State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 25,551 Kansas births in 1938 across 612 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#90Sondraoutside the national top 200
#92Darreloutside the national top 200
#93Lorenoutside the national top 200
#71Patty#175 nationally
#64Dixie#167 nationally
#99Merleoutside the national top 200
#72Delbert#169 nationally
#44Darrell#128 nationally
#57Max#140 nationally
#32Connie#110 nationally
#76Pat#149 nationally
#72Charlene#143 nationally

Girls

#1Mary738US #1
#2Barbara441US #2
#3Shirley359US #5
#4Patricia357US #3
#5Betty301US #4
#6Carol281US #6
#7Donna272US #20
#8Marilyn226US #19
#9Nancy211US #7
#10Janice209US #24
#11Sharon202US #30
#12Carolyn199US #15
#13Beverly196US #18
#14Joyce193US #11
#15Judith184US #12
#16Karen176US #50
#17Sandra161US #14
#18Phyllis155US #28
#19Margaret152US #9
#20Dorothy143US #8
#21Janet126US #16
#22Virginia126US #22
#23Judy124US #41
#24Norma122US #34
#25Ruth116US #21
#26Lois110US #33
#27Helen108US #13
#28Joan100US #10
#29Doris94US #25
#30Alice92US #29
#31Bonnie92US #65
#32Connie91US #110
#33Martha88US #26
#34Kay87US #81
#35Linda87US #31
#36Elizabeth86US #17
#37Peggy83US #35
#38Delores81US #75
#39Wilma77US #85
#40Darlene73US #76
#41Marjorie73US #53
#42Wanda72US #49
#43Frances71US #23
#44Roberta69US #73
#45Patsy63US #55
#46Deanna61US #115
#47Charlotte60US #70
#48Rosalie60US #66
#49Evelyn59US #38
#50Rose59US #39
#51Jane58US #44
#52Gloria57US #36
#53Jean57US #27
#54Jo54US #78
#55Anna53US #40
#56Loretta52US #62
#57Ann49US #32
#58Carole49US #46
#59Sally48US #54
#60Marlene47US #51
#61Anita46US #99
#62Joann46US #68
#63Kathleen46US #58
#64Dixie45US #167
#65Glenda45US #123
#66Juanita44US #80
#67Myrna43US #134
#68Rita43US #74
#69Sylvia43US #56
#70Kathryn42US #114
#71Patty42US #175
#72Charlene39US #143
#73Elaine38US #42
#74Jeanette38US #91
#75June38US #79
#76Pat38US #149
#77Ruby36US #61
#78Sue36US #104
#79Dolores35US #43
#80Mildred35US #52
#81Clara34US #98
#82Esther34US #120
#83Jacqueline34US #69
#84Katherine34US #105
#85Ellen33US #89
#86Hazel33US #111
#87Laura32US #108
#88Marcia32US #116
#89Maxine32US #130
#90Sondra32
#91Edna31US #82
#92Geraldine31US #45
#93Rosemary31US #95
#94Julia30US #107
#95Marie30US #37
#96Pauline30US #97
#97Thelma30US #86
#98Eleanor29US #60
#99Lillian28US #88
#100Margie28US #109

Boys

#1Robert667US #1
#2James578US #2
#3Larry570US #16
#4John526US #3
#5Donald466US #7
#6Richard448US #5
#7Gary401US #22
#8William380US #4
#9Charles361US #6
#10Jerry313US #17
#11Ronald312US #10
#12David243US #8
#13Kenneth240US #14
#14Gerald177US #19
#15George169US #11
#16Harold158US #23
#17Jack141US #25
#18Paul134US #15
#19Thomas134US #9
#20Don112US #52
#21Marvin108US #53
#22Edward107US #13
#23Raymond107US #20
#24Dale100US #56
#25Billy94US #24
#26Roger91US #31
#27Wayne90US #40
#28Carl88US #29
#29Bob84US #94
#30Jim82US #81
#31Norman80US #43
#32Frank78US #18
#33Roy78US #41
#34Fred76US #38
#35Terry76US #86
#36Michael74US #21
#37Lawrence73US #36
#38Arthur70US #32
#39Bill70US #67
#40Joseph70US #12
#41Dennis68US #49
#42Joe68US #28
#43Lloyd68US #92
#44Darrell67US #128
#45Walter67US #26
#46Howard66US #42
#47Melvin66US #54
#48Earl65US #50
#49Jimmy65US #45
#50Eugene64US #33
#51Leroy64US #61
#52Ralph63US #35
#53Francis59US #51
#54Gene59US #65
#55Harry59US #44
#56Jimmie57US #76
#57Max56US #140
#58Bobby50US #27
#59Daniel50US #39
#60Ronnie49US #113
#61Tommy48US #77
#62Vernon48US #103
#63Clifford46US #89
#64Glenn46US #83
#65Leonard46US #57
#66Clarence45US #58
#67Albert44US #37
#68Duane44US #114
#69Keith44US #120
#70Ray43US #72
#71Dean42US #129
#72Delbert42US #169
#73Henry41US #30
#74Ernest39US #55
#75Floyd39US #96
#76Warren39US #102
#77Douglas37US #60
#78Eddie37US #79
#79Leon37US #85
#80Russell37US #70
#81Stanley37US #59
#82Lee36US #80
#83Phillip36US #95
#84Glen35US #121
#85Jackie35US #105
#86Marion35US #145
#87Frederick34US #71
#88Maurice34US #143
#89Philip34US #64
#90Johnny33US #63
#91Louis33US #47
#92Darrel32
#93Loren32
#94Virgil32US #151
#95Jay31US #138
#96Patrick31US #88
#97Tom31US #106
#98Danny30US #137
#99Merle30
#100Gordon29US #78

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑48Terry#35
↑34Ronnie#60
↑31Connie#32
↑30Ann#57
↑29Lloyd#43
↑25Kathryn#70
↑21Judy#23
↑21Myrna#67

Falling

↓36Dolores#79
↓28Geraldine#92
↓25Marie#95
↓21Glen#84
↓19Ralph#52
↓17Vernon#62
↓16Pat#76
↓16Bill#39

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.