State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,072 Kansas births in 1933 across 635 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#57Eldonoutside the national top 200
#58Dixieoutside the national top 200
#68Patty#191 nationally
#80Lorenoutside the national top 200
#86Lilaoutside the national top 200
#46Charlene#156 nationally
#91Darreloutside the national top 200
#87Leland#189 nationally
#99Merleoutside the national top 200
#79Erma#176 nationally
#73Lola#163 nationally
#68Delbert#157 nationally

Girls

#1Mary771US #1
#2Betty510US #2
#3Barbara404US #3
#4Shirley341US #9
#5Patricia339US #6
#6Donna328US #24
#7Dorothy295US #4
#8Norma221US #23
#9Helen200US #8
#10Carol188US #20
#11Phyllis186US #28
#12Joyce181US #12
#13Doris180US #10
#14Marilyn179US #16
#15Beverly177US #26
#16Joan171US #5
#17Virginia169US #15
#18Lois164US #19
#19Margaret163US #7
#20Ruth163US #13
#21Marjorie135US #41
#22Wanda135US #48
#23Delores125US #52
#24Nancy121US #11
#25Wilma110US #66
#26Alice108US #22
#27Darlene105US #96
#28Peggy105US #36
#29Frances102US #18
#30Bonnie101US #68
#31Evelyn101US #30
#32Dolores89US #21
#33Martha89US #27
#34Jean86US #14
#35Anna82US #29
#36Mildred80US #32
#37Carolyn78US #40
#38Jo78US #90
#39Joann71US #72
#40Charlotte67US #79
#41Juanita67US #63
#42Patsy67US #65
#43Rita66US #53
#44Janet65US #25
#45Elizabeth60US #17
#46Charlene58US #156
#47Roberta58US #112
#48Marlene55US #50
#49Maxine55US #110
#50Geraldine53US #42
#51Loretta52US #87
#52Rose52US #35
#53Janice50US #81
#54Clara49US #67
#55Gloria49US #31
#56June49US #45
#57Ruby49US #43
#58Dixie48
#59Esther48US #88
#60Louise47US #39
#61Jane46US #47
#62Joanne46US #56
#63Connie45US #146
#64Edith45US #80
#65Florence45US #49
#66Thelma45US #57
#67Leona44US #139
#68Patty44US #191
#69Vera44US #121
#70Ann43US #34
#71Kathryn43US #108
#72Irene42US #46
#73Lola42US #163
#74Vivian42US #98
#75Gladys40US #60
#76Hazel40US #82
#77Kathleen40US #77
#78Anita38US #116
#79Erma38US #176
#80Pauline38US #64
#81Eleanor37US #38
#82Pat37US #160
#83Arlene36US #74
#84Jacqueline36US #86
#85Laura35US #91
#86Lila35
#87Sue35US #131
#88Edna34US #55
#89Lucille34US #78
#90Marian34US #89
#91Billie33US #92
#92Ethel33US #71
#93Velma33US #137
#94Elaine32US #61
#95Grace32US #69
#96Jeanette32US #103
#97Lillian31US #51
#98Josephine30US #62
#99Julia30US #97
#100Marie30US #33

Boys

#1Robert733US #1
#2Donald590US #7
#3James567US #2
#4John518US #3
#5Charles453US #6
#6Richard421US #5
#7William418US #4
#8Kenneth242US #15
#9George213US #8
#10Jack209US #17
#11Harold204US #18
#12Ronald182US #12
#13Jerry161US #31
#14Paul153US #14
#15David143US #13
#16Billy139US #20
#17Ralph134US #29
#18Gerald129US #22
#19Don114US #54
#20Marvin114US #44
#21Raymond113US #19
#22Larry111US #58
#23Carl107US #28
#24Frank107US #16
#25Thomas106US #10
#26Wayne104US #52
#27Eugene103US #23
#28Melvin100US #51
#29Dale99US #65
#30Edward98US #11
#31Gary97US #80
#32Norman97US #37
#33Joe92US #27
#34Joseph92US #9
#35Bill90US #59
#36Lawrence87US #38
#37Walter85US #21
#38Earl84US #41
#39Leroy83US #56
#40Roy83US #39
#41Howard82US #36
#42Bob79US #82
#43Duane79US #102
#44Vernon79US #83
#45Bobby75US #26
#46Francis73US #45
#47Fred73US #34
#48Albert71US #30
#49Jim68US #98
#50Arthur67US #25
#51Clarence67US #43
#52Gene67US #66
#53Dean64US #128
#54Roger63US #48
#55Henry61US #24
#56Franklin60US #33
#57Eldon59
#58Harry59US #35
#59Leonard59US #47
#60Keith58US #127
#61Leo58US #75
#62Max57US #140
#63Glenn56US #74
#64Lloyd56US #73
#65Floyd54US #69
#66Warren52US #99
#67Darrell51US #148
#68Delbert50US #157
#69Bernard49US #63
#70Jimmie49US #72
#71Lyle46US #158
#72Alvin45US #88
#73Elmer45US #101
#74Ernest45US #50
#75Jackie45US #123
#76Jimmy45US #64
#77Ray45US #62
#78Virgil45US #138
#79Edwin43US #77
#80Loren43
#81Marion43US #133
#82Louis42US #40
#83Philip42US #70
#84Stanley41US #55
#85Cecil40US #111
#86Clifford40US #86
#87Leland39US #189
#88Leon38US #85
#89Clyde37US #87
#90Maurice37US #129
#91Darrel36
#92Everett36US #139
#93Herbert36US #49
#94Lee36US #79
#95Leslie36US #137
#96Allen35US #84
#97Daniel34US #42
#98Lester34US #108
#99Merle34
#100Phillip34US #125

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑52Gary#31
↑42Janice#53
↑36Eldon#57
↑35Connie#63
↑33Charlene#46
↑30Charlotte#40
↑24Marlene#48
↑23Vivian#74

Falling

↓38Edna#88
↓27Gladys#75
↓25Arlene#83
↓24Velma#93
↓22Lila#86
↓20Pauline#80
↓19Thelma#66
↓19Daniel#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.