State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,144 Kansas births in 1932 across 633 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#69Lorenoutside the national top 200
#64Lila#193 nationally
#80Dixieoutside the national top 200
#84Nadineoutside the national top 200
#86Merleoutside the national top 200
#88Rexoutside the national top 200
#89Pattyoutside the national top 200
#93Eldonoutside the national top 200
#94Deloris#197 nationally
#98Dwightoutside the national top 200
#77Pat#177 nationally
#29Darlene#122 nationally

Girls

#1Mary792US #1
#2Betty584US #2
#3Barbara368US #3
#4Dorothy336US #4
#5Patricia322US #6
#6Shirley302US #9
#7Donna293US #29
#8Norma266US #22
#9Phyllis231US #30
#10Doris215US #10
#11Joan202US #5
#12Helen200US #8
#13Virginia193US #14
#14Marilyn180US #16
#15Lois179US #20
#16Margaret177US #7
#17Joyce166US #12
#18Ruth163US #11
#19Dolores141US #18
#20Marjorie141US #37
#21Bonnie135US #64
#22Beverly131US #28
#23Wilma131US #65
#24Wanda130US #52
#25Alice126US #21
#26Carol124US #32
#27Delores117US #56
#28Martha116US #27
#29Darlene112US #122
#30Evelyn109US #23
#31Mildred104US #26
#32Elizabeth99US #17
#33Jo96US #103
#34Peggy95US #40
#35Nancy94US #13
#36Frances90US #19
#37Anna86US #24
#38Juanita83US #58
#39Rose81US #33
#40Jean79US #15
#41Joann75US #79
#42Carolyn74US #46
#43Gloria71US #25
#44Geraldine66US #42
#45Roberta66US #109
#46Patsy65US #77
#47Thelma64US #51
#48Gladys59US #54
#49Esther57US #82
#50Edna53US #50
#51Janet52US #35
#52Louise52US #36
#53Rita50US #53
#54Ruby50US #38
#55Vera50US #121
#56Jane49US #49
#57Maxine47US #110
#58Arlene45US #80
#59Loretta45US #89
#60Pauline45US #59
#61Joanne44US #62
#62Anita43US #116
#63June43US #44
#64Lila43US #193
#65Bernice42US #71
#66Catherine42US #39
#67Eleanor42US #45
#68Irene42US #43
#69Velma42US #133
#70Charlotte41US #74
#71Leona41US #134
#72Marlene41US #78
#73Ann40US #34
#74Clara40US #70
#75Edith40US #69
#76Lucille40US #63
#77Pat40US #177
#78Billie39US #93
#79Charlene39US #170
#80Dixie39
#81Eva39US #98
#82Hazel39US #75
#83Florence38US #47
#84Nadine38
#85Rosemary38US #100
#86Ethel37US #66
#87Kathryn36US #107
#88Laura36US #88
#89Patty36
#90Georgia35US #118
#91Jacqueline35US #85
#92Lola35US #161
#93Violet34US #132
#94Deloris33US #197
#95Janice33US #94
#96Ramona33US #180
#97Vivian33US #90
#98Connie32US #153
#99Grace32US #72
#100Margie32US #102

Boys

#1Robert903US #1
#2Donald672US #7
#3James510US #2
#4John491US #3
#5Charles471US #6
#6Richard464US #5
#7William454US #4
#8Kenneth261US #14
#9George224US #8
#10Harold223US #18
#11Jack220US #17
#12Ronald173US #16
#13Billy164US #20
#14Paul155US #13
#15Raymond155US #19
#16Jerry152US #34
#17Marvin146US #46
#18David143US #12
#19Norman141US #37
#20Gerald131US #24
#21Edward127US #11
#22Eugene127US #22
#23Dale126US #61
#24Frank121US #15
#25Bill120US #58
#26Bob120US #79
#27Thomas112US #10
#28Melvin111US #51
#29Wayne110US #57
#30Roy104US #38
#31Carl103US #28
#32Don103US #55
#33Ralph101US #27
#34Walter100US #21
#35Joe96US #29
#36Clarence93US #40
#37Bobby82US #30
#38Howard82US #36
#39Leroy81US #53
#40Larry80US #65
#41Vernon80US #78
#42Francis78US #43
#43Lawrence78US #35
#44Dean77US #123
#45Arthur76US #25
#46Duane76US #105
#47Earl75US #41
#48Floyd75US #68
#49Joseph73US #9
#50Albert70US #26
#51Leo68US #74
#52Leonard68US #48
#53Gene67US #64
#54Fred65US #33
#55Harry64US #32
#56Ernest63US #47
#57Jim63US #104
#58Lloyd63US #71
#59Henry58US #23
#60Max57US #143
#61Virgil57US #139
#62Delbert56US #151
#63Jimmie56US #75
#64Darrell55US #154
#65Glenn53US #77
#66Keith53US #133
#67Glen52US #118
#68Elmer50US #94
#69Loren50
#70Alvin49US #87
#71Edwin46US #72
#72Jimmy46US #76
#73Roger46US #50
#74Louis45US #39
#75Russell45US #63
#76Bernard44US #60
#77Clifford42US #84
#78Daniel42US #42
#79Warren42US #102
#80Everett41US #140
#81Lewis41US #92
#82Lyle41US #155
#83Gary40US #136
#84Lester38US #101
#85Marion38US #132
#86Merle38
#87Alfred37US #49
#88Rex37
#89Dennis36US #121
#90Herbert36US #44
#91Cecil35US #108
#92Clyde34US #82
#93Eldon34
#94Ray34US #59
#95Wilbur34US #152
#96Jackie33US #130
#97Lee33US #86
#98Dwight32
#99Maurice32US #122
#100Phillip32US #134

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑49Janet#51
↑39Carolyn#42
↑38Jim#57
↑32Catherine#66
↑31Lila#64
↑28June#63
↑24Ronald#12
↑20Roger#73

Falling

↓44Vivian#97
↓30Lola#92
↓25Eldon#93
↓24Merle#86
↓23Herbert#90
↓22Kathryn#87
↓21Ray#94
↓20Keith#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.