State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,278 Kansas births in 1927 across 689 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#51Darlene#185 nationally
#74Lorenoutside the national top 200
#57Merle#179 nationally
#85Eldonoutside the national top 200
#89Nadineoutside the national top 200
#93Jooutside the national top 200
#99Fernoutside the national top 200
#95Lila#193 nationally
#91Ivan#188 nationally
#61Lola#154 nationally
#84Orville#172 nationally
#47Dean#133 nationally

Girls

#1Mary987US #1
#2Betty933US #3
#3Dorothy514US #2
#4Helen372US #4
#5Virginia303US #8
#6Doris286US #7
#7Margaret263US #5
#8Norma262US #26
#9Ruth237US #6
#10Lois226US #19
#11Barbara222US #10
#12Marjorie201US #25
#13Phyllis192US #29
#14Donna186US #70
#15Alice169US #17
#16Wilma163US #68
#17Mildred161US #11
#18Frances159US #12
#19Patricia159US #18
#20Evelyn158US #15
#21Wanda145US #66
#22Shirley144US #9
#23Anna135US #16
#24Bonnie121US #100
#25Maxine121US #87
#26Martha119US #24
#27Jean116US #14
#28Juanita116US #55
#29Elizabeth106US #13
#30Joan101US #41
#31Joyce97US #35
#32Irene96US #21
#33Ruby92US #30
#34Rose90US #23
#35Thelma88US #38
#36Beverly87US #57
#37Esther87US #65
#38Marilyn84US #46
#39Dolores83US #34
#40Geraldine78US #58
#41Peggy78US #96
#42Vera75US #89
#43Florence74US #28
#44Hazel73US #53
#45Edna72US #40
#46Marie72US #20
#47June70US #43
#48Vivian70US #77
#49Edith69US #48
#50Velma67US #118
#51Darlene65US #185
#52Billie64US #109
#53Kathryn63US #90
#54Pauline61US #42
#55Carol60US #106
#56Emma60US #64
#57Louise60US #27
#58Clara59US #63
#59Eleanor59US #33
#60Gladys59US #37
#61Lola58US #154
#62Opal57US #141
#63Roberta56US #122
#64Laura55US #82
#65Ethel54US #47
#66Ellen53US #93
#67Lucille53US #45
#68Catherine52US #31
#69Eva52US #79
#70Charlotte51US #75
#71Josephine50US #39
#72Gloria49US #22
#73Rosemary49US #86
#74Lillian48US #32
#75Bernice47US #49
#76Rita47US #54
#77Agnes42US #81
#78Elsie42US #72
#79Georgia42US #120
#80Marian42US #74
#81Nellie42US #105
#82Erma41US #161
#83Leona41US #121
#84Audrey40US #62
#85Bertha40US #80
#86Margie40US #104
#87Arlene38US #108
#88Grace38US #50
#89Nadine38
#90Violet38US #103
#91Delores37US #128
#92Jacqueline37US #115
#93Jo37
#94Naomi37US #137
#95Lila36US #193
#96Verna36US #153
#97Loretta35US #127
#98Ella34US #98
#99Fern34
#100Geneva34US #119

Boys

#1Robert1,035US #1
#2William576US #4
#3Donald566US #8
#4John538US #2
#5James526US #3
#6Charles482US #5
#7Richard415US #6
#8Harold305US #14
#9Jack302US #16
#10George300US #7
#11Kenneth283US #18
#12Raymond180US #15
#13Ralph174US #24
#14Billy172US #31
#15Paul170US #13
#16Eugene169US #20
#17Frank149US #12
#18Dale146US #81
#19Earl140US #33
#20Edward140US #10
#21Clarence136US #32
#22Marvin136US #47
#23Thomas135US #11
#24Joseph132US #9
#25Lawrence127US #37
#26Wayne122US #67
#27Howard114US #28
#28Carl113US #26
#29Harry111US #25
#30Walter111US #17
#31Bill108US #69
#32Albert106US #23
#33Melvin106US #48
#34Bob105US #100
#35Roy104US #34
#36Gerald103US #38
#37Floyd102US #53
#38Francis102US #36
#39David101US #21
#40Leonard101US #40
#41Lloyd99US #58
#42Norman99US #39
#43Arthur97US #22
#44Gene91US #72
#45Leroy88US #51
#46Joe83US #30
#47Dean81US #133
#48Glenn80US #76
#49Don79US #90
#50Vernon76US #71
#51Elmer75US #61
#52Ray75US #60
#53Henry74US #19
#54Leo73US #55
#55Virgil72US #121
#56Bobby68US #91
#57Merle68US #179
#58Clifford67US #65
#59Louis67US #29
#60Ernest66US #41
#61Fred64US #35
#62Marion64US #117
#63Keith62US #141
#64Max62US #142
#65Clyde61US #68
#66Glen58US #115
#67Alvin57US #66
#68Duane55US #147
#69Herbert53US #42
#70Ronald53US #63
#71Alfred52US #45
#72Bernard51US #50
#73Edwin50US #57
#74Loren50
#75Wilbur50US #130
#76Leon48US #78
#77Warren48US #79
#78Lee47US #86
#79Russell47US #54
#80Lester46US #83
#81Stanley46US #44
#82Delbert45US #159
#83Lyle44US #151
#84Orville44US #172
#85Eldon43
#86Gilbert43US #99
#87Milton43US #88
#88Everett42US #120
#89Lewis42US #82
#90Billie41US #135
#91Ivan41US #188
#92Jerry41US #93
#93Jimmie40US #108
#94Cecil39US #92
#95Chester39US #85
#96Leslie39US #126
#97Victor39US #98
#98Herman38US #70
#99Jesse37US #89
#100Theodore37US #62

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑40Kathryn#53
↑25Bobby#56
↑24Darlene#51
↑23Lillian#74
↑23Leon#76
↑21Merle#57
↑20Dolores#39
↑20Billie#52

Falling

↓30Edwin#73
↓29Gloria#72
↓26Leona#83
↓23Audrey#84
↓23Cecil#94
↓22Erma#82
↓21Grace#88
↓18Lucille#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.