State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,400 Kansas births in 1920 across 746 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#66Nadineoutside the national top 200
#47Fern#170 nationally
#83Eldonoutside the national top 200
#69Ivan#179 nationally
#93Lorenoutside the national top 200
#68Keith#175 nationally
#92Junior#193 nationally
#100Rexoutside the national top 200
#80Merle#171 nationally
#89Dean#180 nationally
#77Lorene#167 nationally
#66Delbert#150 nationally

Girls

#1Mary890US #1
#2Dorothy626US #2
#3Helen521US #3
#4Betty417US #11
#5Ruth383US #5
#6Virginia378US #7
#7Margaret363US #4
#8Mildred351US #6
#9Evelyn264US #12
#10Frances245US #9
#11Marjorie245US #24
#12Doris228US #14
#13Maxine227US #81
#14Lois187US #38
#15Wilma184US #78
#16Alice179US #15
#17Anna174US #10
#18Elizabeth164US #8
#19Esther159US #39
#20Marie155US #13
#21Ruby152US #26
#22Thelma150US #31
#23Lucille142US #29
#24Edna135US #27
#25Martha134US #23
#26Hazel131US #34
#27Irene129US #17
#28Florence126US #16
#29Pauline126US #36
#30Gladys120US #22
#31Vera120US #75
#32Juanita114US #61
#33Edith110US #32
#34Geraldine107US #60
#35Ethel102US #30
#36Vivian102US #64
#37Jean101US #33
#38Opal101US #101
#39Velma101US #105
#40Clara99US #44
#41Louise99US #19
#42Josephine97US #28
#43Rose91US #20
#44Elsie88US #51
#45Eleanor85US #25
#46Lillian84US #18
#47Fern83US #170
#48Norma82US #69
#49Grace81US #37
#50Eva79US #58
#51Viola78US #59
#52Leona77US #89
#53Phyllis76US #72
#54June75US #53
#55Barbara73US #47
#56Beulah73US #109
#57Nellie73US #76
#58Wanda71US #117
#59Catherine70US #21
#60Gertrude68US #42
#61Bernice66US #40
#62Violet66US #77
#63Ellen65US #92
#64Lola64US #147
#65Kathryn63US #67
#66Nadine63
#67Agnes60US #54
#68Katherine60US #45
#69Marguerite60US #93
#70Roberta60US #144
#71Bertha58US #57
#72Georgia58US #113
#73Laura58US #63
#74Verna57US #135
#75Ida56US #66
#76Jessie56US #84
#77Lorene56US #167
#78Emma55US #46
#79Alberta53US #128
#80Geneva53US #106
#81Patricia52US #104
#82Alma51US #80
#83Bonnie51US #154
#84Mabel51US #83
#85Marian51US #73
#86Blanche50US #102
#87Julia50US #55
#88Pearl50US #62
#89Jane48US #48
#90Charlotte47US #79
#91Genevieve47US #86
#92Eileen46US #100
#93Rosemary45US #141
#94Bessie44US #71
#95Dolores44US #110
#96Eunice44US #115
#97Shirley44US #56
#98Winifred43US #160
#99Erma41US #152
#100Kathleen41US #91

Boys

#1Robert735US #3
#2John651US #1
#3William623US #2
#4James492US #4
#5Charles488US #5
#6Harold367US #12
#7George361US #6
#8Donald334US #16
#9Richard287US #10
#10Raymond280US #15
#11Paul240US #14
#12Jack231US #20
#13Kenneth212US #23
#14Edward198US #8
#15Walter190US #13
#16Frank185US #9
#17Joseph184US #7
#18Ralph184US #22
#19Clarence183US #26
#20Carl172US #27
#21Warren171US #39
#22Lawrence168US #36
#23Albert155US #19
#24Eugene155US #30
#25Harry154US #21
#26Thomas148US #11
#27Arthur139US #18
#28Leonard135US #38
#29Roy133US #32
#30Howard129US #24
#31Earl126US #31
#32Gerald122US #64
#33Lloyd119US #58
#34Dale117US #105
#35Melvin114US #54
#36Ernest112US #37
#37Vernon109US #65
#38Henry107US #17
#39Elmer106US #45
#40Glenn105US #80
#41Leo105US #48
#42Francis102US #34
#43Fred102US #33
#44Wayne97US #86
#45Floyd95US #61
#46Marvin94US #62
#47David92US #25
#48Chester87US #55
#49Clyde87US #68
#50Joe87US #35
#51Virgil87US #101
#52Alfred85US #42
#53Herbert84US #41
#54Max84US #112
#55Clifford81US #59
#56Edwin75US #53
#57Louis74US #28
#58Leroy71US #56
#59Bernard70US #46
#60Ray70US #67
#61Glen66US #122
#62Alvin62US #76
#63Victor61US #81
#64Marion60US #109
#65Wilbur60US #98
#66Delbert59US #150
#67Billy58US #132
#68Keith58US #175
#69Ivan57US #179
#70Theodore56US #63
#71Cecil54US #77
#72Maurice54US #102
#73Lester53US #69
#74Everett51US #95
#75Gilbert51US #97
#76Lyle51US #151
#77Homer49US #100
#78Lee49US #82
#79Leslie49US #110
#80Merle49US #171
#81Samuel49US #44
#82Claude48US #92
#83Eldon48
#84Norman48US #47
#85Orville48US #134
#86Russell48US #51
#87Daniel46US #52
#88Jesse45US #79
#89Dean44US #180
#90Milton43US #74
#91Bill42US #121
#92Junior41US #193
#93Loren41
#94Martin41US #78
#95Don39US #148
#96Gene39US #173
#97Lewis39US #72
#98Edgar37US #89
#99Leland37US #177
#100Rex37

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑41Warren#21
↑29Billy#67
↑24Jean#37
↑22Barbara#55
↑22Keith#68
↑22Gilbert#75
↑19Delbert#66
↑18Nadine#66

Falling

↓36Alma#82
↓22Genevieve#91
↓22Lewis#97
↓19Marguerite#69
↓18Mabel#84
↓16Bessie#94
↓15Norman#84
↓14June#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.