Popular baby names in Kansas, 1935

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1935 were Shirley for girls (896 babies) and Robert for boys (668). Shirley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 26,222 babies born in Kansas in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1935

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: 21 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Dixie: 47 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Neva: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Patty: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lila: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lela: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Darlene: 106 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nadine: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Donna: 292 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Fern: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 18 babies, 10× the national rate
Loren: 58 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Darrel: 35 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lavern: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Eldon: 41 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Merle: 40 babies, 6× the national rate
Delmar: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Darrell: 62 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Delbert: 47 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rex: 34 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Shirley	896	↑1	2
2	Mary	673	↓1	1
3	Barbara	432	↑1	3
4	Betty	418	↓1	4
5	Patricia	315	–	5
6	Donna	292	–	23
7	Carol	237	↑3	11
8	Marilyn	237	↑3	14
9	Dorothy	214	↓2	6
10	Virginia	200	↑4	16
11	Norma	196	↓2	29
12	Phyllis	182	↓4	27
13	Beverly	180	↑5	20
14	Joyce	172	↓1	12
15	Nancy	171	↑6	9
16	Margaret	154	↓4	8
17	Doris	149	↓1	13
18	Helen	144	↓1	10
19	Ruth	139	↑1	15
20	Joan	131	↓5	7
21	Carolyn	121	↑7	28
22	Darlene	106	↑2	91
23	Lois	104	↓4	21
24	Marjorie	104	↑7	46
25	Delores	103	–	57
26	Bonnie	100	↓3	62
27	Alice	98	–	25
28	Wilma	96	↑1	70
29	Janice	92	↑13	47
30	Dolores	90	↑11	26
31	Wanda	89	↓9	49
32	Janet	88	↑6	22
33	Joann	87	–	53
34	Sharon	85	new	96
35	Frances	82	↓3	19
36	Peggy	82	↓10	36
37	Jo	78	↑8	73
38	Martha	77	↓3	24
39	Juanita	76	↑1	72
40	Evelyn	75	↓10	31
41	Sandra	73	new	50
42	Marlene	71	↑5	39
43	Elizabeth	69	–	17
44	Jean	67	↓5	18
45	Geraldine	65	new	40
46	Mildred	64	↓9	35
47	Jane	62	new	43
48	Anna	60	↓14	34
49	Patsy	60	↓13	56
50	Kathleen	58	new	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Robert	668	–	1
2	Donald	581	–	7
3	John	576	↑1	3
4	James	557	↓1	2
5	Richard	482	–	5
6	Charles	407	–	6
7	William	359	–	4
8	Kenneth	255	–	15
9	Larry	251	↑9	33
10	Ronald	231	↑1	12
11	Gary	212	↑4	44
12	Jerry	197	–	22
13	George	196	–	8
14	Jack	191	↓5	18
15	Harold	175	↓5	20
16	Paul	172	↓2	14
17	David	170	–	11
18	Gerald	164	↓2	21
19	Marvin	136	↑4	45
20	Billy	132	↓1	19
21	Dale	128	↑3	61
22	Norman	122	↑7	38
23	Don	117	↓2	51
24	Bob	112	↑12	81
25	Raymond	110	↓5	17
26	Eugene	106	↑13	26
27	Thomas	105	↓2	9
28	Carl	97	↓2	28
29	Edward	97	↓7	13
30	Joseph	97	↑4	10
31	Wayne	96	↓4	49
32	Bill	95	↑3	60
33	Melvin	94	↓2	57
34	Ralph	88	↑3	32
35	Lawrence	87	↓5	35
36	Frank	86	↓8	16
37	Howard	85	↑3	39
38	Jim	84	↑5	90
39	Joe	82	↓7	25
40	Leroy	80	↑1	50
41	Roger	77	new	36
42	Fred	75	new	34
43	Jimmy	73	↑2	47
44	Duane	72	↓11	>100
45	Harry	72	↑3	37
46	Vernon	70	new	94
47	Dean	67	–	>100
48	Jackie	67	new	>100
49	Walter	67	↓3	23
50	Roy	65	↓6	40

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