State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 25,477 Kansas births in 1939 across 606 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#64Sondraoutside the national top 200
#71Loren#200 nationally
#79Rexoutside the national top 200
#55Dixie#169 nationally
#92Lelandoutside the national top 200
#75Patty#181 nationally
#70Delbert#174 nationally
#98Darreloutside the national top 200
#86Lyle#175 nationally
#43Darrell#130 nationally
#49Deanna#133 nationally
#30Connie#111 nationally

Girls

#1Mary712US #1
#2Barbara451US #2
#3Patricia368US #3
#4Carol307US #6
#5Shirley304US #5
#6Sharon293US #23
#7Judith279US #8
#8Karen266US #39
#9Betty256US #4
#10Nancy249US #7
#11Donna234US #20
#12Carolyn220US #14
#13Marilyn220US #19
#14Janice216US #24
#15Judy211US #28
#16Joyce204US #12
#17Beverly171US #25
#18Sandra168US #13
#19Margaret145US #10
#20Dorothy139US #9
#21Phyllis139US #30
#22Virginia138US #21
#23Linda128US #15
#24Ruth123US #22
#25Janet119US #17
#26Helen107US #16
#27Norma103US #38
#28Doris95US #29
#29Joan90US #11
#30Connie88US #111
#31Kay88US #76
#32Lois86US #35
#33Darlene85US #75
#34Delores78US #79
#35Martha78US #27
#36Alice77US #31
#37Frances75US #26
#38Bonnie69US #61
#39Elizabeth69US #18
#40Loretta67US #65
#41Wanda67US #50
#42Jean66US #32
#43Evelyn63US #40
#44Patsy59US #56
#45Peggy59US #34
#46Roberta58US #71
#47Gloria57US #36
#48Jane57US #46
#49Deanna56US #133
#50Jo56US #70
#51Kathleen55US #48
#52Marjorie55US #60
#53Joann54US #57
#54Charlotte53US #66
#55Dixie53US #169
#56Jeanette53US #82
#57Anita52US #97
#58Marlene52US #64
#59Rose51US #42
#60Wilma50US #87
#61Anna46US #43
#62Carole45US #47
#63Kathryn45US #106
#64Sondra45
#65Charlene44US #139
#66Glenda40US #112
#67Juanita40US #77
#68Myrna40US #144
#69Sue40US #92
#70Sylvia40US #62
#71Geraldine39US #41
#72Pat38US #142
#73Ann37US #33
#74Mildred37US #55
#75Patty37US #181
#76Rita35US #78
#77Sally35US #52
#78Susan35US #44
#79Marie34US #37
#80June33US #83
#81Marcia33US #109
#82Dolores32US #58
#83Ellen32US #80
#84Georgia32US #131
#85Julia31US #91
#86Rosemary31US #93
#87Arlene30US #69
#88Jacqueline29US #72
#89Brenda28US #86
#90Florence28US #96
#91Rosalie28US #114
#92Vera28US #153
#93Diana27US #138
#94Elaine27US #45
#95Hazel27US #118
#96Laura27US #107
#97Louise27US #59
#98Edith26US #102
#99Eleanor26US #63
#100Josephine26US #84

Boys

#1Larry642US #14
#2Robert637US #1
#3James603US #2
#4John525US #3
#5Donald422US #8
#6Gary408US #21
#7Richard407US #5
#8William376US #4
#9Charles341US #6
#10Jerry296US #16
#11David288US #7
#12Ronald287US #10
#13Kenneth261US #13
#14Thomas167US #9
#15Gerald160US #19
#16Harold150US #23
#17George143US #11
#18Paul133US #17
#19Jack121US #26
#20Roger121US #28
#21Raymond114US #22
#22Billy106US #24
#23Dale104US #59
#24Don103US #56
#25Marvin103US #52
#26Michael99US #18
#27Wayne94US #39
#28Dennis92US #34
#29Edward92US #15
#30Bill87US #67
#31Ralph83US #35
#32Norman82US #44
#33Melvin81US #51
#34Frank79US #20
#35Carl77US #30
#36Jim77US #75
#37Joseph74US #12
#38Eugene70US #37
#39Joe69US #27
#40Roy68US #42
#41Walter66US #25
#42Gene65US #69
#43Darrell63US #130
#44Leroy63US #61
#45Jimmie62US #80
#46Keith62US #117
#47Bob60US #89
#48Lawrence60US #36
#49Fred58US #40
#50Jimmy58US #43
#51Albert55US #41
#52Earl52US #50
#53Phillip51US #92
#54Duane50US #118
#55Leon50US #86
#56Leonard49US #54
#57Bobby48US #29
#58Ronnie48US #109
#59Terry47US #83
#60Bruce46US #64
#61Clarence46US #60
#62Ernest46US #55
#63Stanley46US #57
#64Tom46US #97
#65Vernon46US #100
#66Howard45US #47
#67Arthur44US #32
#68Francis44US #53
#69Glenn44US #87
#70Delbert43US #174
#71Loren43US #200
#72Tommy43US #77
#73Daniel42US #38
#74Dean41US #134
#75Warren41US #104
#76Clifford38US #88
#77Floyd36US #94
#78Henry36US #31
#79Rex36
#80Jon35US #121
#81Patrick35US #79
#82Stephen35US #65
#83Herbert34US #68
#84Lloyd34US #95
#85Mike34US #129
#86Lyle33US #175
#87Max33US #162
#88Philip33US #66
#89Russell33US #73
#90Cecil32US #114
#91Harry32US #45
#92Leland32
#93Clyde31US #101
#94Gordon31US #82
#95Jackie31US #105
#96Alan30US #85
#97Allen30US #72
#98Darrel30
#99Glen30US #123
#100Leslie30US #136

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑33Tom#64
↑30Phillip#53
↑26Sondra#64
↑24Leon#55
↑23Keith#46
↑22Loren#71
↑21Geraldine#71
↑21Ralph#31

Falling

↓43Rosalie#91
↓41Lloyd#84
↓36Harry#91
↓30Max#87
↓29Arthur#67
↓24Terry#59
↓21Wilma#60
↓21Elaine#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.