State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 34,499 Kansas births in 1946 across 688 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#78Deanna#193 nationally
#52Sheryl#165 nationally
#95Vickieoutside the national top 200
#96Dixieoutside the national top 200
#92Kent#195 nationally
#91Patty#191 nationally
#31Vicki#108 nationally
#75Duane#142 nationally
#66Darrell#131 nationally
#70Janis#134 nationally
#91Lynn#154 nationally
#87Randy#148 nationally

Girls

#1Linda750US #2
#2Mary739US #1
#3Sharon541US #9
#4Patricia506US #3
#5Carol468US #5
#6Barbara417US #4
#7Nancy397US #7
#8Judy395US #11
#9Karen356US #15
#10Sandra308US #6
#11Donna290US #13
#12Janice290US #22
#13Connie277US #45
#14Judith274US #10
#15Carolyn271US #12
#16Susan262US #8
#17Janet251US #21
#18Marilyn235US #29
#19Shirley229US #18
#20Cheryl223US #27
#21Betty199US #14
#22Joyce192US #20
#23Margaret157US #17
#24Virginia145US #31
#25Kathleen138US #16
#26Beverly133US #30
#27Pamela126US #34
#28Jane122US #35
#29Peggy122US #43
#30Diana119US #42
#31Vicki111US #108
#32Ruth109US #38
#33Sherry107US #73
#34Dorothy102US #23
#35Phyllis96US #41
#36Bonnie95US #33
#37Elizabeth95US #25
#38Martha91US #32
#39Gloria90US #26
#40Rita85US #56
#41Kathy84US #79
#42Diane83US #19
#43Cynthia81US #46
#44Marsha81US #98
#45Alice80US #44
#46Sue80US #61
#47Lois79US #55
#48Helen78US #36
#49Anita76US #84
#50Jean75US #37
#51Kathryn73US #63
#52Sheryl73US #165
#53Ann72US #40
#54Jo70US #53
#55Kay70US #101
#56Charlotte68US #64
#57Marcia68US #89
#58Paula68US #69
#59Elaine67US #47
#60Brenda65US #24
#61Glenda65US #99
#62Norma65US #77
#63Joan62US #28
#64Sheila60US #70
#65Catherine58US #48
#66Doris56US #51
#67Sally54US #67
#68Darlene53US #71
#69Constance51US #100
#70Janis51US #134
#71Rebecca51US #68
#72Roberta51US #86
#73Frances49US #39
#74Marjorie49US #106
#75Rose49US #60
#76Jeanne47US #83
#77Carole46US #72
#78Deanna46US #193
#79Jeanette45US #121
#80Laura45US #75
#81Wanda45US #59
#82Katherine44US #78
#83Patsy44US #85
#84Evelyn42US #65
#85Suzanne42US #52
#86Rosemary41US #74
#87Charlene40US #107
#88Loretta40US #111
#89Anna39US #87
#90Lynda39US #109
#91Patty37US #191
#92Terry37US #143
#93Claudia35US #124
#94Pat35US #147
#95Vickie35
#96Dixie34
#97Joann34US #90
#98Wilma34US #144
#99Delores33US #115
#100Ellen33US #58

Boys

#1Robert892US #2
#2James834US #1
#3John792US #3
#4Richard685US #5
#5Larry662US #11
#6David588US #6
#7Michael506US #7
#8Gary505US #12
#9William465US #4
#10Ronald462US #10
#11Charles413US #9
#12Donald360US #13
#13Kenneth307US #15
#14Thomas299US #8
#15Dennis296US #17
#16Jerry278US #20
#17Terry212US #26
#18Roger188US #23
#19Stephen183US #24
#20Paul161US #18
#21Steven157US #28
#22George151US #16
#23Mike138US #64
#24Gerald137US #27
#25Jim137US #73
#26Jack136US #35
#27Danny130US #46
#28Edward130US #19
#29Raymond127US #25
#30Bill123US #72
#31Ronnie121US #54
#32Joseph118US #14
#33Douglas116US #34
#34Dale113US #62
#35Harold113US #33
#36Daniel110US #21
#37Steve108US #69
#38Tom96US #87
#39Frank95US #22
#40Marvin91US #88
#41Joe89US #37
#42Lawrence87US #31
#43Don85US #79
#44Wayne85US #29
#45Bruce84US #32
#46Jimmy82US #42
#47Phillip82US #83
#48Billy81US #45
#49Roy81US #43
#50Keith79US #96
#51Carl78US #39
#52Ralph75US #48
#53Melvin74US #86
#54Alan73US #49
#55Fred68US #51
#56Bob64US #107
#57Rodney63US #93
#58Tommy61US #77
#59Walter60US #30
#60Arthur59US #36
#61Norman58US #76
#62Eugene57US #57
#63Gene56US #98
#64Russell56US #66
#65Eddie54US #85
#66Darrell53US #131
#67Jimmie53US #104
#68Earl52US #82
#69Philip52US #61
#70Clifford51US #100
#71Gregory51US #56
#72Leroy51US #90
#73Stanley51US #65
#74Mark50US #58
#75Duane49US #142
#76Francis49US #80
#77Ray49US #95
#78Allen48US #74
#79Clarence48US #89
#80Harry48US #50
#81Floyd47US #121
#82Henry47US #41
#83Howard47US #55
#84Johnny47US #47
#85Albert45US #52
#86Lloyd44US #106
#87Randy43US #148
#88Glenn42US #81
#89Bobby41US #53
#90Leonard41US #67
#91Lynn41US #154
#92Kent40US #195
#93Patrick40US #59
#94Dan39US #116
#95Timothy38US #60
#96Vernon38US #130
#97Dwight37US #137
#98Ernest37US #71
#99Craig36US #108
#100Dean36US #132

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑40Cynthia#43
↑33Sheryl#52
↑32Marsha#44
↑30Eddie#65
↑27Tom#38
↑24Darrell#66
↑23Kathy#41
↑23Bruce#45

Falling

↓34Leonard#90
↓30Howard#83
↓27Delores#99
↓26Frances#73
↓25Deanna#78
↓23Evelyn#84
↓22Stanley#73
↓22Harry#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.