State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,859 Kansas births in 1943 across 660 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#74Dixieoutside the national top 200
#60Vicki#179 nationally
#75Patty#187 nationally
#96Lorenoutside the national top 200
#82Max#186 nationally
#97Sheryloutside the national top 200
#99Kent#198 nationally
#65Deanna#160 nationally
#93Lyle#185 nationally
#58Darrell#140 nationally
#59Duane#138 nationally
#67Pat#145 nationally

Girls

#1Mary746US #1
#2Sharon622US #8
#3Linda523US #4
#4Carol431US #5
#5Patricia413US #3
#6Judy408US #13
#7Karen402US #15
#8Barbara378US #2
#9Judith321US #7
#10Carolyn312US #11
#11Nancy298US #9
#12Donna276US #17
#13Sandra250US #6
#14Janice232US #26
#15Janet229US #20
#16Shirley226US #12
#17Betty222US #10
#18Joyce206US #16
#19Marilyn203US #27
#20Connie199US #59
#21Margaret169US #14
#22Beverly154US #32
#23Virginia142US #25
#24Ruth114US #33
#25Dorothy112US #19
#26Helen107US #28
#27Phyllis106US #39
#28Susan104US #18
#29Kay103US #81
#30Bonnie101US #34
#31Joan101US #21
#32Martha101US #29
#33Kathleen94US #22
#34Elizabeth90US #23
#35Alice86US #38
#36Gloria85US #30
#37Lois83US #43
#38Charlotte81US #47
#39Rita80US #52
#40Glenda74US #83
#41Frances73US #31
#42Jean73US #36
#43Diana72US #62
#44Jane72US #44
#45Norma70US #58
#46Rose70US #50
#47Doris68US #40
#48Roberta68US #66
#49Cheryl65US #102
#50Evelyn64US #53
#51Diane63US #24
#52Peggy63US #41
#53Kathryn61US #75
#54Delores60US #99
#55Marcia60US #96
#56Sue60US #72
#57Sherry59US #123
#58Darlene58US #73
#59Ann56US #37
#60Vicki56US #179
#61Pamela55US #54
#62Wanda55US #56
#63Jo54US #63
#64Carole51US #42
#65Deanna51US #160
#66Marjorie51US #79
#67Pat51US #145
#68Sally51US #57
#69Brenda50US #35
#70Charlene48US #121
#71Anita47US #98
#72Paula47US #93
#73Anna46US #64
#74Dixie46
#75Patty46US #187
#76Sylvia46US #77
#77Jacqueline45US #65
#78Elaine43US #46
#79Ellen43US #67
#80Marsha41US #132
#81Patsy41US #61
#82Katherine37US #78
#83Loretta36US #89
#84Billie35US #138
#85Jeanne34US #113
#86Sheila34US #92
#87Juanita33US #91
#88Mildred33US #76
#89Cynthia31US #101
#90Jeanette30US #110
#91Catherine29US #48
#92Georgia29US #119
#93Julia29US #95
#94Laura29US #117
#95Rebecca29US #87
#96Marie28US #45
#97Sheryl28
#98Wilma28US #120
#99Geraldine27US #51
#100Anne26US #80

Boys

#1Robert827US #2
#2James761US #1
#3John711US #3
#4Larry693US #12
#5Gary537US #16
#6Richard537US #5
#7William462US #4
#8Ronald454US #9
#9David435US #6
#10Charles416US #7
#11Donald346US #11
#12Jerry344US #17
#13Michael268US #10
#14Kenneth264US #15
#15Dennis230US #20
#16Thomas208US #8
#17George185US #14
#18Gerald160US #23
#19Paul154US #19
#20Harold130US #27
#21Roger126US #24
#22Jim125US #75
#23Terry124US #49
#24Joseph120US #13
#25Raymond119US #22
#26Jack118US #34
#27Wayne115US #41
#28Bill109US #65
#29Edward106US #18
#30Joe106US #35
#31Dale97US #59
#32Frank97US #21
#33Stephen97US #29
#34Marvin95US #66
#35Billy93US #37
#36Douglas89US #28
#37Ronnie89US #71
#38Ralph87US #40
#39Don86US #72
#40Carl84US #33
#41Melvin84US #63
#42Lawrence79US #32
#43Norman78US #56
#44Daniel76US #25
#45Roy76US #38
#46Eugene74US #47
#47Fred73US #45
#48Earl70US #60
#49Mike69US #90
#50Danny68US #88
#51Stanley65US #54
#52Steve64US #93
#53Phillip63US #81
#54Bob61US #110
#55Howard61US #48
#56Jimmy61US #42
#57Lloyd61US #104
#58Darrell59US #140
#59Duane59US #138
#60Francis59US #64
#61Jimmie59US #95
#62Walter59US #26
#63Keith58US #108
#64Tom56US #87
#65Harry54US #50
#66Johnny54US #52
#67Steven53US #58
#68Albert52US #43
#69Arthur52US #30
#70Dean48US #142
#71Glenn48US #85
#72Patrick48US #69
#73Bobby47US #46
#74Leroy47US #74
#75Clarence46US #68
#76Leonard46US #55
#77Philip46US #57
#78Ray46US #84
#79Vernon46US #117
#80Clifford45US #94
#81Gene44US #89
#82Max44US #186
#83Rodney44US #118
#84Warren44US #102
#85Henry43US #31
#86Ernest42US #61
#87Floyd42US #112
#88Jon42US #127
#89Tommy42US #77
#90Alan41US #67
#91Bruce41US #51
#92Louis41US #53
#93Lyle40US #185
#94Russell40US #73
#95Alvin39US #113
#96Loren38
#97Allen34US #76
#98Jackie34US #124
#99Kent34US #198
#100Leon33US #103

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑36Pamela#61
↑35Earl#48
↑29Johnny#66
↑26Patrick#72
↑25Dixie#74
↑25Steve#52
↑22Vicki#60
↑21Lloyd#57

Falling

↓39Tommy#89
↓33Wilma#98
↓23Wanda#62
↓23Loretta#83
↓23Allen#97
↓22Philip#77
↓21Arthur#69
↓21Leroy#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.