State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,752 Kansas births in 1911 across 345 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#66Delbertoutside the national top 200
#71Merleoutside the national top 200
#77Lyleoutside the national top 200
#54Fern#172 nationally
#84Ivanoutside the national top 200
#85Daleoutside the national top 200
#88Lorenoutside the national top 200
#73Faye#184 nationally
#90Lowelloutside the national top 200
#92Orvaloutside the national top 200
#38Orville#146 nationally
#93Ronaldoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary278US #1
#2Helen210US #2
#3Dorothy178US #4
#4Margaret153US #3
#5Mildred151US #8
#6Ruth128US #5
#7Frances96US #10
#8Edna82US #17
#9Esther75US #34
#10Thelma74US #27
#11Hazel73US #25
#12Edith69US #31
#13Gladys68US #18
#14Alice66US #11
#15Marie65US #9
#16Ruby64US #22
#17Ethel60US #15
#18Florence60US #12
#19Elizabeth59US #7
#20Evelyn57US #16
#21Opal56US #81
#22Wilma56US #102
#23Vera55US #67
#24Anna54US #6
#25Grace53US #23
#26Irene53US #21
#27Lucille50US #32
#28Marjorie49US #59
#29Mabel47US #43
#30Martha47US #28
#31Pauline47US #38
#32Agnes46US #39
#33Louise46US #19
#34Clara45US #33
#35Velma45US #90
#36Doris42US #56
#37Pearl42US #48
#38Virginia42US #26
#39Elsie40US #41
#40Laura40US #57
#41Myrtle39US #50
#42Nellie39US #54
#43Bernice36US #51
#44Bertha36US #36
#45Lillian36US #13
#46Beulah34US #79
#47Gertrude34US #30
#48Lois34US #68
#49Bessie33US #40
#50Emma33US #35
#51Josephine33US #29
#52Viola33US #47
#53Marguerite32US #87
#54Fern30US #172
#55Maxine30US #152
#56Erma29US #138
#57Eva29US #46
#58Leona29US #76
#59Catherine28US #20
#60Ella28US #63
#61Alma27US #62
#62Blanche27US #75
#63Goldie26US #140
#64Lena25US #70
#65Vivian25US #80
#66Olive24US #121
#67Rose24US #14
#68Betty23US #69
#69Katherine23US #55
#70Lola23US #120
#71Geraldine22US #134
#72Lucile21US #128
#73Faye20US #184
#74Ida20US #45
#75Jessie20US #66
#76Julia20US #44
#77Stella20US #72
#78Ann19US #53
#79Freda19US #177
#80Georgia19US #96
#81Eunice18US #109
#82Nina18US #165
#83Eleanor17US #49
#84Ellen17US #84
#85Irma17US #137
#86Minnie17US #52
#87Winifred17US #166
#88Alberta16US #114
#89Beatrice16US #37
#90Genevieve16US #93
#91Naomi16US #141
#92Violet16US #83
#93Geneva15US #122
#94Juanita15US #107
#95Kathryn15US #73
#96Sylvia15US #82
#97Daisy14US #108
#98Inez14US #99
#99Loretta14US #118
#100Alta13

Boys

#1John137US #1
#2Charles93US #7
#3James89US #3
#4George87US #4
#5William85US #2
#6Harold68US #16
#7Robert68US #5
#8Frank60US #8
#9Kenneth39US #40
#10Ralph39US #24
#11Donald38US #36
#12Fred38US #22
#13Henry38US #11
#14Raymond37US #19
#15Carl36US #26
#16Harry36US #13
#17Clarence35US #23
#18Edward33US #9
#19Roy33US #31
#20Joseph32US #6
#21Paul32US #17
#22Richard32US #20
#23Earl31US #34
#24Walter30US #12
#25Howard27US #28
#26Lawrence27US #37
#27Albert24US #15
#28Arthur24US #18
#29Elmer24US #48
#30Jack24US #25
#31Cecil23US #76
#32Virgil23US #107
#33Wayne23US #126
#34Eugene22US #43
#35Thomas22US #10
#36Francis21US #33
#37Lloyd21US #74
#38Orville21US #146
#39Chester20US #58
#40Herbert19US #41
#41Ray18US #71
#42Russell17US #55
#43Everett16US #102
#44Floyd16US #57
#45Maurice16US #99
#46Clyde15US #61
#47Ernest15US #32
#48Leonard15US #46
#49Melvin15US #73
#50Clifford14US #62
#51David14US #27
#52Edwin14US #60
#53Andrew13US #42
#54Glenn13US #111
#55Marion13US #110
#56Samuel13US #30
#57Vernon13US #96
#58Alfred12US #39
#59Joe12US #29
#60Marvin12US #82
#61Alvin11US #89
#62Gerald11US #88
#63Glen11US #145
#64Wilbur11US #101
#65Daniel10US #53
#66Delbert10
#67Harvey10US #91
#68Leo10US #51
#69Leroy10US #59
#70Leslie10US #117
#71Merle10
#72Norman10US #63
#73Claude9US #87
#74Herman9US #49
#75Homer9US #95
#76Leon9US #77
#77Lyle9
#78Oscar9US #68
#79Stanley9US #44
#80Ben8US #86
#81Benjamin8US #64
#82Bert8US #178
#83Gilbert8US #103
#84Ivan8
#85Dale7
#86Edgar7US #83
#87Jesse7US #72
#88Loren7
#89Louis7US #21
#90Lowell7
#91Martin7US #75
#92Orval7
#93Ronald7
#94Theodore7US #56
#95Willard7US #114
#96August6US #188
#97Bernard6US #54
#98Charlie6US #45
#99Clayton6US #165
#100Dean6

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑44Maxine#55
↑35Wayne#33
↑35Russell#42
↑34Ella#60
↑34Delbert#66
↑31Wilma#22
↑27Cecil#31
↑26Gerald#62

Falling

↓40Bernard#97
↓39Juanita#94
↓36Rose#67
↓33Jesse#87
↓30Floyd#44
↓28Jessie#75
↓28Violet#92
↓28Leroy#69

Every state

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