State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,449 Kansas births in 1919 across 731 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#72Eldonoutside the national top 200
#52Fern#176 nationally
#84Nadineoutside the national top 200
#86Lorenoutside the national top 200
#76Dean#181 nationally
#78Ivan#183 nationally
#90Keith#194 nationally
#93Merle#182 nationally
#28Dale#112 nationally
#87Lorene#168 nationally
#11Maxine#85 nationally
#71Roberta#144 nationally

Girls

#1Mary829US #1
#2Dorothy585US #3
#3Helen566US #2
#4Ruth403US #5
#5Margaret382US #4
#6Mildred321US #6
#7Virginia300US #7
#8Marjorie256US #33
#9Betty245US #15
#10Frances244US #9
#11Maxine211US #85
#12Evelyn203US #11
#13Doris196US #18
#14Anna184US #10
#15Irene180US #16
#16Lois173US #40
#17Alice168US #13
#18Elizabeth162US #8
#19Wilma162US #86
#20Marie161US #12
#21Pauline153US #36
#22Hazel152US #32
#23Edna147US #22
#24Esther146US #38
#25Ruby144US #24
#26Lucille140US #27
#27Thelma136US #31
#28Florence135US #14
#29Gladys122US #21
#30Edith117US #29
#31Martha117US #25
#32Vera115US #65
#33Josephine111US #26
#34Juanita104US #73
#35Ethel101US #28
#36Opal98US #98
#37Velma95US #104
#38Geraldine87US #68
#39Elsie85US #47
#40June85US #64
#41Grace83US #34
#42Viola82US #58
#43Vivian82US #72
#44Clara81US #43
#45Louise79US #20
#46Alma78US #76
#47Leona78US #90
#48Rose77US #19
#49Bernice76US #42
#50Marguerite72US #96
#51Gertrude71US #39
#52Fern68US #176
#53Eleanor67US #30
#54Eva67US #55
#55Catherine66US #23
#56Lillian66US #17
#57Agnes65US #50
#58Norma65US #83
#59Phyllis65US #84
#60Violet65US #74
#61Jean61US #37
#62Myrtle61US #67
#63Bertha60US #52
#64Kathryn59US #66
#65Katherine58US #51
#66Mabel58US #78
#67Wanda58US #128
#68Emma57US #45
#69Genevieve57US #88
#70Lola56US #142
#71Roberta56US #144
#72Beulah55US #108
#73Nellie55US #69
#74Jessie53US #75
#75Laura52US #71
#76Pearl52US #56
#77Barbara51US #60
#78Bessie51US #59
#79Ellen51US #92
#80Charlotte49US #79
#81Georgia48US #106
#82Julia48US #48
#83Eileen47US #103
#84Nadine47
#85Sarah46US #46
#86Verna46US #131
#87Lorene44US #168
#88Olive43US #149
#89Ella42US #87
#90Minnie42US #80
#91Bonnie40US #163
#92Jane40US #53
#93Lena40US #94
#94Shirley40US #89
#95Erma39US #147
#96Winifred39US #164
#97Alberta38US #120
#98Eunice38US #119
#99Loretta38US #118
#100Lucile37US #152

Boys

#1John612US #1
#2Robert597US #4
#3William535US #2
#4James451US #3
#5Charles428US #5
#6George319US #6
#7Harold311US #13
#8Donald246US #17
#9Kenneth246US #26
#10Paul236US #15
#11Raymond210US #14
#12Ralph209US #22
#13Richard193US #12
#14Jack192US #21
#15Edward187US #8
#16Frank182US #9
#17Joseph168US #7
#18Arthur149US #19
#19Clarence148US #25
#20Walter147US #11
#21Harry146US #20
#22Albert145US #18
#23Carl137US #29
#24Lawrence130US #38
#25Eugene124US #33
#26Earl122US #31
#27Henry119US #16
#28Dale118US #112
#29Howard118US #24
#30Thomas118US #10
#31Leonard116US #39
#32Lloyd114US #58
#33Roy114US #32
#34Glenn112US #84
#35Francis107US #34
#36Leo105US #49
#37Wayne105US #90
#38Floyd102US #59
#39Marvin96US #63
#40Joe90US #35
#41Virgil89US #103
#42Elmer86US #44
#43Ernest86US #36
#44Fred83US #30
#45Melvin83US #56
#46Leroy81US #55
#47Gerald80US #70
#48Clifford79US #60
#49Vernon79US #65
#50Herbert78US #40
#51Clyde77US #67
#52Louis74US #28
#53David73US #27
#54Wilbur73US #98
#55Alfred72US #42
#56Victor72US #68
#57Chester68US #53
#58Max67US #110
#59Lester66US #62
#60Alvin65US #76
#61Edwin63US #52
#62Warren62US #83
#63Cecil60US #78
#64Glen60US #116
#65Bernard59US #45
#66Marion59US #106
#67Ray58US #69
#68Everett57US #93
#69Norman55US #48
#70Lee53US #82
#71Willard49US #87
#72Eldon47
#73Herman47US #61
#74Russell47US #50
#75Lewis46US #74
#76Dean44US #181
#77Homer44US #104
#78Ivan44US #183
#79Orville42US #133
#80Claude41US #92
#81Frederick41US #64
#82Lyle41US #153
#83Theodore40US #54
#84Milton39US #73
#85Delbert38US #157
#86Loren38
#87Maurice38US #108
#88Harvey37US #85
#89Jesse37US #77
#90Keith36US #194
#91Martin36US #81
#92Samuel35US #43
#93Merle32US #182
#94Edgar31US #89
#95Bill30US #130
#96Billy30US #154
#97Gilbert30US #102
#98Gordon30US #86
#99Leon29US #80
#100Oliver29US #128

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑33Violet#60
↑30Alma#46
↑25June#40
↑22Eldon#72
↑17Herbert#50
↑16Mabel#66
↑16Dale#28
↑15Eileen#83

Falling

↓24Barbara#77
↓23Erma#95
↓23Merle#93
↓18Winifred#96
↓17Kathryn#64
↓17Pearl#76
↓16Eva#54
↓16Fred#44

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.