Popular baby names in Kansas, 1930

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1930 were Mary for girls (860 babies) and Robert for boys (985). Social Security records list 29,092 babies born in Kansas in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1930

Names given at least 15 times in Kansas that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Twila: 23 babies, 11× the national rate
Vada: 21 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Dona: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Darlene: 79 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Neva: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Letha: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Donna: 274 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Glenna: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Patty: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ila: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Eldon: 52 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Loren: 44 babies, 6× the national rate
Darrel: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Dwight: 33 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Merle: 41 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Darrell: 46 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ivan: 37 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rex: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Keith: 74 babies, 4× the national rate
Max: 64 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Mary	860	–	1
2	Betty	786	–	2
3	Dorothy	380	–	3
4	Norma	307	–	25
5	Barbara	289	↑1	6
6	Patricia	279	↑5	7
7	Donna	274	↑6	37
8	Virginia	267	–	12
9	Doris	265	↓4	9
10	Helen	251	↓3	4
11	Shirley	223	↑1	11
12	Ruth	219	↓3	10
13	Phyllis	203	↑2	28
14	Lois	195	–	17
15	Marjorie	194	↑1	32
16	Margaret	192	↓6	5
17	Joan	178	↑2	8
18	Joyce	158	↑5	18
19	Alice	154	↑5	20
20	Wanda	149	↓2	56
21	Evelyn	143	↑1	19
22	Marilyn	136	↑11	22
23	Wilma	136	↓6	68
24	Beverly	135	↑15	34
25	Dolores	135	↓4	13
26	Bonnie	123	–	78
27	Mildred	123	↓7	21
28	Frances	111	↓3	16
29	Martha	103	↓2	27
30	Rose	98	↑8	29
31	Anna	96	↓3	23
32	Thelma	95	–	45
33	Delores	94	↑3	66
34	Elizabeth	89	↑3	15
35	Jean	89	↓6	14
36	Carol	86	↓1	54
37	Maxine	85	↓3	93
38	Esther	80	↑12	77
39	Darlene	79	↑5	>100
40	Ruby	79	↑3	36
41	Jo	77	new	>100
42	Velma	75	–	>100
43	Patsy	74	new	97
44	Peggy	72	↓14	67
45	Joann	71	new	>100
46	Juanita	71	↓15	57
47	Nancy	70	new	24
48	Louise	65	–	31
49	Geraldine	64	↓4	43
50	Marie	63	↓10	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Robert	985	–	1
2	Donald	716	–	7
3	John	553	↑2	3
4	Charles	551	↑2	6
5	James	550	↓2	2
6	Richard	480	↑1	5
7	William	452	↓3	4
8	Jack	288	–	14
9	Harold	267	–	18
10	Kenneth	265	–	17
11	George	248	–	8
12	Billy	207	–	20
13	Raymond	180	↑2	16
14	David	164	–	15
15	Paul	159	↓2	12
16	Eugene	148	↑2	21
17	Thomas	134	↑10	11
18	Ralph	133	↑1	25
19	Edward	129	↓2	10
20	Wayne	129	↑14	65
21	Bill	128	↑1	59
22	Dale	128	↓6	64
23	Gerald	125	↑1	30
24	Melvin	120	↑8	50
25	Carl	119	–	26
26	Marvin	119	↓6	48
27	Walter	115	↑6	19
28	Frank	111	↓7	13
29	Howard	110	↑9	31
30	Bobby	106	↑5	41
31	Lawrence	106	–	36
32	Joseph	105	↓6	9
33	Norman	102	↑3	40
34	Clarence	101	↓5	39
35	Earl	99	↓12	38
36	Bob	97	↓8	88
37	Don	94	–	68
38	Francis	92	↑9	42
39	Joe	92	↓9	27
40	Ronald	90	new	37
41	Arthur	88	↑4	23
42	Roy	88	↓2	33
43	Lloyd	87	↓4	69
44	Jerry	85	new	51
45	Leroy	84	↑5	53
46	Albert	82	↓2	24
47	Vernon	82	↓5	72
48	Harry	81	–	28
49	Elmer	78	↓3	80
50	Duane	76	new	>100

← Kansas 1929 Kansas: all years · US 1930 Kansas 1931 →