State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,543 Kansas births in 1959 across 880 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

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

#96Karlaoutside the national top 200
#72Marsha#163 nationally
#63Brad#149 nationally
#59Kelly#143 nationally
#68Brent#151 nationally
#62Dana#143 nationally
#51Sheryl#128 nationally
#64Kent#141 nationally
#97Jan#161 nationally
#58Tamara#121 nationally
#82Kirk#145 nationally
#41Bradley#103 nationally

Girls

#1Mary537US #1
#2Debra536US #7
#3Linda484US #3
#4Susan449US #2
#5Karen415US #4
#6Brenda375US #16
#7Cynthia364US #8
#8Pamela360US #12
#9Donna335US #5
#10Patricia312US #6
#11Teresa308US #24
#12Kathy302US #15
#13Nancy288US #14
#14Julie280US #26
#15Lisa276US #10
#16Cindy273US #25
#17Debbie259US #20
#18Deborah253US #9
#19Cheryl247US #18
#20Janet239US #28
#21Sandra229US #13
#22Lori224US #27
#23Carol209US #22
#24Kimberly207US #33
#25Sharon206US #17
#26Barbara204US #11
#27Diane204US #19
#28Denise201US #29
#29Tammy199US #31
#30Connie198US #48
#31Rhonda188US #45
#32Rebecca187US #38
#33Terri177US #46
#34Kim166US #35
#35Michelle159US #47
#36Diana158US #49
#37Elizabeth153US #21
#38Judy148US #41
#39Kathleen134US #23
#40Laura133US #30
#41Janice124US #37
#42Vicki124US #73
#43Robin121US #32
#44Peggy118US #57
#45Theresa115US #34
#46Cathy112US #39
#47Paula112US #51
#48Joyce110US #50
#49Kelly108US #74
#50Kathryn105US #69
#51Sheryl102US #128
#52Tina99US #53
#53Stephanie97US #101
#54Beverly95US #55
#55Anita94US #87
#56Carolyn93US #42
#57Catherine93US #40
#58Tamara93US #121
#59Becky92US #102
#60Sherry91US #58
#61Jane89US #67
#62Dana87US #143
#63Christine82US #43
#64Rita82US #98
#65Angela81US #68
#66Sheila81US #52
#67Margaret80US #36
#68Katherine79US #79
#69Carla77US #118
#70Ann76US #44
#71Annette75US #64
#72Marsha75US #163
#73Valerie75US #60
#74Vickie75US #90
#75Betty73US #59
#76Jean73US #77
#77Penny72US #122
#78Pam70US #125
#79Ruth69US #97
#80Jennifer67US #78
#81Shirley67US #61
#82Jill66US #86
#83Joan65US #76
#84Jo63US #115
#85Judith63US #70
#86Marilyn63US #109
#87Sue63US #107
#88Wanda63US #65
#89Marcia60US #141
#90Martha60US #72
#91Leslie59US #84
#92Sherri59US #147
#93Terry58US #95
#94Gail57US #75
#95Melinda57US #151
#96Karla56
#97Jan55US #161
#98Lynn55US #63
#99Tracy55US #131
#100Julia53US #116

Boys

#1David986US #2
#2Michael975US #1
#3Mark820US #6
#4Robert748US #5
#5James729US #3
#6John723US #4
#7Steven534US #10
#8Richard490US #8
#9William483US #7
#10Kevin453US #14
#11Timothy378US #12
#12Gary345US #20
#13Gregory314US #23
#14Thomas314US #9
#15Charles307US #11
#16Daniel300US #18
#17Kenneth293US #15
#18Donald287US #19
#19Larry286US #25
#20Ronald285US #21
#21Jeffrey278US #16
#22Terry270US #33
#23Randy262US #31
#24Scott247US #24
#25Brian245US #22
#26Dennis242US #29
#27Douglas239US #30
#28Paul201US #17
#29Craig200US #44
#30Jerry187US #36
#31Mike185US #37
#32Ricky182US #34
#33Steve177US #41
#34Bruce175US #38
#35Joseph168US #13
#36Stephen165US #28
#37Randall163US #59
#38Roger155US #47
#39Dale147US #49
#40Alan141US #50
#41Bradley136US #103
#42Danny131US #48
#43Edward131US #27
#44Patrick131US #43
#45Keith126US #39
#46Christopher121US #35
#47Curtis114US #75
#48Anthony113US #26
#49Russell113US #56
#50Rodney112US #67
#51Eric111US #46
#52Tony109US #53
#53Tim108US #60
#54Rick106US #89
#55Jeff101US #52
#56George99US #32
#57Jim99US #70
#58Greg97US #91
#59Kelly94US #143
#60Jeffery93US #55
#61Phillip91US #74
#62Chris89US #72
#63Brad87US #149
#64Kent87US #141
#65Bill86US #93
#66Wayne82US #51
#67Raymond81US #45
#68Brent80US #151
#69Frank80US #42
#70Bryan79US #94
#71Darrell79US #90
#72Gerald79US #61
#73Billy78US #65
#74Jay78US #88
#75Carl76US #54
#76Martin76US #79
#77Joe74US #57
#78Jon72US #105
#79Matthew69US #63
#80Tom69US #82
#81Allen68US #97
#82Kirk65US #145
#83Marvin65US #123
#84Philip64US #68
#85Stanley64US #98
#86Micheal63US #96
#87Todd63US #99
#88Don60US #111
#89Ronnie59US #77
#90Jimmy58US #69
#91Jack56US #85
#92Lawrence56US #62
#93Brett54US #154
#94Kurt54US #129
#95Marc52US #140
#96Mitchell52US #127
#97Roy52US #81
#98Dan51US #110
#99Barry50US #73
#100Bobby49US #71

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑44Stephanie#53
↑31Tina#52
↑30Angela#65
↑25Curtis#47
↑23Bill#65
↑19Michelle#35
↑19Brent#68
↑17Ruth#79

Falling

↓25Jack#91
↓24Roy#97
↓22Vickie#74
↓18Jay#74
↓18Bobby#100
↓17Shirley#81
↓17Raymond#67
↓15Sherri#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.