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Baby names in Kansas, 1960s

1960–1969 · 356,526 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Kansas across the 1960s, with 8,039 births in the decade. The state recorded 356,526 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Kansas in the 1960s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Yong3559×
Eun2259×
Mi6455×
Kyong1348×
Hye1246×
Kyung1246×
Hae1143×
Sun2939×

Top 25 in the 1960s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael8,039
#2David7,687
#3John6,082
#4James5,874
#5Robert5,585
#6Mark5,342
#7Lisa4,636
#8Kevin4,048
#9Steven3,472
#10Richard3,457
#11William3,423
#12Brian3,320
#13Jeffrey3,266
#14Mary3,225
#15Scott3,167
#16Kimberly3,073
#17Lori2,853
#18Timothy2,811
#19Susan2,806
#20Michelle2,762
#21Brenda2,711
#22Julie2,522
#23Karen2,424
#24Kelly2,414
#25Charles2,260

Other decades in Kansas

All Kansas names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org