Popular baby names in Kansas, 1932

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1932 were Mary for girls (792 babies) and Robert for boys (903). Social Security records list 27,143 babies born in Kansas in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1932

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: 22 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Velda: 19 babies, 10× the national rate
Vada: 16 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Rowena: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Dixie: 39 babies, 5× the national rate
Darlene: 112 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Nadine: 38 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Melva: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Neva: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dona: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 16 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Loren: 50 babies, 7× the national rate
Darrel: 29 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Merlin: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Merle: 38 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rex: 37 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Eldon: 34 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Delmar: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Darrell: 55 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dean: 77 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	792	–	1
2	Betty	584	–	2
3	Barbara	368	↑1	3
4	Dorothy	336	↓1	4
5	Patricia	322	↑1	6
6	Shirley	302	↑2	9
7	Donna	293	↓2	29
8	Norma	266	↓1	22
9	Phyllis	231	↑4	30
10	Doris	215	↑1	10
11	Joan	202	↑3	5
12	Helen	200	↓2	8
13	Virginia	193	↓1	14
14	Marilyn	180	↑2	16
15	Lois	179	↑2	20
16	Margaret	177	↓7	7
17	Joyce	166	↑1	12
18	Ruth	163	↓3	11
19	Dolores	141	↑5	18
20	Marjorie	141	↑2	37
21	Bonnie	135	↑2	64
22	Beverly	131	↑3	28
23	Wilma	131	↓3	65
24	Wanda	130	↓5	52
25	Alice	126	↑2	21
26	Carol	124	↑14	32
27	Delores	117	↓1	56
28	Martha	116	↑1	27
29	Darlene	112	↑2	>100
30	Evelyn	109	↓9	23
31	Mildred	104	↓3	26
32	Elizabeth	99	↑4	17
33	Jo	96	↑2	>100
34	Peggy	95	–	40
35	Nancy	94	↑2	13
36	Frances	90	↓4	19
37	Anna	86	↓7	24
38	Juanita	83	–	58
39	Rose	81	↑7	33
40	Jean	79	↓7	15
41	Joann	75	↑4	79
42	Carolyn	74	new	46
43	Gloria	71	–	25
44	Geraldine	66	–	42
45	Roberta	66	↑2	>100
46	Patsy	65	↓5	77
47	Thelma	64	new	51
48	Gladys	59	new	54
49	Esther	57	↓10	82
50	Edna	53	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Robert	903	–	1
2	Donald	672	–	7
3	James	510	–	2
4	John	491	–	3
5	Charles	471	↑2	6
6	Richard	464	–	5
7	William	454	↓2	4
8	Kenneth	261	↑2	14
9	George	224	↑2	8
10	Harold	223	↓1	18
11	Jack	220	↓3	17
12	Ronald	173	↑24	16
13	Billy	164	↓1	20
14	Paul	155	↓1	13
15	Raymond	155	↓1	19
16	Jerry	152	↑9	34
17	Marvin	146	↓1	46
18	David	143	↑2	12
19	Norman	140	↑8	37
20	Gerald	131	↓5	24
21	Edward	127	↑1	11
22	Eugene	127	↓3	22
23	Dale	126	↓2	61
24	Frank	121	↓7	15
25	Bill	120	↓1	58
26	Bob	120	↑5	79
27	Thomas	112	↓4	10
28	Melvin	111	↓2	51
29	Wayne	110	↓1	57
30	Roy	104	↑12	38
31	Carl	103	↑4	28
32	Don	103	↓3	55
33	Ralph	101	↓15	27
34	Walter	100	↑5	21
35	Joe	96	↓2	29
36	Clarence	93	↑4	40
37	Bobby	82	↓7	30
38	Howard	82	↓6	36
39	Leroy	81	↑10	53
40	Larry	80	new	65
41	Vernon	80	↑3	78
42	Francis	78	new	43
43	Lawrence	78	↓2	35
44	Dean	77	new	>100
45	Arthur	76	new	25
46	Duane	76	↓9	>100
47	Earl	75	↓9	41
48	Floyd	75	↓1	68
49	Joseph	73	↓15	9
50	Albert	70	↓7	26

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