Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	800
2	Michael	591
3	Christopher	514
4	Brian	407
5	Matthew	362
6	David	354
7	John	339
8	James	335
9	Robert	278
10	Chad	246
11	Jeremy	231
12	Scott	221
13	William	220
14	Jeffrey	205
15	Ryan	202
16	Daniel	201
17	Eric	190
18	Kevin	187
18	Steven	187
20	Mark	182
21	Aaron	181
22	Shawn	179
23	Timothy	163
24	Travis	161
25	Justin	160

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Richard	160
27	Brandon	130
28	Joshua	124
29	Joseph	122
30	Thomas	121
31	Anthony	117
32	Bryan	112
33	Shane	106
34	Charles	100
35	Andrew	98
36	Todd	96
37	Nathan	92
38	Stephen	85
39	Bradley	84
40	Jonathan	77
40	Paul	77
42	Dustin	76
42	Troy	76
44	Kenneth	72
44	Patrick	72
46	Donald	68
47	Adam	67
48	Gregory	66
48	Sean	66
50	Gary	64
51	Benjamin	63
51	Douglas	63
53	Craig	60
54	Brent	59
54	Keith	59
56	Terry	56
57	Curtis	55
57	Jeffery	55
59	Larry	54
59	Ronald	54
61	Phillip	49
62	Clinton	48
63	Billy	47
63	Edward	47
63	Jerry	47
63	Samuel	47
67	Dennis	46
67	Lance	46
69	Darren	45
69	Jesse	45
71	Derek	42
71	Jon	42
73	Jacob	41
74	Corey	40
74	George	40
74	Jared	40
74	Marc	40
78	Kyle	39
78	Marcus	39
80	Casey	38
80	Chris	38
80	Heath	38
83	Randy	37
84	Brad	36
84	Kelly	36
86	Brett	35
86	Cory	35
86	Damon	35
86	Darin	35
86	Russell	35
91	Adrian	33
91	Micheal	33
93	Jamie	30
93	Joel	30
93	Nicholas	30
93	Shannon	30
93	Wade	30
98	Alan	29
99	Dale	28
99	Rodney	28