State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1956 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,811 Kansas births in 1956 across 850 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#75Kelly#190 nationally
#88Rex#193 nationally
#74Dana#174 nationally
#54Kent#149 nationally
#63Brad#142 nationally
#86Bill#159 nationally
#81Becky#144 nationally
#69Marsha#129 nationally
#97Wesley#157 nationally
#75Glenda#134 nationally
#47Bradley#103 nationally
#62Sheryl#114 nationally

Girls

#1Debra822US #2
#2Mary629US #1
#3Linda574US #3
#4Susan521US #5
#5Cynthia511US #8
#6Deborah482US #4
#7Karen464US #7
#8Patricia441US #6
#9Pamela402US #12
#10Nancy339US #11
#11Donna326US #10
#12Barbara305US #9
#13Sharon285US #13
#14Cheryl283US #18
#15Sandra280US #14
#16Janet268US #21
#17Teresa267US #24
#18Brenda258US #19
#19Carol254US #16
#20Kathy242US #20
#21Rebecca240US #27
#22Connie219US #43
#23Denise195US #23
#24Kathleen190US #17
#25Janice182US #26
#26Cindy167US #37
#27Joyce164US #30
#28Rhonda164US #62
#29Diana162US #56
#30Diane160US #15
#31Elizabeth160US #22
#32Paula157US #47
#33Vicki149US #57
#34Terri146US #81
#35Kim143US #38
#36Theresa141US #32
#37Sherry136US #54
#38Margaret130US #25
#39Peggy130US #63
#40Carolyn128US #33
#41Kathryn128US #60
#42Jane127US #50
#43Julie126US #48
#44Kimberly126US #74
#45Catherine122US #28
#46Shirley119US #41
#47Beverly118US #40
#48Lisa118US #31
#49Debbie117US #39
#50Rita117US #79
#51Marilyn109US #70
#52Robin107US #29
#53Judy106US #35
#54Cathy105US #36
#55Martha97US #59
#56Anita96US #83
#57Betty96US #44
#58Vickie96US #68
#59Christine95US #42
#60Michelle95US #88
#61Katherine91US #67
#62Sheryl89US #114
#63Laura87US #34
#64Tina86US #87
#65Marcia85US #110
#66Ruth85US #77
#67Ann84US #46
#68Judith84US #45
#69Marsha82US #129
#70Gail80US #49
#71Jo79US #69
#72Terry78US #91
#73Virginia78US #75
#74Dana72US #174
#75Glenda72US #134
#76Jean71US #65
#77Sheila71US #55
#78Bonnie70US #51
#79Lori70US #66
#80Carla69US #130
#81Becky67US #144
#82Jennifer66US #97
#83Roberta65US #116
#84Wanda65US #61
#85Jacqueline62US #78
#86Rose62US #64
#87Jan60US #136
#88Valerie58US #80
#89Stephanie57US #111
#90Angela56US #93
#91Joan56US #52
#92Sue56US #118
#93Jill55US #101
#94Elaine53US #89
#95Jeanne52US #112
#96Victoria52US #85
#97Gloria51US #53
#98Laurie51US #76
#99Loretta50US #126
#100Sally50US #105

Boys

#1Michael1,127US #1
#2David1,054US #4
#3James894US #2
#4Robert874US #3
#5Mark745US #8
#6John730US #5
#7Steven705US #10
#8William585US #6
#9Richard579US #7
#10Gary458US #13
#11Ronald427US #15
#12Donald412US #14
#13Charles402US #11
#14Thomas390US #9
#15Larry366US #21
#16Gregory364US #24
#17Kenneth362US #16
#18Kevin344US #22
#19Randy335US #28
#20Daniel332US #18
#21Timothy310US #19
#22Douglas302US #29
#23Terry302US #31
#24Stephen291US #23
#25Dennis282US #26
#26Paul234US #17
#27Jeffrey226US #20
#28Joseph214US #12
#29Bruce211US #33
#30Jerry193US #35
#31Alan181US #44
#32Roger176US #41
#33Scott171US #34
#34Patrick168US #40
#35Rodney165US #65
#36Brian155US #32
#37Randall148US #54
#38Edward143US #25
#39Ricky140US #43
#40Dale139US #50
#41Danny139US #46
#42Craig138US #51
#43Anthony130US #30
#44Keith130US #36
#45Russell122US #52
#46George120US #27
#47Bradley111US #103
#48Lawrence108US #42
#49Raymond108US #39
#50Carl107US #48
#51Stanley106US #70
#52Christopher104US #47
#53Gerald103US #49
#54Kent99US #149
#55Rick99US #100
#56Harold93US #72
#57Jack91US #66
#58Frank90US #38
#59Phillip89US #76
#60Roy89US #62
#61Martin88US #73
#62Jeffery87US #57
#63Brad86US #142
#64Tony86US #85
#65Wayne84US #45
#66Curtis82US #80
#67Steve80US #59
#68Darrell78US #88
#69Micheal78US #83
#70Philip78US #64
#71Joe77US #63
#72Billy76US #68
#73Jay71US #92
#74Ralph69US #67
#75Kelly68US #190
#76Jon64US #116
#77Mike64US #97
#78Kim63US #118
#79Barry62US #69
#80Eric59US #79
#81Duane58US #127
#82Samuel58US #74
#83Allen57US #87
#84Ronnie57US #75
#85Marvin56US #105
#86Bill55US #159
#87Chris55US #128
#88Rex54US #193
#89Clifford52US #122
#90Glenn51US #61
#91Jimmy50US #78
#92Johnny49US #55
#93Victor49US #96
#94Vincent48US #98
#95Don47US #123
#96Matthew47US #90
#97Wesley46US #157
#98Eugene45US #86
#99Arthur44US #60
#100Bobby44US #77

On the move since 1955

Rising

↑44Kim#35
↑37Brad#63
↑32Cindy#26
↑29Debbie#49
↑27Tony#64
↑25Kimberly#44
↑25Brian#36
↑22Kelly#75

Falling

↓26Jean#76
↓22Sheila#77
↓21Jimmy#91
↓19Vickie#58
↓19Bonnie#78
↓18Marilyn#51
↓17Sally#100
↓16Terry#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1955 rankings.