Popular baby names in Kansas, 1942

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1942 were Mary for girls (688 babies) and Larry for boys (735). Larry ranked #12 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 29,242 babies born in Kansas in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1942

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

Girls

Jolene: 17 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Sondra: 38 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Connie: 156 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Patty: 44 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Deanna: 49 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Vicki: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lila: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Opal: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Janis: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sonja: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 30 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Eldon: 39 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Merle: 31 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Loren: 37 babies, 5× the national rate
Gale: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Darrel: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Max: 46 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Delbert: 37 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Daryl: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Garry: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	688	–	1
2	Sharon	505	–	11
3	Karen	436	↑3	16
4	Barbara	414	–	2
5	Linda	389	↑4	4
6	Carol	365	↑2	5
7	Judy	355	↓2	15
8	Patricia	353	↓5	3
9	Judith	326	↓2	7
10	Carolyn	314	–	10
11	Nancy	264	–	8
12	Shirley	260	↑3	12
13	Sandra	255	↑3	6
14	Betty	240	–	9
15	Donna	233	↓2	20
16	Joyce	225	↑2	13
17	Marilyn	223	–	27
18	Janet	201	↑1	19
19	Janice	191	↓7	25
20	Beverly	156	–	32
21	Connie	156	↑3	70
22	Virginia	141	–	23
23	Margaret	139	↓2	14
24	Phyllis	121	↓1	37
25	Dorothy	119	–	17
26	Ruth	117	–	33
27	Lois	106	↑3	44
28	Bonnie	104	↑1	34
29	Martha	102	↓2	29
30	Susan	96	↑15	21
31	Kay	92	↑1	75
32	Kathleen	91	↑9	24
33	Elizabeth	84	↑5	22
34	Joan	83	↓3	18
35	Helen	82	↓7	26
36	Norma	82	↓3	52
37	Alice	81	↑2	39
38	Frances	77	↑10	30
39	Wanda	76	↑4	54
40	Rose	75	↑2	50
41	Jean	74	new	36
42	Peggy	70	↓8	42
43	Rita	68	new	55
44	Doris	66	↓9	41
45	Sue	66	new	73
46	Charlotte	64	new	51
47	Carole	62	new	35
48	Gloria	62	↓8	31
49	Diana	61	new	68
50	Jo	60	↓14	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Larry	735	–	12
2	Robert	715	–	2
3	James	658	–	1
4	John	632	–	3
5	Richard	546	–	5
6	Gary	470	–	18
7	Charles	456	–	7
8	William	420	–	4
9	Ronald	397	↑1	9
10	Donald	375	↓1	10
11	David	374	↑1	6
12	Jerry	322	↓1	16
13	Kenneth	309	–	15
14	Michael	226	–	13
15	Thomas	216	↑3	8
16	Dennis	213	↓1	20
17	George	179	↓1	14
18	Harold	159	↑3	27
19	Paul	151	–	19
20	Roger	146	–	25
21	Gerald	144	↓4	22
22	Jim	120	↑11	74
23	Jack	119	↓1	34
24	Bill	116	↑1	65
25	Raymond	114	↓1	24
26	Douglas	112	new	23
27	Terry	109	↑17	52
28	Carl	105	–	36
29	Edward	102	↓6	17
30	Dale	97	↓1	63
31	Stephen	95	↑16	32
32	Ralph	94	↑6	38
33	Lawrence	93	↓2	30
34	Don	89	↓4	72
35	Marvin	85	↓9	66
36	Ronnie	84	↑1	78
37	Roy	83	new	42
38	Joe	82	↓2	33
39	Billy	81	↓7	35
40	Joseph	79	↓6	11
41	Frank	78	↓2	21
42	Wayne	76	↓15	41
43	Walter	75	new	26
44	Daniel	68	new	28
45	Melvin	67	new	60
46	Phillip	66	↑4	77
47	Eugene	65	new	45
48	Arthur	61	new	29
49	Harry	61	new	48
50	Tommy	61	new	73

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