State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,134 Kansas births in 1952 across 770 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#68Rex#174 nationally
#96Maxoutside the national top 200
#100Deannaoutside the national top 200
#97Becky#193 nationally
#70Kent#164 nationally
#86Vicky#174 nationally
#65Sheryl#151 nationally
#88Bill#168 nationally
#64Cindy#140 nationally
#89Terri#158 nationally
#73Carla#138 nationally
#86Lonnie#148 nationally

Girls

#1Linda825US #1
#2Mary724US #2
#3Deborah613US #4
#4Patricia574US #3
#5Debra540US #9
#6Susan450US #5
#7Nancy447US #7
#8Barbara427US #6
#9Karen410US #8
#10Carol348US #12
#11Janet338US #19
#12Pamela327US #17
#13Cynthia325US #18
#14Sharon308US #14
#15Donna302US #13
#16Sandra275US #10
#17Connie264US #44
#18Janice253US #23
#19Kathleen248US #11
#20Rebecca219US #30
#21Cheryl215US #31
#22Brenda205US #15
#23Kathy194US #29
#24Joyce183US #27
#25Judith178US #25
#26Marilyn178US #38
#27Peggy171US #43
#28Diane165US #16
#29Margaret160US #21
#30Carolyn156US #24
#31Judy156US #26
#32Vicki152US #61
#33Diana149US #51
#34Jane139US #42
#35Kathryn139US #48
#36Teresa138US #52
#37Catherine136US #34
#38Rita135US #66
#39Marsha134US #75
#40Vickie133US #76
#41Beverly130US #35
#42Paula129US #47
#43Elizabeth124US #22
#44Shirley124US #28
#45Betty117US #32
#46Ruth111US #57
#47Bonnie110US #41
#48Christine110US #20
#49Marcia107US #80
#50Martha104US #40
#51Sherry101US #68
#52Denise99US #33
#53Jean98US #50
#54Virginia97US #49
#55Cathy93US #56
#56Victoria92US #74
#57Rhonda88US #95
#58Ann87US #45
#59Anita86US #91
#60Wanda85US #54
#61Laura83US #53
#62Joan82US #37
#63Katherine82US #59
#64Cindy81US #140
#65Sheryl81US #151
#66Jo80US #55
#67Gloria77US #36
#68Gail74US #39
#69Glenda74US #97
#70Theresa73US #60
#71Jacqueline66US #58
#72Rose66US #62
#73Carla64US #138
#74Dorothy64US #46
#75Julie64US #85
#76Sheila62US #64
#77Lois61US #86
#78Roberta61US #88
#79Sue61US #113
#80Elaine60US #73
#81Kay60US #133
#82Alice59US #69
#83Phyllis59US #65
#84Sally58US #81
#85Terry57US #120
#86Vicky57US #174
#87Frances56US #67
#88Helen56US #63
#89Terri56US #158
#90Constance55US #92
#91Doris53US #83
#92Jan52US #143
#93Darlene50US #77
#94Jennifer49US #107
#95Marlene46US #117
#96Jeanne44US #98
#97Becky43US #193
#98Stephanie43US #123
#99Charlotte42US #89
#100Deanna42

Boys

#1Michael1,129US #4
#2David946US #5
#3Robert931US #2
#4John884US #3
#5James878US #1
#6Richard673US #7
#7Steven664US #11
#8William601US #6
#9Gary571US #10
#10Thomas470US #8
#11Larry460US #14
#12Charles438US #9
#13Mark434US #17
#14Donald406US #13
#15Ronald406US #15
#16Stephen354US #21
#17Dennis349US #18
#18Kenneth324US #16
#19Daniel313US #20
#20Terry300US #29
#21Jerry256US #26
#22Douglas252US #28
#23Roger222US #30
#24Gregory220US #24
#25Randy199US #41
#26Timothy198US #27
#27Paul195US #19
#28Edward193US #23
#29George169US #22
#30Joseph167US #12
#31Bruce164US #25
#32Dale163US #46
#33Alan137US #42
#34Randall137US #63
#35Stanley134US #58
#36Danny131US #40
#37Craig127US #59
#38Patrick125US #37
#39Gerald121US #39
#40Rodney117US #84
#41Jack113US #52
#42Raymond111US #33
#43Wayne107US #38
#44Jeffrey105US #31
#45Keith105US #49
#46Phillip105US #74
#47Carl94US #45
#48Frank93US #32
#49Kevin85US #43
#50Lawrence85US #35
#51Ricky85US #81
#52Harold83US #51
#53Roy81US #55
#54Darrell79US #109
#55Anthony77US #34
#56Micheal77US #94
#57Christopher75US #57
#58Scott75US #54
#59Allen72US #78
#60Ralph72US #56
#61Curtis71US #86
#62Philip68US #60
#63Rick68US #119
#64Steve67US #85
#65Jay66US #106
#66Glenn65US #61
#67Walter65US #44
#68Rex63US #174
#69Marvin62US #95
#70Kent61US #164
#71Martin60US #80
#72Norman58US #96
#73Billy57US #65
#74Howard57US #73
#75Melvin57US #91
#76Russell55US #70
#77Arthur54US #47
#78Jimmy53US #72
#79Leslie53US #125
#80Bradley52US #141
#81Clifford52US #99
#82Eric52US #88
#83Dean50US #103
#84Joe49US #62
#85Johnny49US #53
#86Lonnie49US #148
#87Eugene48US #71
#88Bill47US #168
#89Duane47US #131
#90Samuel47US #67
#91Brian46US #64
#92Lloyd46US #130
#93Mike46US #136
#94Jon45US #135
#95Gordon44US #110
#96Max44
#97Tommy44US #97
#98Henry42US #50
#99Lee42US #92
#100Ronnie42US #82

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑28Curtis#61
↑25Cindy#64
↑23Rose#72
↑21Christopher#57
↑20Walter#67
↑20Bradley#80
↑19Carla#73
↑18Victoria#56

Falling

↓46Ronnie#100
↓26Phyllis#83
↓26Constance#90
↓23Helen#88
↓23Joe#84
↓20Arthur#77
↓19Alice#82
↓19Mike#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.