State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,405 Kansas births in 1931 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.

#62Merle#198 nationally
#68Eldonoutside the national top 200
#69Dixieoutside the national top 200
#88Lorenoutside the national top 200
#97Nadineoutside the national top 200
#98Ivanoutside the national top 200
#99Rexoutside the national top 200
#85Connie#183 nationally
#31Darlene#128 nationally
#82Charlene#179 nationally
#92Leland#189 nationally
#64Delbert#159 nationally

Girls

#1Mary838US #1
#2Betty670US #2
#3Dorothy366US #3
#4Barbara356US #4
#5Donna306US #32
#6Patricia288US #8
#7Norma286US #22
#8Shirley278US #9
#9Margaret231US #7
#10Helen224US #6
#11Doris215US #10
#12Virginia215US #12
#13Phyllis214US #29
#14Joan212US #5
#15Ruth212US #11
#16Marilyn191US #19
#17Lois184US #20
#18Joyce161US #15
#19Wanda150US #54
#20Wilma147US #69
#21Evelyn140US #24
#22Marjorie137US #34
#23Bonnie135US #73
#24Dolores134US #14
#25Beverly132US #31
#26Delores129US #58
#27Alice122US #21
#28Mildred120US #26
#29Martha112US #28
#30Anna105US #25
#31Darlene105US #128
#32Frances102US #18
#33Jean100US #13
#34Peggy98US #42
#35Jo85US #116
#36Elizabeth84US #16
#37Nancy84US #17
#38Juanita83US #57
#39Esther81US #79
#40Carol80US #46
#41Patsy80US #83
#42Ruby79US #39
#43Gloria77US #23
#44Geraldine75US #38
#45Joann75US #90
#46Rose72US #30
#47Roberta70US #121
#48Arlene64US #77
#49Irene63US #37
#50Rita61US #48
#51Thelma61US #53
#52Maxine60US #101
#53Vivian57US #82
#54Gladys55US #55
#55Loretta55US #96
#56Clara54US #61
#57Charlotte52US #75
#58Joanne51US #68
#59Pauline51US #56
#60Edith50US #65
#61Edna50US #52
#62Lola49US #156
#63Velma49US #131
#64Billie48US #81
#65Kathryn48US #108
#66Louise48US #33
#67Marlene48US #95
#68Anita45US #117
#69Dixie45
#70Emma45US #76
#71Vera45US #111
#72Hazel44US #74
#73Laura44US #89
#74Eleanor43US #40
#75Eva43US #94
#76Ida43US #100
#77Marian43US #84
#78Florence42US #43
#79Naomi42US #140
#80Marie41US #27
#81Carolyn39US #60
#82Charlene39US #179
#83Rosemary39US #88
#84Janice38US #104
#85Connie37US #183
#86Elsie37US #86
#87Erma37US #163
#88Leona37US #133
#89Bertha36US #102
#90Josephine36US #51
#91June35US #44
#92Lucille35US #62
#93Elaine34US #72
#94Jacqueline34US #78
#95Lila34US #184
#96Viola34US #127
#97Nadine33
#98Catherine32US #36
#99Grace32US #70
#100Janet32US #45

Boys

#1Robert921US #1
#2Donald713US #7
#3James565US #2
#4John545US #3
#5William466US #4
#6Richard449US #5
#7Charles416US #6
#8Jack264US #15
#9Harold246US #18
#10Kenneth227US #14
#11George196US #8
#12Billy185US #19
#13Paul170US #12
#14Raymond164US #17
#15Gerald139US #26
#16Marvin139US #45
#17Frank135US #16
#18Ralph134US #25
#19Eugene132US #21
#20David130US #13
#21Dale127US #62
#22Edward125US #11
#23Thomas125US #10
#24Bill124US #57
#25Jerry112US #43
#26Melvin105US #51
#27Norman105US #36
#28Wayne105US #58
#29Don104US #59
#30Bobby102US #32
#31Bob101US #78
#32Howard100US #34
#33Joe100US #29
#34Joseph100US #9
#35Carl99US #28
#36Ronald99US #27
#37Duane98US #104
#38Earl96US #40
#39Walter94US #20
#40Clarence93US #39
#41Lawrence90US #38
#42Roy90US #35
#43Albert87US #24
#44Vernon81US #74
#45Gene79US #64
#46Keith78US #123
#47Floyd76US #66
#48Harry75US #30
#49Leroy75US #52
#50Lloyd75US #68
#51Francis73US #42
#52Glenn71US #72
#53Dean70US #127
#54Arthur69US #23
#55Leonard69US #48
#56Larry65US #88
#57Leo64US #69
#58Henry63US #22
#59Jimmie63US #81
#60Elmer60US #82
#61Fred59US #33
#62Merle59US #198
#63Clifford56US #75
#64Delbert56US #159
#65Edwin56US #67
#66Ernest56US #47
#67Herbert55US #41
#68Eldon53
#69Glen53US #112
#70Jimmy53US #89
#71Louis53US #37
#72Marion53US #133
#73Ray53US #60
#74Virgil53US #121
#75Alfred51US #50
#76Stanley49US #49
#77Max48US #140
#78Warren46US #100
#79Darrell45US #167
#80Bernard43US #54
#81Lyle43US #157
#82Jackie42US #142
#83Cecil41US #102
#84Clyde41US #77
#85Everett41US #136
#86Russell41US #63
#87Leon40US #84
#88Loren40
#89Alvin38US #80
#90Daniel38US #44
#91Gary38US #153
#92Leland36US #189
#93Roger36US #53
#94Wilbur36US #149
#95Jim35US #116
#96Lee35US #90
#97Harvey34US #93
#98Ivan33
#99Rex33
#100Tommy33US #115

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑31Arlene#48
↑27Loretta#55
↑27Emma#70
↑26Merle#62
↑23Billie#64
↑19Jerry#25
↑15Everett#85
↑14Larry#56

Falling

↓40Lucille#92
↓33June#91
↓30Marie#80
↓30Jacqueline#94
↓24Florence#78
↓21Velma#63
↓19Thelma#51
↓19Clyde#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.