Popular baby names in Kansas, 1936

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1936 were Mary for girls (711 babies) and Robert for boys (728). Social Security records list 25,906 babies born in Kansas in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1936

Names given at least 15 times in Kansas that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Velda: 17 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Twila: 21 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Dona: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dixie: 57 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Patty: 44 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lola: 39 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Fern: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Darlene: 113 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Glenna: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Connie: 60 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 16 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Daryl: 19 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Darrel: 35 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Eldon: 44 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Loren: 43 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Gail: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Delmar: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Darrell: 75 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Merlin: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Merle: 33 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Mary	711	↑1	1
2	Shirley	631	↓1	2
3	Barbara	404	–	3
4	Betty	356	–	4
5	Patricia	317	–	5
6	Carol	277	↑1	10
7	Donna	264	↓1	22
8	Marilyn	258	–	13
9	Beverly	220	↑4	17
10	Phyllis	192	↑2	25
11	Joyce	191	↑3	12
12	Nancy	189	↑3	8
13	Dorothy	184	↓4	6
14	Norma	177	↓3	29
15	Virginia	151	↓5	14
16	Carolyn	148	↑5	23
17	Margaret	147	↓1	9
18	Helen	146	–	11
19	Janice	132	↑10	31
20	Doris	118	↓3	15
21	Ruth	117	↓2	16
22	Darlene	113	–	83
23	Joan	111	↓3	7
24	Lois	111	↓1	26
25	Sharon	105	↑9	60
26	Peggy	104	↑10	35
27	Marjorie	102	↓3	49
28	Martha	100	↑10	24
29	Wanda	92	↑2	56
30	Janet	89	↑2	21
31	Elizabeth	88	↑12	18
32	Sandra	86	↑9	38
33	Delores	81	↓8	58
34	Evelyn	81	↑6	34
35	Jo	80	↑2	72
36	Bonnie	76	↓10	65
37	Kay	76	new	98
38	Alice	73	↓11	27
39	Dolores	73	↓9	30
40	Judith	73	new	43
41	Frances	72	↓6	19
42	Joann	70	↓9	55
43	Marlene	68	↓1	39
44	Rose	67	new	37
45	Jean	65	↓1	20
46	Patsy	65	↑3	52
47	Wilma	64	↓19	78
48	Juanita	63	↓9	75
49	Roberta	63	new	64
50	Mildred	61	↓4	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Robert	728	–	1
2	John	548	↑1	3
3	Donald	544	↓1	7
4	James	515	–	2
5	Richard	451	–	5
6	Charles	418	–	6
7	William	373	–	4
8	Larry	298	↑1	25
9	Ronald	278	↑1	12
10	Kenneth	270	↓2	14
11	Gary	264	–	38
12	Jerry	245	–	18
13	Gerald	200	↑5	19
14	David	198	↑3	10
15	Jack	192	↓1	20
16	George	164	↓3	9
17	Harold	162	↓2	21
18	Don	140	↑5	51
19	Thomas	138	↑8	8
20	Paul	135	↓4	15
21	Raymond	127	↑4	17
22	Dale	115	↓1	59
23	Edward	105	↑6	13
24	Norman	105	↓2	43
25	Billy	102	↓5	22
26	Melvin	100	↑7	53
27	Carl	98	↑1	27
28	Marvin	98	↓9	49
29	Bill	97	↑3	61
30	Lawrence	96	↑5	37
31	Wayne	95	–	45
32	Jim	93	↑6	85
33	Ralph	86	↑1	31
34	Roger	84	↑7	35
35	Joe	78	↑4	23
36	Bobby	77	new	24
37	Eugene	76	↓11	29
38	Darrell	75	new	>100
39	Frank	75	↓3	16
40	Leroy	74	–	57
41	Jimmy	73	↑2	46
42	Joseph	73	↓12	11
43	Walter	70	↑6	26
44	Bob	67	↓20	77
45	Vernon	67	↑1	93
46	Dennis	66	new	74
47	Duane	66	↓3	>100
48	Earl	65	new	47
49	Francis	65	new	50
50	Gene	65	new	66

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