State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,931 Kansas births in 1913 across 513 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#71Merleoutside the national top 200
#87Elvaoutside the national top 200
#89Altaoutside the national top 200
#88Lyle#196 nationally
#94Nevaoutside the national top 200
#94Lorenoutside the national top 200
#60Fern#166 nationally
#96Eldonoutside the national top 200
#90Faye#194 nationally
#97Ivanoutside the national top 200
#98Lowelloutside the national top 200
#88Freda#185 nationally

Girls

#1Mary437US #1
#2Helen338US #2
#3Dorothy278US #3
#4Mildred252US #6
#5Margaret237US #4
#6Ruth217US #5
#7Alice147US #11
#8Frances133US #9
#9Hazel116US #27
#10Anna114US #7
#11Thelma108US #26
#12Elizabeth106US #8
#13Marie106US #10
#14Ruby101US #23
#15Esther100US #32
#16Irene100US #21
#17Evelyn94US #12
#18Lucille92US #31
#19Florence91US #13
#20Virginia88US #15
#21Edna87US #18
#22Wilma87US #92
#23Gladys85US #19
#24Ethel82US #20
#25Martha80US #28
#26Josephine75US #24
#27Vera74US #68
#28Louise71US #17
#29Doris70US #44
#30Opal69US #86
#31Edith67US #29
#32Lois67US #59
#33Pauline67US #35
#34Rose67US #14
#35Grace65US #25
#36Velma65US #89
#37Marjorie64US #48
#38Eva63US #50
#39Bernice62US #45
#40Clara61US #36
#41Maxine59US #119
#42Viola57US #52
#43Elsie55US #40
#44Vivian53US #83
#45Mabel52US #56
#46Katherine51US #54
#47Bertha50US #39
#48Eleanor50US #34
#49Lillian50US #16
#50Marguerite50US #78
#51Pearl50US #55
#52Gertrude49US #33
#53Juanita49US #95
#54Nellie49US #58
#55Agnes48US #41
#56Beulah47US #85
#57Catherine47US #22
#58Emma47US #38
#59Leona46US #74
#60Fern44US #166
#61Violet44US #82
#62Jessie43US #61
#63Alma39US #64
#64Bessie39US #47
#65Erma37US #140
#66Lena37US #73
#67Kathryn36US #66
#68Minnie36US #63
#69Julia35US #42
#70Lola35US #130
#71Ida34US #49
#72Myrtle33US #53
#73Olive33US #129
#74Laura32US #62
#75Sarah31US #43
#76Alberta29US #108
#77Inez29US #98
#78Blanche28US #76
#79Ella27US #70
#80Ellen27US #88
#81Sylvia27US #72
#82Eunice26US #107
#83Genevieve26US #84
#84Betty25US #67
#85Charlotte25US #87
#86Lucile25US #128
#87Elva24
#88Freda24US #185
#89Alta23
#90Faye23US #194
#91Geneva23US #120
#92Stella23US #69
#93Dora22US #109
#94Neva22
#95Ada21US #104
#96Geraldine21US #121
#97Hilda21US #105
#98Jane21US #81
#99Mae21US #79
#100Roberta21US #155

Boys

#1John354US #1
#2William288US #2
#3Charles257US #7
#4James233US #3
#5Robert206US #4
#6George204US #6
#7Harold175US #13
#8Kenneth141US #33
#9Paul124US #14
#10Frank123US #9
#11Raymond116US #18
#12Ralph115US #22
#13Joseph103US #5
#14Clarence95US #21
#15Donald95US #25
#16Edward95US #8
#17Walter93US #11
#18Roy88US #32
#19Albert86US #16
#20Lawrence85US #35
#21Carl83US #23
#22Harry81US #15
#23Henry81US #12
#24Howard79US #26
#25Thomas77US #10
#26Glenn75US #85
#27Richard73US #19
#28Earl71US #31
#29Arthur70US #17
#30Ernest59US #34
#31Fred58US #27
#32Leonard58US #46
#33Wayne56US #113
#34Floyd54US #58
#35Francis54US #30
#36Leo53US #48
#37Lester53US #59
#38Lloyd53US #67
#39Russell52US #50
#40Eugene50US #43
#41Joe50US #37
#42Woodrow50US #44
#43Cecil49US #74
#44Louis48US #20
#45Chester47US #56
#46Virgil47US #107
#47Elmer46US #45
#48Gerald43US #84
#49Melvin42US #61
#50Jack41US #28
#51Alfred40US #42
#52Lee40US #78
#53Clifford39US #68
#54Edwin38US #55
#55Herbert38US #39
#56Herman38US #53
#57Claude37US #88
#58Everett37US #97
#59Ray37US #73
#60David36US #29
#61Samuel36US #36
#62Dale35US #155
#63Lewis34US #72
#64Maurice34US #95
#65Orville34US #120
#66Glen33US #129
#67Vernon32US #83
#68Homer31US #96
#69Clyde30US #64
#70Wilbur30US #91
#71Merle29
#72Victor29US #80
#73Alvin28US #82
#74Marion28US #111
#75Andrew27US #47
#76Bernard27US #52
#77Marvin27US #77
#78Leroy26US #63
#79Norman26US #57
#80Willard26US #99
#81Gilbert25US #103
#82Martin25US #75
#83Max25US #101
#84Arnold24US #92
#85Leslie23US #105
#86Daniel22US #54
#87Jesse22US #79
#88Lyle22US #196
#89Edgar21US #87
#90Frederick21US #49
#91Milton21US #71
#92Don20US #176
#93Harvey20US #93
#94Loren20
#95Theodore20US #60
#96Eldon17
#97Ivan17
#98Lowell17
#99Wallace17US #126
#100Delbert16US #184

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑47Lee#52
↑28Russell#39
↑27Minnie#68
↑27Homer#68
↑26Eleanor#48
↑26Herman#56
↑23Julia#69
↑23Leonard#32

Falling

↓31Ivan#97
↓26Marion#74
↓25Theodore#95
↓24Clyde#69
↓22Norman#79
↓21Everett#58
↓20Velma#36
↓20Delbert#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.