Sarah	351	–	5
5	Jennifer	317	–	4
6	Megan	286	–	12
7	Amber	235	–	15
8	Heather	214	–	9
9	Rachel	206	↑4	17
10	Emily	191	↑2	19
11	Elizabeth	177	–	10
12	Stephanie	175	↓3	6
13	Melissa	171	↑2	13
14	Nicole	159	↓4	8
15	Kayla	156	↑24	27
16	Samantha	155	↑2	11
17	Danielle	154	–	14
18	Amy	146	↓4	24
19	Lauren	144	↑11	16
20	Sara	140	↑1	29
21	Rebecca	133	↓5	25
22	Tiffany	132	↑6	18
23	Brittany	128	↑9	7
24	Kimberly	128	↓4	23
25	Katherine	127	↑8	28
26	Kelsey	127	↑20	67
27	Laura	124	↓5	22
28	Whitney	122	↓2	32
29	Jamie	120	↓10	39
30	Michelle	116	↓6	21
31	Andrea	113	↓2	36
32	Erin	113	↓7	34
33	Katie	113	↑2	38
34	Crystal	108	↑2	26
35	Christina	96	↓8	20
36	Angela	94	↓5	35
37	Courtney	85	↓3	33
38	Chelsea	84	new	47
39	Erica	79	↑2	31
40	Kristen	79	–	42
41	Lindsay	79	↓4	49
42	Lindsey	79	↓19	41
43	Anna	76	new	52
44	Alicia	74	↓1	46
45	Kelly	74	↓1	30
46	Allison	73	↓8	44
47	Hannah	69	↑3	66
48	Jenna	67	new	57
49	Mary	64	↓7	37
50	Shannon	64	↓1	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Christopher	503	↑2	2
2	Matthew	484	–	3
3	Michael	459	↓2	1
4	Joshua	447	–	4
5	Andrew	366	–	6
6	Ryan	333	↑1	13
7	Justin	332	↑3	9
8	Brandon	309	↓2	14
9	David	301	↑4	5
10	Kyle	300	↓1	22
11	Tyler	275	↑4	39
12	Daniel	270	–	7
13	James	270	↓2	8
14	John	235	↓6	11
15	Nicholas	228	↑2	16
16	Adam	222	↑4	27
17	Jacob	214	↓1	31
18	Joseph	206	–	12
19	Robert	205	↓5	10
20	Aaron	190	↑2	34
21	Cody	188	↑13	49
22	Anthony	184	↑6	17
23	Jason	184	↓4	23
24	Eric	182	↑2	21
25	William	180	↓2	15
26	Zachary	177	↑7	33
27	Brian	172	↓3	20
28	Benjamin	165	↑9	28
29	Jonathan	165	↓2	18
30	Dustin	159	↓9	44
31	Jeremy	152	↓6	29
32	Kevin	151	↓1	19
33	Nathan	151	↑2	45
34	Timothy	151	↓5	26
35	Travis	151	↑3	42
36	Steven	144	↓6	25
37	Derek	133	↑8	54
38	Jeffrey	132	↓2	32
39	Jordan	132	–	52
40	Scott	129	↑3	43
41	Thomas	119	↓9	24
42	Austin	114	new	76
43	Mark	112	↓2	36
44	Charles	111	–	35
45	Patrick	109	↑3	41
46	Jared	108	new	58
47	Paul	101	new	46
48	Alexander	100	new	37
49	Jesse	98	↓3	55
50	Richard	98	↓8	30

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