State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,901 Kansas births in 1923 across 737 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#69Fern#187 nationally
#84Lorenoutside the national top 200
#86Darleneoutside the national top 200
#47Dean#153 nationally
#54Donna#156 nationally
#91Duane#190 nationally
#80Lorene#178 nationally
#79Ivan#176 nationally
#85Merle#180 nationally
#67Lola#157 nationally
#57Keith#145 nationally
#66Roberta#152 nationally

Girls

#1Mary982US #1
#2Betty890US #5
#3Dorothy654US #2
#4Helen441US #3
#5Virginia421US #7
#6Margaret363US #4
#7Ruth331US #6
#8Marjorie317US #16
#9Doris293US #11
#10Mildred243US #8
#11Frances227US #10
#12Evelyn205US #12
#13Lois200US #27
#14Wilma182US #74
#15Maxine175US #76
#16Norma172US #41
#17Elizabeth163US #9
#18Anna161US #13
#19Alice151US #15
#20Esther145US #47
#21Martha137US #21
#22Barbara136US #33
#23Juanita135US #51
#24Phyllis131US #45
#25Irene126US #17
#26Wanda125US #80
#27Edna118US #32
#28Lucille116US #35
#29Jean115US #19
#30Pauline112US #37
#31Thelma110US #31
#32Ruby109US #25
#33Patricia103US #56
#34Marie101US #14
#35Shirley100US #26
#36Vera100US #82
#37Florence99US #18
#38Edith98US #36
#39Hazel96US #40
#40Ethel90US #38
#41Bonnie89US #126
#42Eleanor87US #28
#43Louise87US #22
#44Geraldine85US #58
#45Velma85US #116
#46Gladys83US #29
#47Clara81US #49
#48Josephine81US #30
#49June79US #42
#50Opal76US #113
#51Lillian75US #20
#52Viola74US #79
#53Catherine73US #24
#54Donna72US #156
#55Katherine71US #60
#56Leona71US #100
#57Elsie68US #61
#58Kathryn66US #72
#59Rose66US #23
#60Grace64US #39
#61Vivian64US #69
#62Margie61US #101
#63Laura60US #73
#64Emma59US #53
#65Naomi59US #137
#66Roberta57US #152
#67Lola55US #157
#68Agnes54US #63
#69Fern54US #187
#70Dolores53US #83
#71Bernice52US #43
#72Bessie52US #81
#73Eva52US #66
#74Ella50US #93
#75Gertrude50US #59
#76Ida50US #68
#77Kathleen49US #70
#78Rita49US #50
#79Georgia48US #112
#80Lorene48US #178
#81Arlene47US #127
#82Charlotte47US #77
#83Marian47US #65
#84Anita45US #138
#85Beulah45US #129
#86Darlene45
#87Jeanne45US #90
#88Alma44US #89
#89Eileen44US #95
#90Nellie44US #88
#91Bertha43US #64
#92Joyce43US #104
#93Violet43US #86
#94Bette42US #148
#95Ellen42US #103
#96Erma42US #168
#97Eunice42US #125
#98Mabel42US #102
#99Peggy42US #155
#100Rosemary42US #110

Boys

#1Robert984US #2
#2William657US #3
#3John652US #1
#4James567US #4
#5Charles564US #5
#6Harold414US #13
#7Donald346US #10
#8George338US #6
#9Jack310US #17
#10Richard290US #9
#11Kenneth269US #21
#12Paul255US #14
#13Raymond250US #15
#14Frank193US #11
#15Ralph192US #23
#16Edward185US #8
#17Joseph180US #7
#18Eugene168US #25
#19Carl165US #28
#20Earl162US #31
#21Dale157US #90
#22Clarence155US #29
#23Walter151US #16
#24Arthur145US #19
#25Albert136US #20
#26Harry134US #22
#27Howard132US #26
#28Lawrence131US #36
#29Thomas128US #12
#30Warren126US #43
#31Marvin123US #51
#32Roy119US #32
#33Melvin117US #48
#34Wayne107US #75
#35Lloyd106US #59
#36Joe105US #35
#37Henry104US #18
#38Ernest103US #38
#39Gerald103US #54
#40Leonard103US #37
#41Elmer101US #57
#42Francis101US #34
#43Fred99US #33
#44Floyd97US #64
#45Leo95US #49
#46David94US #24
#47Dean94US #153
#48Louis87US #27
#49Bill86US #98
#50Vernon85US #67
#51Billy84US #78
#52Glenn83US #84
#53Ray83US #61
#54Norman82US #44
#55Leroy79US #55
#56Clifford77US #65
#57Keith77US #145
#58Herbert76US #40
#59Marion72US #106
#60Virgil71US #100
#61Max68US #122
#62Wilbur68US #105
#63Edwin66US #56
#64Alvin64US #73
#65Chester63US #63
#66Gene62US #140
#67Clyde60US #68
#68Cecil59US #87
#69Alfred58US #42
#70Russell57US #52
#71Glen56US #121
#72Bernard55US #46
#73Everett55US #99
#74Jesse55US #83
#75Lester55US #71
#76Lyle54US #154
#77Calvin53US #82
#78Claude53US #103
#79Ivan53US #176
#80Lee51US #85
#81Lewis49US #74
#82Victor49US #88
#83Wallace49US #69
#84Loren48
#85Merle48US #180
#86Daniel46US #47
#87Maurice46US #101
#88Delbert45US #156
#89Orville45US #152
#90Gilbert44US #102
#91Duane42US #190
#92Theodore42US #62
#93Herman41US #66
#94Willard41US #92
#95Samuel39US #45
#96Don38US #130
#97Homer38US #113
#98Leslie38US #112
#99Willis38US #138
#100Milton37US #81

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑34Shirley#35
↑31Patricia#33
↑28Bill#49
↑26Ella#74
↑21Marion#59
↑20Naomi#65
↑19Kathleen#77
↑16Warren#30

Falling

↓22Eva#73
↓21Bertha#91
↓18Alfred#69
↓17Emma#64
↓16Bernice#71
↓16Vernon#50
↓14Gladys#46
↓14Alma#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.