State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 25,123 Kansas births in 1937 across 601 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#77Eldonoutside the national top 200
#54Dixie#174 nationally
#93Lorenoutside the national top 200
#68Delbert#161 nationally
#60Pat#147 nationally
#48Darrell#130 nationally
#34Karen#113 nationally
#86Velma#164 nationally
#62Deanna#139 nationally
#67Charlene#141 nationally
#76Vera#150 nationally
#84Virgil#158 nationally

Girls

#1Mary649US #1
#2Shirley463US #4
#3Barbara407US #2
#4Patricia358US #3
#5Betty294US #5
#6Carol262US #6
#7Donna256US #21
#8Marilyn255US #13
#9Beverly228US #14
#10Nancy197US #7
#11Virginia173US #16
#12Janice171US #25
#13Dorothy170US #8
#14Joyce168US #11
#15Carolyn163US #20
#16Phyllis160US #27
#17Margaret158US #10
#18Sharon144US #41
#19Helen139US #12
#20Norma139US #33
#21Ruth133US #15
#22Lois127US #29
#23Sandra126US #26
#24Judith114US #34
#25Martha107US #24
#26Doris104US #22
#27Joan100US #9
#28Janet99US #18
#29Darlene95US #72
#30Alice94US #28
#31Delores94US #68
#32Peggy94US #31
#33Wanda88US #55
#34Karen84US #113
#35Frances80US #19
#36Kay79US #79
#37Marjorie74US #57
#38Elizabeth73US #17
#39Patsy73US #54
#40Bonnie72US #64
#41Roberta72US #66
#42Linda67US #49
#43Dolores66US #37
#44Judy66US #91
#45Loretta65US #63
#46Rose64US #38
#47Jean62US #23
#48Wilma62US #80
#49Anna61US #39
#50Jo61US #73
#51Evelyn60US #36
#52Anita58US #93
#53Gloria56US #32
#54Dixie54US #174
#55Joann53US #58
#56Charlotte51US #67
#57Marlene51US #40
#58Jane49US #42
#59Jeanette49US #90
#60Pat48US #147
#61Carole46US #56
#62Deanna46US #139
#63Connie43US #128
#64Geraldine42US #44
#65Kathleen41US #61
#66Sylvia41US #50
#67Charlene40US #141
#68Clara39US #100
#69Juanita38US #75
#70Marie38US #35
#71Rita38US #69
#72Arlene36US #60
#73Elsie36US #125
#74Glenda36US #146
#75Sue36US #101
#76Vera36US #150
#77Esther35US #116
#78Mildred35US #43
#79Sally35US #59
#80Billie34US #126
#81Edna34US #74
#82Georgia34US #132
#83Jacqueline34US #70
#84Marcia34US #124
#85Maxine34US #136
#86Velma34US #164
#87Ann33US #30
#88Myrna33US #137
#89Eleanor32US #53
#90Ethel32US #88
#91Laura31US #105
#92Eva30US #117
#93Gladys30US #86
#94June30US #71
#95Kathryn30US #108
#96Margie30US #111
#97Pauline30US #87
#98Joanne29US #51
#99Julia29US #112
#100Katherine29US #103

Boys

#1Robert764US #1
#2James539US #2
#3Donald525US #7
#4John509US #3
#5Larry446US #16
#6Richard431US #5
#7Charles422US #6
#8Gary344US #29
#9William339US #4
#10Kenneth271US #14
#11Jerry235US #17
#12David227US #8
#13Ronald211US #11
#14George185US #10
#15Gerald159US #20
#16Harold156US #21
#17Paul150US #15
#18Jack146US #23
#19Raymond134US #19
#20Edward121US #13
#21Thomas116US #9
#22Carl104US #28
#23Bill103US #64
#24Marvin103US #49
#25Dale97US #59
#26Don95US #51
#27Joe95US #25
#28Billy94US #22
#29Joseph94US #12
#30Wayne94US #44
#31Norman92US #43
#32Bob87US #81
#33Ralph85US #34
#34Frank84US #18
#35Melvin77US #50
#36Roger71US #36
#37Jimmy69US #45
#38Walter68US #26
#39Francis67US #55
#40Fred67US #35
#41Jim67US #82
#42Lawrence66US #38
#43Gene65US #61
#44Jimmie65US #72
#45Vernon65US #96
#46Leroy64US #56
#47Roy64US #40
#48Darrell63US #130
#49Dennis63US #63
#50Eugene63US #33
#51Michael63US #27
#52Harry62US #41
#53Albert61US #37
#54Arthur60US #31
#55Bobby59US #24
#56Clarence56US #54
#57Earl56US #48
#58Keith56US #123
#59Duane55US #115
#60Dean53US #127
#61Glenn50US #88
#62Ray49US #71
#63Glen48US #122
#64Howard48US #42
#65Stanley48US #57
#66Leonard47US #58
#67Daniel46US #39
#68Delbert46US #161
#69Henry46US #30
#70Bruce43US #70
#71Clifford43US #90
#72Lloyd43US #91
#73Tommy43US #84
#74Leon42US #85
#75Lee41US #78
#76Leo41US #97
#77Eldon40
#78Jackie40US #107
#79Eddie39US #83
#80Louis39US #46
#81Ernest38US #53
#82Floyd38US #80
#83Terry38US #113
#84Virgil38US #158
#85Cecil37US #114
#86Alfred36US #60
#87Tom36US #108
#88Alvin35US #99
#89Herbert35US #65
#90Lester35US #116
#91Marion35US #140
#92Warren35US #106
#93Loren34
#94Ronnie34US #128
#95Franklin33US #77
#96Philip33US #62
#97Clyde32US #93
#98Lyle32US #167
#99Patrick32US #94
#100Russell32US #67

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑55Linda#42
↑40Judy#44
↑31Michael#51
↑28Karen#34
↑28Marie#70
↑26Elsie#73
↑26Tommy#73
↑23Albert#53

Falling

↓34Ann#87
↓32Kathryn#95
↓28Mildred#78
↓21Juanita#69
↓21Joanne#98
↓19Bobby#55
↓17Evelyn#51
↓17Eleanor#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.