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Top names in Kansas

Name: Top baby names in Kansas, 1910
Creator: Social Security Administration

The names most likely to appear on 1910 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,971 Kansas births in 1910 across 331 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Kansas more than they say America.

#64Merleoutside the national top 200
#75Eldonoutside the national top 200
#56Fern#174 nationally
#84Fayeoutside the national top 200
#86Daleoutside the national top 200
#82Don#191 nationally
#92Ivanoutside the national top 200
#85Freda#193 nationally
#95Elmaoutside the national top 200
#62Glen#165 nationally
#100Delbertoutside the national top 200
#51Orville#142 nationally

Girls

#1Mary251US #1
#2Helen172US #2
#3Dorothy144US #4
#4Ruth144US #5
#5Mildred127US #8
#6Margaret118US #3
#7Thelma84US #25
#8Frances81US #11
#9Hazel78US #24
#10Edna69US #18
#11Gladys68US #15
#12Velma66US #90
#13Alice65US #10
#14Irene64US #21
#15Anna63US #6
#16Florence60US #12
#17Ethel59US #13
#18Elizabeth55US #7
#19Esther53US #38
#20Lucille53US #31
#21Marie53US #9
#22Bertha52US #33
#23Edith52US #35
#24Evelyn48US #17
#25Nellie48US #51
#26Clara46US #32
#27Opal46US #87
#28Martha45US #28
#29Virginia43US #29
#30Pauline42US #42
#31Rose42US #16
#32Vera40US #71
#33Elsie39US #44
#34Doris38US #64
#35Josephine37US #30
#36Louise37US #20
#37Marjorie37US #68
#38Viola37US #48
#39Pearl36US #39
#40Ruby36US #27
#41Eva35US #45
#42Lois35US #76
#43Grace34US #23
#44Leona33US #79
#45Bernice32US #58
#46Agnes31US #41
#47Jessie31US #63
#48Emma30US #34
#49Gertrude30US #26
#50Mabel29US #46
#51Lillian28US #14
#52Marguerite28US #84
#53Wilma28US #119
#54Beulah27US #82
#55Juanita27US #115
#56Fern26US #174
#57Myrtle26US #43
#58Erma25US #140
#59Ida24US #47
#60Alma23US #61
#61Laura23US #53
#62Blanche22US #74
#63Georgia22US #91
#64Violet22US #89
#65Catherine20US #22
#66Goldie20US #139
#67Katherine20US #57
#68Bessie19US #37
#69Charlotte19US #99
#70Kathryn19US #80
#71Mable18US #121
#72Naomi18US #156
#73Beatrice17US #36
#74Genevieve17US #98
#75Jennie17US #81
#76Sarah17US #40
#77Vivian17US #107
#78Lena16US #66
#79Lola16US #120
#80Sylvia16US #92
#81Betty15US #69
#82Daisy15US #101
#83Ellen15US #88
#84Faye15
#85Freda15US #193
#86Minnie15US #50
#87Norma15US #159
#88Ada14US #94
#89Audrey14US #162
#90Della14US #137
#91Eunice14US #113
#92Rachel14US #151
#93Alberta13US #104
#94Ella13US #62
#95Elma13
#96Inez13US #97
#97Iva13US #168
#98Julia13US #49
#99Maxine13US #171
#100Winifred13US #185

Boys

#1John129US #1
#2William104US #3
#3Charles76US #7
#4James71US #2
#5George63US #5
#6Robert61US #4
#7Harold58US #18
#8Paul55US #15
#9Frank50US #8
#10Ralph46US #28
#11Clarence43US #20
#12Joseph37US #6
#13Albert35US #14
#14Floyd33US #55
#15Howard33US #27
#16Raymond33US #19
#17Walter33US #13
#18Harry32US #16
#19Kenneth32US #43
#20Roy32US #29
#21Ernest29US #31
#22Fred29US #22
#23Jack28US #23
#24Thomas28US #12
#25Carl27US #26
#26Arthur26US #17
#27Earl25US #33
#28Edward24US #9
#29Glenn24US #97
#30Clifford23US #66
#31Donald23US #44
#32Henry23US #10
#33Lawrence23US #35
#34Richard23US #21
#35Elmer21US #48
#36Francis21US #36
#37Herbert20US #41
#38Leonard20US #46
#39Lloyd19US #67
#40Alfred18US #38
#41Leroy18US #50
#42Lester17US #64
#43Eugene16US #39
#44Joe16US #25
#45Chester15US #61
#46Marion15US #108
#47Melvin15US #75
#48Vernon15US #94
#49Lee14US #49
#50Leo13US #51
#51Orville13US #142
#52Edwin12US #71
#53Clyde11US #57
#54Jesse11US #60
#55Marvin11US #84
#56Virgil11US #111
#57Bernard10US #62
#58Cecil10US #77
#59Claude10US #78
#60David10US #30
#61Everett10US #88
#62Glen10US #165
#63Lewis10US #65
#64Merle10
#65Ray10US #68
#66Samuel10US #32
#67Victor10US #90
#68Wayne10US #141
#69Alvin9US #85
#70Daniel9US #53
#71Homer9US #98
#72Louis9US #24
#73Andrew8US #42
#74Arnold8US #126
#75Eldon8
#76Oliver8US #103
#77Russell8US #58
#78Theodore8US #54
#79Willard8US #121
#80Archie7US #119
#81Ben7US #79
#82Don7US #191
#83Martin7US #86
#84Milton7US #76
#85Peter7US #56
#86Dale6
#87Frederick6US #69
#88Gerald6US #105
#89Guy6US #133
#90Harvey6US #89
#91Ira6US #138
#92Ivan6
#93Leslie6US #102
#94Norman6US #63
#95Roland6US #163
#96Stanley6US #47
#97Anthony5US #37
#98Benjamin5US #70
#99Clifton5US #168
#100Delbert5

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880.