State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,241 Kansas births in 1942 across 640 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#77Sondraoutside the national top 200
#69Patty#186 nationally
#82Vicki#197 nationally
#87Eldonoutside the national top 200
#96Lorenoutside the national top 200
#93Delbert#197 nationally
#100Garryoutside the national top 200
#62Deanna#160 nationally
#72Max#170 nationally
#99Dixie#193 nationally
#63Sherry#145 nationally
#86Virgil#168 nationally

Girls

#1Mary688US #1
#2Sharon505US #11
#3Karen436US #16
#4Barbara414US #2
#5Linda389US #4
#6Carol365US #5
#7Judy355US #15
#8Patricia353US #3
#9Judith326US #7
#10Carolyn314US #10
#11Nancy264US #8
#12Shirley260US #12
#13Sandra255US #6
#14Betty240US #9
#15Donna233US #20
#16Joyce225US #13
#17Marilyn223US #27
#18Janet201US #19
#19Janice191US #25
#20Beverly156US #32
#21Connie156US #70
#22Virginia141US #23
#23Margaret139US #14
#24Phyllis121US #37
#25Dorothy119US #17
#26Ruth117US #33
#27Lois106US #44
#28Bonnie104US #34
#29Martha102US #29
#30Susan96US #21
#31Kay92US #75
#32Kathleen91US #24
#33Elizabeth84US #22
#34Joan83US #18
#35Helen82US #26
#36Norma82US #52
#37Alice81US #39
#38Frances77US #30
#39Wanda76US #54
#40Rose75US #50
#41Jean74US #36
#42Peggy70US #42
#43Rita68US #55
#44Doris66US #41
#45Sue65US #73
#46Charlotte64US #51
#47Carole62US #35
#48Gloria62US #31
#49Diana61US #68
#50Jo60US #65
#51Jane59US #46
#52Glenda58US #89
#53Roberta58US #66
#54Darlene56US #78
#55Diane56US #28
#56Marjorie56US #74
#57Anita54US #93
#58Elaine54US #45
#59Kathryn52US #82
#60Loretta52US #79
#61Ann50US #38
#62Deanna49US #160
#63Sherry48US #145
#64Pat46US #144
#65Wilma46US #114
#66Delores45US #86
#67Evelyn45US #53
#68Brenda44US #40
#69Patty44US #186
#70Sally44US #56
#71Patsy43US #57
#72Jeanette41US #104
#73Marcia40US #105
#74Marlene40US #84
#75Rebecca39US #85
#76Paula38US #136
#77Sondra38
#78Katherine37US #81
#79Charlene36US #117
#80Joann36US #58
#81Julia36US #95
#82Vicki36US #197
#83Rosemary35US #92
#84Arlene34US #83
#85Ellen34US #64
#86Marie34US #43
#87Marsha34US #156
#88Geraldine33US #47
#89Laura33US #115
#90Sheila32US #94
#91Anna31US #59
#92Billie31US #143
#93Clara31US #122
#94Vera31US #174
#95Irene29US #80
#96Juanita29US #90
#97Pamela29US #106
#98Ruby29US #77
#99Dixie28US #193
#100Lynda28US #132

Boys

#1Larry735US #12
#2Robert715US #2
#3James658US #1
#4John632US #3
#5Richard546US #5
#6Gary470US #18
#7Charles456US #7
#8William420US #4
#9Ronald397US #9
#10Donald375US #10
#11David374US #6
#12Jerry322US #16
#13Kenneth309US #15
#14Michael226US #13
#15Thomas216US #8
#16Dennis213US #20
#17George179US #14
#18Harold159US #27
#19Paul151US #19
#20Roger146US #25
#21Gerald144US #22
#22Jim120US #74
#23Jack119US #34
#24Bill116US #65
#25Raymond114US #24
#26Douglas112US #23
#27Terry109US #52
#28Carl105US #36
#29Edward102US #17
#30Dale97US #63
#31Stephen95US #32
#32Ralph94US #38
#33Lawrence93US #30
#34Don89US #72
#35Marvin85US #66
#36Ronnie84US #78
#37Roy83US #42
#38Joe82US #33
#39Billy81US #35
#40Joseph79US #11
#41Frank78US #21
#42Wayne76US #41
#43Walter75US #26
#44Daniel68US #28
#45Melvin67US #60
#46Phillip66US #77
#47Eugene65US #45
#48Arthur61US #29
#49Harry61US #48
#50Tommy61US #73
#51Danny59US #111
#52Glenn59US #88
#53Leroy58US #69
#54Mike58US #106
#55Philip57US #54
#56Francis56US #58
#57Norman56US #53
#58Vernon56US #114
#59Darrell55US #135
#60Fred55US #46
#61Jimmy54US #47
#62Howard52US #49
#63Albert51US #40
#64Bob49US #110
#65Leonard49US #57
#66Rodney49US #121
#67Stanley49US #56
#68Duane48US #132
#69Keith48US #123
#70Jimmie47US #94
#71Gene46US #82
#72Max46US #170
#73Tom46US #89
#74Allen45US #71
#75Clarence44US #67
#76Russell44US #70
#77Steve44US #102
#78Lloyd43US #96
#79Clifford42US #95
#80Ernest42US #61
#81Ray42US #84
#82Steven42US #75
#83Earl41US #62
#84Alfred40US #76
#85Dean40US #151
#86Virgil40US #168
#87Eldon39
#88Jon39US #125
#89Leon39US #93
#90Victor39US #99
#91Henry38US #31
#92Warren38US #97
#93Delbert37US #197
#94Floyd37US #113
#95Johnny37US #55
#96Loren37
#97Bruce36US #50
#98Patrick35US #64
#99Samuel34US #59
#100Garry33

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑45Danny#51
↑42Douglas#26
↑35Diane#55
↑29Carole#47
↑28Diana#49
↑27Daniel#44
↑26Sherry#63
↑26Allen#74

Falling

↓35Lloyd#78
↓32Henry#91
↓31Floyd#94
↓27Howard#62
↓26Dixie#99
↓26Stanley#67
↓26Earl#83
↓24Juanita#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.