Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	607
2	Jason	579
3	Christopher	563
4	Matthew	478
5	Joshua	473
6	David	363
6	James	363
8	Justin	357
9	Jeremy	355
9	Ryan	355
11	Brian	319
12	John	315
13	Robert	284
14	Nicholas	249
15	Andrew	243
16	Daniel	236
16	Travis	236
18	Joseph	233
19	Eric	225
20	Adam	223
21	Jeffrey	219
22	Aaron	216
23	William	212
24	Brandon	210
25	Scott	196

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Timothy	196
27	Kevin	184
28	Steven	180
29	Benjamin	178
30	Nathan	171
31	Chad	160
32	Mark	158
33	Anthony	151
34	Jacob	148
35	Charles	143
36	Shawn	139
37	Jonathan	137
38	Dustin	128
39	Richard	126
40	Thomas	120
41	Bradley	112
42	Patrick	104
43	Paul	102
44	Jesse	95
45	Jared	93
46	Kyle	83
47	Kenneth	82
48	Brett	78
49	Bryan	77
49	Shane	77
51	Donald	72
51	Gregory	72
53	Stephen	71
54	Brent	68
55	Casey	66
56	Shaun	63
57	Derek	62
58	Clinton	61
58	Samuel	61
60	Curtis	60
60	Lucas	60
62	Craig	58
62	Luke	58
64	Gary	57
64	Jeremiah	57
66	Sean	56
66	Tyler	56
66	Zachary	56
69	Douglas	55
70	Corey	53
70	Todd	53
72	Cody	52
73	Cory	47
73	Jeffery	47
75	Troy	46
76	Edward	45
77	Larry	44
77	Phillip	44
79	Keith	43
80	Peter	42
81	Billy	41
81	Ronald	41
83	Jay	40
83	Seth	40
85	Jamie	39
85	Joel	39
85	Lance	39
85	Randy	39
89	Russell	38
90	Erik	37
90	Heath	37
92	Dennis	35
92	Raymond	35
92	Terry	35
95	Brad	34
96	Gabriel	33
96	Marcus	33
98	Jerry	31
98	Nathaniel	31
98	Philip	31
98	Trevor	31