Popular baby names in Kansas, 1941

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1941 were Mary for girls (642 babies) and Larry for boys (756). Larry ranked #11 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,348 babies born in Kansas in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1941

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

Girls

Karolyn: 20 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Twila: 16 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Vicki: 29 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Cheryl: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Patty: 51 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Sondra: 34 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Connie: 118 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jan: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Karen: 373 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dixie: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Gail: 23 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Galen: 18 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Merle: 31 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Daryl: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Eldon: 26 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Delbert: 37 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Loren: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rex: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Garry: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Max: 40 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	642	–	1
2	Sharon	414	↑5	15
3	Patricia	412	↓1	3
4	Barbara	385	–	2
5	Judy	378	–	16
6	Karen	373	↑2	19
7	Judith	320	↓4	6
8	Carol	310	↓2	4
9	Linda	306	↑6	5
10	Carolyn	284	↑2	11
11	Nancy	256	↓1	8
12	Janice	241	↑5	22
13	Donna	239	–	20
14	Betty	235	↓3	7
15	Shirley	223	↓6	10
16	Sandra	214	↑2	9
17	Marilyn	213	↓1	30
18	Joyce	208	↓4	13
19	Janet	170	↑4	18
20	Beverly	147	↓1	29
21	Margaret	131	↑4	12
22	Virginia	128	↓2	23
23	Phyllis	125	↓1	35
24	Connie	118	↑7	79
25	Dorothy	115	↓4	14
26	Ruth	112	↓2	28
27	Martha	105	↑7	25
28	Helen	104	↓2	24
29	Bonnie	101	↓2	33
30	Lois	91	–	43
31	Joan	87	↓3	17
32	Kay	82	↑7	70
33	Norma	80	↓4	47
34	Peggy	75	↓1	39
35	Doris	73	↓3	38
36	Jo	73	new	66
37	Darlene	72	↓2	76
38	Elizabeth	72	↓1	21
39	Alice	71	↓1	34
40	Gloria	68	–	26
41	Kathleen	67	new	36
42	Rose	67	new	49
43	Wanda	67	↑2	53
44	Anita	65	↓2	91
45	Susan	64	new	27
46	Glenda	61	new	96
47	Marjorie	58	↓11	71
48	Frances	57	↓7	31
49	Roberta	57	–	72
50	Brenda	55	↓3	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Larry	756	–	11
2	Robert	642	–	2
3	James	600	–	1
4	John	579	–	3
5	Richard	473	↑1	5
6	Gary	454	↓1	19
7	Charles	394	↑2	6
8	William	382	–	4
9	Donald	350	↓2	10
10	Ronald	334	–	9
11	Jerry	314	–	14
12	David	303	–	7
13	Kenneth	258	–	15
14	Michael	161	↑5	16
15	Dennis	148	↑2	23
16	George	147	↓2	13
17	Gerald	143	↓1	20
18	Thomas	139	↓3	8
19	Paul	137	↓1	18
20	Roger	128	–	25
21	Harold	123	–	24
22	Jack	123	↑1	32
23	Edward	107	↑9	17
24	Raymond	103	↓2	22
25	Bill	99	↑8	68
26	Marvin	96	↑9	63
27	Wayne	95	↑2	37
28	Carl	93	↓1	29
29	Dale	93	↓5	59
30	Don	86	–	66
31	Lawrence	86	↓6	34
32	Billy	84	↑2	27
33	Jim	81	↓5	80
34	Joseph	75	↑4	12
35	Howard	74	new	47
36	Joe	73	↑8	30
37	Ronnie	72	new	79
38	Ralph	71	↓2	38
39	Frank	70	↓13	21
40	Jimmy	68	↑5	45
41	Stanley	67	new	57
42	Fred	66	↑4	43
43	Lloyd	66	new	96
44	Terry	65	↑4	64
45	Norman	64	↓8	49
46	Mike	60	new	>100
47	Stephen	60	new	41
48	Leroy	59	↓9	67
49	Bob	58	new	>100
50	Phillip	58	↓9	77

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