Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	619
2	Joshua	588
3	Matthew	569
4	Christopher	541
5	Jason	468
6	Ryan	406
7	Justin	404
8	James	385
9	David	379
10	Robert	346
11	John	344
12	Brian	316
13	Brandon	306
14	Aaron	287
15	Jeremy	283
16	Daniel	264
17	Andrew	258
18	Adam	256
19	Dustin	254
20	Joseph	251
21	Eric	243
22	Nicholas	224
22	Travis	224
24	William	219
25	Jonathan	212

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Nathan	204
26	Timothy	204
28	Jeffrey	197
29	Jacob	186
30	Steven	174
31	Scott	172
32	Kevin	167
33	Thomas	165
34	Benjamin	156
35	Jesse	152
36	Charles	143
37	Anthony	136
38	Kyle	128
38	Mark	128
40	Derek	123
41	Brett	116
42	Chad	112
42	Paul	112
44	Jared	110
45	Richard	108
46	Shawn	105
47	Patrick	104
48	Bradley	100
49	Bryan	93
50	Tyler	91
51	Kenneth	87
52	Lucas	86
53	Zachary	84
54	Jeremiah	79
54	Stephen	79
56	Samuel	78
57	Gregory	74
58	Casey	71
58	Sean	71
60	Brent	69
61	Craig	66
62	Shane	65
63	Curtis	63
63	Luke	63
65	Cody	62
66	Clinton	61
67	Phillip	60
68	Cory	59
69	Douglas	53
69	Keith	53
69	Ronald	53
72	Marcus	52
72	Nathaniel	52
74	Corey	50
74	Wesley	50
76	Levi	49
76	Todd	49
78	Austin	48
78	Joel	48
80	Jordan	47
81	Donald	46
82	Jeffery	43
82	Troy	43
84	Russell	42
84	Seth	42
86	Gary	41
87	Billy	40
87	Derrick	40
87	Edward	40
87	Randy	40
91	Larry	39
91	Shaun	39
93	Caleb	38
93	Terry	38
93	Tyson	38
96	Lance	37
97	Jon	36
97	Peter	36
97	Philip	36
100	Dennis	35
100	Jay	35