Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	707
2	Michael	616
3	Christopher	501
4	Matthew	416
5	Brian	384
6	Jeremy	368
7	David	346
8	James	338
9	John	312
10	Ryan	296
11	Joshua	271
12	Robert	264
13	Justin	237
14	Eric	233
15	William	228
16	Travis	225
17	Jeffrey	209
18	Daniel	202
19	Aaron	195
20	Chad	185
21	Scott	184
22	Shawn	173
23	Steven	170
24	Kevin	169
25	Joseph	165

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mark	161
27	Timothy	160
28	Andrew	155
29	Brandon	151
30	Charles	147
31	Nathan	139
32	Anthony	135
33	Richard	129
34	Thomas	126
35	Paul	125
36	Benjamin	115
37	Adam	109
38	Shane	104
39	Dustin	100
40	Jonathan	99
41	Bryan	98
42	Stephen	90
43	Jacob	87
44	Bradley	84
45	Patrick	82
46	Todd	76
47	Donald	75
48	Kenneth	74
48	Sean	74
50	Gregory	72
51	Douglas	71
52	Brent	64
53	Troy	63
54	Craig	62
54	Kyle	62
56	Jesse	60
57	Ronald	56
58	Brett	53
58	Larry	53
58	Phillip	53
61	Corey	52
61	Damon	52
61	Dennis	52
61	Jeremiah	52
61	Samuel	52
66	Jamie	51
66	Jeffery	51
68	Jerry	50
68	Terry	50
70	Edward	47
70	Jared	47
70	Kelly	47
73	Gary	46
74	Casey	45
75	Derek	44
76	Cory	42
77	Billy	39
77	Brad	39
77	Russell	39
77	Zachary	39
81	Clinton	38
81	Curtis	38
81	Jay	38
81	Keith	38
81	Randy	38
81	Raymond	38
81	Shannon	38
88	George	35
88	Heath	35
88	Joel	35
91	Gabriel	34
91	Jon	34
91	Lance	34
91	Tony	34
95	Chris	32
96	Marc	31
97	Carl	30
97	Marcus	30
97	Seth	30
100	Allen	29
100	Jarrod	29