Popular baby names in Kansas, 1939

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1939 were Mary for girls (712 babies) and Larry for boys (642). Larry ranked #14 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,474 babies born in Kansas in 1939 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1939

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: 17 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Ladonna: 17 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Treva: 15 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Jolene: 18 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Saundra: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Sondra: 45 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Vicki: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Karen: 266 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dixie: 53 babies, 4× the national rate
Nadine: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 15 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Gail: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Loren: 43 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Rex: 36 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Darrel: 30 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Gale: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Merlin: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Eldon: 28 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Leland: 32 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Delbert: 43 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1939

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Mary	712	–	1
2	Barbara	451	–	2
3	Patricia	368	↑1	3
4	Carol	307	↑2	6
5	Shirley	304	↓2	5
6	Sharon	293	↑5	23
7	Judith	279	↑8	8
8	Karen	266	↑8	39
9	Betty	256	↓4	4
10	Nancy	249	↓1	7
11	Donna	234	↓4	20
12	Carolyn	220	–	14
13	Marilyn	220	↓5	19
14	Janice	216	↓4	24
15	Judy	211	↑8	28
16	Joyce	204	↓2	12
17	Beverly	171	↓4	25
18	Sandra	168	↓1	13
19	Margaret	145	–	10
20	Dorothy	139	–	9
21	Phyllis	139	↓3	30
22	Virginia	138	–	21
23	Linda	128	↑12	15
24	Ruth	123	↑1	22
25	Janet	119	↓4	17
26	Helen	107	↑1	16
27	Norma	103	↓3	38
28	Doris	95	↑1	29
29	Joan	90	↓1	11
30	Connie	88	↑2	>100
31	Kay	88	↑3	76
32	Lois	86	↓6	35
33	Darlene	85	↑7	75
34	Delores	78	↑4	79
35	Martha	78	↓2	27
36	Alice	77	↓6	31
37	Frances	75	↑6	26
38	Bonnie	69	↓7	61
39	Elizabeth	69	↓3	18
40	Loretta	67	new	65
41	Wanda	67	↑1	50
42	Jean	66	new	32
43	Evelyn	63	↑6	40
44	Patsy	59	↑1	56
45	Peggy	59	↓8	34
46	Roberta	58	↓2	71
47	Gloria	57	new	36
48	Jane	57	new	46
49	Deanna	56	↓3	>100
50	Jo	56	new	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Larry	642	↑2	14
2	Robert	637	↓1	1
3	James	603	↓1	2
4	John	525	–	3
5	Donald	422	–	8
6	Gary	408	↑1	21
7	Richard	407	↓1	5
8	William	376	–	4
9	Charles	341	–	6
10	Jerry	296	–	16
11	David	288	↑1	7
12	Ronald	287	↓1	10
13	Kenneth	261	–	13
14	Thomas	167	↑5	9
15	Gerald	160	↓1	19
16	Harold	149	–	23
17	George	142	↓2	11
18	Paul	133	–	17
19	Jack	121	↓2	26
20	Roger	121	↑6	28
21	Raymond	114	↑2	22
22	Billy	106	↑3	24
23	Dale	104	↑1	59
24	Don	103	↓4	56
25	Marvin	103	↓4	52
26	Michael	99	↑10	18
27	Wayne	94	–	39
28	Dennis	92	↑13	34
29	Edward	92	↓7	15
30	Bill	87	↑9	67
31	Ralph	83	new	35
32	Norman	82	↓1	44
33	Melvin	81	↑14	51
34	Frank	79	↓2	20
35	Carl	77	↓7	30
36	Jim	77	↓6	75
37	Joseph	74	↑3	12
38	Eugene	70	↑12	37
39	Joe	69	↑3	27
40	Roy	68	↓7	42
41	Walter	66	↑4	25
42	Gene	65	new	69
43	Darrell	63	↑1	>100
44	Leroy	63	new	61
45	Jimmie	62	new	80
46	Keith	62	new	>100
47	Bob	60	↓18	89
48	Lawrence	60	↓11	36
49	Fred	58	↓15	40
50	Jimmy	58	↓1	43

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