State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,645 Kansas births in 1953 across 799 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#79Rex#188 nationally
#97Danaoutside the national top 200
#74Kent#166 nationally
#58Sheryl#148 nationally
#100Daryl#187 nationally
#78Brad#164 nationally
#90Jim#173 nationally
#99Bill#176 nationally
#94Vicky#170 nationally
#52Bradley#118 nationally
#79Jan#140 nationally
#85Kay#146 nationally

Girls

#1Debra793US #7
#2Linda752US #2
#3Mary733US #1
#4Patricia588US #4
#5Deborah553US #3
#6Susan493US #5
#7Pamela406US #10
#8Nancy399US #8
#9Barbara391US #6
#10Cynthia391US #12
#11Karen385US #9
#12Janet350US #19
#13Carol294US #16
#14Donna286US #13
#15Sharon282US #15
#16Sandra280US #11
#17Rebecca271US #24
#18Connie256US #47
#19Brenda237US #18
#20Kathy230US #23
#21Marilyn226US #36
#22Kathleen218US #14
#23Janice215US #22
#24Cheryl208US #28
#25Joyce200US #26
#26Teresa191US #42
#27Peggy175US #44
#28Carolyn165US #25
#29Diana163US #55
#30Diane161US #17
#31Kathryn156US #48
#32Judy150US #27
#33Marsha145US #83
#34Elizabeth143US #21
#35Jane142US #43
#36Paula142US #40
#37Margaret141US #20
#38Shirley137US #29
#39Catherine131US #35
#40Judith129US #30
#41Rhonda125US #85
#42Vicki125US #61
#43Denise123US #31
#44Beverly121US #34
#45Rita120US #64
#46Martha118US #41
#47Vickie117US #79
#48Betty112US #33
#49Christine112US #32
#50Marcia111US #84
#51Ruth111US #62
#52Sherry103US #70
#53Cathy97US #56
#54Ann96US #46
#55Julie96US #74
#56Jean93US #52
#57Jo87US #54
#58Sheryl87US #148
#59Joan85US #37
#60Katherine85US #63
#61Theresa85US #50
#62Bonnie84US #45
#63Anita81US #89
#64Laura79US #51
#65Virginia78US #53
#66Dorothy75US #49
#67Wanda75US #57
#68Alice73US #73
#69Glenda72US #105
#70Sue71US #106
#71Cindy70US #99
#72Jacqueline69US #58
#73Rose69US #59
#74Gail68US #39
#75Gloria68US #38
#76Carla66US #129
#77Phyllis66US #69
#78Roberta66US #90
#79Jan65US #140
#80Constance64US #95
#81Terri63US #130
#82Victoria62US #82
#83Charlotte61US #100
#84Sheila61US #60
#85Kay58US #146
#86Lois58US #91
#87Doris55US #87
#88Stephanie55US #123
#89Suzanne55US #78
#90Sally54US #81
#91Terry53US #117
#92Helen52US #65
#93Michelle52US #107
#94Vicky52US #170
#95Gayle51US #136
#96Jill50US #114
#97Dana48
#98Jennifer48US #116
#99Loretta48US #137
#100Sarah47US #93

Boys

#1Michael1,112US #3
#2David1,058US #5
#3Robert962US #1
#4James870US #2
#5John802US #4
#6Steven701US #11
#7Richard684US #7
#8William608US #6
#9Gary492US #10
#10Mark474US #12
#11Charles469US #9
#12Ronald448US #15
#13Thomas441US #8
#14Larry419US #18
#15Dennis405US #19
#16Donald401US #14
#17Kenneth330US #17
#18Stephen314US #21
#19Daniel311US #20
#20Terry303US #30
#21Gregory247US #24
#22Randy233US #35
#23Douglas230US #27
#24Roger228US #31
#25Timothy218US #26
#26Jerry210US #29
#27Paul208US #16
#28Joseph198US #13
#29Bruce178US #28
#30Randall170US #64
#31Dale161US #48
#32Rodney161US #58
#33Edward158US #23
#34George151US #22
#35Danny140US #41
#36Patrick133US #39
#37Gerald131US #42
#38Jeffrey126US #25
#39Craig125US #60
#40Stanley125US #62
#41Jack119US #57
#42Alan116US #43
#43Kevin114US #36
#44Lawrence113US #37
#45Raymond108US #34
#46Wayne108US #40
#47Ricky93US #51
#48Micheal92US #88
#49Keith91US #47
#50Scott90US #46
#51Carl88US #44
#52Bradley87US #118
#53Rick86US #101
#54Harold83US #56
#55Christopher79US #63
#56Darrell79US #103
#57Frank79US #33
#58Billy77US #65
#59Curtis77US #86
#60Philip77US #61
#61Allen75US #81
#62Phillip73US #76
#63Anthony72US #32
#64Roy72US #55
#65Ronnie71US #79
#66Jon69US #120
#67Ralph69US #59
#68Martin68US #82
#69Marvin66US #94
#70Steve64US #84
#71Russell63US #71
#72Howard62US #77
#73Glenn59US #67
#74Kent59US #166
#75Ernest58US #87
#76Joe58US #66
#77Walter58US #45
#78Brad57US #164
#79Rex57US #188
#80Melvin56US #91
#81Brian55US #53
#82Dwight55US #122
#83Arthur52US #50
#84Johnny52US #52
#85Kim52US #127
#86Vernon51US #141
#87Clifford50US #102
#88Bobby49US #74
#89Eugene48US #75
#90Jim48US #173
#91Jay47US #99
#92Gordon46US #116
#93Dean45US #105
#94Earl45US #96
#95Barry44US #73
#96Leslie44US #135
#97Tony44US #117
#98Norman43US #98
#99Bill42US #176
#100Daryl42US #187

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑35Ronnie#65
↑28Bradley#52
↑28Jon#66
↑20Julie#55
↑16Rhonda#41
↑16Charlotte#83
↑15Billy#58
↑14Alice#68

Falling

↓26Victoria#82
↓26Jay#91
↓26Norman#98
↓17Leslie#96
↓16Phillip#62
↓15Judith#40
↓15Bonnie#62
↓11Virginia#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.