Popular baby names in Kansas, 1931

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1931 were Mary for girls (838 babies) and Robert for boys (921). Social Security records list 28,405 babies born in Kansas in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1931

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: 27 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Velda: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Leota: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dixie: 45 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Melva: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Neva: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Darlene: 105 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Wilda: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Nadine: 33 babies, 4× the national rate
Ila: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 20 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Eldon: 53 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Merle: 59 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Darrel: 24 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Loren: 40 babies, 5× the national rate
Merlin: 25 babies, 5× the national rate
Rex: 33 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Delbert: 56 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Duane: 98 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Keith: 78 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Mary	838	–	1
2	Betty	670	–	2
3	Dorothy	366	–	3
4	Barbara	356	↑1	4
5	Donna	306	↑2	32
6	Patricia	288	–	8
7	Norma	286	↓3	22
8	Shirley	278	↑3	9
9	Margaret	231	↑7	7
10	Helen	224	–	6
11	Doris	215	↓2	10
12	Virginia	215	↓4	12
13	Phyllis	214	–	29
14	Joan	212	↑3	5
15	Ruth	212	↓3	11
16	Marilyn	191	↑6	19
17	Lois	184	↓3	20
18	Joyce	161	–	15
19	Wanda	150	↑1	54
20	Wilma	147	↑3	69
21	Evelyn	140	–	24
22	Marjorie	137	↓7	34
23	Bonnie	135	↑3	73
24	Dolores	134	↑1	14
25	Beverly	132	↓1	31
26	Delores	129	↑7	58
27	Alice	122	↓8	21
28	Mildred	120	↓1	26
29	Martha	112	–	28
30	Anna	105	↑1	25
31	Darlene	105	↑8	>100
32	Frances	102	↓4	18
33	Jean	100	↑2	13
34	Peggy	98	↑10	42
35	Jo	85	↑6	>100
36	Elizabeth	84	↓2	16
37	Nancy	84	↑10	17
38	Juanita	83	↑8	57
39	Esther	81	↓1	79
40	Carol	80	↓4	46
41	Patsy	80	↑2	83
42	Ruby	79	↓2	39
43	Gloria	77	new	23
44	Geraldine	75	↑5	38
45	Joann	75	–	90
46	Rose	72	↓16	30
47	Roberta	70	new	>100
48	Arlene	64	new	77
49	Irene	63	new	37
50	Rita	61	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Robert	921	–	1
2	Donald	713	–	7
3	James	565	↑2	2
4	John	545	↓1	3
5	William	466	↑2	4
6	Richard	449	–	5
7	Charles	416	↓3	6
8	Jack	264	–	15
9	Harold	246	–	18
10	Kenneth	227	–	14
11	George	196	–	8
12	Billy	185	–	19
13	Paul	170	↑2	12
14	Raymond	164	↓1	17
15	Gerald	139	↑8	26
16	Marvin	139	↑10	45
17	Frank	135	↑11	16
18	Ralph	134	–	25
19	Eugene	132	↓3	21
20	David	130	↓6	13
21	Dale	127	↑1	62
22	Edward	125	↓3	11
23	Thomas	125	↓6	10
24	Bill	124	↓3	57
25	Jerry	112	↑19	43
26	Melvin	105	↓2	51
27	Norman	105	↑6	36
28	Wayne	105	↓8	58
29	Don	104	↑8	59
30	Bobby	102	–	32
31	Bob	101	↑5	78
32	Howard	100	↓3	34
33	Joe	100	↑6	29
34	Joseph	100	↓2	9
35	Carl	99	↓10	28
36	Ronald	99	↑4	27
37	Duane	98	↑13	>100
38	Earl	96	↓3	40
39	Walter	94	↓12	20
40	Clarence	93	↓6	39
41	Lawrence	90	↓10	38
42	Roy	90	–	35
43	Albert	87	↑3	24
44	Vernon	81	↑3	74
45	Gene	79	new	64
46	Keith	78	new	>100
47	Floyd	76	new	66
48	Harry	75	–	30
49	Leroy	75	↓4	52
50	Lloyd	75	↓7	68

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