State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,528 Kansas births in 1947 across 721 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#75Pattyoutside the national top 200
#81Deannaoutside the national top 200
#59Sheryl#163 nationally
#98Cindyoutside the national top 200
#83Kent#182 nationally
#71Vickie#169 nationally
#36Vicki#101 nationally
#52Bob#115 nationally
#64Darrell#125 nationally
#74Duane#135 nationally
#95Lynn#151 nationally
#87Dean#140 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,387US #1
#2Mary812US #2
#3Patricia490US #3
#4Sharon473US #9
#5Barbara458US #4
#6Nancy452US #7
#7Carol415US #6
#8Donna352US #10
#9Judy346US #14
#10Karen337US #13
#11Sandra337US #5
#12Cheryl278US #24
#13Susan275US #8
#14Connie267US #43
#15Janet261US #23
#16Carolyn260US #15
#17Janice256US #22
#18Judith255US #12
#19Marilyn254US #29
#20Joyce243US #20
#21Shirley204US #19
#22Betty182US #17
#23Kathleen173US #11
#24Pamela171US #28
#25Beverly166US #31
#26Margaret161US #16
#27Peggy151US #42
#28Sherry132US #67
#29Cynthia130US #33
#30Diana130US #48
#31Jane129US #36
#32Diane127US #18
#33Phyllis123US #37
#34Virginia122US #34
#35Ruth121US #44
#36Vicki115US #101
#37Martha108US #32
#38Rita108US #60
#39Gloria105US #27
#40Marsha102US #88
#41Dorothy101US #26
#42Elizabeth99US #25
#43Kathy97US #64
#44Kathryn96US #55
#45Marcia95US #81
#46Anita94US #94
#47Bonnie91US #35
#48Brenda87US #21
#49Sue84US #69
#50Jo83US #51
#51Alice82US #47
#52Jean81US #40
#53Helen79US #38
#54Ann77US #41
#55Paula77US #54
#56Glenda73US #96
#57Kay73US #104
#58Rebecca72US #52
#59Sheryl71US #163
#60Charlotte70US #68
#61Lois67US #63
#62Lynda67US #77
#63Norma64US #82
#64Joan63US #30
#65Rose63US #65
#66Katherine62US #76
#67Wanda62US #66
#68Elaine61US #50
#69Jeanne60US #86
#70Deborah59US #62
#71Vickie58US #169
#72Frances57US #39
#73Sheila57US #73
#74Constance54US #100
#75Patty53
#76Catherine52US #46
#77Laura52US #74
#78Charlene51US #105
#79Roberta51US #90
#80Darlene50US #71
#81Deanna49
#82Doris49US #58
#83Sally49US #70
#84Jeanette47US #125
#85Janis46US #108
#86Julie46US #124
#87Evelyn44US #72
#88Marjorie44US #106
#89Terry44US #135
#90Theresa44US #85
#91Patsy43US #87
#92Jacqueline42US #59
#93Marlene42US #114
#94Rosemary42US #80
#95Teresa42US #121
#96Gail40US #49
#97Loretta40US #113
#98Cindy39
#99Suzanne39US #53
#100Delores38US #115

Boys

#1Robert926US #2
#2John870US #3
#3James853US #1
#4Larry724US #10
#5David682US #6
#6Michael629US #7
#7Richard626US #5
#8William571US #4
#9Gary568US #12
#10Charles485US #9
#11Ronald468US #11
#12Dennis420US #17
#13Donald372US #13
#14Kenneth348US #15
#15Thomas316US #8
#16Steven312US #24
#17Terry308US #26
#18Jerry291US #20
#19Stephen239US #21
#20Roger230US #25
#21George186US #16
#22Paul177US #18
#23Mike172US #65
#24Steve156US #58
#25Jim154US #77
#26Douglas141US #31
#27Gerald140US #28
#28Edward135US #19
#29Jack135US #37
#30Danny134US #39
#31Bill132US #76
#32Dale124US #63
#33Wayne124US #30
#34Harold114US #35
#35Ronnie114US #61
#36Alan110US #45
#37Mark108US #47
#38Daniel107US #22
#39Joseph106US #14
#40Bruce105US #29
#41Raymond98US #27
#42Frank96US #23
#43Gregory95US #33
#44Carl94US #40
#45Don94US #86
#46Fred86US #56
#47Stanley84US #67
#48Keith83US #91
#49Roy83US #48
#50Rodney81US #94
#51Phillip80US #74
#52Bob79US #115
#53Jimmy78US #44
#54Ralph78US #50
#55Lawrence77US #32
#56Tom77US #87
#57Howard75US #62
#58Joe73US #43
#59Philip72US #57
#60Melvin71US #85
#61Patrick71US #53
#62Allen69US #73
#63Billy69US #51
#64Darrell67US #125
#65Marvin66US #89
#66Tommy66US #79
#67Walter66US #34
#68Ray59US #97
#69Timothy59US #52
#70Glenn57US #70
#71Arthur56US #38
#72Eddie55US #80
#73Harry55US #54
#74Duane54US #135
#75Lloyd54US #112
#76Jimmie52US #113
#77Leroy52US #98
#78Norman52US #81
#79Russell52US #69
#80Eugene51US #59
#81Randy51US #116
#82Albert50US #55
#83Kent50US #182
#84Leonard50US #71
#85Earl49US #83
#86Dan48US #109
#87Dean48US #140
#88Jay47US #119
#89Vernon46US #134
#90Johnny45US #49
#91Randall45US #106
#92Edwin44US #114
#93Jon44US #123
#94Curtis43US #99
#95Lynn43US #151
#96Warren43US #108
#97Clifford42US #101
#98Craig42US #93
#99Gene42US #103
#100Henry42US #46

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑37Mark#37
↑32Patrick#61
↑28Lynda#62
↑28Gregory#43
↑26Stanley#47
↑26Howard#57
↑26Timothy#69
↑24Vickie#71

Falling

↓36Gene#99
↓27Clifford#97
↓25Marvin#65
↓18Tom#56
↓18Eugene#80
↓18Henry#100
↓17Joe#58
↓17Norman#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.