Popular baby names in Kansas, 1934

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1934 were Mary for girls (814 babies) and Robert for boys (819). Social Security records list 26,941 babies born in Kansas in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1934

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, 9.3× the national rate
Velda: 15 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Ladonna: 15 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Dixie: 55 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Neva: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Nadine: 41 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Beth: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dona: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lila: 38 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Earlene: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 18 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Eldon: 61 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Darrel: 30 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dwayne: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Rex: 42 babies, 5× the national rate
Gale: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Merlin: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Max: 78 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lyle: 54 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Duane: 95 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	814	–	1
2	Shirley	498	↑2	4
3	Betty	452	↓1	2
4	Barbara	390	↓1	3
5	Patricia	351	–	6
6	Donna	348	–	23
7	Dorothy	240	–	5
8	Phyllis	222	↑3	28
9	Norma	216	↓1	24
10	Carol	199	–	14
11	Marilyn	191	↑3	17
12	Margaret	183	↑7	8
13	Joyce	182	↓1	12
14	Virginia	181	↑3	15
15	Joan	176	↑1	7
16	Doris	174	↓3	11
17	Helen	171	↓8	9
18	Beverly	170	↓3	22
19	Lois	159	↓1	20
20	Ruth	157	–	13
21	Nancy	148	↑3	10
22	Wanda	129	–	47
23	Bonnie	123	↑7	58
24	Darlene	116	↑3	90
25	Delores	115	↓2	51
26	Peggy	114	↑2	36
27	Alice	113	↓1	25
28	Carolyn	112	↑9	33
29	Wilma	106	↓4	73
30	Evelyn	100	↑1	29
31	Marjorie	99	↓10	41
32	Frances	95	↓3	19
33	Joann	89	↑6	50
34	Anna	86	↑1	31
35	Martha	83	↓2	27
36	Patsy	83	↑6	59
37	Mildred	82	↓1	35
38	Janet	81	↑6	21
39	Jean	80	↓5	16
40	Juanita	77	↑1	64
41	Dolores	76	↓9	26
42	Janice	73	new	68
43	Elizabeth	70	↑2	18
44	Gloria	70	new	30
45	Jo	69	↓7	75
46	Charlotte	67	↓6	72
47	Marlene	66	↑1	57
48	Rose	60	new	37
49	Thelma	58	new	65
50	Dixie	55	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Robert	819	–	1
2	Donald	589	–	6
3	James	571	–	2
4	John	521	–	3
5	Richard	468	↑1	5
6	Charles	405	↓1	7
7	William	404	–	4
8	Kenneth	245	–	15
9	Jack	217	↑1	17
10	Harold	196	↑1	18
11	Ronald	195	↑1	11
12	Jerry	190	↑1	25
13	George	184	↓4	8
14	Paul	174	–	14
15	Gary	164	↑17	60
16	Gerald	164	↑2	22
17	David	162	↓2	12
18	Larry	161	↑4	43
19	Billy	151	↓3	20
20	Raymond	142	↑1	19
21	Don	140	↓2	50
22	Edward	133	↑8	13
23	Marvin	133	↓3	44
24	Dale	125	↑5	62
25	Thomas	122	–	9
26	Carl	119	↓3	28
27	Wayne	117	↓1	48
28	Frank	107	↓4	16
29	Norman	102	↑2	38
30	Lawrence	101	↑6	34
31	Melvin	99	↓3	55
32	Joe	98	↑1	26
33	Duane	95	↑10	>100
34	Joseph	94	–	10
35	Bill	92	–	59
36	Bob	88	↑6	75
37	Ralph	87	↓20	31
38	Bobby	84	↑7	23
39	Eugene	82	↓12	24
40	Howard	82	↑1	37
41	Leroy	78	↓2	54
42	Max	78	new	>100
43	Jim	76	↑6	90
44	Roy	76	↓4	35
45	Jimmy	75	new	56
46	Walter	70	↓9	21
47	Dean	69	new	>100
48	Harry	69	new	36
49	Jimmie	69	new	68
50	Albert	65	↓2	32

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