Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	685
2	Jason	587
3	Joshua	568
4	Christopher	538
5	Matthew	506
6	Justin	467
7	Ryan	393
8	James	381
9	David	360
10	Brian	331
11	John	329
12	Brandon	274
13	Robert	270
14	Daniel	267
15	Jeremy	265
16	Joseph	262
17	Nicholas	255
18	Andrew	248
18	William	248
20	Eric	247
21	Adam	244
22	Travis	239
23	Aaron	230
24	Dustin	222
25	Jeffrey	203

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Nathan	186
27	Kevin	176
27	Scott	176
29	Steven	174
29	Timothy	174
31	Charles	173
32	Jonathan	171
33	Thomas	165
34	Benjamin	160
34	Jacob	160
36	Mark	157
37	Chad	150
38	Anthony	148
39	Richard	139
40	Brett	124
41	Bradley	117
42	Kyle	114
42	Shawn	114
44	Paul	109
45	Jared	106
46	Derek	102
46	Jesse	102
48	Patrick	96
49	Bryan	87
49	Gregory	87
51	Kenneth	83
52	Shane	82
53	Zachary	77
54	Tyler	74
55	Samuel	72
55	Stephen	72
57	Lucas	70
58	Donald	69
58	Jeremiah	69
58	Luke	69
61	Sean	68
62	Brent	64
63	Clinton	63
63	Curtis	63
65	Ronald	61
66	Phillip	60
67	Casey	56
68	Craig	55
68	Todd	55
70	Corey	54
70	Cory	54
72	Seth	53
73	Joel	51
74	Douglas	50
75	Cody	49
76	Gary	46
76	Troy	46
78	Edward	45
79	Austin	44
79	Peter	44
81	Derrick	43
81	Russell	43
83	Shaun	41
84	Erik	39
84	Jamie	39
86	Clayton	37
87	Jeffery	36
87	Keith	36
87	Kelly	36
87	Lance	36
87	Levi	36
87	Marcus	36
87	Wesley	36
94	Alan	34
95	Billy	33
95	Micheal	33
95	Philip	33
95	Tyson	33
99	Raymond	32
100	Caleb	31
100	Jon	31
100	Randy	31
100	Trevor	31