Popular baby names in Kansas, 1938

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1938 were Mary for girls (738 babies) and Robert for boys (667). Social Security records list 25,552 babies born in Kansas in 1938 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1938

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: 20 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Ladonna: 18 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Sondra: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Karen: 176 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sherry: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Connie: 91 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dixie: 45 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Patty: 42 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lila: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Opal: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 22 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Lavern: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Daryl: 19 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Darrel: 32 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Gale: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Merle: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Loren: 32 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Garry: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Eldon: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Darrell: 67 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1938

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Mary	738	–	1
2	Barbara	441	↑1	2
3	Shirley	359	↓1	5
4	Patricia	357	–	3
5	Betty	301	–	4
6	Carol	281	–	6
7	Donna	272	–	20
8	Marilyn	226	–	19
9	Nancy	211	↑1	7
10	Janice	209	↑2	24
11	Sharon	202	↑7	30
12	Carolyn	199	↑3	15
13	Beverly	196	↓4	18
14	Joyce	193	–	11
15	Judith	184	↑9	12
16	Karen	176	↑18	50
17	Sandra	161	↑6	14
18	Phyllis	155	↓2	28
19	Margaret	152	↓2	9
20	Dorothy	143	↓7	8
21	Janet	126	↑7	16
22	Virginia	126	↓11	22
23	Judy	124	↑21	41
24	Norma	122	↓4	34
25	Ruth	116	↓4	21
26	Lois	110	↓4	33
27	Helen	108	↓8	13
28	Joan	100	↓1	10
29	Doris	94	↓3	25
30	Alice	92	–	29
31	Bonnie	92	↑9	65
32	Connie	91	new	>100
33	Martha	88	↓8	26
34	Kay	87	↑2	81
35	Linda	87	↑7	31
36	Elizabeth	86	↑2	17
37	Peggy	83	↓5	35
38	Delores	81	↓7	75
39	Wilma	77	↑9	85
40	Darlene	73	↓11	76
41	Marjorie	73	↓4	53
42	Wanda	72	↓9	49
43	Frances	71	↓8	23
44	Roberta	69	↓3	73
45	Patsy	63	↓6	55
46	Deanna	61	new	>100
47	Charlotte	60	new	70
48	Rosalie	60	new	66
49	Evelyn	59	new	38
50	Rose	59	↓4	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Robert	667	–	1
2	James	578	–	2
3	Larry	570	↑2	16
4	John	526	–	3
5	Donald	466	↓2	7
6	Richard	448	–	5
7	Gary	401	↑1	22
8	William	380	↑1	4
9	Charles	361	↓2	6
10	Jerry	313	↑1	17
11	Ronald	312	↑2	10
12	David	243	–	8
13	Kenneth	240	↓3	14
14	Gerald	177	↑1	19
15	George	169	↓1	11
16	Harold	159	–	23
17	Jack	141	↑1	25
18	Paul	134	↓1	15
19	Thomas	134	↑2	9
20	Don	112	↑6	52
21	Marvin	108	↑3	53
22	Edward	107	↓2	13
23	Raymond	107	↓4	20
24	Dale	100	↑1	56
25	Billy	94	↑3	24
26	Roger	91	↑10	31
27	Wayne	90	↑3	40
28	Carl	88	↓6	29
29	Bob	84	↑3	94
30	Jim	82	↑11	81
31	Norman	80	–	43
32	Frank	78	↑2	18
33	Roy	78	↑12	41
34	Fred	76	↑6	38
35	Terry	76	new	86
36	Michael	74	new	21
37	Lawrence	73	↑5	36
38	Arthur	70	new	32
39	Bill	70	↓16	67
40	Joseph	70	↓11	12
41	Dennis	68	↑8	49
42	Joe	68	↓15	28
43	Lloyd	68	new	92
44	Darrell	67	↑4	>100
45	Walter	67	↓7	26
46	Howard	66	new	42
47	Melvin	66	↓12	54
48	Earl	65	new	50
49	Jimmy	65	↓12	45
50	Eugene	64	–	33

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