State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 25,863 Kansas births in 1915 across 670 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#84Deanoutside the national top 200
#88Lorenoutside the national top 200
#78Merle#186 nationally
#51Fern#157 nationally
#96Nevaoutside the national top 200
#79Forrest#176 nationally
#94Cleo#184 nationally
#87Ivan#173 nationally
#96Delbert#179 nationally
#19Maxine#98 nationally
#81Lyle#159 nationally
#95Goldie#172 nationally

Girls

#1Mary671US #1
#2Dorothy458US #3
#3Helen455US #2
#4Ruth371US #5
#5Margaret330US #4
#6Mildred306US #6
#7Frances235US #9
#8Evelyn188US #10
#9Virginia183US #12
#10Hazel170US #26
#11Alice169US #13
#12Lois159US #47
#13Anna158US #7
#14Esther152US #33
#15Doris150US #34
#16Edna150US #20
#17Wilma149US #80
#18Irene140US #17
#19Maxine139US #98
#20Marie136US #11
#21Ruby135US #24
#22Florence134US #14
#23Thelma134US #30
#24Pauline133US #32
#25Elizabeth132US #8
#26Edith129US #31
#27Marjorie120US #39
#28Martha120US #25
#29Lucille116US #29
#30Opal115US #90
#31Louise111US #18
#32Gladys110US #21
#33Ethel109US #23
#34Velma105US #94
#35Bernice97US #42
#36Vera92US #65
#37Josephine90US #22
#38Grace87US #27
#39Viola87US #59
#40Juanita83US #92
#41Eleanor81US #28
#42Elsie81US #41
#43Clara80US #38
#44Eva80US #55
#45Rose77US #16
#46Leona74US #74
#47Agnes73US #45
#48Vivian72US #78
#49Nellie71US #63
#50Pearl70US #56
#51Fern69US #157
#52Lillian69US #15
#53Mabel68US #62
#54Genevieve66US #76
#55Gertrude66US #35
#56Alma64US #70
#57Beulah64US #95
#58Kathryn64US #60
#59Marguerite64US #85
#60Emma63US #40
#61Betty62US #53
#62Katherine61US #49
#63Catherine60US #19
#64Geraldine57US #108
#65Laura55US #61
#66Bertha54US #46
#67Violet54US #82
#68June52US #96
#69Naomi52US #128
#70Blanche51US #87
#71Myrtle51US #58
#72Ann50US #43
#73Ellen50US #88
#74Charlotte48US #81
#75Georgia48US #111
#76Ida46US #54
#77Lola45US #136
#78Beatrice44US #37
#79Erma44US #139
#80Eunice44US #109
#81Ella43US #75
#82Jessie42US #66
#83Lena42US #77
#84Jean41US #48
#85Julia40US #44
#86Verna39US #126
#87Minnie37US #68
#88Sarah36US #51
#89Geneva35US #110
#90Marian35US #86
#91Bessie33US #57
#92Harriet33US #112
#93Loretta33US #115
#94Cleo32US #184
#95Goldie32US #172
#96Neva32
#97Phyllis32US #100
#98Sylvia32US #67
#99Alberta31US #120
#100Lucile31US #135

Boys

#1John593US #1
#2William500US #2
#3Charles424US #7
#4Robert381US #4
#5James375US #3
#6George298US #6
#7Harold283US #12
#8Paul221US #13
#9Kenneth202US #28
#10Donald190US #20
#11Frank185US #9
#12Joseph175US #5
#13Ralph174US #21
#14Richard165US #15
#15Raymond162US #16
#16Howard161US #25
#17Arthur157US #18
#18Carl155US #22
#19Walter155US #11
#20Edward148US #8
#21Lawrence141US #37
#22Clarence138US #24
#23Henry133US #14
#24Albert130US #17
#25Harry122US #19
#26Eugene116US #41
#27Jack112US #27
#28Roy112US #32
#29Earl108US #33
#30Leonard98US #44
#31Francis97US #29
#32Floyd91US #59
#33Lloyd90US #62
#34Glenn89US #87
#35Gerald88US #78
#36Leo88US #47
#37Ernest85US #35
#38Fred85US #26
#39Thomas83US #10
#40Willard82US #58
#41Virgil80US #108
#42Chester79US #54
#43Cecil78US #76
#44Elmer78US #45
#45Melvin78US #60
#46Wayne77US #97
#47Lester76US #57
#48Joe74US #38
#49Louis73US #23
#50Marvin72US #72
#51David71US #31
#52Clifford70US #61
#53Dale65US #125
#54Edwin65US #53
#55Everett64US #89
#56Ray63US #67
#57Clyde62US #63
#58Glen60US #123
#59Max58US #102
#60Victor58US #74
#61Wilbur58US #92
#62Alfred56US #42
#63Vernon55US #80
#64Alvin52US #81
#65Lee50US #84
#66Leroy50US #66
#67Lewis50US #70
#68Bernard49US #48
#69Herbert49US #40
#70Marion48US #112
#71Samuel48US #39
#72Norman45US #50
#73Orville45US #127
#74Claude44US #96
#75Herman44US #56
#76Jesse44US #77
#77Russell43US #51
#78Merle41US #186
#79Forrest39US #176
#80Homer39US #98
#81Lyle39US #159
#82Edgar37US #85
#83Warren37US #105
#84Dean36
#85Martin36US #79
#86Leslie34US #106
#87Ivan33US #173
#88Loren32
#89Benjamin31US #71
#90Stanley31US #34
#91Andrew30US #46
#92Leon30US #82
#93Maurice30US #101
#94Philip30US #69
#95Arnold29US #91
#96Delbert29US #179
#97Frederick29US #52
#98Willis29US #137
#99Daniel28US #55
#100Gilbert28US #100

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑30Willard#40
↑25Geraldine#64
↑25Naomi#69
↑22Ida#76
↑20Doris#15
↑19Beulah#57
↑18Victor#60
↑18Forrest#79

Falling

↓34Russell#77
↓27Bertha#66
↓27Alberta#99
↓25Geneva#89
↓24Maurice#93
↓20Julia#85
↓20Minnie#87
↓20Lucile#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.