State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,119 Kansas births in 1912 across 465 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#79Merleoutside the national top 200
#49Fern#167 nationally
#85Lorenoutside the national top 200
#69Lyle#181 nationally
#91Lelandoutside the national top 200
#92Deanoutside the national top 200
#66Ivan#173 nationally
#53Dale#159 nationally
#97Fayeoutside the national top 200
#100Leotaoutside the national top 200
#80Delbert#180 nationally
#76Freda#173 nationally

Girls

#1Mary369US #1
#2Helen252US #2
#3Dorothy242US #3
#4Mildred216US #6
#5Margaret203US #4
#6Ruth196US #5
#7Marie105US #10
#8Thelma104US #26
#9Frances103US #9
#10Alice99US #11
#11Gladys91US #19
#12Hazel91US #25
#13Edith88US #31
#14Elizabeth88US #8
#15Esther82US #33
#16Velma79US #88
#17Irene78US #22
#18Anna77US #7
#19Edna77US #16
#20Florence76US #12
#21Evelyn75US #13
#22Ruby74US #23
#23Ethel72US #18
#24Louise72US #17
#25Opal71US #85
#26Marjorie67US #56
#27Wilma67US #99
#28Vera66US #68
#29Lois64US #63
#30Lucille64US #32
#31Pauline64US #38
#32Virginia60US #20
#33Grace59US #24
#34Elsie58US #42
#35Josephine56US #28
#36Martha55US #29
#37Nellie54US #59
#38Agnes52US #40
#39Clara52US #34
#40Juanita51US #103
#41Mabel51US #46
#42Bertha49US #36
#43Viola48US #52
#44Bernice47US #51
#45Maxine47US #134
#46Doris45US #48
#47Katherine45US #53
#48Eva44US #49
#49Fern43US #167
#50Lillian42US #14
#51Rose42US #15
#52Bessie41US #43
#53Lena41US #72
#54Catherine39US #21
#55Laura38US #57
#56Leona38US #76
#57Pearl38US #54
#58Alma37US #62
#59Gertrude37US #30
#60Vivian37US #84
#61Emma36US #35
#62Ellen35US #86
#63Marguerite35US #79
#64Beulah33US #80
#65Blanche33US #75
#66Kathryn33US #71
#67Violet33US #83
#68Ida31US #45
#69Lola31US #127
#70Ann30US #47
#71Jean29US #64
#72Jessie29US #65
#73Myrtle29US #50
#74Eleanor28US #39
#75Eunice28US #109
#76Freda27US #173
#77Betty25US #66
#78Charlotte25US #91
#79Inez25US #100
#80Naomi25US #132
#81Stella25US #73
#82Sarah24US #41
#83Alberta23US #106
#84Erma23US #141
#85Olive23US #131
#86Georgia22US #101
#87Geraldine22US #122
#88Hilda22US #104
#89Barbara21US #102
#90Ella21US #69
#91Lucile21US #129
#92Julia20US #44
#93Mable20US #125
#94Mae20US #74
#95Minnie20US #60
#96Winifred20US #162
#97Faye19
#98Geneva19US #116
#99Iva19US #179
#100Leota19

Boys

#1John281US #1
#2William238US #2
#3Robert188US #4
#4James187US #3
#5Charles182US #7
#6George161US #6
#7Harold144US #13
#8Frank110US #9
#9Ralph103US #23
#10Paul100US #14
#11Joseph97US #5
#12Raymond94US #18
#13Kenneth93US #33
#14Clarence86US #21
#15Edward80US #8
#16Carl79US #24
#17Harry77US #16
#18Richard77US #19
#19Earl71US #34
#20Howard71US #25
#21Lawrence70US #38
#22Walter69US #11
#23Albert65US #17
#24Donald62US #27
#25Eugene61US #41
#26Arthur60US #15
#27Henry60US #12
#28Thomas59US #10
#29Roy56US #31
#30Lloyd55US #70
#31Fred54US #26
#32Ernest51US #32
#33Elmer48US #47
#34Glenn47US #84
#35Floyd46US #59
#36Cecil41US #76
#37Everett40US #96
#38Edwin38US #54
#39Francis38US #35
#40Virgil38US #111
#41Jack37US #28
#42Louis37US #20
#43Melvin37US #71
#44Herbert36US #39
#45Clyde35US #65
#46Leo35US #49
#47Lester35US #58
#48Marion33US #112
#49Ray33US #77
#50Clifford32US #62
#51Lewis32US #68
#52Wayne31US #118
#53Dale30US #159
#54Joe30US #36
#55Leonard30US #45
#56Alfred29US #40
#57Norman29US #61
#58Vernon29US #90
#59Alvin28US #86
#60Chester28US #55
#61Leroy27US #66
#62Wilbur27US #92
#63Woodrow27US #46
#64David26US #29
#65Glen25US #139
#66Ivan25US #173
#67Russell25US #56
#68Gerald24US #87
#69Lyle24US #181
#70Theodore24US #52
#71Victor24US #81
#72Claude22US #89
#73Marvin22US #83
#74Willard22US #105
#75Harvey21US #91
#76Willis21US #142
#77Martin20US #75
#78Maurice20US #95
#79Merle20
#80Delbert19US #180
#81Frederick19US #51
#82Herman19US #50
#83Samuel19US #30
#84Andrew18US #44
#85Loren18
#86Oscar18US #73
#87Warren17US #107
#88Wesley17US #134
#89Arnold16US #99
#90Daniel16US #53
#91Leland16
#92Dean15
#93Don15US #177
#94Edgar15US #85
#95Homer15US #98
#96Jesse15US #74
#97Philip15US #69
#98Bernard14US #60
#99Lee14US #78
#100Leslie14US #108

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑54Juanita#40
↑47Louis#42
↑32Dale#53
↑29Kathryn#66
↑25Violet#67
↑24Theodore#70
↑22Katherine#47
↑22Ellen#62

Falling

↓33Maurice#78
↓32Myrtle#73
↓31Andrew#84
↓30Ella#90
↓30Leslie#100
↓28Erma#84
↓27Samuel#83
↓25Russell#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.