State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,656 Kansas births in 1917 across 718 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#77Lorenoutside the national top 200
#83Deanoutside the national top 200
#80Leland#191 nationally
#70Merle#178 nationally
#56Fern#162 nationally
#63Ivan#168 nationally
#100Nevaoutside the national top 200
#100Rexoutside the national top 200
#88Lorene#181 nationally
#65Erma#148 nationally
#38Dale#120 nationally
#59Winifred#141 nationally

Girls

#1Mary855US #1
#2Helen566US #2
#3Dorothy526US #3
#4Margaret392US #4
#5Ruth366US #5
#6Mildred336US #6
#7Virginia272US #10
#8Frances219US #9
#9Alice181US #13
#10Marjorie181US #36
#11Evelyn179US #11
#12Elizabeth173US #8
#13Maxine171US #93
#14Pauline169US #33
#15Wilma169US #82
#16Anna167US #7
#17Doris165US #25
#18Esther160US #38
#19Lois157US #43
#20Lucille154US #29
#21Hazel150US #31
#22Gladys147US #23
#23Marie141US #12
#24Thelma139US #32
#25Edna138US #20
#26Florence138US #14
#27Ruby137US #27
#28Betty134US #34
#29Opal123US #95
#30Edith122US #28
#31Irene119US #17
#32Martha112US #22
#33Velma109US #99
#34Ethel101US #24
#35Leona101US #80
#36Louise100US #19
#37Josephine98US #21
#38Vera98US #66
#39Grace97US #30
#40Bernice94US #42
#41Viola92US #59
#42Elsie88US #50
#43Lillian81US #15
#44Agnes80US #48
#45Juanita78US #87
#46Clara77US #41
#47Bertha76US #51
#48Kathryn76US #60
#49Gertrude72US #37
#50Eleanor71US #26
#51Eva71US #54
#52Geraldine70US #89
#53Marguerite69US #78
#54Emma68US #46
#55Jean67US #40
#56Fern65US #162
#57Nellie65US #64
#58Vivian63US #79
#59Winifred63US #141
#60Laura62US #65
#61June60US #73
#62Catherine59US #18
#63Mabel59US #68
#64Barbara57US #67
#65Erma56US #148
#66Myrtle56US #58
#67Pearl56US #57
#68Georgia54US #105
#69Beulah53US #102
#70Katherine53US #49
#71Rose53US #16
#72Alberta52US #122
#73Charlotte52US #76
#74Lola52US #143
#75Bessie51US #61
#76Verna51US #124
#77Alma50US #71
#78Ida50US #56
#79Genevieve49US #77
#80Marian49US #74
#81Violet49US #84
#82Ann48US #44
#83Ella48US #83
#84Minnie47US #75
#85Phyllis47US #92
#86Julia44US #47
#87Lena44US #85
#88Lorene44US #181
#89Jessie42US #70
#90Eunice41US #111
#91Norma41US #108
#92Ellen40US #90
#93Sarah40US #52
#94Wanda40US #140
#95Naomi39US #133
#96Olive39US #138
#97Blanche38US #91
#98Roberta36US #149
#99Mable35US #144
#100Neva35

Boys

#1John598US #1
#2William548US #2
#3Robert544US #4
#4James469US #3
#5Charles411US #7
#6George324US #6
#7Harold320US #12
#8Paul259US #13
#9Raymond208US #16
#10Kenneth199US #27
#11Donald195US #20
#12Frank193US #9
#13Joseph188US #5
#14Richard181US #14
#15Edward177US #8
#16Ralph176US #21
#17Carl155US #24
#18Clarence155US #25
#19Walter154US #11
#20Lawrence146US #36
#21Roy140US #33
#22Howard139US #26
#23Jack137US #22
#24Harry133US #19
#25Albert132US #18
#26Earl132US #32
#27Arthur126US #17
#28Lloyd120US #53
#29Thomas117US #10
#30Elmer115US #45
#31Melvin107US #57
#32Francis106US #30
#33Ernest101US #37
#34Henry101US #15
#35Clifford100US #59
#36Floyd99US #62
#37Eugene98US #39
#38Dale97US #120
#39Fred97US #29
#40Leonard96US #41
#41Glenn94US #86
#42Marvin91US #68
#43Virgil91US #103
#44Gerald89US #69
#45Joe88US #35
#46Wayne83US #96
#47Ray82US #74
#48David80US #28
#49Vernon79US #71
#50Leo77US #47
#51Herbert75US #40
#52Alvin74US #81
#53Alfred73US #43
#54Chester72US #56
#55Leroy72US #60
#56Wilbur71US #92
#57Max69US #104
#58Cecil66US #83
#59Edwin64US #55
#60Marion64US #108
#61Everett63US #94
#62Glen63US #122
#63Ivan59US #168
#64Louis59US #23
#65Warren57US #93
#66Lester53US #61
#67Bernard50US #49
#68Clyde50US #64
#69Lewis50US #70
#70Merle50US #178
#71Herman49US #58
#72Norman49US #46
#73Orville48US #134
#74Russell46US #52
#75Lee44US #85
#76Harvey43US #90
#77Loren42
#78Samuel42US #42
#79Claude41US #98
#80Leland41US #191
#81Lyle41US #153
#82Victor41US #78
#83Dean39
#84Jesse39US #79
#85Martin39US #77
#86Maurice39US #101
#87Homer38US #102
#88Theodore38US #63
#89Willard38US #80
#90Willis36US #140
#91Milton35US #75
#92Edgar34US #88
#93Frederick34US #51
#94Leslie34US #107
#95Gilbert33US #105
#96Arnold32US #91
#97Delbert32US #162
#98Vincent32US #65
#99Philip31US #66
#100Rex31

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑25Ray#47
↑22Jean#55
↑21Geraldine#52
↑20Warren#65
↑19Harvey#76
↑18Gertrude#49
↑17Kathryn#48
↑17Myrtle#66

Falling

↓37Victor#82
↓26Jessie#89
↓23Beulah#69
↓23Rose#71
↓22Willard#89
↓21Blanche#97
↓21Louis#64
↓19Katherine#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.