State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,979 Kansas births in 1928 across 670 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#46Jo#179 nationally
#69Eldonoutside the national top 200
#76Lorenoutside the national top 200
#61Darlene#176 nationally
#45Erma#157 nationally
#93Nadineoutside the national top 200
#84Ivan#189 nationally
#97Fernoutside the national top 200
#98Joannoutside the national top 200
#89Merle#186 nationally
#99Lila#195 nationally
#95Orville#178 nationally

Girls

#1Mary861US #1
#2Betty791US #2
#3Dorothy487US #3
#4Helen325US #4
#5Norma324US #23
#6Virginia276US #9
#7Doris272US #7
#8Barbara234US #8
#9Ruth219US #6
#10Margaret214US #5
#11Lois202US #18
#12Donna200US #61
#13Patricia200US #11
#14Shirley198US #10
#15Marjorie196US #29
#16Phyllis182US #26
#17Wilma170US #69
#18Evelyn148US #17
#19Mildred146US #15
#20Wanda144US #63
#21Frances143US #13
#22Bonnie134US #89
#23Alice129US #19
#24Martha125US #22
#25Joan114US #27
#26Dolores108US #20
#27Jean106US #12
#28Maxine103US #84
#29Juanita102US #58
#30Elizabeth101US #14
#31Joyce101US #30
#32Anna100US #16
#33Marilyn90US #38
#34Rose90US #24
#35Esther88US #66
#36Peggy88US #76
#37Thelma82US #40
#38Velma77US #114
#39Edna71US #45
#40Ruby68US #34
#41Geraldine67US #50
#42Gloria67US #25
#43Beverly65US #46
#44Delores64US #94
#45Erma64US #157
#46Jo63US #179
#47Vera62US #92
#48Gladys61US #41
#49Vivian61US #78
#50Edith60US #56
#51Pauline60US #48
#52Carol59US #77
#53Charlotte59US #72
#54Irene59US #28
#55Marian59US #71
#56Billie58US #96
#57Ramona58US #117
#58Lucille57US #51
#59Ethel55US #55
#60Josephine55US #42
#61Darlene54US #176
#62June54US #44
#63Bernice53US #53
#64Georgia53US #115
#65Eleanor52US #36
#66Leona52US #122
#67Eva51US #79
#68Laura51US #83
#69Grace49US #52
#70Opal49US #146
#71Roberta49US #127
#72Viola49US #103
#73Clara48US #65
#74Hazel48US #59
#75Jacqueline48US #97
#76Elsie47US #73
#77Emma47US #67
#78Louise47US #31
#79Catherine46US #33
#80Florence46US #32
#81Marie46US #21
#82Rita46US #57
#83Naomi45US #141
#84Kathryn44US #99
#85Ellen42US #98
#86Julia42US #80
#87Rosemary42US #88
#88Elaine40US #68
#89Lillian40US #35
#90Kathleen39US #82
#91Verna39US #152
#92Arlene38US #106
#93Nadine38
#94Bertha37US #81
#95Lola37US #164
#96Audrey36US #60
#97Fern36
#98Joann35
#99Lila35US #195
#100Margie35US #108

Boys

#1Robert994US #1
#2Donald647US #7
#3James534US #3
#4John516US #2
#5Charles497US #5
#6William484US #4
#7Richard370US #6
#8Harold298US #14
#9Jack294US #15
#10Kenneth284US #17
#11George273US #8
#12Billy193US #27
#13Paul178US #13
#14Raymond158US #16
#15Dale146US #75
#16Eugene143US #20
#17Marvin141US #46
#18Ralph141US #24
#19Edward140US #10
#20Joseph131US #9
#21Bill128US #64
#22Thomas128US #11
#23Clarence122US #35
#24Gerald122US #41
#25Howard118US #31
#26Earl117US #37
#27Melvin117US #48
#28Wayne117US #69
#29Carl115US #28
#30Vernon113US #70
#31Frank111US #12
#32Lawrence109US #38
#33Francis104US #40
#34Norman103US #39
#35Bobby98US #65
#36David98US #19
#37Roy98US #34
#38Walter98US #18
#39Albert95US #23
#40Joe92US #30
#41Lloyd92US #59
#42Arthur91US #22
#43Herbert90US #25
#44Harry88US #26
#45Don86US #84
#46Elmer85US #63
#47Leonard84US #42
#48Alfred83US #33
#49Bob79US #95
#50Ray77US #57
#51Floyd75US #54
#52Glenn75US #76
#53Leroy75US #51
#54Max75US #125
#55Gene73US #62
#56Henry70US #21
#57Virgil70US #126
#58Leo69US #61
#59Ernest67US #43
#60Clifford66US #68
#61Duane66US #141
#62Edwin66US #58
#63Ronald65US #50
#64Fred61US #36
#65Keith61US #139
#66Dean58US #136
#67Warren58US #85
#68Clyde57US #74
#69Eldon57
#70Glen57US #115
#71Bernard54US #49
#72Lewis52US #86
#73Delbert51US #154
#74Louis51US #32
#75Marion51US #118
#76Loren50
#77Jerry47US #79
#78Maurice47US #119
#79Alvin46US #72
#80Lee46US #87
#81Jimmie45US #100
#82Everett44US #123
#83Lester44US #89
#84Ivan43US #189
#85Russell42US #55
#86Wilbur42US #127
#87Calvin41US #94
#88Leon41US #81
#89Merle39US #186
#90Harvey38US #90
#91Roger37US #71
#92Junior35US #120
#93Gilbert34US #96
#94Lyle34US #155
#95Orville34US #178
#96Stanley34US #45
#97Cecil33US #97
#98Leland33US #181
#99Victor32US #99
#100Billie31US #133

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑47Delores#44
↑47Jo#46
↑37Erma#45
↑30Gloria#42
↑26Herbert#43
↑25Marian#55
↑23Alfred#48
↑21Bobby#35

Falling

↓37Florence#80
↓35Marie#81
↓34Lola#95
↓32Merle#89
↓31Kathryn#84
↓30Hazel#74
↓22Irene#54
↓21Emma#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.