State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,935 Kansas births in 1921 across 759 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#78Eldonoutside the national top 200
#65Fern#174 nationally
#93Nadineoutside the national top 200
#93Rexoutside the national top 200
#96Duaneoutside the national top 200
#69Dean#168 nationally
#77Lorene#172 nationally
#88Forrest#180 nationally
#59Roberta#148 nationally
#64Keith#153 nationally
#87Ivan#176 nationally
#90Merle#173 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,058US #1
#2Dorothy622US #2
#3Betty574US #8
#4Helen569US #3
#5Margaret405US #4
#6Ruth382US #5
#7Virginia370US #6
#8Mildred338US #7
#9Marjorie329US #16
#10Doris295US #13
#11Frances261US #9
#12Evelyn223US #12
#13Maxine200US #77
#14Lois199US #38
#15Wilma197US #72
#16Elizabeth196US #10
#17Alice176US #15
#18Anna171US #11
#19Irene161US #18
#20Ruby148US #26
#21Marie147US #14
#22Edna141US #27
#23Lucille137US #31
#24Florence134US #17
#25Thelma134US #30
#26Jean130US #25
#27Pauline129US #37
#28Barbara124US #40
#29Esther124US #42
#30Hazel124US #34
#31Martha124US #21
#32Gladys123US #24
#33Edith118US #33
#34Juanita118US #57
#35Louise113US #22
#36Velma108US #108
#37Viola108US #66
#38Norma107US #51
#39Ethel105US #32
#40Leona102US #92
#41June101US #50
#42Vera96US #76
#43Geraldine94US #62
#44Kathryn94US #64
#45Grace91US #35
#46Opal90US #103
#47Rose89US #20
#48Clara88US #45
#49Phyllis87US #60
#50Josephine83US #28
#51Lillian83US #19
#52Vivian83US #68
#53Katherine78US #49
#54Eleanor77US #29
#55Elsie76US #55
#56Emma76US #52
#57Bernice74US #39
#58Bertha71US #59
#59Roberta69US #148
#60Violet68US #81
#61Wanda67US #101
#62Eva66US #63
#63Gertrude65US #46
#64Pearl65US #65
#65Fern64US #174
#66Ellen61US #95
#67Patricia60US #84
#68Beulah59US #116
#69Genevieve59US #90
#70Margie59US #106
#71Laura58US #71
#72Georgia57US #117
#73Nellie57US #80
#74Marguerite56US #98
#75Shirley56US #44
#76Lola55US #157
#77Lorene55US #172
#78Alma54US #78
#79Catherine54US #23
#80Ella54US #89
#81Myrtle53US #73
#82Bonnie52US #151
#83Ida52US #67
#84Marian52US #69
#85Kathleen51US #83
#86Arlene50US #138
#87Eileen49US #100
#88Lorraine49US #61
#89Audrey46US #82
#90Bessie46US #75
#91Erma45US #158
#92Mabel45US #85
#93Nadine45
#94Charlotte44US #79
#95Jessie44US #91
#96Agnes43US #56
#97Geneva43US #113
#98Rita43US #48
#99Anita42US #134
#100Dolores42US #111

Boys

#1Robert787US #2
#2John697US #1
#3William665US #3
#4James567US #4
#5Charles540US #5
#6George362US #6
#7Harold354US #12
#8Donald312US #13
#9Kenneth299US #22
#10Jack271US #18
#11Paul266US #14
#12Richard246US #10
#13Ralph216US #23
#14Raymond212US #16
#15Edward203US #8
#16Frank200US #9
#17Joseph195US #7
#18Clarence185US #28
#19Warren180US #24
#20Harry168US #21
#21Eugene166US #26
#22Albert163US #20
#23Earl160US #31
#24Roy150US #32
#25Walter147US #15
#26Arthur145US #19
#27Lawrence145US #37
#28Howard140US #27
#29Dale134US #93
#30Carl129US #30
#31Melvin129US #53
#32Thomas129US #11
#33Francis127US #35
#34Leonard119US #39
#35Wayne119US #81
#36Lloyd118US #58
#37Marvin117US #59
#38Elmer108US #48
#39Glenn108US #80
#40Henry107US #17
#41Fred104US #33
#42Leo103US #50
#43David96US #25
#44Floyd96US #63
#45Vernon96US #68
#46Edwin93US #54
#47Ernest92US #38
#48Chester91US #56
#49Joe89US #36
#50Lester89US #66
#51Gerald88US #60
#52Louis88US #29
#53Clifford82US #62
#54Virgil82US #98
#55Alfred79US #43
#56Norman79US #46
#57Herbert78US #42
#58Glen75US #119
#59Leroy75US #55
#60Clyde74US #69
#61Max70US #112
#62Ray67US #67
#63Billy66US #109
#64Keith64US #153
#65Marion63US #102
#66Victor62US #83
#67Bernard61US #45
#68Cecil61US #79
#69Dean61US #168
#70Everett60US #95
#71Russell60US #52
#72Bill59US #121
#73Alvin57US #73
#74Harvey57US #87
#75Wilbur56US #100
#76Maurice53US #101
#77Orville52US #137
#78Eldon51
#79Delbert49US #156
#80Lee49US #86
#81Lewis49US #71
#82Willard49US #89
#83Claude48US #96
#84Leon47US #74
#85Frederick46US #61
#86Gilbert44US #103
#87Ivan44US #176
#88Forrest43US #180
#89Leslie43US #106
#90Merle43US #173
#91Don42US #136
#92Leland42US #171
#93Rex41
#94Philip39US #72
#95Bob38US #178
#96Duane37
#97Homer37US #105
#98Theodore37US #65
#99Martin36US #78
#100Daniel35US #49

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑28Norman#56
↑27Barbara#28
↑24Pearl#64
↑23Lester#50
↑22Emma#56
↑22Genevieve#69
↑22Shirley#75
↑21Kathryn#44

Falling

↓29Agnes#96
↓28Theodore#98
↓27Nadine#93
↓20Catherine#79
↓20Homer#97
↓19Jessie#95
↓19Gerald#51
↓18Fern#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.