State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,321 Kansas births in 1929 across 646 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#74Eldonoutside the national top 200
#75Darrell#194 nationally
#44Darlene#160 nationally
#85Lorenoutside the national top 200
#94Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#83Merle#188 nationally
#96Charlene#200 nationally
#72Lola#163 nationally
#67Delbert#157 nationally
#42Velma#128 nationally
#52Duane#137 nationally
#89Orville#174 nationally

Girls

#1Mary845US #1
#2Betty759US #2
#3Dorothy452US #3
#4Norma295US #25
#5Doris284US #6
#6Barbara279US #7
#7Helen264US #4
#8Virginia254US #11
#9Ruth235US #8
#10Margaret223US #5
#11Patricia221US #10
#12Shirley214US #9
#13Donna211US #47
#14Lois208US #17
#15Phyllis205US #24
#16Marjorie195US #30
#17Wilma184US #66
#18Wanda172US #61
#19Joan149US #13
#20Mildred134US #18
#21Dolores131US #14
#22Evelyn131US #19
#23Joyce126US #23
#24Alice122US #21
#25Frances116US #16
#26Bonnie114US #86
#27Martha109US #27
#28Anna108US #20
#29Jean108US #12
#30Peggy100US #70
#31Juanita97US #60
#32Thelma97US #41
#33Marilyn95US #33
#34Maxine94US #85
#35Carol87US #63
#36Delores86US #74
#37Elizabeth83US #15
#38Rose83US #26
#39Beverly80US #39
#40Marie77US #22
#41Irene76US #29
#42Velma75US #128
#43Ruby74US #36
#44Darlene73US #160
#45Geraldine73US #43
#46Florence68US #35
#47Edna67US #51
#48Louise62US #31
#49Ramona62US #120
#50Esther61US #71
#51Clara54US #65
#52Elsie54US #78
#53Hazel54US #64
#54Lucille54US #57
#55Pauline54US #50
#56Roberta54US #126
#57Vera53US #99
#58Lillian52US #40
#59Nancy52US #32
#60Arlene51US #105
#61Billie51US #79
#62Gloria51US #28
#63Jo51US #140
#64Marian51US #75
#65Rita51US #52
#66Opal50US #150
#67Viola50US #109
#68June48US #48
#69Edith46US #59
#70Gladys46US #44
#71Ellen45US #97
#72Lola45US #163
#73Rosemary45US #80
#74Ethel44US #56
#75Eva44US #83
#76Eleanor41US #38
#77Emma41US #69
#78Josephine41US #45
#79Laura41US #90
#80Charlotte40US #73
#81Joann40US #144
#82Naomi40US #139
#83Bernice39US #55
#84Erma39US #166
#85Leona39US #122
#86Margie39US #108
#87Vivian39US #81
#88Anita38US #125
#89Carolyn38US #77
#90Jane38US #62
#91Joanne38US #101
#92Kathleen38US #89
#93Loretta38US #127
#94Alma37US #106
#95Patsy37US #118
#96Charlene35US #200
#97Elaine35US #67
#98Grace35US #54
#99Ida35US #96
#100Jeanne35US #92

Boys

#1Robert971US #1
#2Donald643US #7
#3James530US #2
#4William528US #4
#5John509US #3
#6Charles457US #5
#7Richard409US #6
#8Jack270US #14
#9Harold266US #16
#10Kenneth259US #18
#11George244US #8
#12Billy179US #23
#13Paul170US #13
#14David164US #17
#15Raymond163US #15
#16Dale161US #73
#17Edward139US #10
#18Eugene136US #20
#19Ralph136US #26
#20Marvin135US #46
#21Frank122US #12
#22Bill119US #63
#23Earl119US #36
#24Gerald118US #33
#25Carl117US #28
#26Joseph115US #9
#27Thomas109US #11
#28Bob104US #89
#29Clarence103US #37
#30Joe101US #30
#31Lawrence100US #38
#32Melvin100US #49
#33Walter100US #19
#34Wayne100US #69
#35Bobby99US #50
#36Norman97US #40
#37Don94US #78
#38Howard94US #31
#39Lloyd92US #62
#40Roy91US #35
#41Leonard89US #42
#42Vernon88US #71
#43Floyd86US #58
#44Albert85US #24
#45Arthur85US #22
#46Elmer81US #70
#47Francis81US #39
#48Harry77US #27
#49Herbert75US #25
#50Leroy75US #51
#51Gene74US #68
#52Duane72US #137
#53Max72US #128
#54Dean71US #133
#55Glenn71US #80
#56Fred70US #34
#57Jerry70US #61
#58Ronald69US #45
#59Henry68US #21
#60Virgil66US #127
#61Keith65US #138
#62Clifford64US #72
#63Leo62US #60
#64Ernest60US #43
#65Jimmie60US #98
#66Edwin58US #66
#67Delbert56US #157
#68Clyde55US #74
#69Alfred52US #41
#70Ray52US #57
#71Alvin49US #77
#72Glen49US #123
#73Louis49US #32
#74Eldon47
#75Darrell46US #194
#76Bernard45US #52
#77Jim45US #132
#78Lester45US #88
#79Marion44US #118
#80Lee43US #85
#81Russell42US #56
#82Everett41US #130
#83Merle40US #188
#84Lewis39US #84
#85Loren39
#86Lyle39US #152
#87Allen36US #86
#88Cecil36US #101
#89Orville35US #174
#90Gilbert34US #91
#91Larry34US #135
#92Wilbur34US #131
#93Willis34US #150
#94Bobbie33
#95Gordon33US #79
#96Junior33US #120
#97Warren33US #92
#98Claude32US #119
#99Jimmy32US #115
#100Milton32US #94

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑41Marie#40
↑34Florence#46
↑32Arlene#60
↑31Lillian#58
↑30Louise#48
↑24Elsie#52
↑23Lola#72
↑22Clara#51

Falling

↓39Erma#84
↓38Vivian#87
↓30Warren#97
↓29Grace#98
↓27Charlotte#80
↓22Gladys#70
↓21Alfred#69
↓20Gloria#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.