Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	661
2	Michael	575
3	Christopher	530
4	Matthew	419
5	Brian	415
6	Jeremy	366
7	James	344
8	Joshua	342
9	David	316
10	Ryan	305
11	John	287
12	Robert	282
13	Justin	248
14	Eric	237
15	Aaron	231
16	Daniel	227
17	Jeffrey	210
18	Kevin	207
19	William	203
20	Joseph	201
21	Travis	195
22	Timothy	187
23	Andrew	178
24	Nathan	177
25	Chad	176

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Scott	165
27	Steven	164
28	Brandon	162
29	Mark	160
30	Benjamin	159
31	Richard	157
32	Shawn	153
33	Charles	151
34	Thomas	131
35	Anthony	123
36	Paul	116
37	Bryan	112
38	Adam	105
39	Jonathan	104
40	Bradley	100
41	Dustin	97
41	Jacob	97
43	Todd	95
44	Shane	94
45	Gregory	93
46	Jared	83
47	Kenneth	80
48	Patrick	79
49	Jeremiah	78
50	Kyle	77
51	Sean	76
52	Stephen	75
53	Corey	71
54	Cory	70
54	Nicholas	70
56	Brent	66
56	Curtis	66
58	Craig	64
59	Jesse	63
60	Troy	61
61	Donald	60
62	Douglas	58
63	Edward	57
64	Brett	50
65	Samuel	49
66	Clinton	48
67	Jay	47
67	Wesley	47
69	Casey	46
69	Terry	46
69	Zachary	46
72	Jeffery	45
73	Marcus	44
73	Phillip	44
73	Ronald	44
76	Joel	42
76	Keith	42
76	Russell	42
79	Larry	41
80	Gary	40
80	Seth	40
80	Tyler	40
83	Derek	39
84	Billy	37
84	Jon	37
84	Kelly	37
87	George	36
87	Raymond	36
87	Shaun	36
90	Randy	35
91	Heath	34
91	Rodney	34
91	Shannon	34
94	Jerry	32
94	Philip	32
96	Lance	31
97	Darren	30
97	Dennis	30
97	Kristopher	30
97	Tony	30