Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	617
2	Michael	574
3	Christopher	551
4	Matthew	502
5	Joshua	388
6	Brian	362
7	David	361
8	James	353
9	Jeremy	347
10	John	330
11	Ryan	310
12	Justin	282
13	Robert	271
14	Daniel	224
15	Timothy	221
16	Eric	216
16	Joseph	216
18	Jeffrey	208
19	William	206
20	Andrew	196
21	Aaron	193
22	Kevin	189
23	Scott	187
24	Nicholas	186
24	Travis	186

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Brandon	176
27	Steven	171
28	Nathan	167
29	Shawn	162
30	Mark	161
31	Chad	158
32	Adam	145
33	Dustin	133
34	Benjamin	132
35	Charles	125
36	Thomas	122
37	Richard	114
38	Anthony	112
39	Jacob	106
40	Bradley	98
41	Patrick	88
42	Gregory	87
42	Shane	87
44	Jonathan	85
45	Paul	82
45	Stephen	82
47	Kyle	81
48	Todd	79
49	Jared	77
50	Bryan	75
51	Brett	73
52	Kenneth	71
53	Cory	70
54	Donald	68
55	Jesse	67
56	Shaun	66
57	Brent	65
58	Sean	63
59	Corey	61
59	Craig	61
61	Jeffery	60
62	Douglas	58
63	Keith	55
64	Ronald	54
65	Curtis	52
66	Clinton	51
67	Phillip	50
68	Joel	49
69	Casey	48
70	Derek	47
70	Seth	47
72	Jeremiah	46
72	Samuel	46
74	Gary	43
74	Troy	43
74	Wesley	43
77	Zachary	42
78	Larry	41
79	Tyler	40
80	Russell	39
81	Cody	38
81	Lucas	38
81	Marcus	38
81	Raymond	38
85	Lance	37
85	Nathaniel	37
85	Terry	37
88	Edward	36
88	Jerry	36
88	Luke	36
91	Kelly	35
91	Tyson	35
93	Billy	34
93	Gabriel	34
95	Darren	32
96	Philip	31
97	Clint	29
97	Jon	29
99	Brad	28
99	Dennis	28
99	Heath	28
99	Jay	28