State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,848 Kansas births in 1950 across 708 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#84Kent#180 nationally
#59Sheryl#145 nationally
#73Lynn#154 nationally
#91Rick#168 nationally
#87Carla#160 nationally
#48Darrell#116 nationally
#69Duane#137 nationally
#77Lonnie#135 nationally
#81Jim#139 nationally
#78Bill#131 nationally
#56Vickie#108 nationally
#77Terry#127 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,062US #1
#2Mary681US #2
#3Patricia474US #3
#4Barbara432US #4
#5Carol389US #9
#6Susan379US #5
#7Nancy364US #6
#8Sharon323US #11
#9Deborah318US #7
#10Janet311US #18
#11Donna297US #13
#12Karen292US #12
#13Pamela288US #17
#14Sandra270US #8
#15Connie263US #44
#16Janice254US #22
#17Cheryl238US #29
#18Kathleen228US #10
#19Joyce202US #27
#20Judith198US #21
#21Cynthia192US #23
#22Judy182US #25
#23Carolyn179US #20
#24Marilyn172US #37
#25Shirley162US #19
#26Rebecca152US #36
#27Diana151US #47
#28Vicki148US #61
#29Brenda146US #14
#30Margaret146US #15
#31Kathy141US #38
#32Betty131US #26
#33Marsha130US #68
#34Kathryn128US #46
#35Peggy127US #41
#36Jane126US #39
#37Diane123US #16
#38Beverly117US #31
#39Rita106US #56
#40Elizabeth105US #24
#41Teresa105US #81
#42Debra104US #59
#43Virginia103US #43
#44Martha102US #32
#45Marcia99US #77
#46Gloria97US #30
#47Bonnie95US #33
#48Catherine95US #34
#49Sherry94US #62
#50Glenda91US #87
#51Katherine91US #58
#52Ruth91US #49
#53Paula83US #54
#54Anita82US #99
#55Constance81US #85
#56Vickie80US #108
#57Ann79US #45
#58Cathy75US #75
#59Sheryl74US #145
#60Jean71US #48
#61Lois71US #83
#62Dorothy67US #35
#63Alice66US #57
#64Helen65US #50
#65Julie65US #111
#66Phyllis65US #53
#67Sheila65US #70
#68Theresa65US #65
#69Wanda65US #52
#70Christine63US #28
#71Joan63US #40
#72Sue62US #100
#73Charlotte59US #80
#74Elaine59US #60
#75Frances59US #51
#76Kay58US #123
#77Terry57US #127
#78Victoria56US #94
#79Rhonda55US #125
#80Jacqueline52US #55
#81Gail51US #42
#82Sally51US #78
#83Jeanne49US #95
#84Jo49US #64
#85Roberta49US #96
#86Laura48US #63
#87Carla47US #160
#88Darlene46US #79
#89Doris46US #74
#90Charlene45US #103
#91Janis45US #136
#92Jeanette43US #131
#93Rose43US #69
#94Ellen42US #66
#95Sarah40US #88
#96Jennifer39US #118
#97Louise39US #109
#98Gayle38US #133
#99Loretta38US #120
#100Anna37US #93

Boys

#1Robert920US #2
#2Michael897US #4
#3James843US #1
#4John833US #3
#5David796US #5
#6Richard632US #7
#7Larry564US #11
#8William559US #6
#9Gary523US #10
#10Steven508US #16
#11Ronald449US #12
#12Charles424US #9
#13Thomas407US #8
#14Dennis367US #17
#15Donald328US #14
#16Kenneth304US #15
#17Stephen301US #19
#18Mark278US #23
#19Terry273US #30
#20Daniel224US #21
#21Jerry223US #24
#22Gregory193US #25
#23Roger192US #27
#24Joseph176US #13
#25Paul175US #18
#26Douglas169US #28
#27George145US #20
#28Edward142US #22
#29Dale139US #49
#30Gerald133US #34
#31Danny131US #39
#32Alan122US #41
#33Jack120US #48
#34Timothy119US #32
#35Bruce116US #26
#36Harold115US #45
#37Patrick112US #38
#38Stanley107US #60
#39Randall104US #70
#40Rodney104US #88
#41Wayne104US #35
#42Raymond100US #31
#43Randy97US #80
#44Frank93US #29
#45Lawrence92US #33
#46Phillip82US #64
#47Marvin79US #93
#48Darrell77US #116
#49Philip74US #53
#50Steve74US #83
#51Roy73US #51
#52Carl72US #44
#53Keith72US #78
#54Craig69US #69
#55Ronnie69US #76
#56Ralph65US #52
#57Micheal63US #104
#58Howard62US #63
#59Jimmy62US #55
#60Eugene60US #58
#61Joe60US #54
#62Scott60US #82
#63Walter60US #40
#64Arthur58US #46
#65Mike58US #113
#66Glenn54US #59
#67Allen52US #71
#68Don52US #107
#69Duane52US #137
#70Ray52US #111
#71Billy51US #57
#72Melvin51US #87
#73Lynn50US #154
#74Fred49US #84
#75Martin49US #85
#76Leonard48US #77
#77Lonnie48US #135
#78Bill46US #131
#79Eric45US #98
#80Jeffrey45US #43
#81Jim45US #139
#82Jay44US #115
#83Johnny44US #50
#84Kent44US #180
#85Dan43US #129
#86Russell43US #67
#87Bobby42US #65
#88Brian42US #79
#89Leon42US #119
#90Louis42US #66
#91Rick41US #168
#92Samuel41US #62
#93Dean39US #120
#94Harry39US #61
#95Lloyd38US #127
#96Curtis37US #97
#97Henry37US #47
#98Jon37US #138
#99Floyd36US #143
#100Francis36US #86

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑31Debra#42
↑23Lonnie#77
↑22Micheal#57
↑19Jimmy#59
↑17Eugene#60
↑17Walter#63
↑15Bonnie#47
↑14Ann#57

Falling

↓33Bill#78
↓32Jim#81
↓29Jo#84
↓28Mike#65
↓23Phyllis#66
↓23Rose#93
↓22Russell#86
↓18Steve#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.