State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,979 Kansas births in 1916 across 698 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#76Deanoutside the national top 200
#81Eldonoutside the national top 200
#80Merle#191 nationally
#93Lorenoutside the national top 200
#52Fern#152 nationally
#91Forrest#183 nationally
#78Ivan#165 nationally
#92Lorene#177 nationally
#17Maxine#96 nationally
#42Dale#121 nationally
#69Erma#145 nationally
#87Don#160 nationally

Girls

#1Mary757US #1
#2Helen571US #2
#3Dorothy549US #3
#4Ruth399US #5
#5Margaret377US #4
#6Mildred348US #6
#7Frances249US #9
#8Virginia220US #10
#9Alice209US #13
#10Elizabeth183US #8
#11Evelyn178US #11
#12Anna174US #7
#13Irene171US #17
#14Hazel169US #31
#15Marjorie168US #37
#16Edna164US #19
#17Maxine163US #96
#18Esther161US #34
#19Marie161US #12
#20Doris159US #32
#21Lucille157US #30
#22Ruby151US #23
#23Wilma150US #82
#24Lois147US #43
#25Thelma142US #29
#26Florence139US #14
#27Pauline133US #33
#28Martha127US #24
#29Edith118US #28
#30Gladys114US #22
#31Opal113US #91
#32Elsie111US #48
#33Ethel111US #25
#34Josephine111US #21
#35Velma107US #99
#36Vera104US #66
#37Leona103US #75
#38Betty95US #44
#39Grace92US #26
#40Bernice91US #42
#41Clara90US #39
#42Louise90US #18
#43Juanita83US #90
#44Viola79US #59
#45Agnes78US #50
#46Beulah78US #97
#47Catherine77US #20
#48Rose76US #15
#49Eleanor75US #27
#50Emma75US #41
#51Katherine75US #51
#52Fern70US #152
#53Lillian70US #16
#54Nellie70US #61
#55June67US #86
#56Eva66US #55
#57Vivian66US #77
#58Alma64US #70
#59Pearl63US #57
#60Bertha62US #49
#61Mabel62US #65
#62Charlotte61US #80
#63Jessie61US #68
#64Barbara58US #74
#65Kathryn57US #60
#66Marguerite56US #78
#67Gertrude55US #35
#68Laura54US #64
#69Erma53US #145
#70Ida52US #54
#71Violet52US #83
#72Phyllis51US #95
#73Geraldine50US #94
#74Bessie49US #56
#75Ellen49US #87
#76Blanche48US #89
#77Jean48US #45
#78Marian48US #72
#79Julia47US #46
#80Alberta46US #123
#81Minnie45US #71
#82Naomi45US #130
#83Myrtle44US #58
#84Roberta44US #155
#85Georgia43US #108
#86Norma43US #111
#87Beatrice42US #38
#88Lola42US #147
#89Ada41US #117
#90Jane40US #62
#91Genevieve39US #76
#92Lorene39US #177
#93Ann37US #40
#94Della37US #165
#95Olive37US #132
#96Dora36US #124
#97Sarah36US #52
#98Geneva35US #112
#99Loretta35US #113
#100Audrey34US #119

Boys

#1John590US #1
#2William485US #2
#3Charles483US #6
#4Robert446US #4
#5James382US #3
#6Harold314US #13
#7George309US #7
#8Paul217US #12
#9Joseph205US #5
#10Donald201US #20
#11Kenneth197US #27
#12Ralph191US #21
#13Edward189US #8
#14Raymond188US #16
#15Richard181US #15
#16Walter170US #11
#17Clarence166US #24
#18Frank163US #9
#19Harry152US #19
#20Lawrence151US #38
#21Carl142US #23
#22Howard139US #25
#23Arthur137US #18
#24Albert129US #17
#25Earl125US #32
#26Jack120US #26
#27Roy115US #33
#28Henry111US #14
#29Thomas110US #10
#30Francis109US #31
#31Elmer107US #45
#32Ernest103US #36
#33Eugene99US #39
#34Joe99US #35
#35Floyd98US #60
#36Lloyd98US #58
#37Fred96US #29
#38Glenn94US #84
#39Leo93US #47
#40Melvin93US #57
#41Wayne88US #98
#42Dale84US #121
#43Louis82US #22
#44Leonard81US #42
#45Victor81US #78
#46Chester79US #54
#47Clifford78US #61
#48Vernon76US #75
#49Marvin75US #66
#50David72US #28
#51Herbert70US #40
#52Alfred69US #43
#53Gerald69US #76
#54Virgil66US #104
#55Herman65US #56
#56Lester63US #59
#57Cecil61US #80
#58Lewis61US #71
#59Clyde60US #62
#60Everett60US #91
#61Max60US #105
#62Alvin59US #82
#63Edwin58US #53
#64Glen58US #122
#65Wilbur57US #94
#66Samuel55US #41
#67Willard53US #69
#68Norman52US #48
#69Bernard50US #49
#70Lee50US #83
#71Leroy48US #63
#72Ray48US #73
#73Orville47US #131
#74Russell47US #51
#75Marion46US #110
#76Dean45
#77Jesse44US #77
#78Ivan43US #165
#79Claude42US #93
#80Merle41US #191
#81Eldon40
#82Frederick40US #52
#83Homer40US #103
#84Theodore40US #65
#85Warren40US #102
#86Allen38US #101
#87Don37US #160
#88Leslie37US #112
#89Arnold36US #89
#90Maurice36US #100
#91Forrest35US #183
#92Gilbert33US #106
#93Loren33
#94Lyle33US #153
#95Harvey31US #92
#96Wesley31US #135
#97Martin30US #81
#98Edgar29US #88
#99Stanley29US #34
#100Gordon28US #90

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑25Phyllis#72
↑23Betty#38
↑20Herman#55
↑19Jessie#63
↑19Alberta#80
↑18Herbert#51
↑17Bessie#74
↑16Catherine#47

Falling

↓37Genevieve#91
↓27Willard#67
↓21Ann#93
↓18Gerald#53
↓16Ray#72
↓16Edgar#98
↓14Leonard#44
↓14Cecil#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.