State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,076 Kansas births in 1922 across 726 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#70Eldonoutside the national top 200
#79Nadineoutside the national top 200
#85Lorenoutside the national top 200
#86Rexoutside the national top 200
#89Duaneoutside the national top 200
#71Fern#182 nationally
#56Lola#161 nationally
#61Donna#166 nationally
#75Lorene#178 nationally
#71Merle#172 nationally
#61Dean#158 nationally
#90Ivan#186 nationally

Girls

#1Mary979US #1
#2Betty706US #6
#3Dorothy631US #2
#4Helen525US #3
#5Margaret402US #4
#6Virginia402US #7
#7Marjorie331US #16
#8Ruth323US #5
#9Doris276US #11
#10Mildred247US #8
#11Frances220US #10
#12Maxine213US #82
#13Evelyn188US #13
#14Lois176US #35
#15Alice167US #15
#16Anna152US #12
#17Elizabeth150US #9
#18Irene145US #17
#19Norma142US #46
#20Wilma140US #77
#21Esther136US #44
#22Thelma133US #31
#23Martha129US #21
#24Ruby124US #26
#25Pauline122US #36
#26Hazel118US #37
#27Phyllis114US #53
#28Jean113US #20
#29Edna112US #29
#30Juanita112US #57
#31Vera112US #79
#32Gladys108US #25
#33Lucille108US #33
#34Wanda108US #92
#35Barbara107US #40
#36Florence107US #18
#37Edith105US #34
#38Marie105US #14
#39Geraldine100US #58
#40Louise95US #22
#41Opal92US #108
#42Ethel87US #32
#43Eleanor83US #28
#44June81US #45
#45Leona80US #101
#46Josephine79US #27
#47Emma78US #50
#48Velma76US #113
#49Bonnie75US #137
#50Clara75US #47
#51Eva75US #64
#52Viola75US #72
#53Vivian74US #74
#54Rose68US #23
#55Bernice67US #41
#56Lola66US #161
#57Elsie65US #59
#58Lillian65US #19
#59Margie64US #100
#60Catherine63US #24
#61Donna63US #166
#62Katherine63US #54
#63Kathryn63US #73
#64Patricia62US #69
#65Laura60US #68
#66Roberta60US #150
#67Agnes59US #62
#68Grace59US #38
#69Shirley59US #39
#70Bertha58US #63
#71Fern56US #182
#72Marian55US #67
#73Beulah53US #124
#74Alma52US #84
#75Lorene51US #178
#76Lorraine51US #56
#77Gertrude50US #48
#78Nellie50US #83
#79Nadine49
#80Audrey48US #89
#81Ida48US #65
#82Julia48US #60
#83Marguerite48US #106
#84Myrtle48US #75
#85Naomi48US #134
#86Georgia45US #114
#87Peggy44US #171
#88Rosemary44US #120
#89Charlotte43US #76
#90Eileen43US #96
#91Gloria43US #61
#92Mabel42US #99
#93Alberta40US #136
#94Ellen40US #95
#95Jane40US #55
#96Kathleen40US #80
#97Pearl40US #71
#98Violet40US #86
#99Winifred40US #162
#100Ella39US #90

Boys

#1Robert898US #2
#2William670US #3
#3John650US #1
#4James521US #4
#5Charles489US #5
#6Harold374US #13
#7George329US #6
#8Donald325US #12
#9Richard291US #9
#10Kenneth279US #21
#11Jack256US #18
#12Paul239US #14
#13Raymond231US #16
#14Ralph211US #23
#15Edward203US #8
#16Joseph195US #7
#17Frank185US #10
#18Eugene177US #25
#19Clarence156US #29
#20Walter154US #15
#21Roy153US #32
#22Lawrence147US #36
#23Thomas146US #11
#24Harry143US #22
#25Albert141US #20
#26Melvin132US #50
#27Earl130US #31
#28Howard130US #26
#29Marvin125US #56
#30Carl124US #30
#31Dale122US #89
#32Francis117US #34
#33Wayne117US #78
#34Vernon112US #68
#35Floyd111US #61
#36Lloyd110US #59
#37Arthur106US #19
#38Leonard104US #38
#39Elmer103US #54
#40Henry101US #17
#41Glenn99US #79
#42Fred95US #33
#43Leo95US #51
#44Gerald92US #58
#45Clifford90US #63
#46Warren89US #45
#47Billy87US #90
#48Ernest84US #37
#49Joe83US #35
#50David78US #24
#51Alfred77US #42
#52Louis75US #27
#53Edwin74US #52
#54Ray73US #65
#55Alvin72US #73
#56Herbert72US #40
#57Max71US #117
#58Virgil71US #99
#59Norman70US #44
#60Clyde66US #67
#61Dean64US #158
#62Leroy64US #55
#63Bernard63US #46
#64Wilbur63US #102
#65Keith62US #157
#66Chester61US #64
#67Lester61US #69
#68Glen60US #123
#69Gene59US #144
#70Eldon58
#71Merle55US #172
#72Cecil54US #85
#73Daniel53US #47
#74Russell53US #49
#75Everett52US #98
#76Victor52US #86
#77Bill49US #104
#78Lewis49US #75
#79Maurice48US #103
#80Marion45US #107
#81Jesse44US #81
#82Lee44US #83
#83Leon43US #77
#84Leslie42US #114
#85Loren42
#86Rex42
#87Claude41US #97
#88Don41US #136
#89Duane40
#90Ivan40US #186
#91Lyle40US #146
#92Willard40US #91
#93Delbert39US #162
#94Forrest39US #182
#95Theodore39US #62
#96Milton38US #74
#97Orville38US #151
#98Bob37US #179
#99Martin37US #80
#100Leland36US #183

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑33Bonnie#49
↑29Agnes#67
↑27Wanda#34
↑27Daniel#73
↑22Phyllis#27
↑20Lola#56
↑19Norma#19
↑19Catherine#60

Falling

↓38Violet#98
↓33Pearl#97
↓28Ellen#94
↓27Warren#46
↓23Grace#68
↓20Ella#100
↓20Orville#97
↓19Kathryn#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.