State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,447 Kansas births in 1926 across 688 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#75Darleneoutside the national top 200
#75Lorenoutside the national top 200
#82Eldonoutside the national top 200
#85Nadineoutside the national top 200
#91Fernoutside the national top 200
#78Merle#180 nationally
#100Rexoutside the national top 200
#90Ivan#189 nationally
#60Erma#157 nationally
#96Lila#190 nationally
#95Leland#186 nationally
#53Dean#139 nationally

Girls

#1Betty928US #3
#2Mary905US #1
#3Dorothy561US #2
#4Helen374US #4
#5Virginia312US #8
#6Doris300US #7
#7Ruth298US #6
#8Margaret297US #5
#9Norma267US #29
#10Marjorie227US #22
#11Lois217US #19
#12Barbara193US #16
#13Frances183US #10
#14Wilma172US #67
#15Phyllis167US #33
#16Shirley163US #14
#17Mildred161US #9
#18Evelyn159US #13
#19Wanda153US #66
#20Alice146US #17
#21Patricia144US #23
#22Anna137US #15
#23Donna134US #90
#24Martha131US #24
#25Bonnie126US #105
#26Jean116US #12
#27Maxine112US #85
#28Juanita109US #52
#29Edna104US #38
#30Elizabeth104US #11
#31Thelma104US #36
#32Esther99US #62
#33Irene99US #21
#34Marie93US #18
#35June90US #40
#36Peggy87US #104
#37Ruby87US #30
#38Pauline86US #39
#39Rose86US #25
#40Florence85US #26
#41Edith84US #42
#42Velma82US #124
#43Gloria80US #20
#44Joan80US #51
#45Vera77US #84
#46Joyce76US #44
#47Geraldine75US #54
#48Louise75US #27
#49Lucille75US #43
#50Hazel73US #48
#51Eleanor72US #32
#52Roberta72US #135
#53Gladys70US #35
#54Clara67US #61
#55Marilyn65US #65
#56Opal65US #130
#57Leona64US #112
#58Vivian62US #80
#59Dolores59US #49
#60Erma58US #157
#61Audrey57US #60
#62Ethel57US #41
#63Emma56US #59
#64Elsie55US #69
#65Josephine54US #37
#66Marian53US #70
#67Grace52US #46
#68Bernice51US #45
#69Margie51US #103
#70Ellen50US #100
#71Bertha48US #76
#72Billie48US #122
#73Carol48US #113
#74Catherine48US #31
#75Darlene48
#76Georgia48US #116
#77Laura48US #81
#78Lola47US #162
#79Naomi47US #141
#80Rosemary47US #95
#81Viola47US #97
#82Arlene46US #108
#83Delores45US #145
#84Ida45US #82
#85Nadine45
#86Alma44US #91
#87Ella44US #98
#88Charlotte43US #78
#89Eva43US #79
#90Katherine43US #72
#91Fern42
#92Julia42US #75
#93Kathryn42US #87
#94Bette41US #166
#95Kathleen40US #83
#96Lila40US #190
#97Lillian40US #28
#98Beulah39US #148
#99Loretta39US #126
#100Marion38US #47

Boys

#1Robert1,026US #1
#2William615US #4
#3John585US #2
#4James550US #3
#5Donald520US #9
#6Charles477US #5
#7Richard366US #7
#8Harold318US #14
#9Kenneth305US #18
#10George278US #6
#11Jack263US #16
#12Raymond194US #15
#13Paul187US #13
#14Edward162US #10
#15Ralph161US #24
#16Frank150US #12
#17Walter148US #17
#18Dale145US #84
#19Billy142US #40
#20Eugene141US #23
#21Clarence132US #29
#22Earl126US #32
#23Carl124US #26
#24Lawrence120US #36
#25Joseph118US #8
#26Gerald117US #41
#27Roy116US #34
#28Melvin115US #47
#29Bill112US #74
#30Harry112US #25
#31Marvin112US #50
#32Howard110US #27
#33Wayne110US #68
#34Glenn106US #75
#35Lloyd106US #60
#36Arthur105US #20
#37Francis102US #35
#38Joe102US #33
#39Albert95US #21
#40Thomas95US #11
#41David90US #22
#42Vernon90US #66
#43Edwin84US #55
#44Floyd84US #53
#45Leonard84US #38
#46Elmer82US #61
#47Bob80US #102
#48Leo79US #54
#49Virgil79US #118
#50Norman77US #39
#51Clifford75US #62
#52Leroy75US #51
#53Dean74US #139
#54Don74US #96
#55Ernest74US #37
#56Fred74US #31
#57Henry74US #19
#58Gene71US #91
#59Ray69US #57
#60Herbert67US #44
#61Warren65US #71
#62Clyde64US #67
#63Alfred62US #45
#64Alvin62US #72
#65Glen60US #121
#66Lester57US #78
#67Keith56US #148
#68Louis56US #30
#69Calvin53US #65
#70Marion53US #113
#71Cecil52US #86
#72Russell52US #52
#73Max51US #137
#74Bernard49US #49
#75Loren49
#76Jimmie48US #115
#77Duane46US #160
#78Merle46US #180
#79Wilbur46US #122
#80Maurice44US #110
#81Bobby43US #116
#82Eldon43
#83Lyle43US #152
#84Ronald43US #88
#85Chester42US #79
#86Lee42US #85
#87Leslie42US #126
#88Everett40US #119
#89Victor39US #94
#90Ivan38US #189
#91Jesse38US #87
#92Lewis38US #82
#93Willard38US #100
#94Gilbert37US #101
#95Leland37US #186
#96Orville37US #164
#97Samuel36US #48
#98Willis36US #140
#99Leon35US #73
#100Rex35

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑38Dolores#59
↑32Roberta#52
↑24Ellen#70
↑20Lester#66
↑17Erma#60
↑17Bobby#81
↑16Leona#57
↑14Chester#85

Falling

↓33Eva#89
↓32Viola#81
↓28Lillian#97
↓27Kathryn#93
↓25Calvin#69
↓23Lewis#92
↓21Rosemary#80
↓20Elsie#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.