State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,940 Kansas births in 1934 across 626 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#50Dixieoutside the national top 200
#58Eldonoutside the national top 200
#76Nadineoutside the national top 200
#83Lilaoutside the national top 200
#82Rex#197 nationally
#73Patty#173 nationally
#94Glenda#194 nationally
#96Ramona#193 nationally
#97Deloris#189 nationally
#68Lyle#155 nationally
#77Pat#162 nationally
#42Max#126 nationally

Girls

#1Mary814US #1
#2Shirley498US #4
#3Betty452US #2
#4Barbara390US #3
#5Patricia351US #6
#6Donna348US #23
#7Dorothy240US #5
#8Phyllis222US #28
#9Norma216US #24
#10Carol199US #14
#11Marilyn191US #17
#12Margaret183US #8
#13Joyce182US #12
#14Virginia181US #15
#15Joan176US #7
#16Doris174US #11
#17Helen171US #9
#18Beverly170US #22
#19Lois159US #20
#20Ruth156US #13
#21Nancy148US #10
#22Wanda129US #47
#23Bonnie123US #58
#24Darlene116US #90
#25Delores115US #51
#26Peggy114US #36
#27Alice113US #25
#28Carolyn112US #33
#29Wilma106US #73
#30Evelyn100US #29
#31Marjorie99US #41
#32Frances95US #19
#33Joann89US #50
#34Anna86US #31
#35Martha83US #27
#36Patsy83US #59
#37Mildred82US #35
#38Janet81US #21
#39Jean80US #16
#40Juanita77US #64
#41Dolores76US #26
#42Janice73US #68
#43Elizabeth70US #18
#44Gloria70US #30
#45Jo69US #75
#46Charlotte67US #72
#47Marlene66US #57
#48Rose60US #37
#49Thelma58US #65
#50Dixie55
#51Arlene54US #53
#52Rita54US #63
#53Eleanor53US #44
#54Joanne52US #45
#55Geraldine51US #43
#56Kathryn51US #108
#57Loretta51US #83
#58June50US #46
#59Leona50US #140
#60Ann49US #32
#61Connie49US #145
#62Edith48US #81
#63Vera48US #127
#64Hazel47US #87
#65Billie45US #92
#66Clara45US #76
#67Roberta45US #104
#68Esther44US #91
#69Edna43US #55
#70Elaine43US #54
#71Gladys43US #66
#72Sylvia43US #70
#73Patty42US #173
#74Sue42US #119
#75Eva41US #100
#76Nadine41
#77Pat41US #162
#78Charlene39US #151
#79Ellen39US #95
#80Jane39US #48
#81Ruby39US #39
#82Kay38US #143
#83Lila38
#84Louise36US #40
#85Marie36US #34
#86Georgia35US #122
#87Irene35US #49
#88Kathleen35US #74
#89Lillian35US #52
#90Anita34US #130
#91Laura34US #96
#92Velma34US #144
#93Ethel33US #78
#94Glenda33US #194
#95Maxine33US #114
#96Ramona33US #193
#97Deloris32US #189
#98Grace32US #79
#99Judith32US #94
#100Lucille32US #84

Boys

#1Robert819US #1
#2Donald589US #6
#3James571US #2
#4John521US #3
#5Richard468US #5
#6Charles405US #7
#7William404US #4
#8Kenneth245US #15
#9Jack217US #17
#10Harold196US #18
#11Ronald195US #11
#12Jerry190US #25
#13George184US #8
#14Paul174US #14
#15Gary164US #60
#16Gerald164US #22
#17David162US #12
#18Larry161US #43
#19Billy151US #20
#20Raymond142US #19
#21Don140US #50
#22Edward133US #13
#23Marvin133US #44
#24Dale125US #62
#25Thomas122US #9
#26Carl119US #28
#27Wayne117US #48
#28Frank107US #16
#29Norman102US #38
#30Lawrence101US #34
#31Melvin99US #55
#32Joe98US #26
#33Duane95US #104
#34Joseph94US #10
#35Bill92US #59
#36Bob88US #75
#37Ralph87US #31
#38Bobby84US #23
#39Eugene82US #24
#40Howard82US #37
#41Leroy78US #54
#42Max78US #126
#43Jim76US #90
#44Roy76US #35
#45Jimmy75US #56
#46Walter70US #21
#47Dean69US #118
#48Harry69US #36
#49Jimmie69US #68
#50Albert65US #32
#51Floyd65US #73
#52Glenn65US #81
#53Lloyd65US #82
#54Vernon65US #89
#55Arthur63US #29
#56Clarence62US #45
#57Earl62US #41
#58Eldon61
#59Glen61US #120
#60Roger61US #39
#61Francis60US #49
#62Fred58US #33
#63Keith58US #125
#64Franklin56US #46
#65Leo56US #86
#66Bernard55US #65
#67Clifford54US #85
#68Lyle54US #155
#69Stanley54US #58
#70Leonard53US #53
#71Warren51US #96
#72Leon50US #87
#73Darrell49US #140
#74Ernest49US #51
#75Elmer48US #108
#76Ray47US #63
#77Gene46US #67
#78Dennis45US #95
#79Henry44US #27
#80Jackie43US #114
#81Delbert42US #163
#82Rex42US #197
#83Tommy41US #98
#84Virgil41US #141
#85Herbert40US #57
#86Alfred39US #64
#87Lee39US #79
#88Louis39US #40
#89Phillip38US #113
#90Bruce37US #78
#91Edwin36US #80
#92Daniel35US #42
#93Lewis35US #94
#94Dick34US #138
#95Lester34US #110
#96Alvin33US #93
#97Clyde33US #84
#98Marion33US #139
#99Wilbur32US #162
#100Allen30US #88

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑32Arlene#51
↑31Jimmy#45
↑28Eleanor#53
↑26Billie#65
↑24Elaine#70
↑21Jimmie#49
↑20Max#42
↑19Edna#69

Falling

↓46Maxine#95
↓32Charlene#78
↓25Gene#77
↓24Ruby#81
↓24Louise#84
↓24Henry#79
↓24Alvin#96
↓20Roberta#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.