Kansas · 1940

Top 100 names in Kansas, 1940, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	662
#2	Patricia	373
#3	Judith	350
#4	Barbara	348
#5	Judy	331
#6	Sharon	328
#7	Carol	328
#8	Karen	277
#9	Shirley	255
#10	Nancy	240
#11	Betty	231
#12	Carolyn	222
#13	Joyce	217
#14	Donna	217
#15	Linda	216
#16	Marilyn	202
#17	Janice	199
#18	Sandra	196
#19	Virginia	149
#20	Beverly	149
#21	Dorothy	143
#22	Phyllis	141
#23	Janet	129
#24	Ruth	127
#25	Margaret	124
#26	Helen	103
#27	Bonnie	101
#28	Joan	99
#29	Norma	95
#30	Lois	91
#31	Connie	89
#32	Doris	88
#33	Peggy	82
#34	Martha	81
#35	Darlene	77
#36	Marjorie	75
#37	Elizabeth	74
#38	Alice	72
#39	Kay	71
#40	Gloria	66
#41	Frances	64
#42	Anita	63
#43	Delores	63
#44	Carole	62
#45	Wanda	61
#46	Jean	60
#47	Brenda	57
#48	Charlotte	56
#49	Roberta	55
#50	Jane	54
#51	Loretta	53
#52	Sue	53
#53	Susan	52
#54	Rose	52
#55	Jo	52
#56	Glenda	51
#57	Patsy	51
#58	Rita	51
#59	Sylvia	51
#60	Joann	51
#61	Ann	50
#62	Evelyn	49
#63	Deanna	47
#64	Sondra	47
#65	Anna	47
#66	Kathryn	46
#67	Sally	44
#68	Kathleen	43
#69	Juanita	42
#70	Wilma	42
#71	Charlene	42
#72	Dixie	42
#73	Elaine	40
#74	Marcia	39
#75	Katherine	39
#76	Esther	37
#77	Mildred	37
#78	Jeanette	36
#79	Julia	35
#80	Patty	35
#81	Geraldine	34
#82	Edith	34
#83	Rosemary	34
#84	Eleanor	33
#85	Marlene	31
#86	Louise	30
#87	Rosalie	29
#88	Sara	29
#89	Ruby	29
#90	Ellen	29
#91	Dolores	29
#92	Jeanne	27
#93	Verna	27
#94	Sarah	27
#95	Vera	27
#96	Laura	26
#97	Sonja	26
#98	Deloris	26
#99	Maxine	26
#100	Cynthia	25

Uniquely popular in Kansas

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Vicki	22	18	4
Sondra	47	38	8
Lila	21	17	5
Karen	277	225	64
Sonja	26	21	6
Dixie	42	34	10
Patty	35	28	10
Connie	89	72	24
Verna	27	22	8
Deloris	26	21	8
Sharon	328	267	97
Judy	331	269	100

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.