Popular baby names in Kansas, 1933

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1933 were Mary for girls (771 babies) and Robert for boys (733). Social Security records list 26,072 babies born in Kansas in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1933

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: 25 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Velda: 19 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Leota: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Dixie: 48 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Melva: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Beth: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Neva: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Charlene: 58 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Patty: 44 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Luella: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 17 babies, 10× the national rate
Eldon: 59 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Darrel: 36 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Daryl: 18 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Loren: 43 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Delmar: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Leland: 39 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Merle: 34 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Delbert: 50 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rex: 34 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	771	–	1
2	Betty	510	–	2
3	Barbara	404	–	3
4	Shirley	341	↑2	9
5	Patricia	339	–	6
6	Donna	328	↑1	24
7	Dorothy	295	↓3	4
8	Norma	221	–	23
9	Helen	200	↑3	8
10	Carol	188	↑16	20
11	Phyllis	186	↓2	28
12	Joyce	181	↑5	12
13	Doris	180	↓3	10
14	Marilyn	179	–	16
15	Beverly	177	↑7	26
16	Joan	171	↓5	5
17	Virginia	169	↓4	15
18	Lois	164	↓3	19
19	Margaret	163	↓3	7
20	Ruth	162	↓2	13
21	Marjorie	135	↓1	41
22	Wanda	135	↑2	48
23	Delores	125	↑4	52
24	Nancy	121	↑11	11
25	Wilma	110	↓2	66
26	Alice	108	↓1	22
27	Darlene	105	↑2	96
28	Peggy	105	↑6	36
29	Frances	102	↑7	18
30	Bonnie	101	↓9	68
31	Evelyn	101	↓1	30
32	Dolores	89	↓13	21
33	Martha	89	↓5	27
34	Jean	86	↑6	14
35	Anna	82	↑2	29
36	Mildred	80	↓5	32
37	Carolyn	78	↑5	40
38	Jo	78	↓5	90
39	Joann	71	↑2	72
40	Charlotte	67	new	79
41	Juanita	67	↓3	63
42	Patsy	67	↑4	65
43	Rita	66	new	53
44	Janet	65	new	25
45	Elizabeth	60	↓13	17
46	Charlene	58	new	>100
47	Roberta	58	↓2	>100
48	Marlene	55	new	50
49	Maxine	55	new	>100
50	Geraldine	53	↓6	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Robert	733	–	1
2	Donald	590	–	7
3	James	567	–	2
4	John	518	–	3
5	Charles	453	–	6
6	Richard	421	–	5
7	William	418	–	4
8	Kenneth	242	–	15
9	George	213	–	8
10	Jack	209	↑1	17
11	Harold	204	↓1	18
12	Ronald	182	–	12
13	Jerry	161	↑3	31
14	Paul	153	–	14
15	David	143	↑3	13
16	Billy	139	↓3	20
17	Ralph	134	↑16	29
18	Gerald	129	↑2	22
19	Don	114	↑13	54
20	Marvin	114	↓3	44
21	Raymond	113	↓6	19
22	Larry	111	↑18	58
23	Carl	107	↑8	28
24	Frank	107	–	16
25	Thomas	106	↑2	10
26	Wayne	104	↑3	52
27	Eugene	103	↓5	23
28	Melvin	100	–	51
29	Dale	99	↓6	65
30	Edward	98	↓9	11
31	Norman	98	↓12	37
32	Gary	97	new	80
33	Joe	92	↑2	27
34	Joseph	92	↑15	9
35	Bill	90	↓10	59
36	Lawrence	87	↑7	38
37	Walter	85	↓3	21
38	Earl	84	↑9	41
39	Leroy	83	–	56
40	Roy	83	↓10	39
41	Howard	82	↓3	36
42	Bob	79	↓16	82
43	Duane	79	↑3	>100
44	Vernon	79	↓3	83
45	Bobby	75	↓8	26
46	Francis	73	↓4	45
47	Fred	73	new	34
48	Albert	71	↑2	30
49	Jim	68	new	98
50	Arthur	67	↓5	25

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