Popular baby names in Kansas, 1944

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1944 were Mary for girls (745 babies) and Robert for boys (751). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,109 babies born in Kansas in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1944

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: 57 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Sondra: 35 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Sherrill: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dixie: 45 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Vickie: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Patti: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Vicky: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Deanna: 53 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Connie: 185 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Vicki: 56 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 22 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Darrel: 28 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Gale: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Max: 41 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Eldon: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Merle: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lyle: 36 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rex: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Daryl: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dick: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	745	–	1
2	Sharon	528	–	8
3	Linda	506	–	3
4	Carol	444	–	5
5	Barbara	405	↑3	2
6	Patricia	396	↓1	4
7	Judy	393	↓1	12
8	Karen	330	↓1	16
9	Nancy	318	↑2	7
10	Judith	302	↓1	9
11	Carolyn	279	↓1	11
12	Sandra	252	↑1	6
13	Donna	238	↓1	17
14	Marilyn	221	↑5	27
15	Betty	212	↑2	10
16	Shirley	209	–	15
17	Janice	202	↓3	28
18	Joyce	201	–	18
19	Janet	193	↓4	21
20	Connie	185	–	51
21	Margaret	160	–	14
22	Virginia	147	↑1	26
23	Cheryl	142	↑26	36
24	Susan	139	↑4	13
25	Beverly	128	↓3	35
26	Ruth	126	↓2	32
27	Dorothy	115	↓2	19
28	Bonnie	109	↑2	34
29	Martha	109	↑3	29
30	Phyllis	109	↓3	40
31	Helen	105	↓5	31
32	Kathleen	101	↑1	20
33	Diane	98	new	24
34	Joan	92	↓3	22
35	Pamela	87	new	44
36	Lois	84	↑1	47
37	Elizabeth	83	↓3	23
38	Diana	80	↑5	60
39	Sherry	77	new	100
40	Frances	76	↑1	33
41	Glenda	76	↓1	79
42	Alice	75	↓7	38
43	Peggy	73	new	45
44	Gloria	71	↓8	25
45	Kay	71	↓16	88
46	Doris	69	↑1	42
47	Jane	69	↓3	41
48	Jean	67	↓6	37
49	Charlotte	66	↓11	50
50	Marcia	64	new	89

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Robert	751	–	2
2	John	735	↑1	3
3	James	707	↓1	1
4	Larry	661	–	12
5	Richard	603	↑1	5
6	Gary	486	↓1	15
7	William	462	–	4
8	David	424	↑1	6
9	Ronald	416	↓1	10
10	Charles	409	–	7
11	Michael	351	↑2	9
12	Donald	322	↓1	11
13	Jerry	277	↓1	19
14	Kenneth	276	–	16
15	Thomas	245	↑1	8
16	Dennis	218	↓1	20
17	George	170	–	14
18	Roger	164	↑3	23
19	Paul	150	–	17
20	Jack	147	↑6	30
21	Gerald	135	↓3	24
22	Terry	133	↑1	43
23	Harold	127	↓3	27
24	Raymond	119	↑1	22
25	Stephen	112	↑8	28
26	Frank	111	↑6	21
27	Jim	109	↓5	68
28	Dale	106	↑3	61
29	Edward	104	–	18
30	Bill	100	↓2	66
31	Carl	100	↑9	36
32	Ralph	95	↑6	42
33	Joe	92	↓3	33
34	Mike	92	↑15	80
35	Douglas	90	↑1	34
36	Ronnie	89	↑1	69
37	Joseph	87	↓13	13
38	Danny	86	↑12	76
39	Don	83	–	72
40	Billy	82	↓5	38
41	Wayne	80	↓14	37
42	Jimmy	78	new	41
43	Marvin	78	↓9	75
44	Fred	76	↑3	47
45	Lawrence	76	↓3	32
46	Roy	76	↓1	39
47	Daniel	75	↓3	25
48	Walter	75	new	26
49	Steven	73	new	52
50	Tom	71	new	87

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