State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,676 Kansas births in 1918 across 742 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#42Fern#164 nationally
#69Dean#189 nationally
#81Lorenoutside the national top 200
#90Nadineoutside the national top 200
#94Eldonoutside the national top 200
#70Merle#170 nationally
#96Freda#192 nationally
#84Ivan#177 nationally
#100Gene#192 nationally
#55Lola#146 nationally
#99Leland#187 nationally
#72Erma#153 nationally

Girls

#1Mary884US #1
#2Helen588US #2
#3Dorothy549US #3
#4Margaret443US #4
#5Ruth396US #5
#6Mildred321US #6
#7Virginia290US #7
#8Frances267US #8
#9Evelyn223US #11
#10Marjorie218US #34
#11Maxine214US #87
#12Betty207US #21
#13Lois181US #42
#14Doris179US #19
#15Alice175US #13
#16Thelma169US #32
#17Anna168US #10
#18Elizabeth160US #9
#19Marie154US #12
#20Hazel153US #33
#21Wilma148US #82
#22Irene146US #16
#23Ruby146US #27
#24Esther144US #38
#25Gladys144US #22
#26Pauline133US #35
#27Edith127US #30
#28Lucille124US #29
#29Florence123US #14
#30Edna121US #23
#31Louise119US #18
#32Vera117US #68
#33Josephine116US #24
#34Ethel115US #28
#35Martha114US #25
#36Opal109US #94
#37Velma104US #103
#38Eva95US #55
#39Juanita93US #85
#40Viola92US #59
#41Grace91US #31
#42Fern89US #164
#43Clara87US #43
#44Elsie87US #49
#45Leona84US #79
#46Bernice83US #41
#47Kathryn83US #63
#48Jean81US #37
#49Marguerite80US #86
#50Vivian79US #72
#51Geraldine78US #77
#52Rose75US #17
#53Barbara74US #60
#54Eleanor74US #26
#55Lola74US #146
#56Catherine73US #20
#57Gertrude73US #39
#58Lillian73US #15
#59Pearl71US #56
#60Laura70US #64
#61Agnes69US #47
#62Nellie69US #65
#63Bertha67US #51
#64Norma65US #98
#65June62US #66
#66Ida61US #57
#67Ellen58US #92
#68Katherine57US #50
#69Georgia56US #107
#70Myrtle56US #62
#71Phyllis56US #80
#72Erma55US #153
#73Genevieve55US #81
#74Wanda55US #128
#75Ella54US #84
#76Alma52US #73
#77Julia52US #48
#78Winifred52US #145
#79Bessie51US #61
#80Charlotte51US #78
#81Emma51US #46
#82Mabel51US #74
#83Roberta51US #142
#84Beulah50US #104
#85Jessie50US #75
#86Eunice49US #111
#87Sarah46US #52
#88Lorraine45US #69
#89Marian45US #76
#90Nadine45
#91Naomi45US #140
#92Alberta44US #122
#93Violet43US #83
#94Loretta42US #116
#95Jane41US #53
#96Freda40US #192
#97Lorene40US #173
#98Eileen39US #110
#99Olive39US #143
#100Bonnie38US #178

Boys

#1John662US #1
#2Robert622US #4
#3William535US #2
#4Charles446US #5
#5James439US #3
#6George387US #6
#7Harold303US #13
#8Donald252US #18
#9Raymond237US #15
#10Paul219US #14
#11Kenneth210US #27
#12Edward201US #8
#13Ralph198US #22
#14Richard195US #12
#15Jack192US #21
#16Frank184US #9
#17Clarence181US #23
#18Joseph175US #7
#19Lawrence174US #38
#20Carl159US #25
#21Albert154US #19
#22Walter152US #11
#23Harry143US #20
#24Lloyd142US #51
#25Arthur139US #17
#26Roy139US #32
#27Francis127US #30
#28Fred127US #33
#29Earl123US #31
#30Melvin121US #56
#31Thomas119US #10
#32Leonard117US #41
#33Elmer116US #44
#34Howard116US #26
#35Wayne110US #91
#36Eugene109US #35
#37Ernest108US #37
#38Henry108US #16
#39Glenn101US #84
#40Gerald100US #72
#41Floyd99US #61
#42Joe99US #34
#43Leo99US #48
#44Dale94US #111
#45Clifford93US #60
#46Leroy93US #57
#47Marvin90US #68
#48Chester87US #54
#49Vernon86US #66
#50Virgil86US #99
#51Lester84US #62
#52Edwin83US #55
#53Clyde79US #67
#54Alvin75US #80
#55Louis75US #24
#56Alfred72US #42
#57Cecil72US #82
#58David72US #28
#59Everett72US #93
#60Bernard70US #47
#61Russell67US #50
#62Wilbur66US #97
#63Warren63US #90
#64Max60US #106
#65Glen59US #125
#66Victor58US #63
#67Herbert57US #40
#68Ray57US #69
#69Dean56US #189
#70Merle54US #170
#71Lewis53US #74
#72Norman52US #49
#73Marion50US #107
#74Orville50US #134
#75Willard49US #83
#76Lee48US #86
#77Lyle48US #145
#78Jesse47US #78
#79Theodore47US #64
#80Harvey42US #88
#81Loren42
#82Homer41US #100
#83Leslie41US #102
#84Ivan40US #177
#85Maurice40US #103
#86Willis40US #141
#87Claude39US #95
#88Frederick38US #59
#89Edgar37US #89
#90Daniel35US #52
#91Delbert34US #164
#92Arnold33US #92
#93Don33US #153
#94Eldon33
#95Gordon33US #85
#96Oscar33US #87
#97Philip33US #71
#98Allen32US #98
#99Leland32US #187
#100Gene31US #192

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑27Norma#64
↑25Ellen#67
↑20Wanda#74
↑19Rose#52
↑19Lola#55
↑16Betty#12
↑16Victor#66
↑15Roberta#83

Falling

↓27Emma#81
↓21Ray#68
↓21Ivan#84
↓20Alberta#92
↓19Winifred#78
↓19Mabel#82
↓19Leland#99
↓17Agnes#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.