State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,347 Kansas births in 1941 across 600 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#58Patty#176 nationally
#83Sondraoutside the national top 200
#81Delbert#192 nationally
#73Dixie#181 nationally
#95Vickioutside the national top 200
#99Merleoutside the national top 200
#76Max#169 nationally
#69Myrna#161 nationally
#89Sherry#172 nationally
#55Pat#134 nationally
#60Deanna#137 nationally
#67Dean#143 nationally

Girls

#1Mary642US #1
#2Sharon414US #15
#3Patricia412US #3
#4Barbara385US #2
#5Judy378US #16
#6Karen373US #19
#7Judith320US #6
#8Carol310US #4
#9Linda306US #5
#10Carolyn284US #11
#11Nancy256US #8
#12Janice241US #22
#13Donna239US #20
#14Betty235US #7
#15Shirley223US #10
#16Sandra214US #9
#17Marilyn213US #30
#18Joyce208US #13
#19Janet170US #18
#20Beverly147US #29
#21Margaret131US #12
#22Virginia128US #23
#23Phyllis125US #35
#24Connie118US #79
#25Dorothy115US #14
#26Ruth112US #28
#27Martha105US #25
#28Helen104US #24
#29Bonnie101US #33
#30Lois91US #43
#31Joan87US #17
#32Kay82US #70
#33Norma80US #47
#34Peggy75US #39
#35Doris73US #38
#36Jo73US #66
#37Darlene72US #76
#38Elizabeth72US #21
#39Alice71US #34
#40Gloria68US #26
#41Kathleen67US #36
#42Rose67US #49
#43Wanda67US #53
#44Anita65US #91
#45Susan64US #27
#46Glenda61US #96
#47Marjorie58US #71
#48Frances57US #31
#49Roberta57US #72
#50Brenda55US #41
#51Delores54US #80
#52Evelyn54US #50
#53Jane53US #46
#54Charlotte52US #55
#55Pat52US #134
#56Jean51US #32
#57Loretta51US #81
#58Patty51US #176
#59Rita51US #63
#60Deanna48US #137
#61Ann44US #37
#62Joann44US #58
#63Marcia43US #105
#64Patsy42US #52
#65Wilma42US #106
#66Sue41US #75
#67Elaine40US #44
#68Kathryn40US #87
#69Myrna39US #161
#70Anna38US #56
#71Charlene38US #125
#72Juanita38US #84
#73Dixie36US #181
#74Julia36US #88
#75Marlene36US #83
#76Carole35US #48
#77Diana35US #100
#78Geraldine35US #45
#79Jeanette35US #98
#80Sally35US #61
#81Sylvia35US #65
#82Rebecca34US #86
#83Sondra34
#84Ellen33US #67
#85Rosemary33US #94
#86Katherine31US #85
#87Laura31US #115
#88Mildred31US #64
#89Sherry31US #172
#90Diane30US #40
#91Jeanne30US #126
#92June30US #90
#93Clara29US #111
#94Maxine29US #139
#95Vicki29
#96Catherine28US #51
#97Edith28US #103
#98Georgia28US #127
#99Arlene27US #77
#100Jacqueline27US #73

Boys

#1Larry756US #11
#2Robert642US #2
#3James600US #1
#4John579US #3
#5Richard473US #5
#6Gary454US #19
#7Charles393US #6
#8William382US #4
#9Donald350US #10
#10Ronald334US #9
#11Jerry314US #14
#12David303US #7
#13Kenneth258US #15
#14Michael161US #16
#15Dennis148US #23
#16George147US #13
#17Gerald143US #20
#18Thomas139US #8
#19Paul137US #18
#20Roger128US #25
#21Harold123US #24
#22Jack123US #32
#23Edward107US #17
#24Raymond103US #22
#25Bill99US #68
#26Marvin96US #63
#27Wayne95US #37
#28Carl93US #29
#29Dale93US #59
#30Don86US #66
#31Lawrence86US #34
#32Billy84US #27
#33Jim81US #80
#34Joseph75US #12
#35Howard74US #47
#36Joe73US #30
#37Ronnie72US #79
#38Ralph71US #38
#39Frank70US #21
#40Jimmy68US #45
#41Stanley67US #57
#42Fred66US #43
#43Lloyd66US #96
#44Terry65US #64
#45Norman64US #49
#46Mike60US #111
#47Stephen60US #41
#48Leroy59US #67
#49Bob58US #103
#50Eugene58US #42
#51Phillip58US #77
#52Roy56US #39
#53Walter56US #26
#54Harry55US #48
#55Melvin54US #56
#56Tommy53US #71
#57Earl52US #58
#58Darrell50US #130
#59Henry50US #28
#60Francis49US #60
#61Tom49US #88
#62Leonard48US #54
#63Floyd47US #102
#64Arthur46US #33
#65Glenn45US #86
#66Keith45US #119
#67Dean44US #143
#68Douglas43US #53
#69Duane43US #129
#70Vernon43US #108
#71Daniel42US #31
#72Philip41US #52
#73Clarence40US #62
#74Jimmie40US #89
#75Johnny40US #55
#76Max40US #169
#77Steven40US #90
#78Ernest39US #61
#79Gene38US #72
#80Jon38US #128
#81Delbert37US #192
#82Patrick37US #70
#83Albert36US #40
#84Glen36US #139
#85Ray36US #83
#86Alvin35US #107
#87Steve35US #112
#88Bruce34US #51
#89Jackie34US #110
#90Leon34US #93
#91Russell34US #75
#92Warren34US #105
#93Clifford33US #94
#94Lyle32US #168
#95Clyde31US #113
#96Danny31US #120
#97Edwin31US #97
#98Leo31US #116
#99Merle31
#100Allen30US #73

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑36Henry#59
↑32Stephen#47
↑30Tommy#56
↑27Kathleen#41
↑26Floyd#63
↑24Douglas#68
↑22Patty#58
↑20Lloyd#43

Falling

↓32Carole#76
↓30Bruce#88
↓29Gene#79
↓29Leon#90
↓24Melvin#55
↓24Jon#80
↓21Sylvia#81
↓21Max#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.