State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,260 Kansas births in 1954 across 812 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#61Kent#167 nationally
#96Deannaoutside the national top 200
#91Rex#189 nationally
#86Daryl#180 nationally
#73Brad#154 nationally
#64Sheryl#133 nationally
#68Carla#135 nationally
#92Chris#159 nationally
#97Sara#164 nationally
#87Dwight#145 nationally
#88Kay#146 nationally
#49Bradley#106 nationally

Girls

#1Debra850US #6
#2Linda703US #2
#3Mary655US #1
#4Susan552US #5
#5Patricia548US #4
#6Deborah547US #3
#7Cynthia433US #10
#8Karen410US #8
#9Pamela404US #12
#10Nancy383US #9
#11Barbara362US #7
#12Janet337US #19
#13Sandra308US #13
#14Carol305US #15
#15Donna302US #11
#16Rebecca274US #26
#17Sharon272US #16
#18Brenda257US #18
#19Teresa251US #34
#20Connie250US #39
#21Cheryl239US #22
#22Kathy219US #23
#23Janice217US #25
#24Kathleen204US #14
#25Joyce190US #28
#26Marilyn181US #35
#27Vicki179US #50
#28Diane177US #17
#29Denise174US #24
#30Rhonda169US #71
#31Paula164US #38
#32Beverly154US #31
#33Kathryn154US #51
#34Diana151US #57
#35Judy149US #29
#36Elizabeth146US #20
#37Vickie140US #69
#38Carolyn139US #27
#39Jane128US #49
#40Margaret128US #21
#41Peggy128US #48
#42Shirley128US #33
#43Judith126US #30
#44Sherry126US #62
#45Rita122US #67
#46Marsha117US #86
#47Betty111US #36
#48Marcia107US #90
#49Catherine106US #32
#50Julie105US #70
#51Ann102US #44
#52Christine101US #43
#53Martha101US #46
#54Cathy96US #59
#55Cindy96US #91
#56Gail96US #37
#57Ruth96US #66
#58Katherine95US #64
#59Laura92US #45
#60Robin91US #41
#61Anita89US #96
#62Terry89US #88
#63Sheila87US #60
#64Sheryl86US #133
#65Jo85US #53
#66Theresa84US #47
#67Bonnie81US #52
#68Carla78US #135
#69Joan77US #40
#70Jean76US #56
#71Sue76US #106
#72Terri76US #100
#73Virginia76US #61
#74Phyllis71US #75
#75Wanda71US #58
#76Glenda70US #114
#77Elaine69US #74
#78Rose68US #54
#79Gloria67US #42
#80Michelle67US #94
#81Charlotte65US #113
#82Stephanie65US #123
#83Jacqueline64US #68
#84Roberta64US #102
#85Constance63US #111
#86Debbie63US #92
#87Jan61US #131
#88Kay61US #146
#89Sally61US #84
#90Lisa60US #73
#91Ellen57US #77
#92Lois57US #110
#93Alice55US #81
#94Dorothy54US #55
#95Helen54US #72
#96Deanna53
#97Sara53US #164
#98Angela52US #118
#99Gayle49US #147
#100Jeanne49US #112

Boys

#1Michael1,181US #1
#2David1,145US #5
#3Robert915US #2
#4James913US #3
#5John778US #4
#6Steven756US #11
#7Richard684US #7
#8William628US #6
#9Mark599US #12
#10Gary578US #9
#11Donald443US #14
#12Charles434US #10
#13Ronald409US #15
#14Thomas406US #8
#15Larry395US #19
#16Kenneth349US #17
#17Daniel344US #18
#18Dennis329US #21
#19Terry309US #27
#20Randy307US #33
#21Gregory293US #25
#22Douglas286US #29
#23Paul269US #16
#24Stephen262US #20
#25Roger240US #34
#26Timothy240US #26
#27Joseph204US #13
#28Jerry201US #31
#29Jeffrey198US #23
#30Kevin195US #28
#31Bruce167US #30
#32Rodney161US #66
#33Dale159US #50
#34Edward158US #22
#35Randall157US #55
#36George152US #24
#37Patrick152US #38
#38Alan144US #43
#39Danny126US #42
#40Stanley126US #58
#41Craig119US #51
#42Ricky119US #46
#43Keith117US #45
#44Lawrence116US #39
#45Scott116US #40
#46Gerald112US #44
#47Raymond104US #35
#48Jack100US #57
#49Bradley99US #106
#50Darrell96US #95
#51Harold96US #60
#52Roy96US #56
#53Anthony92US #32
#54Micheal90US #88
#55Curtis85US #84
#56Wayne85US #41
#57Carl83US #47
#58Steve82US #76
#59Brian76US #48
#60Frank74US #36
#61Kent73US #167
#62Ralph73US #61
#63Jon72US #111
#64Philip72US #62
#65Christopher71US #64
#66Phillip71US #75
#67Rick71US #102
#68Martin70US #79
#69Allen69US #82
#70Billy69US #65
#71Marvin69US #97
#72Joe68US #67
#73Brad67US #154
#74Russell67US #69
#75Jay62US #101
#76Kim61US #109
#77Glenn57US #63
#78Samuel57US #71
#79Howard53US #80
#80Walter53US #49
#81Arthur52US #52
#82Leonard52US #85
#83Dean51US #110
#84Frederick51US #83
#85Barry50US #68
#86Daryl50US #180
#87Dwight50US #145
#88Ronnie50US #78
#89Duane49US #136
#90Mike49US #130
#91Rex49US #189
#92Chris47US #159
#93Don47US #120
#94Henry47US #59
#95Jimmy47US #74
#96Johnny47US #54
#97Eric46US #89
#98Ernest46US #87
#99Warren46US #126
#100Earl45US #98

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑29Terry#62
↑22Brian#59
↑21Sheila#63
↑18Gail#56
↑16Cindy#55
↑16Jay#75
↑15Vicki#27
↑14Denise#29

Falling

↓28Dorothy#94
↓25Alice#93
↓23Ronnie#88
↓23Ernest#98
↓14Peggy#41
↓14Jean#70
↓14Rick#67
↓13Marsha#46

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.