State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 31,730 Kansas births in 1925 across 713 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#83Lorenoutside the national top 200
#85Eldonoutside the national top 200
#86Fernoutside the national top 200
#99Vadaoutside the national top 200
#71Duane#170 nationally
#78Lila#175 nationally
#81Leland#173 nationally
#49Dean#140 nationally
#84Merle#175 nationally
#78Delbert#167 nationally
#61Keith#146 nationally
#77Erma#162 nationally

Girls

#1Betty986US #3
#2Mary925US #1
#3Dorothy615US #2
#4Helen432US #4
#5Virginia359US #7
#6Margaret317US #5
#7Doris298US #8
#8Ruth290US #6
#9Marjorie264US #21
#10Norma253US #34
#11Mildred219US #9
#12Lois210US #18
#13Wilma204US #62
#14Alice174US #15
#15Evelyn173US #12
#16Frances170US #11
#17Barbara158US #22
#18Maxine154US #79
#19Wanda147US #72
#20Anna140US #13
#21Phyllis138US #40
#22Patricia137US #28
#23Elizabeth130US #10
#24Martha128US #23
#25Shirley120US #17
#26Donna117US #110
#27Pauline112US #38
#28Ruby111US #30
#29Edna106US #37
#30Jean106US #14
#31Marie105US #16
#32Esther103US #56
#33Irene103US #19
#34Thelma103US #35
#35Juanita101US #49
#36Bonnie100US #107
#37Hazel99US #45
#38Gladys95US #33
#39Lucille92US #41
#40Geraldine89US #54
#41June88US #39
#42Florence87US #24
#43Vera86US #86
#44Elsie82US #63
#45Joan82US #66
#46Peggy80US #117
#47Ethel79US #43
#48Emma78US #57
#49Viola78US #84
#50Louise76US #27
#51Rose76US #26
#52Edith74US #42
#53Velma73US #128
#54Joyce71US #59
#55Gloria69US #20
#56Eva65US #71
#57Margie63US #99
#58Eleanor61US #31
#59Rosemary61US #103
#60Opal60US #129
#61Bernice58US #46
#62Vivian57US #76
#63Grace56US #44
#64Clara55US #55
#65Josephine55US #36
#66Kathryn55US #88
#67Arlene54US #120
#68Marilyn54US #83
#69Lillian53US #25
#70Agnes52US #69
#71Carol52US #119
#72Georgia52US #112
#73Leona52US #108
#74Marian52US #67
#75Alberta50US #140
#76Billie49US #141
#77Erma49US #162
#78Lila49US #175
#79Naomi49US #144
#80Violet48US #92
#81Catherine47US #29
#82Ella47US #93
#83Katherine46US #61
#84Roberta46US #147
#85Charlotte45US #77
#86Fern45
#87Jeanne44US #89
#88Nellie44US #98
#89Alma43US #94
#90Bette43US #155
#91Dora43US #136
#92Jessie43US #97
#93Rita43US #48
#94Ellen42US #101
#95Kathleen42US #81
#96Beulah41US #143
#97Dolores41US #64
#98Gertrude40US #70
#99Vada40
#100Jacqueline39US #135

Boys

#1Robert1,030US #1
#2William666US #3
#3John659US #2
#4James541US #4
#5Charles508US #5
#6Donald446US #10
#7Richard345US #8
#8George324US #6
#9Harold303US #14
#10Jack296US #17
#11Kenneth286US #19
#12Paul238US #13
#13Raymond191US #15
#14Edward169US #9
#15Frank158US #12
#16Dale155US #86
#17Joseph149US #7
#18Eugene148US #24
#19Ralph147US #25
#20Carl145US #28
#21Thomas145US #11
#22Walter145US #16
#23Lawrence143US #36
#24Billy140US #49
#25Melvin135US #50
#26Howard132US #26
#27Clarence124US #30
#28Harry124US #23
#29Lloyd124US #62
#30Gerald123US #45
#31Wayne120US #74
#32Albert119US #21
#33Earl116US #31
#34David112US #22
#35Francis112US #35
#36Marvin112US #51
#37Vernon108US #67
#38Roy104US #32
#39Bill103US #84
#40Glenn102US #77
#41Arthur97US #20
#42Joe96US #34
#43Floyd95US #58
#44Calvin94US #47
#45Leonard94US #38
#46Leo92US #54
#47Elmer90US #61
#48Clifford83US #59
#49Dean83US #140
#50Bob82US #129
#51Ernest81US #37
#52Fred77US #33
#53Warren76US #66
#54Edwin74US #57
#55Henry73US #18
#56Max71US #128
#57Norman71US #41
#58Leroy69US #52
#59Virgil68US #120
#60Ray66US #64
#61Keith65US #146
#62Louis65US #29
#63Clyde64US #68
#64Don64US #106
#65Gene64US #112
#66Bernard63US #48
#67Alfred62US #43
#68Glen61US #117
#69Lewis61US #79
#70Herbert60US #42
#71Duane57US #170
#72Marion57US #109
#73Cecil56US #87
#74Victor53US #89
#75Junior52US #115
#76Wilbur51US #110
#77Alvin49US #70
#78Delbert48US #167
#79Jesse48US #85
#80Lee47US #82
#81Leland47US #173
#82Milton47US #80
#83Loren46
#84Merle46US #175
#85Eldon44
#86Lester44US #81
#87Theodore42US #63
#88Gilbert41US #105
#89Lyle41US #154
#90Everett40US #108
#91Herman40US #69
#92Willard40US #97
#93Harvey39US #88
#94Wesley39US #135
#95Claude38US #102
#96Frederick38US #65
#97Ronald38US #104
#98Bobby37US #150
#99Chester37US #73
#100Homer37US #116

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑34Gene#65
↑31Rosemary#59
↑27Lewis#69
↑24Donna#26
↑21Margie#57
↑20Marilyn#68
↑20Bob#50
↑19Eva#56

Falling

↓34Ellen#94
↓28Chester#99
↓24Lester#86
↓20Leona#73
↓20Charlotte#85
↓20Arthur#41
↓20Alvin#77
↓16Gertrude#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.