State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,109 Kansas births in 1944 across 630 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#56Sheryloutside the national top 200
#73Dixieoutside the national top 200
#90Sondraoutside the national top 200
#85Max#194 nationally
#92Pattyoutside the national top 200
#61Deanna#167 nationally
#58Vicki#161 nationally
#93Lyle#189 nationally
#97Dick#190 nationally
#57Darrell#133 nationally
#83Pat#154 nationally
#39Sherry#100 nationally

Girls

#1Mary745US #1
#2Sharon528US #8
#3Linda506US #3
#4Carol444US #5
#5Barbara405US #2
#6Patricia396US #4
#7Judy393US #12
#8Karen330US #16
#9Nancy318US #7
#10Judith302US #9
#11Carolyn279US #11
#12Sandra252US #6
#13Donna238US #17
#14Marilyn221US #27
#15Betty212US #10
#16Shirley209US #15
#17Janice202US #28
#18Joyce201US #18
#19Janet193US #21
#20Connie185US #51
#21Margaret160US #14
#22Virginia147US #26
#23Cheryl142US #36
#24Susan139US #13
#25Beverly128US #35
#26Ruth126US #32
#27Dorothy115US #19
#28Bonnie109US #34
#29Martha109US #29
#30Phyllis109US #40
#31Helen105US #31
#32Kathleen101US #20
#33Diane98US #24
#34Joan92US #22
#35Pamela87US #44
#36Lois84US #47
#37Elizabeth83US #23
#38Diana80US #60
#39Sherry77US #100
#40Frances76US #33
#41Glenda76US #79
#42Alice75US #38
#43Peggy73US #45
#44Gloria71US #25
#45Kay71US #88
#46Doris69US #42
#47Jane69US #41
#48Jean67US #37
#49Charlotte66US #50
#50Marcia64US #89
#51Carole60US #43
#52Ann59US #39
#53Rita59US #54
#54Paula58US #82
#55Sue58US #62
#56Sheryl57
#57Kathryn56US #68
#58Vicki56US #161
#59Brenda55US #30
#60Wanda55US #58
#61Deanna53US #167
#62Marjorie52US #85
#63Marsha51US #111
#64Anita50US #95
#65Elaine50US #46
#66Norma50US #66
#67Roberta50US #70
#68Darlene49US #76
#69Evelyn49US #57
#70Sally48US #59
#71Wilma47US #125
#72Charlene45US #109
#73Dixie45
#74Jo45US #61
#75Rose43US #52
#76Delores42US #97
#77Juanita42US #94
#78Geraldine39US #53
#79Katherine39US #77
#80Kathy39US #110
#81Sheila39US #103
#82Constance38US #104
#83Pat38US #154
#84Patsy38US #72
#85Rebecca38US #84
#86Joann36US #65
#87Dianne35US #90
#88Ellen35US #63
#89Mildred35US #81
#90Sondra35
#91Lynda34US #113
#92Patty34
#93Ruby34US #87
#94Suzanne33US #78
#95Catherine32US #49
#96Jeanette32US #117
#97Cynthia31US #105
#98Edith31US #123
#99Anna30US #74
#100Georgia29US #114

Boys

#1Robert751US #2
#2John735US #3
#3James707US #1
#4Larry661US #12
#5Richard603US #5
#6Gary486US #15
#7William462US #4
#8David424US #6
#9Ronald416US #10
#10Charles409US #7
#11Michael351US #9
#12Donald322US #11
#13Jerry277US #19
#14Kenneth276US #16
#15Thomas245US #8
#16Dennis218US #20
#17George170US #14
#18Roger164US #23
#19Paul150US #17
#20Jack147US #30
#21Gerald135US #24
#22Terry133US #43
#23Harold127US #27
#24Raymond119US #22
#25Stephen112US #28
#26Frank111US #21
#27Jim109US #68
#28Dale106US #61
#29Edward104US #18
#30Bill100US #66
#31Carl100US #36
#32Ralph95US #42
#33Joe92US #33
#34Mike92US #80
#35Douglas90US #34
#36Ronnie89US #69
#37Joseph87US #13
#38Danny86US #76
#39Don83US #72
#40Billy82US #38
#41Wayne80US #37
#42Jimmy78US #41
#43Marvin78US #75
#44Fred76US #47
#45Lawrence76US #32
#46Roy76US #39
#47Daniel75US #25
#48Walter75US #26
#49Steven73US #52
#50Tom71US #87
#51Melvin68US #67
#52Leroy65US #78
#53Bob64US #109
#54Stanley64US #57
#55Howard63US #53
#56Phillip62US #83
#57Darrell59US #133
#58Norman58US #58
#59Eugene57US #48
#60Steve56US #89
#61Arthur54US #29
#62Keith54US #104
#63Glenn53US #88
#64Vernon53US #119
#65Tommy51US #70
#66Harry50US #49
#67Warren48US #100
#68Albert46US #44
#69Allen46US #77
#70Bobby46US #50
#71Jimmie46US #98
#72Lloyd46US #102
#73Bruce45US #51
#74Leonard45US #56
#75Leslie45US #114
#76Patrick45US #64
#77Philip45US #60
#78Francis44US #71
#79Henry44US #35
#80Russell43US #63
#81Clarence42US #74
#82Clifford42US #99
#83Earl42US #65
#84Eddie41US #79
#85Max41US #194
#86Ray41US #86
#87Alan40US #55
#88Louis40US #54
#89Gene39US #95
#90Johnny39US #45
#91Glen37US #147
#92Ernest36US #59
#93Lyle36US #189
#94Dwight35US #140
#95Jon35US #122
#96Lee35US #85
#97Dick34US #190
#98Duane34US #135
#99Leon34US #108
#100Rodney34US #123

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑41Sheryl#56
↑28Allen#69
↑27Wilma#71
↑26Cheryl#23
↑26Pamela#35
↑24Tommy#65
↑22Leroy#52
↑21Geraldine#78

Falling

↓39Duane#98
↓35Earl#83
↓29Rose#75
↓26Anna#99
↓24Johnny#90
↓22Delores#76
↓21Norma#66
↓19Roberta#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.