State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,091 Kansas births in 1930 across 660 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#72Eldonoutside the national top 200
#86Lorenoutside the national top 200
#88Delorisoutside the national top 200
#84Charlene#195 nationally
#88Merle#196 nationally
#96Ivanoutside the national top 200
#39Darlene#141 nationally
#41Jo#131 nationally
#83Darrell#173 nationally
#81Erma#169 nationally
#42Velma#127 nationally
#59Max#143 nationally

Girls

#1Mary860US #1
#2Betty786US #2
#3Dorothy380US #3
#4Norma307US #25
#5Barbara289US #6
#6Patricia279US #7
#7Donna274US #37
#8Virginia267US #12
#9Doris265US #9
#10Helen251US #4
#11Shirley223US #11
#12Ruth219US #10
#13Phyllis203US #28
#14Lois195US #17
#15Marjorie194US #32
#16Margaret192US #5
#17Joan178US #8
#18Joyce158US #18
#19Alice154US #20
#20Wanda149US #56
#21Evelyn143US #19
#22Marilyn136US #22
#23Beverly135US #34
#24Dolores135US #13
#25Wilma135US #68
#26Bonnie123US #78
#27Mildred123US #21
#28Frances111US #16
#29Martha103US #27
#30Rose98US #29
#31Anna96US #23
#32Thelma95US #45
#33Delores94US #66
#34Elizabeth89US #15
#35Jean89US #14
#36Carol86US #54
#37Maxine85US #93
#38Esther80US #77
#39Darlene79US #141
#40Ruby79US #36
#41Jo77US #131
#42Velma75US #127
#43Patsy74US #97
#44Peggy72US #67
#45Joann71US #118
#46Juanita71US #57
#47Nancy70US #24
#48Louise65US #31
#49Geraldine64US #43
#50Marie63US #26
#51Roberta62US #125
#52Lucille61US #59
#53Rita61US #42
#54Florence60US #38
#55Edna59US #51
#56Gloria59US #30
#57Clara57US #64
#58June55US #47
#59Edith53US #61
#60Gladys53US #48
#61Irene53US #33
#62Vera53US #104
#63Charlotte50US #75
#64Jacqueline50US #74
#65Ramona50US #149
#66Pauline49US #52
#67Naomi48US #139
#68Georgia45US #117
#69Joanne45US #81
#70Kathleen44US #84
#71Leona44US #130
#72Bernice43US #58
#73Eleanor43US #39
#74Ethel43US #65
#75Hazel42US #71
#76Kathryn42US #101
#77Laura41US #89
#78Opal41US #156
#79Arlene40US #103
#80Carolyn40US #72
#81Erma40US #169
#82Loretta40US #105
#83Marian40US #80
#84Charlene39US #195
#85Elsie39US #88
#86Josephine39US #49
#87Billie38US #79
#88Deloris38
#89Margie38US #112
#90Rosemary38US #82
#91Ella37US #107
#92Jane37US #55
#93Lila37US #170
#94Lillian37US #44
#95Viola37US #116
#96Alma36US #109
#97Emma35US #73
#98Theresa35US #50
#99Ann34US #41
#100Audrey34US #63

Boys

#1Robert985US #1
#2Donald716US #7
#3John553US #3
#4Charles551US #6
#5James550US #2
#6Richard480US #5
#7William452US #4
#8Jack288US #14
#9Harold267US #18
#10Kenneth265US #17
#11George248US #8
#12Billy207US #20
#13Raymond180US #16
#14David164US #15
#15Paul159US #12
#16Eugene148US #21
#17Thomas134US #11
#18Ralph133US #25
#19Edward129US #10
#20Wayne129US #65
#21Bill128US #59
#22Dale128US #64
#23Gerald125US #30
#24Melvin120US #50
#25Carl119US #26
#26Marvin119US #48
#27Walter115US #19
#28Frank111US #13
#29Howard110US #31
#30Bobby106US #41
#31Lawrence106US #36
#32Joseph105US #9
#33Norman102US #40
#34Clarence101US #39
#35Earl99US #38
#36Bob97US #88
#37Don94US #68
#38Francis92US #42
#39Joe92US #27
#40Ronald90US #37
#41Arthur88US #23
#42Roy88US #33
#43Lloyd87US #69
#44Jerry85US #51
#45Leroy84US #53
#46Albert82US #24
#47Vernon82US #72
#48Harry81US #28
#49Elmer78US #80
#50Duane76US #120
#51Keith74US #130
#52Leonard74US #45
#53Floyd73US #61
#54Henry71US #22
#55Herbert71US #35
#56Jimmie71US #86
#57Dean69US #129
#58Gene66US #70
#59Max64US #143
#60Leo62US #63
#61Glenn60US #71
#62Clifford59US #73
#63Ernest59US #43
#64Louis58US #34
#65Clyde57US #76
#66Fred57US #32
#67Edwin56US #66
#68Stanley54US #49
#69Alfred53US #46
#70Larry53US #108
#71Ray53US #57
#72Eldon52
#73Lester52US #95
#74Warren52US #96
#75Bernard51US #52
#76Delbert50US #151
#77Glen50US #114
#78Cecil48US #99
#79Marion47US #126
#80Russell47US #60
#81Virgil47US #128
#82Wilbur47US #141
#83Darrell46US #173
#84Jim45US #125
#85Leon44US #81
#86Loren44
#87Daniel42US #47
#88Merle41US #196
#89Alvin40US #79
#90Billie40US #123
#91Chester40US #103
#92Jackie40US #157
#93Lyle40US #160
#94Gilbert38US #90
#95Lee38US #82
#96Ivan37
#97Maurice37US #116
#98Tommy37US #127
#99Allen35US #85
#100Everett34US #134

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑52Patsy#43
↑36Joann#45
↑23Warren#74
↑22Jo#41
↑22Joanne#69
↑22Kathleen#70
↑21Larry#70
↑18Ronald#40

Falling

↓36Lillian#94
↓33Elsie#85
↓28Viola#95
↓26Billie#87
↓22Hazel#75
↓21Virgil#81
↓20Irene#61
↓20Emma#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.