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Baby names in Kansas, 1970s

1970–1979 · 284,067 recorded births

Jennifer was the most common name given in Kansas across the 1970s, with 6,424 births in the decade. The state recorded 284,067 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Kansas in the 1970s

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
Eun2725×
Sung2617×
Sang1815×
Ji1111×
Kyong5
Dong6
Trenton112
Sun12

Top 25 in the 1970s

RankNameBirths
#1Jennifer6,424
#2Michael6,383
#3Jason6,140
#4Christopher5,083
#5Brian3,884
#6David3,879
#6James3,879
#8Amy3,732
#9John3,626
#10Matthew3,593
#11Angela3,289
#12Robert3,242
#13Michelle2,990
#14Melissa2,660
#15Heather2,602
#16Jeremy2,415
#17Scott2,382
#18Jeffrey2,371
#19Kimberly2,307
#20William2,305
#21Eric2,195
#22Ryan2,128
#23Lisa2,047
#24Daniel2,046
#25Chad2,008

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