Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1970

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	799
2	David	557
3	John	545
4	James	524
5	Robert	481
6	Jeffrey	383
7	Jason	362
8	Christopher	360
9	Brian	357
10	Scott	321
11	Mark	311
12	William	309
13	Kevin	270
14	Richard	258
15	Steven	257
16	Eric	226
17	Charles	219
18	Timothy	217
19	Matthew	210
20	Shawn	193
21	Todd	186
22	Thomas	184
23	Troy	180
24	Paul	172
25	Daniel	166

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	161
27	Kenneth	152
28	Douglas	148
29	Joseph	144
30	Chad	132
31	Bradley	128
32	Gregory	127
33	Aaron	121
34	Stephen	120
35	Ronald	119
36	Larry	116
37	Patrick	114
38	Travis	113
39	Bryan	110
39	Sean	110
41	Shane	109
42	Donald	105
43	Craig	101
44	Gary	99
45	Andrew	96
46	Terry	93
47	Jerry	92
48	Lance	91
49	Jeffery	88
50	Brent	85
51	Darren	81
52	Edward	79
52	Keith	79
54	Chris	75
55	Jon	65
56	Jay	64
57	Rodney	62
58	Curtis	61
58	Roger	61
60	Dennis	60
61	Alan	59
61	Jeremy	59
61	Tony	59
64	Derek	58
65	Brett	56
65	Kelly	56
67	Justin	55
68	Russell	54
69	George	53
69	Jeff	53
71	Jonathan	51
72	Mike	49
73	Darin	48
73	Phillip	48
75	Shannon	47
76	Carl	46
77	Marc	45
78	Bruce	43
78	Steve	43
80	Danny	42
81	Kyle	40
81	Peter	40
81	Raymond	40
84	Billy	39
84	Dale	39
84	Nathan	39
84	Randy	39
84	Ricky	39
89	Frank	38
89	Ryan	38
91	Brad	37
91	Martin	37
91	Samuel	37
91	Wesley	37
95	Joel	36
95	Lawrence	36
97	Brandon	35
97	Darrin	35
97	Kent	35
97	Randall	35
97	Tracy	35