State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,881 Kansas births in 1924 across 757 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#81Lorenoutside the national top 200
#89Nadineoutside the national top 200
#92Rexoutside the national top 200
#93Eldonoutside the national top 200
#95Darleneoutside the national top 200
#75Duane#176 nationally
#64Lola#161 nationally
#87Merle#184 nationally
#94Leland#185 nationally
#58Dean#144 nationally
#34Bonnie#117 nationally
#79Delbert#161 nationally

Girls

#1Mary952US #1
#2Betty945US #4
#3Dorothy658US #2
#4Helen461US #3
#5Virginia393US #7
#6Margaret339US #5
#7Ruth328US #6
#8Doris301US #9
#9Marjorie270US #17
#10Mildred226US #8
#11Lois224US #22
#12Frances203US #10
#13Norma199US #40
#14Maxine194US #77
#15Wilma190US #67
#16Evelyn187US #12
#17Anna160US #13
#18Phyllis153US #44
#19Alice150US #15
#20Barbara145US #28
#21Wanda144US #74
#22Elizabeth142US #11
#23Martha141US #21
#24Esther138US #51
#25Jean121US #16
#26Juanita116US #48
#27Patricia116US #35
#28Florence112US #20
#29Thelma110US #33
#30Shirley109US #19
#31Ruby108US #26
#32Edna107US #31
#33Hazel105US #42
#34Bonnie104US #117
#35Geraldine102US #58
#36Irene101US #18
#37Pauline100US #38
#38Vera98US #85
#39Marie95US #14
#40Ethel93US #39
#41Edith91US #36
#42Velma90US #123
#43Gladys89US #30
#44Elsie86US #61
#45Eleanor83US #29
#46Lucille81US #37
#47Louise80US #24
#48Rose80US #25
#49Opal78US #120
#50Donna77US #131
#51June75US #45
#52Viola75US #82
#53Leona72US #103
#54Bernice70US #47
#55Lillian66US #23
#56Arlene65US #122
#57Peggy65US #133
#58Laura64US #72
#59Clara62US #56
#60Ellen61US #99
#61Josephine60US #34
#62Emma59US #57
#63Joan58US #95
#64Lola58US #161
#65Charlotte57US #80
#66Marian57US #64
#67Vivian57US #71
#68Grace56US #43
#69Roberta56US #147
#70Joyce55US #83
#71Kathryn55US #81
#72Naomi55US #140
#73Bertha52US #65
#74Jeanne52US #90
#75Eva51US #66
#76Catherine50US #27
#77Georgia49US #113
#78Margie49US #102
#79Jane47US #53
#80Agnes46US #63
#81Ella46US #94
#82Gertrude46US #60
#83Violet46US #88
#84Alberta44US #145
#85Alma44US #87
#86Dolores44US #75
#87Katherine44US #59
#88Marilyn44US #101
#89Nadine44
#90Rosemary44US #106
#91Bessie43US #86
#92Erma43US #168
#93Audrey42US #84
#94Billie42US #158
#95Darlene42
#96Eunice42US #130
#97Rita42US #49
#98Eileen41US #93
#99Jessie41US #91
#100Genevieve40US #107

Boys

#1Robert1,021US #1
#2William726US #3
#3John661US #2
#4James553US #4
#5Charles529US #5
#6Donald400US #10
#7Harold351US #13
#8Richard342US #8
#9Kenneth318US #19
#10Jack306US #17
#11George298US #6
#12Paul224US #14
#13Ralph211US #23
#14Raymond211US #15
#15Edward176US #9
#16Eugene168US #25
#17Frank164US #12
#18Dale149US #84
#19Clarence144US #29
#20Walter144US #16
#21Arthur139US #20
#22Melvin139US #48
#23Albert137US #21
#24Joseph137US #7
#25Lawrence136US #36
#26Carl134US #27
#27Marvin134US #50
#28Thomas133US #11
#29Billy131US #63
#30Harry131US #22
#31Francis129US #34
#32Earl127US #33
#33Howard124US #26
#34Roy122US #31
#35Leonard115US #38
#36Wayne114US #74
#37Glenn110US #79
#38Lloyd106US #61
#39Vernon106US #68
#40Joe104US #35
#41Warren101US #58
#42Gerald100US #49
#43Henry98US #18
#44Bill97US #92
#45Calvin97US #44
#46Fred95US #32
#47Leroy93US #53
#48Floyd91US #66
#49Leo90US #51
#50Elmer88US #57
#51David79US #24
#52Norman79US #42
#53Louis78US #28
#54Clifford76US #64
#55Max75US #126
#56Virgil75US #111
#57Alvin73US #73
#58Dean72US #144
#59Ernest70US #37
#60Edwin68US #55
#61Clyde67US #69
#62Lester67US #72
#63Alfred65US #43
#64Junior65US #121
#65Russell64US #52
#66Glen63US #118
#67Herbert61US #41
#68Ray59US #60
#69Wilbur58US #106
#70Bob57US #142
#71Chester56US #67
#72Cecil55US #85
#73Bernard54US #46
#74Gilbert53US #100
#75Duane52US #176
#76Keith52US #150
#77Don51US #125
#78Lee51US #83
#79Delbert49US #161
#80Victor48US #90
#81Loren47
#82Milton46US #81
#83Samuel46US #45
#84Daniel45US #47
#85Everett45US #104
#86Lyle45US #159
#87Merle45US #184
#88Homer44US #109
#89Marion44US #112
#90Stanley44US #40
#91Maurice42US #102
#92Rex42
#93Eldon41
#94Leland40US #185
#95Leon40US #76
#96Lewis40US #77
#97Leslie38US #107
#98Willard38US #97
#99Gene37US #135
#100Herman37US #70

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑42Peggy#57
↑35Ellen#60
↑32Calvin#45
↑25Arlene#56
↑22Joyce#70
↑22Billy#29
↑19Don#77
↑18Bertha#73

Falling

↓33Gene#99
↓32Katherine#87
↓30Marion#89
↓23Catherine#76
↓21Ernest#59
↓19Bessie#91
↓19Rita#97
↓19Keith#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.