State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,833 Kansas births in 1948 across 698 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#78Deannaoutside the national top 200
#96Pattyoutside the national top 200
#94Kent#194 nationally
#48Sheryl#144 nationally
#56Vickie#143 nationally
#63Bob#141 nationally
#95Dianna#172 nationally
#71Duane#140 nationally
#60Darrell#121 nationally
#32Jim#86 nationally
#28Vicki#81 nationally
#83Terry#133 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,367US #1
#2Mary727US #2
#3Barbara503US #3
#4Patricia439US #4
#5Sharon434US #9
#6Carol362US #8
#7Nancy359US #7
#8Susan354US #5
#9Karen324US #12
#10Sandra289US #6
#11Connie288US #43
#12Donna288US #11
#13Judy278US #16
#14Janet270US #24
#15Janice269US #23
#16Carolyn239US #14
#17Cheryl230US #25
#18Pamela220US #22
#19Joyce218US #21
#20Shirley207US #20
#21Judith201US #15
#22Cynthia189US #27
#23Marilyn186US #33
#24Margaret176US #13
#25Betty170US #18
#26Kathleen169US #10
#27Diana146US #48
#28Vicki134US #81
#29Beverly130US #31
#30Peggy130US #38
#31Sherry119US #61
#32Deborah113US #30
#33Brenda112US #17
#34Elizabeth112US #26
#35Jane112US #39
#36Rita112US #59
#37Bonnie111US #34
#38Marsha111US #76
#39Martha110US #32
#40Diane105US #19
#41Virginia105US #36
#42Phyllis98US #46
#43Teresa97US #82
#44Ruth95US #45
#45Kathryn93US #54
#46Paula92US #52
#47Rebecca91US #50
#48Sheryl91US #144
#49Kathy90US #55
#50Marcia86US #79
#51Helen84US #40
#52Jean83US #47
#53Gloria82US #28
#54Catherine75US #41
#55Lois75US #70
#56Vickie72US #143
#57Joan71US #37
#58Sue71US #78
#59Ann70US #44
#60Anita67US #102
#61Glenda67US #92
#62Roberta67US #101
#63Dorothy65US #29
#64Charlotte64US #69
#65Elaine64US #53
#66Wanda62US #57
#67Katherine61US #68
#68Alice60US #49
#69Kay59US #113
#70Constance58US #93
#71Cathy56US #104
#72Theresa56US #63
#73Jo55US #56
#74Sheila54US #71
#75Sally53US #72
#76Norma52US #103
#77Rose52US #62
#78Deanna51
#79Evelyn51US #74
#80Janis50US #121
#81Lynda49US #84
#82Doris48US #64
#83Terry48US #133
#84Christine47US #35
#85Jacqueline47US #58
#86Charlene45US #105
#87Loretta43US #115
#88Ellen42US #67
#89Frances42US #42
#90Gail42US #51
#91Marjorie42US #110
#92Anna41US #89
#93Darlene41US #77
#94Laura41US #73
#95Dianna40US #172
#96Patty40
#97Victoria39US #108
#98Claudia37US #122
#99Jeanne37US #95
#100Delores36US #116

Boys

#1Robert896US #2
#2James867US #1
#3John795US #3
#4Michael704US #6
#5David693US #5
#6Richard614US #7
#7Larry608US #11
#8Ronald523US #10
#9Gary498US #12
#10William474US #4
#11Charles405US #9
#12Dennis388US #17
#13Donald369US #14
#14Thomas359US #8
#15Steven332US #23
#16Kenneth323US #15
#17Terry255US #26
#18Stephen253US #20
#19Jerry249US #21
#20Roger205US #24
#21Paul175US #18
#22George174US #16
#23Mike164US #68
#24Daniel153US #22
#25Danny135US #39
#26Joseph132US #13
#27Edward131US #19
#28Steve130US #60
#29Dale129US #56
#30Gerald128US #30
#31Jack126US #43
#32Jim123US #86
#33Mark119US #29
#34Bruce115US #28
#35Douglas112US #33
#36Harold109US #36
#37Bill108US #84
#38Raymond107US #27
#39Gregory105US #32
#40Ronnie98US #59
#41Lawrence97US #31
#42Stanley97US #65
#43Alan94US #46
#44Wayne94US #34
#45Patrick90US #48
#46Rodney86US #92
#47Tom86US #94
#48Joe85US #47
#49Carl82US #42
#50Frank82US #25
#51Timothy78US #38
#52Fred77US #66
#53Phillip76US #69
#54Billy73US #53
#55Don73US #91
#56Keith71US #89
#57Roy70US #49
#58Jimmy69US #50
#59Melvin69US #81
#60Darrell66US #121
#61Marvin66US #90
#62Walter65US #35
#63Bob64US #141
#64Ralph64US #51
#65Harry63US #57
#66Philip63US #54
#67Randy63US #99
#68Eugene60US #61
#69Glenn60US #73
#70Allen58US #72
#71Duane55US #140
#72Arthur54US #44
#73Norman54US #85
#74Dan53US #113
#75Lloyd53US #118
#76Russell51US #67
#77Howard50US #63
#78Earl48US #83
#79Johnny47US #52
#80Leonard47US #71
#81Tommy47US #79
#82Craig44US #82
#83Warren44US #109
#84Jon43US #128
#85Randall42US #98
#86Clifford40US #105
#87Ernest40US #76
#88Vernon40US #136
#89Bobby39US #62
#90Jimmie39US #120
#91Lonnie39US #135
#92Ray39US #100
#93Curtis38US #101
#94Kent38US #194
#95Barry37US #74
#96Glen37US #133
#97Jay37US #123
#98Jeffrey37US #58
#99Lee37US #93
#100Leroy37US #97

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑52Teresa#43
↑38Deborah#32
↑22Catherine#54
↑18Theresa#72
↑18Timothy#51
↑17Roberta#62
↑16Patrick#45
↑16Craig#82

Falling

↓30Jeanne#99
↓24Ray#92
↓23Jo#73
↓23Leroy#100
↓22Dorothy#63
↓21Patty#96
↓20Howard#77
↓19Lynda#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.