State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,222 Kansas births in 1935 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.

#59Lorenoutside the national top 200
#62Dixie#188 nationally
#78Eldonoutside the national top 200
#82Merleoutside the national top 200
#73Patty#190 nationally
#92Darreloutside the national top 200
#94Lilaoutside the national top 200
#100Rex#198 nationally
#68Delbert#165 nationally
#72Glenda#169 nationally
#84Karen#172 nationally
#53Darrell#136 nationally

Girls

#1Shirley896US #2
#2Mary673US #1
#3Barbara432US #3
#4Betty418US #4
#5Patricia315US #5
#6Donna292US #23
#7Carol237US #11
#8Marilyn237US #14
#9Dorothy214US #6
#10Virginia200US #16
#11Norma196US #29
#12Phyllis182US #27
#13Beverly180US #20
#14Joyce172US #12
#15Nancy171US #9
#16Margaret154US #8
#17Doris149US #13
#18Helen144US #10
#19Ruth139US #15
#20Joan131US #7
#21Carolyn121US #28
#22Darlene106US #91
#23Lois104US #21
#24Marjorie104US #46
#25Delores103US #57
#26Bonnie100US #62
#27Alice98US #25
#28Wilma96US #70
#29Janice92US #47
#30Dolores90US #26
#31Wanda89US #49
#32Janet88US #22
#33Joann87US #53
#34Sharon85US #96
#35Frances82US #19
#36Peggy82US #36
#37Jo78US #73
#38Martha77US #24
#39Juanita76US #72
#40Evelyn75US #31
#41Sandra73US #50
#42Marlene71US #39
#43Elizabeth69US #17
#44Jean67US #18
#45Geraldine65US #40
#46Mildred64US #35
#47Jane62US #43
#48Anna60US #34
#49Patsy60US #56
#50Kathleen58US #71
#51Rose56US #37
#52Ruby55US #41
#53Gloria54US #32
#54Roberta54US #77
#55Charlotte53US #65
#56Ann52US #30
#57Connie52US #140
#58Judith51US #54
#59Kay50US #134
#60Loretta50US #69
#61Arlene48US #59
#62Dixie47US #188
#63Louise45US #45
#64Anita43US #119
#65Esther43US #94
#66Charlene41US #146
#67Edith41US #87
#68Joanne41US #44
#69Pat41US #150
#70Thelma41US #76
#71Elaine40US #51
#72Glenda39US #169
#73Patty39US #190
#74Kathryn38US #111
#75Rita38US #63
#76Sally38US #58
#77Vera38US #124
#78Judy37US #143
#79Sylvia37US #60
#80Ethel36US #82
#81June36US #55
#82Pauline36US #80
#83Jacqueline35US #79
#84Karen35US #172
#85Velma35US #147
#86Clara34US #81
#87Maxine34US #120
#88Rosemary33US #97
#89Billie32US #106
#90Edna32US #67
#91Georgia32US #123
#92Gladys32US #78
#93Jeanette32US #104
#94Lila32
#95Sue32US #115
#96Eleanor31US #48
#97Naomi31US #144
#98Ellen30US #95
#99Florence30US #74
#100Hazel30US #92

Boys

#1Robert668US #1
#2Donald581US #7
#3John576US #3
#4James557US #2
#5Richard482US #5
#6Charles407US #6
#7William359US #4
#8Kenneth255US #15
#9Larry251US #33
#10Ronald231US #12
#11Gary212US #44
#12Jerry197US #22
#13George196US #8
#14Jack191US #18
#15Harold175US #20
#16Paul172US #14
#17David170US #11
#18Gerald164US #21
#19Marvin136US #45
#20Billy132US #19
#21Dale128US #61
#22Norman122US #38
#23Don117US #51
#24Bob112US #81
#25Raymond110US #17
#26Eugene106US #26
#27Thomas105US #9
#28Carl97US #28
#29Edward97US #13
#30Joseph97US #10
#31Wayne96US #49
#32Bill95US #60
#33Melvin94US #57
#34Ralph88US #32
#35Lawrence87US #35
#36Frank86US #16
#37Howard85US #39
#38Jim84US #90
#39Joe82US #25
#40Leroy80US #50
#41Roger77US #36
#42Fred75US #34
#43Jimmy73US #47
#44Duane72US #105
#45Harry72US #37
#46Vernon70US #94
#47Dean67US #120
#48Jackie67US #102
#49Walter67US #23
#50Roy65US #40
#51Bobby64US #24
#52Glenn63US #78
#53Darrell62US #136
#54Jimmie62US #69
#55Leonard61US #54
#56Francis59US #53
#57Lloyd59US #84
#58Gene58US #66
#59Loren58
#60Max58US #128
#61Arthur57US #29
#62Clarence57US #48
#63Earl56US #46
#64Albert54US #31
#65Ray50US #64
#66Floyd48US #76
#67Keith48US #125
#68Delbert47US #165
#69Ernest47US #55
#70Stanley46US #56
#71Virgil46US #141
#72Alvin44US #91
#73Clifford44US #88
#74Edwin44US #89
#75Glen42US #124
#76Russell42US #68
#77Dennis41US #72
#78Eldon41
#79Louis41US #42
#80Phillip41US #107
#81Warren41US #97
#82Merle40
#83Michael39US #41
#84Philip39US #65
#85Tommy39US #95
#86Bernard37US #67
#87Franklin37US #71
#88Maurice37US #130
#89Herbert36US #58
#90Lee36US #80
#91Cecil35US #109
#92Darrel35
#93Henry35US #27
#94Marion35US #134
#95Daniel34US #43
#96Elmer34US #115
#97Gilbert34US #111
#98Leon34US #86
#99Lyle34US #156
#100Rex34US #198

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑41Judith#58
↑38Kathleen#50
↑33Jane#47
↑32Jackie#48
↑29Ruby#52
↑26Anita#64
↑24Alvin#72
↑23Kay#59

Falling

↓43Eleanor#96
↓36Hazel#100
↓31Lyle#99
↓26Leon#98
↓24Billie#89
↓23Rita#75
↓23June#81
↓23Franklin#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.