State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,895 Kansas births in 1945 across 622 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#53Deanna#175 nationally
#87Lorenoutside the national top 200
#85Sheryl#194 nationally
#90Patty#192 nationally
#99Vickieoutside the national top 200
#88Max#189 nationally
#100Bethoutside the national top 200
#38Vicki#117 nationally
#60Duane#138 nationally
#86Lynn#156 nationally
#93Pat#154 nationally
#49Sherry#104 nationally

Girls

#1Mary644US #1
#2Linda633US #2
#3Sharon517US #8
#4Carol418US #5
#5Patricia382US #4
#6Barbara332US #3
#7Judy306US #13
#8Karen292US #16
#9Carolyn285US #12
#10Nancy283US #7
#11Donna246US #17
#12Judith235US #9
#13Sandra224US #6
#14Janet222US #20
#15Janice198US #24
#16Connie195US #47
#17Shirley194US #14
#18Cheryl193US #32
#19Marilyn191US #27
#20Betty188US #11
#21Joyce187US #18
#22Susan151US #10
#23Margaret137US #15
#24Virginia120US #28
#25Beverly117US #37
#26Phyllis109US #40
#27Diana103US #43
#28Ruth98US #33
#29Dorothy95US #21
#30Bonnie94US #35
#31Helen93US #31
#32Kathleen91US #19
#33Jane85US #36
#34Martha85US #30
#35Gloria83US #23
#36Pamela83US #42
#37Peggy82US #45
#38Vicki82US #117
#39Ann79US #39
#40Diane79US #22
#41Elizabeth77US #26
#42Rita77US #59
#43Joan75US #25
#44Lois72US #48
#45Jean69US #38
#46Alice68US #41
#47Frances66US #34
#48Kathryn66US #65
#49Sherry63US #104
#50Marcia62US #88
#51Charlotte59US #55
#52Kay59US #91
#53Deanna58US #175
#54Rose56US #54
#55Anita55US #100
#56Doris55US #46
#57Norma54US #74
#58Paula54US #67
#59Sue54US #66
#60Elaine52US #44
#61Evelyn51US #57
#62Jo50US #60
#63Carole49US #51
#64Kathy49US #101
#65Sally49US #64
#66Roberta47US #75
#67Brenda46US #29
#68Darlene46US #71
#69Glenda46US #92
#70Katherine46US #82
#71Wanda46US #58
#72Delores45US #112
#73Lynda45US #111
#74Marjorie45US #94
#75Rebecca42US #85
#76Marsha41US #113
#77Patsy41US #84
#78Sheila41US #89
#79Anna39US #73
#80Charlene39US #114
#81Catherine38US #50
#82Ellen38US #61
#83Cynthia37US #90
#84Jeanette37US #122
#85Sheryl37US #194
#86Jeanne35US #98
#87Jacqueline34US #63
#88Loretta34US #107
#89Marlene34US #110
#90Patty33US #192
#91Constance32US #109
#92Laura32US #77
#93Pat32US #154
#94Rosemary32US #79
#95Wilma30US #128
#96Victoria29US #106
#97Christine28US #62
#98Sarah27US #76
#99Vickie27
#100Beth26

Boys

#1Robert743US #2
#2James735US #1
#3John687US #3
#4Larry615US #11
#5Richard545US #5
#6Gary496US #13
#7William488US #4
#8David474US #6
#9Ronald369US #10
#10Charles359US #7
#11Michael356US #9
#12Donald326US #12
#13Kenneth285US #16
#14Jerry248US #20
#15Dennis244US #19
#16Thomas219US #8
#17Terry199US #33
#18Roger180US #22
#19George151US #15
#20Stephen139US #26
#21Paul133US #17
#22Gerald127US #25
#23Steven126US #43
#24Mike116US #69
#25Bill115US #66
#26Harold112US #28
#27Jim112US #68
#28Edward109US #18
#29Jack100US #32
#30Raymond96US #23
#31Danny94US #56
#32Joseph94US #14
#33Douglas87US #29
#34Marvin87US #80
#35Ronnie87US #67
#36Dale86US #61
#37Frank86US #21
#38Wayne83US #35
#39Fred81US #51
#40Carl80US #39
#41Roy80US #40
#42Lawrence79US #30
#43Don77US #73
#44Billy76US #42
#45Steve76US #79
#46Jimmy75US #41
#47Joe74US #36
#48Tommy67US #75
#49Daniel66US #24
#50Ralph65US #44
#51Stanley65US #59
#52Bob63US #107
#53Howard61US #54
#54Melvin61US #78
#55Alan58US #52
#56Leonard58US #57
#57Eugene57US #50
#58Harry57US #47
#59Keith56US #108
#60Duane53US #138
#61Phillip53US #85
#62Russell53US #64
#63Arthur51US #34
#64Philip51US #58
#65Tom51US #89
#66Gene50US #100
#67Warren50US #106
#68Bruce48US #48
#69Jon48US #112
#70Rodney47US #105
#71Walter47US #27
#72Allen46US #74
#73Patrick46US #63
#74Henry45US #37
#75Norman45US #65
#76Mark44US #72
#77Albert43US #49
#78Johnny42US #45
#79Vernon42US #118
#80Clarence41US #82
#81Ray40US #92
#82Earl39US #71
#83Leroy39US #83
#84Clifford38US #99
#85Jay38US #125
#86Lynn38US #156
#87Loren37
#88Max37US #189
#89Glenn36US #93
#90Darrell35US #141
#91Leo35US #139
#92Lloyd35US #103
#93Dwight34US #126
#94Lee34US #87
#95Eddie32US #81
#96Francis32US #76
#97Herbert32US #94
#98Ernest31US #60
#99Louis31US #55
#100Samuel31US #62

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑38Duane#60
↑32Alan#55
↑30Rodney#70
↑26Steven#23
↑26Jon#69
↑23Gene#66
↑21Rose#54
↑20Vicki#38

Falling

↓33Darrell#90
↓31Leroy#83
↓29Sheryl#85
↓28Glenda#69
↓26Glenn#89
↓24Wilma#95
↓23Walter#71
↓20Lloyd#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.