Popular baby names in Kansas, 1943

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1943 were Mary for girls (746 babies) and Robert for boys (827). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,859 babies born in Kansas in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1943

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

Girls

Sheryl: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Connie: 199 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dixie: 46 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Vicki: 56 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Patty: 46 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jeannie: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Vickie: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Deanna: 51 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Becky: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kay: 103 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 27 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Merlin: 21 babies, 7× the national rate
Gail: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Eldon: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Loren: 38 babies, 5× the national rate
Darrel: 27 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rex: 31 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Max: 44 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Merle: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lyle: 40 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	746	–	1
2	Sharon	622	–	8
3	Linda	523	↑2	4
4	Carol	431	↑2	5
5	Patricia	413	↑3	3
6	Judy	408	↑1	13
7	Karen	402	↓4	15
8	Barbara	378	↓4	2
9	Judith	321	–	7
10	Carolyn	312	–	11
11	Nancy	298	–	9
12	Donna	276	↑3	17
13	Sandra	250	–	6
14	Janice	232	↑5	26
15	Janet	229	↑3	20
16	Shirley	226	↓4	12
17	Betty	222	↓3	10
18	Joyce	206	↓2	16
19	Marilyn	203	↓2	27
20	Connie	199	↑1	59
21	Margaret	169	↑2	14
22	Beverly	154	↓2	32
23	Virginia	142	↓1	25
24	Ruth	114	↑2	33
25	Dorothy	112	–	19
26	Helen	107	↑9	28
27	Phyllis	106	↓3	39
28	Susan	104	↑2	18
29	Kay	103	↑2	81
30	Bonnie	101	↓2	34
31	Joan	101	↑3	21
32	Martha	101	↓3	29
33	Kathleen	94	↓1	22
34	Elizabeth	90	↓1	23
35	Alice	86	↑2	38
36	Gloria	85	↑12	30
37	Lois	83	↓10	43
38	Charlotte	81	↑8	47
39	Rita	80	↑4	52
40	Glenda	74	new	83
41	Frances	73	↓3	31
42	Jean	73	↓1	36
43	Diana	72	↑6	62
44	Jane	72	new	44
45	Norma	70	↓9	58
46	Rose	70	↓6	50
47	Doris	68	↓3	40
48	Roberta	68	new	66
49	Cheryl	65	new	>100
50	Evelyn	64	new	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Robert	827	↑1	2
2	James	761	↑1	1
3	John	711	↑1	3
4	Larry	693	↓3	12
5	Gary	537	↑1	16
6	Richard	537	↓1	5
7	William	462	↑1	4
8	Ronald	454	↑1	9
9	David	435	↑2	6
10	Charles	416	↓3	7
11	Donald	346	↓1	11
12	Jerry	344	–	17
13	Michael	268	↑1	10
14	Kenneth	264	↓1	15
15	Dennis	230	↑1	20
16	Thomas	208	↓1	8
17	George	185	–	14
18	Gerald	160	↑3	23
19	Paul	154	–	19
20	Harold	130	↓2	27
21	Roger	126	↓1	24
22	Jim	125	–	75
23	Terry	124	↑4	49
24	Joseph	120	↑16	13
25	Raymond	119	–	22
26	Jack	118	↓3	34
27	Wayne	115	↑15	41
28	Bill	109	↓4	65
29	Edward	106	–	18
30	Joe	106	↑8	35
31	Dale	97	↓1	59
32	Frank	97	↑9	21
33	Stephen	97	↓2	29
34	Marvin	95	↑1	66
35	Billy	93	↑4	37
36	Douglas	89	↓10	28
37	Ronnie	89	↓1	71
38	Ralph	87	↓6	40
39	Don	86	↓5	72
40	Carl	84	↓12	33
41	Melvin	84	↑4	63
42	Lawrence	79	↓9	32
43	Norman	78	new	56
44	Daniel	76	–	25
45	Roy	76	↓8	38
46	Eugene	74	↑1	47
47	Fred	73	new	45
48	Earl	70	new	60
49	Mike	69	new	90
50	Danny	68	new	88

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