Popular baby names in Kansas, 1937

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1937 were Mary for girls (649 babies) and Robert for boys (764). Social Security records list 25,124 babies born in Kansas in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1937

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: 26 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Ladonna: 15 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Dixie: 54 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ila: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Karen: 84 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sondra: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Glenna: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lila: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Pat: 48 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Freda: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 19 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Eldon: 40 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Loren: 34 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Darrel: 25 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Garry: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Laverne: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Gary: 344 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dwight: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Darrell: 63 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Delbert: 46 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	649	–	1
2	Shirley	463	–	4
3	Barbara	407	–	2
4	Patricia	358	↑1	3
5	Betty	294	↓1	5
6	Carol	262	–	6
7	Donna	256	–	21
8	Marilyn	255	–	13
9	Beverly	228	–	14
10	Nancy	197	↑2	7
11	Virginia	173	↑4	16
12	Janice	171	↑7	25
13	Dorothy	170	–	8
14	Joyce	168	↓3	11
15	Carolyn	163	↑1	20
16	Phyllis	160	↓6	27
17	Margaret	158	–	10
18	Sharon	144	↑7	41
19	Helen	139	↓1	12
20	Norma	139	↓6	33
21	Ruth	133	–	15
22	Lois	127	↑2	29
23	Sandra	126	↑9	26
24	Judith	114	↑16	34
25	Martha	107	↑3	24
26	Doris	104	↓6	22
27	Joan	100	↓4	9
28	Janet	99	↑2	18
29	Darlene	95	↓7	72
30	Alice	94	↑8	28
31	Delores	94	↑2	68
32	Peggy	94	↓6	31
33	Wanda	88	↓4	55
34	Karen	84	new	>100
35	Frances	80	↑6	19
36	Kay	79	↑1	79
37	Marjorie	74	↓10	57
38	Elizabeth	73	↓7	17
39	Patsy	73	↑7	54
40	Bonnie	72	↓4	64
41	Roberta	72	↑8	66
42	Linda	67	new	49
43	Dolores	66	↓4	37
44	Judy	66	new	91
45	Loretta	65	new	63
46	Rose	64	↓2	38
47	Jean	62	↓2	23
48	Wilma	62	↓1	80
49	Anna	61	new	39
50	Jo	61	↓15	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Robert	764	–	1
2	James	539	↑2	2
3	Donald	525	–	7
4	John	509	↓2	3
5	Larry	446	↑3	16
6	Richard	431	↓1	5
7	Charles	422	↓1	6
8	Gary	344	↑3	29
9	William	339	↓2	4
10	Kenneth	271	–	14
11	Jerry	235	↑1	17
12	David	227	↑2	8
13	Ronald	211	↓4	11
14	George	185	↑2	10
15	Gerald	159	↓2	20
16	Harold	156	↑1	21
17	Paul	150	↑3	15
18	Jack	146	↓3	23
19	Raymond	134	↑2	19
20	Edward	121	↑3	13
21	Thomas	116	↓2	9
22	Carl	104	↑5	28
23	Bill	103	↑6	64
24	Marvin	103	↑4	49
25	Dale	97	↓3	59
26	Don	95	↓8	51
27	Joe	95	↑8	25
28	Billy	94	↓3	22
29	Joseph	94	↑13	12
30	Wayne	94	↑1	44
31	Norman	92	↓7	43
32	Bob	87	↑12	81
33	Ralph	85	–	34
34	Frank	84	↑5	18
35	Melvin	77	↓9	50
36	Roger	71	↓2	36
37	Jimmy	69	↑4	45
38	Walter	68	↑5	26
39	Francis	67	↑10	55
40	Fred	67	new	35
41	Jim	67	↓9	82
42	Lawrence	66	↓12	38
43	Gene	65	↑7	61
44	Jimmie	65	new	72
45	Roy	65	new	40
46	Vernon	65	↓1	96
47	Leroy	64	↓7	56
48	Darrell	63	↓10	>100
49	Dennis	63	↓3	63
50	Eugene	63	↓13	33

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