State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,740 Kansas births in 1914 across 539 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#76Merleoutside the national top 200
#50Fern#172 nationally
#79Lorenoutside the national top 200
#84Deanoutside the national top 200
#92Lelaoutside the national top 200
#88Ivan#193 nationally
#38Dale#142 nationally
#100Dwightoutside the national top 200
#93Lorene#185 nationally
#85Don#173 nationally
#27Maxine#114 nationally
#97Forrest#176 nationally

Girls

#1Mary527US #1
#2Helen337US #2
#3Dorothy315US #3
#4Margaret242US #4
#5Mildred231US #7
#6Ruth229US #5
#7Frances142US #9
#8Anna128US #6
#9Thelma120US #26
#10Marie116US #10
#11Irene113US #22
#12Elizabeth112US #8
#13Ruby111US #24
#14Evelyn110US #11
#15Esther107US #35
#16Hazel107US #29
#17Florence105US #13
#18Lois105US #51
#19Edna103US #19
#20Wilma100US #95
#21Alice97US #12
#22Virginia97US #14
#23Gladys94US #20
#24Marjorie94US #45
#25Pauline94US #34
#26Louise91US #17
#27Maxine91US #114
#28Ethel87US #21
#29Lucille80US #30
#30Vera77US #68
#31Velma76US #92
#32Clara73US #37
#33Grace73US #25
#34Martha67US #27
#35Doris66US #36
#36Edith66US #31
#37Opal64US #89
#38Viola61US #57
#39Bertha60US #41
#40Josephine59US #23
#41Marguerite59US #84
#42Bernice58US #43
#43Katherine58US #48
#44Leona57US #79
#45Elsie56US #46
#46Mabel56US #58
#47Gertrude54US #32
#48Juanita54US #94
#49Alma50US #69
#50Fern49US #172
#51Eleanor48US #28
#52Rose48US #15
#53Vivian48US #81
#54Eva47US #52
#55Lillian47US #16
#56Nellie47US #61
#57Agnes44US #44
#58Pearl44US #56
#59Kathryn43US #63
#60Emma42US #39
#61Violet42US #83
#62Laura41US #59
#63Catherine39US #18
#64Geneva39US #118
#65Julia38US #42
#66Eunice36US #109
#67Minnie36US #67
#68Betty35US #62
#69Myrtle35US #60
#70Ella34US #72
#71Genevieve34US #76
#72Alberta32US #119
#73Erma32US #147
#74Marian32US #90
#75Bessie31US #55
#76Beulah31US #96
#77Blanche31US #80
#78Ellen31US #86
#79Inez31US #101
#80Lucile31US #129
#81Georgia30US #107
#82Jessie30US #64
#83Lola30US #144
#84June29US #132
#85Ann28US #40
#86Ada27US #106
#87Lena27US #75
#88Barbara26US #82
#89Geraldine26US #123
#90Stella26US #65
#91Verna26US #125
#92Lela25
#93Lorene25US #185
#94Naomi25US #134
#95Wanda25US #164
#96Dora24US #121
#97Hilda24US #103
#98Ida24US #49
#99Jean24US #54
#100Sarah24US #47

Boys

#1John440US #1
#2William381US #2
#3Charles293US #7
#4Robert257US #4
#5James242US #3
#6George225US #6
#7Harold212US #14
#8Kenneth169US #30
#9Paul157US #13
#10Frank146US #9
#11Donald128US #23
#12Joseph126US #5
#13Raymond125US #16
#14Edward118US #8
#15Albert114US #15
#16Clarence112US #22
#17Walter111US #10
#18Ralph106US #21
#19Howard103US #26
#20Harry100US #19
#21Roy99US #32
#22Carl97US #24
#23Lawrence97US #35
#24Arthur91US #18
#25Earl90US #33
#26Thomas89US #11
#27Henry88US #12
#28Richard87US #17
#29Francis74US #31
#30Ernest70US #38
#31Eugene67US #43
#32Fred66US #28
#33Elmer64US #46
#34Floyd63US #58
#35Lloyd63US #66
#36Clifford62US #62
#37Jack62US #27
#38Dale61US #142
#39Leonard58US #45
#40Louis57US #20
#41Leo56US #47
#42Gerald54US #81
#43Russell53US #49
#44Vernon53US #83
#45David50US #29
#46Glenn50US #91
#47Joe49US #34
#48Cecil48US #79
#49Glen48US #123
#50Lester48US #57
#51Alfred47US #41
#52Virgil47US #107
#53Wayne47US #111
#54Wilbur46US #96
#55Melvin45US #59
#56Clyde43US #63
#57Chester42US #56
#58Orville42US #133
#59Marvin40US #75
#60Ray39US #74
#61Herbert38US #42
#62Lewis38US #72
#63Edwin37US #53
#64Marion36US #115
#65Everett34US #90
#66Martin34US #73
#67Alvin33US #78
#68Bernard33US #50
#69Maurice33US #94
#70Willard32US #92
#71Samuel30US #36
#72Leroy29US #60
#73Claude27US #93
#74Lee27US #84
#75Max27US #99
#76Merle27
#77Norman27US #54
#78Victor27US #76
#79Loren26
#80Herman25US #51
#81Homer25US #101
#82Milton25US #69
#83Anthony24US #37
#84Dean24
#85Don24US #173
#86Edgar24US #87
#87Gilbert24US #104
#88Ivan24US #193
#89Philip24US #68
#90Harvey23US #95
#91Frederick22US #52
#92Leslie22US #103
#93Stanley22US #39
#94Theodore22US #64
#95Vincent22US #61
#96Arnold21US #97
#97Forrest21US #176
#98Gordon21US #88
#99Oliver21US #122
#100Dwight20

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑27Geneva#64
↑24Dale#38
↑23Vernon#44
↑18Marvin#59
↑17Clifford#36
↑17Glen#49
↑16Eunice#66
↑16Betty#68

Falling

↓27Ida#98
↓25Sarah#100
↓24Herman#80
↓22Lee#74
↓21Lena#87
↓20Beulah#76
↓20Jessie#82
↓20Glenn#46

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.