State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,929 Kansas births in 1951 across 742 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#65Kent#182 nationally
#84Deannaoutside the national top 200
#84Galenoutside the national top 200
#94Daryl#196 nationally
#93Dianna#187 nationally
#77Rex#170 nationally
#70Lynn#155 nationally
#82Sheryl#161 nationally
#67Rick#143 nationally
#88Bill#157 nationally
#89Cindy#154 nationally
#51Darrell#109 nationally

Girls

#1Linda968US #1
#2Mary747US #2
#3Patricia593US #3
#4Deborah455US #4
#5Susan439US #6
#6Barbara428US #5
#7Nancy395US #7
#8Debra369US #18
#9Pamela354US #16
#10Karen349US #8
#11Sharon325US #13
#12Sandra319US #9
#13Carol309US #11
#14Donna303US #12
#15Janet297US #19
#16Kathleen274US #10
#17Janice265US #21
#18Connie262US #44
#19Cynthia243US #20
#20Cheryl234US #30
#21Brenda201US #14
#22Joyce193US #28
#23Carolyn188US #22
#24Marilyn187US #41
#25Rebecca180US #32
#26Judith178US #25
#27Diana168US #50
#28Beverly160US #33
#29Kathy158US #35
#30Judy157US #26
#31Marsha156US #76
#32Kathryn154US #45
#33Diane148US #15
#34Margaret147US #17
#35Vicki144US #58
#36Peggy142US #40
#37Jane141US #43
#38Rita140US #61
#39Shirley138US #27
#40Betty135US #29
#41Elizabeth134US #23
#42Paula121US #51
#43Marcia120US #74
#44Teresa120US #63
#45Catherine109US #34
#46Katherine109US #55
#47Martha108US #38
#48Ruth104US #53
#49Virginia101US #47
#50Vickie100US #87
#51Gail95US #36
#52Christine93US #24
#53Sherry93US #70
#54Cathy92US #71
#55Ann91US #46
#56Bonnie91US #37
#57Phyllis88US #57
#58Glenda80US #89
#59Wanda80US #52
#60Gloria78US #31
#61Jo77US #67
#62Jean74US #49
#63Alice73US #62
#64Constance72US #86
#65Helen66US #54
#66Dorothy65US #42
#67Elaine63US #66
#68Sheila63US #69
#69Kay62US #120
#70Rhonda62US #111
#71Sally62US #77
#72Sue62US #106
#73Theresa62US #64
#74Victoria62US #81
#75Jacqueline58US #56
#76Laura58US #60
#77Anita57US #96
#78Joan57US #39
#79Roberta53US #92
#80Terry53US #115
#81Charlotte52US #84
#82Sheryl52US #161
#83Darlene51US #79
#84Deanna51
#85Gayle50US #124
#86Lois49US #85
#87Anna48US #94
#88Julie47US #99
#89Cindy46US #154
#90Colleen46US #114
#91Jeanne46US #98
#92Carla44US #147
#93Dianna44US #187
#94Janis44US #131
#95Rose43US #65
#96Doris42US #80
#97Jeanette42US #132
#98Claudia40US #123
#99Frances40US #59
#100Jan40US #145

Boys

#1Michael1,009US #4
#2Robert925US #2
#3John887US #3
#4David874US #5
#5James841US #1
#6Steven666US #13
#7Richard655US #7
#8William582US #6
#9Gary517US #10
#10Larry482US #11
#11Ronald460US #12
#12Thomas458US #8
#13Charles441US #9
#14Donald416US #15
#15Stephen345US #19
#16Dennis344US #17
#17Mark336US #20
#18Kenneth330US #16
#19Terry304US #30
#20Daniel247US #21
#21Gregory232US #25
#22Jerry223US #24
#23Roger203US #29
#24Bruce181US #26
#25Douglas179US #27
#26Paul176US #18
#27Edward165US #23
#28George158US #22
#29Joseph157US #14
#30Timothy150US #28
#31Stanley140US #54
#32Dale135US #49
#33Danny133US #41
#34Gerald132US #36
#35Patrick129US #39
#36Alan124US #40
#37Jack121US #48
#38Rodney117US #84
#39Randall115US #66
#40Randy115US #56
#41Lawrence112US #33
#42Keith108US #59
#43Raymond103US #32
#44Craig102US #63
#45Harold96US #46
#46Wayne90US #37
#47Frank83US #31
#48Roy81US #52
#49Philip78US #55
#50Carl77US #43
#51Darrell76US #109
#52Phillip72US #79
#53Ralph71US #51
#54Ronnie71US #82
#55Kevin70US #53
#56Jeffrey68US #35
#57Arthur65US #44
#58Scott65US #68
#59Steve65US #86
#60Marvin64US #96
#61Joe61US #57
#62Micheal60US #97
#63Ricky59US #102
#64Anthony58US #34
#65Kent57US #182
#66Martin57US #81
#67Rick56US #143
#68Allen55US #72
#69Jimmy55US #62
#70Lynn55US #155
#71Russell55US #73
#72Billy54US #64
#73Eugene54US #65
#74Mike54US #128
#75Duane53US #130
#76Glenn53US #58
#77Rex53US #170
#78Christopher51US #61
#79Dwight51US #134
#80Earl50US #95
#81Jay50US #116
#82Samuel50US #67
#83Brian49US #75
#84Galen48
#85Howard47US #74
#86Melvin47US #88
#87Walter47US #42
#88Bill45US #157
#89Curtis44US #91
#90Jon44US #138
#91Albert43US #60
#92Dean43US #105
#93Tommy43US #94
#94Daryl42US #196
#95Eric42US #93
#96Frederick42US #78
#97Victor42US #110
#98Warren42US #118
#99Leon41US #122
#100Bradley40US #146

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑34Debra#8
↑30Gail#51
↑24Jeffrey#56
↑24Rick#67
↑23Jo#61
↑19Kent#65
↑18Christine#52
↑15Russell#71

Falling

↓27Howard#85
↓25Lois#86
↓24Frances#99
↓24Walter#87
↓23Anita#77
↓23Sheryl#82
↓23Julie#88
↓16Eric#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.