Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	564
2	Matthew	559
3	Michael	524
4	Joshua	511
5	Andrew	406
6	Ryan	393
7	Brandon	380
8	Daniel	328
9	David	312
10	John	309
11	Justin	308
12	James	289
13	Adam	273
14	Jason	268
15	Nicholas	266
16	Kyle	258
17	Tyler	249
18	Robert	245
19	Joseph	234
20	Brian	225
21	Dustin	223
22	William	214
23	Jacob	211
24	Aaron	206
25	Eric	204

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeremy	199
27	Nathan	183
28	Zachary	180
29	Anthony	179
30	Jonathan	174
31	Kevin	171
32	Steven	170
33	Timothy	166
34	Cody	165
35	Benjamin	157
36	Scott	140
37	Thomas	139
38	Jeffrey	134
38	Travis	134
40	Mark	131
41	Richard	119
42	Shawn	116
43	Brett	114
44	Bradley	113
45	Jesse	110
46	Sean	105
47	Jordan	100
48	Jared	99
49	Charles	98
49	Paul	98
51	Patrick	96
52	Derek	93
53	Stephen	87
54	Shane	85
55	Bryan	80
56	Samuel	77
57	Austin	76
57	Gregory	76
59	Chad	72
60	Lucas	62
61	Casey	60
62	Alexander	59
62	Luke	59
64	Brent	57
64	Marcus	57
66	Corey	56
66	Kenneth	56
68	Blake	55
69	Joel	53
70	Craig	51
71	Alex	50
71	Keith	50
73	Caleb	49
73	Evan	49
73	Seth	49
76	Clayton	47
76	Mitchell	47
78	Clinton	46
78	Phillip	46
80	Cory	45
80	Ian	45
80	Lance	45
80	Nathaniel	45
84	Chase	44
84	Wesley	44
86	Jeremiah	43
87	Donald	42
88	Curtis	40
88	Douglas	40
88	Drew	40
91	Alan	39
91	Cole	39
91	Grant	39
91	Levi	39
91	Todd	39
96	Derrick	37
96	Jeffery	37
96	Peter	37
99	Gary	36
100	Tanner	35